Classy Clongowes cruise into Schools’ Cup semis

Clongowes Wood College 27 CBC Monkstown 5: Clongowes Wood College registered three tries at Donnybrook yesterday afternoon, as the clinical Clane side finished with 22 points to spare over CBC Monkstown in the quarter-final of the Bank of Ireland Leinster Schools’ Senior Cup.

Clongowes centre Benjamin O’Shea was short of the target from a fourth-minute penalty, but after Monkstown secured possession in front of the posts, he made no mistake from another close-range effort.

The eight-time champions held on to this slender advantage for the much of the opening period, before they finally enhanced their superiority with a powerful drive over the whitewash by Edward Carroll just beyond the half-hour mark.