Mount Temple squander chance

Presentation College - 10 Mount Temple - 10: Presentation College, Bray and Mount Temple will replay next Monday after drawing…

Presentation College - 10 Mount Temple - 10: Presentation College, Bray and Mount Temple will replay next Monday after drawing at Sydney Parade yesterday. Mount Temple will be more aggrieved having had the better of the game and squandering a glorious chance to win in the final minute.

With their pack much the stronger, the northside school had Presentation pinned in their own 22 for most of the first half. They were unable to break down some aggressive defending however and the half ended scoreless.

Presentation started the second half at a higher tempo. Following two great drives, number eight Jason Harris-Wright was twice brought down just short of the try-line before right wing Dan Barry claimed the game's first try 15 minutes after the restart.

Mount Temple responded and within minutes a maul on Bray's five-metre line broke out to Max Rantz-MacDonald, who claimed a try beneath the posts.

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In the final five minutes, Leon Barowne and Ian Denham exchanged penalties before Rantz-MacDonald made a late break only to be high tackled 30 yards from the line but Denham put the penalty wide of the posts.

SCORERS: Presentation College: D Barry try; L Barowne con, pen Mount Temple: M Rantz-MacDonald try; I Denham con, pen.

PRESENTATION COLLEGE: S Quinn; D Barry, R Denver, C Dunne, P Cunningham; L Barowne, S Cranley (capt); J Harris-Wright, J Harman, J Downey, S Armstrong, R Breslin, B Carlin, A Lewis, P Dunphy. Replacements: A Gilmore for Breslin.

MOUNT TEMPLE: P Murphy; H Gill, M Rantz-MacDonald, S O'Byrne, D Reamsbottom; I Denham, S Glynn; S Boyle (capt), G Predy, M Johnson, E McCabe, D Whelan, J O'Keeffe, P Dawson, J Carlyle. Replacements: E Ffrench for Carlyle.

Referee: Wayne Sheridan.