A youthful St Nessan's advanced to the second round of the Munster Schools' Senior Cup with an impressive win over Colaiste Mhuire, Crosshaven.
Shane Guerin opened the scoring for St Nessan's with a penalty after four minutes and then Stephen Buckley crossed for their first try, converted by Guerin. Guerin, who contributed 15 points, kicked his second penalty after 25 minutes and converted a Pat Gavin try to give his side a 20point interval lead.
After the interval, Crosshaven responded with a Graham Foley penalty, and he also converted a Peter O'Leary try. However, St Nessan's finished the stronger when Guerin added a drop goal and Garvin his second try.
ST NESSAN'S COLLEGE: S Guerin; P Gavin, G Fitzgerald, E O'Dwyer, S Buckley; J Forde, D O'Mahony; P Hayes, T Nix, O O'Grady, F O Dalaigh, C Considine, J Fitzgerald, G Kennedy, I McCarthy. Replacements: D McNamara for Buckley, T Gavin for McCarthy.
COLAISTE MHUIRE: F Kelleher; S Carey, E Good, T Ronayne, R Scannell; G Foley, K Boyle; G Donovan, P Greene, S O'Flaherty, D Daly, R Leonard, K Donovan, P Vallely, P O'Leary. Replacement: O Long for Scannell.
Referee: S Flannery.
The Munster Junior Cup game between Tarbert and Waterpark was postponed.
