Holders Christians overpower Crescent College

CBC Cork 30 Crescent College 5: Christian Brothers College Cork laid down a marker in their bid to retain the Clayton Hotels sponsored Munster Schools Senior Cup when they proved much too strong for Crescent College Comprehensive at Musgrave Park yesterday.

There was to be no repeat of the close-fought final of last year with Christians growing in confidence as the game progressed. Crescent found themselves 25 points adrift going into the closing stages and, spirit aside, just didn’t have the resources needed to make a meaningful impact on the contest.

Yes, substitute Ronan Gallery scored a try off a maul with 10 minutes remaining but the Limerick outfit had to play too much catch-up rugby and, overall, this was an accomplished display by the holders who will be generally as happy with their defence as they were with the attack.