PBC gain revenge in Limerick

SCHOOL'S RUGBY/St Munchins... 3 PBC Cork..

SCHOOL'S RUGBY/St Munchins ... 3 PBC Cork ... 8: Presentation College, Cork defeated St Munchins by 8-3 in the semi-final of the Munster Schools Junior Cup at Thomond Park yesterday.

Accordingly, they avenged Sunday's defeat by their Limerick rivals in the senior decider and will meet Crescent in the final at Musgrave Park on Tuesday.

Munchins took the lead on the stroke of half-time with a penalty by hooker Ger Slattery. PBC went in front on 56 minutes when right winger Richard Owens went over and a late penalty by Daragh Molloy made sure of the win.

PBC: J O'Driscoll; R Owens, B Dennehy, D Molloy, S McKeown; G Dunne, S Cronin (capt); M O'Leary, D Russell, N Bourke; S Murphy, A Wyse, R Allen, C McGrath, E Nugent.

ST MUNCHINS: W Mullane; M McNamara, A Ajoung, G Carroll, K McNamara; JP Hartigan, E O'Byrne; M O'Hurley, G Slattery, K Laffan, C Carney, N Keogh, T Nihill, F Cross (capt), D Gardiner. Replacements: P Mullins for Laffan (23 mins); M Costelloe for Carroll (51).

Referee: P Roche (Munster).

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