Rugby: Leinster Schools won a tough final tour match 23-7 against a strong Buenos Aires Under-18 side. Played on a very heavy pitch at the Hurling Club, Leinster dug deep to prevail and their excellent tackling and well-organised defence kept their line unbroken except for one occasion.
A superb second-half performance saw the Irish side record their fifth successive victory and finish the tour unbeaten.
Lock David Gannon burst through after 10 minutes for a try, which wing Cathal Connolly converted. Buenos Aires then scored a converted try five minutes later and at half time the score remained at 7-7.
Connolly then kicked three penalties in the 40th, 48th and 51st minutes to ease the pressure. In the final minute wing Breffni O'Donnell rounded his man to score a try, which Connolly again converted. Leinster had beaten Rosario 26-19 last Saturday.
Leinster: G Hayes; C Connolly, K Kennedy, R Jenkinson, K Coleman; C Sharpe, D Geraghty; J Moran, C Geoghegan, M Whelan, D Gannon, S Crawford, S Abbott, D Dunlop, J Heaslip. Replacements: J Barretto for Whelan (51), J Quigley for Jenkinson (52), B O'Donnell for Quigley (63), J A Lee for Moran (69).
Hockey: David Eakins of Cork Harlequins captains an 18-man squad which includes seven fellow Munster players for the 16-nation Junior World Cup (under-21) tournament in Hobart, Tasmania, from October 9th-21st.
Eakins, who has also captained the under-16s and under-18s, is one of 10 survivors of the squad which played in the European Under-21 Championship in Madrid last year. Among several newcomers is the Glenanne defender, Joe Brennan.
In preparation for the Australian assignment, the Irish team will play internationals against Scotland and France at Inverclyde, Glasgow, on September 13th-16th and the following weekend they will meet Wales in Cardiff. Their opening match in Hobart will be against the title holders, Australia.
IRELAND Under-21s (for Junior World Cup) - M Ruddle (Cork C of I), N Slane (Queen's University); I Allen (Monkstown), J Brennan (Glenanne), K Burns (Cork C of I), D Eakins (Cork Harlequins) capt, A Giles (Pembroke Wanderers), M Harte (Dublin University), vice-capt, D Hobbs (Cork C of I), J Hobbs (Cork Harlequins), S Irvine (Banbridge), J Jermyn (Cork C of I), A Kershaw (Pembroke Wanderers), P McConnell (Three Rock Rovers), S Nicholson (Cork Harlequins), J Quigley (Annadale), P Smith (Cork C of I), S Symington (Lisnagarvey); coach: G Blackwood; assistant coach: D Pritchard; manager: S Hiles; assistant manager: D Millar.
Tennis: Barry King of the Donnybrook club continued to vindicate his top rating at this week's Irish Open Junior Championships at Fitzwilliam yesterday.
King's positive play has landed him into the quarter-finals of the most competitive of all singles for the loss of only one game. He dispatched the challenge of Wexford's Killian Pender without dropping a game and faces Cork's Paul Brickley in the last eight.
King's closest rival, Gareth Doran, the number two seed and younger brother of Davis Cup man John, is having a much tougher time at the other end of the draw but got through by ousting Eoin Heavey 6-4 6-3.
Conor Gibney, a son of former Davis Cup star Robin, caused a surprise by beating the seeded Adam Boyle from Larne 6-0, 6-1.
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