Gonzaga get off to blistering start

Leinster Schools’ Junior Cup: Gonzaga College kick-started their Leinster Schools’ Junior Cup campaign in fine style at Donnybrook yesterday, when a blistering first-half performance helped them towards a comprehensive triumph over Newbridge College.

The Ranelagh school broke the deadlock with an expertly-converted Eoin Barr penalty five minutes in, before a defensive mistake from Newbridge enabled inside centre Max Neville to cross over unopposed from the subsequent attack.

Supremely-executed tries by powerful forward duo Ian O’Grady and Eoin Buggy ensured that Gonzaga held an unassailable 22-0 advantage at the break, and despite developing some promising phases in the Gonzaga ‘22’ upon the resumption, Newbridge couldn’t find their way past a rigid opposition defence.