Wilson's Hospital overwhelmed Marian College in the Junior Cup semi-final at Barnhall RFC yesterday. Wilson's ran in four tries, with three converted, while Marian failed to score.
Wilson's first try came after 10 minutes when, following a slick back-line move from the Marian 22, centre John Paradise sent fellow centre Aruna Kanu clear on the right-hand side, full back Claudio Nardone adding the conversion.
Two minutes later, Wilson's grabbed their second try when, from a ruck in the middle of the pitch, the ball was worked out to the Marian 22, where captain and open-side flanker Ian Condell scored.
Nardone again converted and then added a penalty on 25 minutes, leaving it 17-0 at half-time. Twenty minutes after the break, outhalf Gordon Peavoy scored the first of two tries when he received the ball from a scrum on his own 22 and sprinted the length of the pitch. Nardone missed the conversion.
Five minutes later, Peavoy, breaking from a ruck near the Marian 22, ran to score under the posts, Nardone converting.
WILSON'S HOSPITAL: C Nardone; N Mills, A Kana, J Paradise, D Kelly; G Peavoy, S Moorehead;B Bloomfield, W Carry, D Loughrey, Z Warner, D Murtagh, A Campbell, I Condell (capt), L Westwater, Replacements: J Shaw for Kelly (ht), T Smith for Moorhead (35 mins), B Weafer for Mills (52).
MARIAN COLLEGE: S Ludden;H Eager, C Browne, R O'Neill, J McCabe;B McDonald, G McDonald, S Reilly, S Mooney, J Kavanagh, B Hogan, G Skelly, G O'Neill, E Fogarty (capt), V Byrne. Replacements: B Lawless for B McDonald (42 mins), D Anderson for G McDonald (55)
Referee: A Acheson (ARLB)
