Terenure’s late burst does trick

Terenure College 43 The King’s Hospital 19: Munster Junior Cup: Terenure College turned on the style in the final-quarter to get the better of King’s Hospital in the opening round of the Junior Cup at Donnybrook yesterday.

After Terenure’s Adam La Grue had exchanged a brace of tries with his opposite number Daniel Eiffe, a stoppage-time Sam Dardis five-pointer meant they held a 20-12 advantage at the break.

King’s Hospital kept the game alive with a 46th minute score from Felix Campbell, before full-back Dardis completed his hat-trick in a late scoring burst for Terenure.

Scorers for Terenure: S Dardis 3 tries, A La Grue 2 tries, L Murnaghan, P Heneghan try each, D Henry-Hayes 2 pens, con.

Scorers for The King’s Hospital: D Eiffe 2 tries, F Campbell try, P O’Boy 2 cons.

TERENURE COLLEGE: S Dardis; L Murnaghan, A La Grue, J Walsh, J Nolan; D Henry-Hayes, M O’Shea; L Vaughan, B Bruce, J Boland; C Somerville, R McGrath; P Heneghan, L Grady, C Shenton.

Replacements: M Hasegawa for Boland (46), G Morgan for O’Shea, B Vaughan for Bruce (both 54), J Devlin for Henry-Hayes (56), R McInnes for Walsh, A Kelly for Grady, C Creed for Murnaghan (all 60), B Morris for L Vaughan (62).

THE KING’S HOSPITAL: P Kenny; C Wokocha, D Eiffe, P O’Boy, S Boland; I West, J Courtney; S Wrafter, F Campbell, N Sibanda; T Cole, Z Bursey; R Leitch, B Wallace, C Howley.

Replacements: E Menton for West (28), O Evbodaghe for Boland (h-t), J Doyle for Cole (38), T Love for Wokocha (46), F Sharpe for Sibanda (49), L Corr for Wrafter (60).