Powerful Clongowes have few weaknesses

CLONGOWES WOOD are unbackable favourites at 1/14 to retain their Powerade Leinster Senior Schools Cup crown for the first time, but the tag has not sat well with the Clane school in the past.

Nonetheless, there are not many weaknesses for Cistercian Roscrea to exploit; this Clongowes side are reckoned by many to be one of the finest vintages in the school’s history.

Openside and captain Conor Gilsenan is a force of nature, and he has Ireland U20 cricketer Jordan Coughlan for company in the back row.