Years of hard work pay off as Bandon win first ever Munster Schools Junior Cup

“I knew they had something special about them,” said Bandon Grammar School head coach Philip Murphy.

Bandon Grammar School captain Mark Whelton is tackled by Cormac McCabe of CBC during the Munster Schools Junior Cup final. "Mark Whelton is just a freak of a captain," said Bandon head coach Philip Murphy. Pic: ©INPHO/Andrew Conan

Munster Schools Junior Cup final: Bandon Grammar School 20 CBC 12 

Every Munster Schools Junior Cup is hard-won. To win a first in school history, though? That’s an achievement decades in the works.