St David's take full advantage

An impressive wind assisted second-half performance saw St David's, Greystones, safely into the second round

An impressive wind assisted second-half performance saw St David's, Greystones, safely into the second round. Tries from Emmet Keane and David Byrne had St David's ahead 13-12 at half-time.

St David's were much more impressive in the second half and two tries inside the third quarter set them up for the win.

St David's Greystones: D Byrne; B Finnegan, N Smith, A McFadden, E Keane; C O'Sullivan, P O'Connor; S Philips; C Taylor, D Taylor, R O'Brien, F Bennett; S Hayes, N Hoey; A Wilds. Replacements: D Malone for Hayes and D Tyrrell for Philips.

Tullamore College: S White; D McEvoy, S McDonald, Jonathan Delaney, Jason Delaney; B Hoey, N Kane; A Lawlor, K Gorman, M Pierce, E McDonnell, J Brennan, M Hegarty, E Bracken, A Dunne. Replacements: P Thornton for Kane, D Daly for Hoey.

Referee: A Acheson (ARLB).

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