Crescent off to a winning start

CRESCENT made a winning start to their Avonmore Munster Schools Junior Cup title defence at Rosbrien yesterday.

The strength of their forwards was key to this success in difficult conditions. They dominated the line-out and shone in the tight with Jay Kavanagh, Cormac Blake and John Tuohy always to the fore. Ed Barry was an excellent scrum half but their midfield defence will be a worry as the competition progresses.

Despite first-half dominance they had to rely on three penalties for the 9-0 interval lead. Gearoid Lyons landed the opener after 20 minutes with Greg O’Shea kicking two more in the closing minutes.