Inspired Christians power to cup final showdown with PBC

CBC advanced to Sunday’s Barry Cup final with rivals PBC after an emphatic 25-5 win over Crescent College at Lansdowne yesterday.

The Cork side led 15-0 at half-time with tries from Cillian Monaghan, Barry Egan and Lorcan O’Regan.

Tadhg Arrigan extended the home side’s advantage with a fourth try, before Karl Hanly touched down for Crescent. Joe Dowling completed the scoring with another try for Christians which Olan Hanly converted.

It was a day of double delight for CBC with their Kidney Cup side recording a 27-0 semi-final victory over Ardscoil Ris. Tries by Stephen Kennedy and William Trevor gave the Cork side a 10-0 interval lead. Nessan Guilfoyle, Cameron Waugh and Shane O’Hanlon scored further tries and Mark McGirr kicked a conversion to set up a final against Crescent College.

Barry Cup teams CBC: O Hanly; B Egan, H Donnelly, R Roberts, R Slater; C Monaghan, L O’Regan; T Walley, C Martin, S Galvin; T Arrigan, S Gill; D Stokes, S Burke, A McCarthy. Replacements: E Roche, D Barry, E Ackland, M Lordan, S Quill, J Dowling, A O’Neill.

CRESCENT COMPREHENSIVE: N Kerr; J Frawley, P Liston, W Leonard, J Leahy; C Monaghan, E Barry; S McGee, D O’Sullivan, L McMahon; C Beatty, K Hanly; W Fenton, C Scott, C Blake. Replacements: D Morris, C Rea, T Fitzgibbon, B Costello.

Referee: P O’Connor (MAR).