Holders Nenagh Ormond cruise into last eight of Munster Senior Cup

Nenagh Ormond's Colm Skehan and Mikey Doran celebrate winning last season's Munster Senior Cup final. Pic:  ©INPHO/Ben Brady

There were no shocks in the opening round of the Bank of Ireland Munster Senior Cup, as late rallies saw both Shannon and Midleton advance to next week’s quarter finals.

Holders Nenagh Ormond cruised through to the last eight with a 40-17 home win against U.L. Bohemian. Mikey Doran, Matt Burke, Patrick Scully, Derek Corcoran, Conor Shaughnessy and John O’Flaherty all scored tries for the Tipperary side and Aaron Kelly kicked five conversions. Donnacha O’Callaghan, Darragh O’Gorman and Darren Ferrar replied with tries for Bohs and O’Gorman added a conversion.