Blake provides power as Crescent motor on
Crescent were in the happy position of being able to field almost half the side that captured the title last year and their greater experience clearly told in a contest between two talented sides. They also held an advantage in the physical stakes up front, where number eight Cormac Blake constantly broke from the back of the set pieces as well as from rucks and mauls.
This in turn led to a fluent service for a fine back division, in which half-backs Gearoid Lyons and Ed Barry and the fleet-footed Greg O’Shea in the centre posed a constant threat for the resilient Pres defence.
