Senior Cup: Noonan holds nerve with injury-time penalty as Ardscoil Rís stun CBC

CBC, Cork 7 Ardscoil Rís 9: This victory by rank outsiders Ardscoil Rís will go down as one of the biggest shocks in the history of the Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Senior Cup, when a penalty deep in stoppage time put holders Christian Brothers College to the sword at Musgrave Park yesterday.

Christians were massive favourites, given that Ardscoil were hammered into submission in round one and only got to this quarter-final stage through the back-door system, and with the benefit of a bye to avoid having to play a second round.

In the absence of Ardscoil’s brilliant captain and goal kicker Craig Casey, sidelined through injury late in the game, winger Maurice Noonan stepped up to take a hugely difficult penalty from out wide and against the wind with the last roll of the dice.