Win for Leinster schoolboys

Schools (U18) Interprovincial Championship:

At Donnybrook – Leinster U18 Schools 20 (A Kelly, S Coghlan-Murray, T Parsons, D Whiston try each); Ulster (U18) Schools 3 (J McKinney pen).

LEINSTER (U18) SCHOOLS 20 ULSTER (U18) SCHOOLS 3.

Jordi Murphy’s Leinster Schools caned their Ulster counterparts for four tries in the Schools (Under-18) Inter-provincial Championship at Donnybrook today.

The northern boys were not able to build on a solid start when their Ireland Schools kicked a fourth minute penalty. They had plenty of possession, but not the craft to make it count.

The home side wasn’t as wasteful. Left-wing Sam Coghlan-Murray cleverly put centre Alex Kelly over in the in the 20th minute for a half-time lead they would never relinquish

as the impressive Coghlan-Murray, hooker Tom Parsons and Parsons’ direct replacement Derek Whiston completed the quartet.

Leinster: F Doherty (Gonzaga); D Layden (Gonzaga), T O’Halloran (Roscrea), A Kelly (St Michael’s), S Coghlan-Murray (Newbridge); C O’Shea (Belvedere), P du Toit (King’s Hospital); J Tracy (Newbridge), T Parsons (Blackrock), M Moore (Castleknock), G Hoban (Clongowes), E McMahon (St Michael’s), J Murphy (Blackrock – Capt), J Dilger (Clongowes), C Mallon (St Michael’s).

Replacements: J O’Donoghue (Terenure) for O’Shea 42 mins; L Curran (St Mary’s) for Dilger 47 mins; K Ryan (Gonzaga) for O’Layden 55 mins; D Whiston (King’s Hosptial) for Parsons, S Calbeck (Kilkenny) for Tracy, P Reilly (Castleknock) for Moore, I Cassidy (Wesley) for Mallon all 66 mins.

Ulster: J Annett (Ballyclare); S Scott (Banbridge), C Colvin (Royal, Armagh), P Robinson (Methodist), J Pollock (Royal, Armagh); J McKinney (Campbell), H Doyle (Royal, Armagh); A Warwick (Ballymena), N Annett (Methodist – Capt), C Carey (Methodist), C Tipping (Campbell), A Best (Ballyclare), P Marks (RBAI), M Porter (Campbell), S Leckey (Ballymena).

Replacements: G Dennison (Ballymena) for Marks, P Whyte (Bangor) for Carey, S McIlwaine (Larne) for Robinson all ht; A Christie (Larne) for Porter 56 mins; L McCallan (Wallace) for Annett, P Starrett (Royal, Armagh), Tipping, R McCurry (RBAI) for Doyle all 66 mins.

Referee: F Butler, IRFU.