Battling cup win for Marist

A TRY nine minutes from time by Irish schools international Conor Fitzgibbon helped give Marist College, Athlone victory over a battling Calasanctius College side in Oranmore yesterday in the quarter-final of the Connacht Senior Schools Cup.

The Westmeath side now face Gallen CC in the semi-final after they overturned a 9-5 deficit at the break and turned around a game they looked like losing for extended periods.

Calasanctius took an early lead when excellent full-back Jonathan Kelleher landed the first of his three first-half penalties after 11 minutes.