Coy keeps nerve to land penalties

Four penalties from Stephen Coy sent Moyne CS into the Leinster Schools' Section A Senior Cup quarter-final after a titanic replay…

Four penalties from Stephen Coy sent Moyne CS into the Leinster Schools' Section A Senior Cup quarter-final after a titanic replay with Newpark Comprehensive at King's Hospital.

In a cagey first half, outhalf Coy struck two penalties in the 10th and 22nd minutes to give Moyne a 6-0 lead at the interval. Newpark could not break the Moyne defence until the 44th minute when outhalf Ben Fogarty cut through for a try which Jason Lowe converted. Lowe then landed a penalty to give Newpark a 10-6 lead. Coy, however, kept his nerve to land two late penalties.

MOYNE CS: K Muldowney; D Farrell, D Bannon, D McGlade, G Canning (P Murtagh 62 mins); S Coy, S Diffley; G Prunty, N Boucher, P Gallogly, M Brady, P Costelloe, C Brady, P Mulligan, C McGlade.

NEWPARK: P Tormey; D Grattan, D O'Rourke, J Lowe, B Murphy; B Fogarty, C Weinmann; G Greene, R Corrigan, R Court, F McGurk, B O'Shea, T Heather, R Lundberg, S O'Hara.

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Referee: A Acheson (ARLB).