Schools Rugby Leinster Junior Cup Newbridge College 18 St Mary's College 10Newbridge College withstood a late revival from St Mary's College in a thrilling replay at Lakelands Park yesterday. The Kildare side were in control at 11-0 some 10 minutes into the second half, but St Mary's struck back with two tries.
On 25 minutes, Newbridge bagged their first try when number eight Sam Coghlan-Murray powered through the cover.
St Mary's tries came from centre Killian Grumley-Traynor and fullback David O'Halloran.
Newbridge sealed it when wing Adrian Dunne broke from his own half to score under the posts.
NEWBRIDGE COLLEGE: G Burns; A Dunne, D Hennebry, E Howlin, R O'Connor; C Browne (capt), M Crowe; J Tracy, C Thompson, C O'Carroll, R Mangan, J Cantillon, M Duke, B Cella, S Coghlan-Murray. Replacement: C Finan for J Tracy (58 mins).
ST MARY'S COLLEGE: D O'Halloran; K Farrell, M Walsh (capt), K Grumley-Traynor, H Norton; E Moriarty, D Fanagan; S Kearney, C O'Reilly, G Gallivan, L Curran, P Doran, R Lowe, A Martin, M Fallon. Replacements: E Mulcahy for H Norton (52 mins); S O'Carroll for R Lowe (58 mins).
Referee: R O'Flynn (ARLB).
