Christians deliver in semi-final thriller

CBC Cork 13 PBC Cork 12: The faces may change but circumstances on the path to glory often remain the same between these two iconic schools as proved by a delicately balanced Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Senior Cup semi-final thriller at Musgrave Park yesterday.

Christian Brothers College edged through to the decider at the expense of unlucky Presentation, who scored two tries to one but were outdone by the concession of too many first-half penalties and the inevitable bounce of a ball.

The winners won’t be worried they had to scrap for a place in the final, that it all probably came down to a last-ditch tackle by Ian Casey on his opposite winger Paul Buckley seven minutes into the second-half, or that they didn’t reach their full potential against dogged opposition.