St Mary’s College 17 – Kilkenny College 9
St Mary’s College won their Bank of Ireland Leinster Schools Senior Cup quarter-final against Kilkenny with an injury-time try by Aaron O’Brien.
Having trailed by two Sean Naughton penalties at halftime, Mary’s put in an impressive performance in the second half to ensure their place in the semi final.
Ross Moore batted away tackles to keep Kilkenny at bay, and Aaron O’Brien drove low for the game-winning try, which Conor Tracey converted at the end.
Scorers
St Mary’s College: F King, A O’Brien try each; C Tracey pen, two cons.
Kilkenny College: S Naughton three pens.
St Mary’s College – John Brennan; Zach Hopkins (Peter O’Beirne 51), Ross Moore, Evan Moynihan, Stephen Kennedy; Daragh Gilbourne (capt), Gavin Mulvihill (Conor Tracey 31); Fionn King (Tiernan O’Shea 59), Mark McHugh, Andrew Sparrow, Tom McEniff, Luke Policky, Aaron O’Brien, Luc Manselli (Lucca Jennings h-t), Louis McGauran.
Kilkenny College – Andrew Moore; Dean Symes, Glen O’Rourke, Harry Rogers (capt), Stefan Hillebrand; Sean Naughton, Charlie Kennedy; Adam Whatchorn, Ashton Botha, Adam Shirley, Paddy Bramley, Mark Stanley (Jay O’Sullivan 65), Sam Dudley, Zach Furlong, Stephen Smyth.
