’Rock make it a double double as Belvo crash again

Blackrock College 14 Belvedere College 10

Tries in either half by Patrick Patterson and Tom Roche were crucial at the Tallaght Stadium yesterday as Blackrock College held off a late charge from Belvedere College to secure a second consecutive Leinster Schools’ Junior and Senior Cup double.

Playing in the ground that Shamrock Rovers call home, Belvedere were eager to avenge their final defeat to the same opposition last year, but it was ’Rock who broke the deadlock on 14 minutes with a well-worked try from scrum-half Patrick Patterson.