St Mary’s answer Hennessy prayers

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“What today showed is that we have a squad capable of competing in this league,” he said. “We won the AIL last season but lost a number of players at the end of it. It had taken us up to five years building to win the league last year and we’ve now started to bring in new blood.

“You saw the pace and intensity. We played some superb rugby. To score three tries on this ground and rack up 30 points against such a good side makes me very proud.”