St Mary's College ... 28 CUS ... 0St Mary's College were far too strong for CUS as they ran out comfortable winners at a muddy Lakelands Park in Terenure yesterday.

St Mary's were effective in pounding the ball up the middle all afternoon and although they had to wait until injury time in the first half before scoring their first try, their physical superiority was emphasised in the second half when they ran in a further four tries.

Scrumhalf Matthew Conway got the crucial first try and with Neil Cowhey having earlier converted a penalty St Mary's went in at the break with a deserved 8-0 lead.

CUS had trouble bringing down the St Mary's number eight, Kevin Gallivan, all afternoon, and he was rewarded for his man-of-the-match performance when he scored the best try of the game, finishing off a fine St Mary's move after 46 minutes.

ST MARY'S: A Hogan; C Foynes, J Buggy, M Sexton, N Cunningham; N Cowhey, M Conway; G Rooney, S Timmons, R Sweeney, S McArdle, A McCarthy, P Lalor, E Brennan, K Gallivan. Replacements: J Twomey for Foynes 44 mins, E Moran for Rooney 52 mins, M Callanan for McCarthy 52 mins.

CUS: R Buckley, C O'Reilly, C Doyle, G Cowzer, E Lyons, N McInerney, C Dillon, P Lynch, G Clifford, E Hession, C Currie, A Beakey, C Hendrick, R McAuley, C Kane. Replacements: G Leech for Buckley 47 mins, E Stanley for Dillon 47 mins, G Blunnie for Clifford 52 mins, S Framer for Currie 55 mins, F Kennedy for Lynch 60 mins, C Murray for Lyons 60 mins.