Castletroy College edge St Munchins to reach Munster Schools Senior Cup semis

Two tries from Jamie Conway and seven points from the boot of Liam Glynn saw Castletroy seal a hard-fought victory over their Limerick rivals.

MIGHTY MUNCHINS: David Geoghegan, St Munchins looking to break past Rowan Brady, Castletroy College during the Pinergy Schools U19 Munster Senior Cup match at Liam Fitzgerald Park, Limerick. Picture Dan Linehan

Castletroy College 17 St Munchin's 11

Castletroy College advanced to the last four of the Munster Schools Senior Cup after they saw off Limerick rivals St Munchin’s at Liam Fitzgerald Park.

Two tries from Jamie Conway and seven points from the boot of Liam Glynn saw Castletroy seal what was a hard-fought victory.

St Munchin’s will look back on several missed chances close to the Castletroy line as to one of the reasons their campaign came to an end.

Castletroy took full advantage with Conway’s second try a couple of minutes from the end proving to be the winning score.

It was Castletroy that got the scoring underway in the ninth minute with slick hands from Glynn and Joel Rowntree seeing Robbie Widger find a gap in the Munchin’s defence.

St Munchins College cheer leaders shout on their team against Castletroy College during the Pinergy Schools U19 Munster Senior Cup match at Liam Fitzgerald Park, Limerick. Picture Dan Linehan

The ball was moved left and after big carries from Cillian McNamara and Trever Tchokotieu, Conway managed to burst over for the first try of the game. Glynn added the conversion to put his side 7-0 up.

Munchin’s responded positively and got on the scoreboard through an Oisin Madden penalty.

It was one-way traffic for most of the first half but Munchin’s were unable to capitalise on territory as Castletroy held firm in defence.

Several times Munchin’s were camped on the Castletroy line only for poor handling errors scuppering their hopes and the score remained at 7-3 at the break.

However, Munchin’s kept on the pressure after the break and were rewarded on 47 minutes when Charlie Grace finally touched down with Castletroy down to 13 players after two players were sent to the sin-bin.

Rowan Brady, Castletroy College winning this lineout ball from Alex Quinn, St Munchins during the Pinergy Schools U19 Munster Senior Cup match at Liam Fitzgerald Park, Limerick. Picture Dan Linehan

That lead didn’t last for long as Glynn nailed a penalty in response to put Castletroy 10-8 in front.

Munchin’s continued to probe as the game headed into the final 10 minutes with a second Madden penalty restoring their advantage.

An intervention from Adam Power proved to be crucial as his block down from Darragh Dillon’s attempted clearance saw Castletroy into the Munchin’s ’22.

A patient attack followed with Conway powering over for his second try. Glynn added the extras to give Castletroy a 17-11 victory and a place in the semi-finals.

Castletroy College: R Widger; R Sheehan, S Lyons, J Rowntree, J Rennison; L Glynn, J O’Malley; T Tchokotieu, J O’Gorman, J Conway; B Fogarty, A Power; B O’Connell, R Brady, C McNamara.

Replacements: K Griffin, J Siudzinski, M Hickey, A Berkeley, M Hourigan, S Prendergast, C Devitt, B Kiely, E Boland, E Collins.

St Munchin’s College: A McGlynn; J Arenhold, R Angley, B Minogue, G O’Brien; O Madden, D Dillon; K Kirwan, A O’Shaughnessy, D Geoghegan; J Meaney, A Acton-Quinn; B Carr, P Dowling, C Grace.

Replacements: M Landers, D Colgan, D Fogarty, C Hannon, E Coughlan, A Burke, P O’Driscoll, T Williams, D Newman, J Browne.

Referee: John Lillis.