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U18’s Leinster Schools

The Interprovintial Championship 2015

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U18 Schools Are Interpro Champions!

13 September 2015 12:42 leinster u18 schools

Caelan Doris, Leinster captain, goes past Joseph Finnegan, Ulster, on his way to scoring his team’s second try.

Noel McNamara’s Leinster boys took back the U18 Schools Interprovincial Championship with a two tries-to-none win over Ulster at Deramore Park on Saturday afternoon.

It was nip and tuck throughout the first-half as Ulster made a physical statement with a big, bulldozing pack of forwards that won more collisions than they lost.

Their front row of Callum Reid, Alexander Clarke and Kyle van Giesen did damage at the scrum, while lock Alistair Burke broke tackles in the loose.

They moved ahead in the 16th minute when centre Callum Smith shot a penalty for an infringement at a ruck.

It was growing into a high quality contest with both defences in hard to shut down the danger men like Leinster full-back Michael Sylvester and right wing Thomas O’Callaghan.

Ulster scrum-half Jonathan Stewart needed plenty of minding too with a vigilant back row of Caelan Doris, John Fairley and Andrew Murphy on red alert.

The pressure put on the visitors resulted in their loosehead Cathal Duff seeing yellow just before the break, placing the burden of reorganisation on McNamara.

On the restart, the home province was able to benefit from the extra man by doubling up their advantage as Smith

slotted his second penalty.

ULSTER

The game could have slipped away from Leinster. Their defence was sorely tested as the big carriers came straight and hard with loose forwards Cameron Kelly and Matthew Agnew cleaning up the dirty work.

Leinster did well to stay in the game, but the visitors needed to do more. They had to pull something out of the fire.

It happened when captain Doris turned down a shot at goal for a lineout maul.

The ball was pulled in by second row Charlie Ryan and Doris was the man in the van to make the whitewash.

Fly-half Harry Byrne’s conversion turned over the lead 7-6 in the 45th minute.

15. Joseph Finnegan (RBAI) 14. Josh Agnew (RS Armagh) / Christopher Jordan (Sullivan Upper) ht 13. James Hume (RBAI) / Angus Kernohan (Ballymena Academy) 65 mins 12. Callum Smith (Coleraine GS) 11. Ben Finlay (Wallace HS) 10. Michael Lowry (RBAI) 9. Jonathon Stewart (Wallace HS, Capt) 1. Callum Reid (RBAI) 2. Alexander Clarke (Ballymena Academy) / Clayton Milligan (Down HS) 66 mins 3. Kyle van Giesen (Regent House) 4. Alistair Burke (Ballyclare HS) / James Nelson (Campbell) 45 mins 5. Matthew Dalton (BRA) 6. Cameron Kelly (Methodist) 7. Matthew Agnew (Bangor GS) 8. Jack Barry-Glendinning (Campbell) / Zac Ward (Down HS) 65 mins.

Back came Ulster to engineer a third penalty by Smith to slip them back in front as Leinster tight-head Eoghan Clarke was binned.

It was fast turning into a test of character and composure for Leinster with replacement William Fay making a real impact in the last quarter.

They stayed true to their patterns by moving menacingly into the 22. The ploy was taken to drive it up and, once again, Doris hands were the final ones on the ball for the match winner in the 67th minute.

“There has been a lot of hard work put into regaining this Championship,” said Team Manager Gordon Smyth.

“The boys have come through some difficult situations which revealed a huge amount of character.

“We got our just reward in the end.”

ULSTER SCHOOLS 9 LEINSTER SCHOOLS 12 At Deramore Park - ULSTER SCHOOLS 9 (C Smith 3 pens); LEINSTER SCHOOLS 12 (C Doris 2 tries; H Byrne con)

LEINSTER: 15. Michael Silvester (Clongowes Wood) 14. Thomas O’Callaghan (C.B.C. Monkstown) 13. James Hickey (St. Michael’s) 12. Tommy O’Brien (Blackrock) 11. Ted O’Donoghue (Terenure) 10. Harry Byrne (St. Michael’s) 9. Hugh O’Sullivan (Belvedere) / Patrick Patterson (Blackrock) for 50 mins 1. Cathal Duff (Clongowes Wood) 2. Conor Gleeson (Gonzaga) 3. Eoghan Clarke (C.B.C. Monkstown) 4. Caelan Doris (Blackrock, Capt) 5. Charles Ryan (Blackrock) 6. Patrick Ryan (Newbridge) / Carl Keogh (Castleknock) 50 mins - temp 7. John Fairley (Blackrock) / Evin Coyle (Gonzaga) for Fairley 34 mins - temp / Jack Dignam (Terenure) for Fairley 41 mins 8. Andrew Murphy (Blackrock) / William Fay (CBC Monkstown) 50 mins.

Referee: K Imbusch, IRFU.

Leinster U18 Schools victorious over Munster 25-16

5 September 2015 17:53 Noal McNamara’s Leinster survived going behind late on with two boys in the bin for Harry Byrne to kick the winning penalty.

Leinster went straight for tempo, their first penalty award at a scrum taken on at rapid speed by scrum-half Patrick Patterson.

His half-back partner Harry Byrne snapped a clever diagonal kick to touch. Charlie Ryan stole the lineout.

Replacement Patrick Ryan took the ball up well. Byrne’s show-and-go almost worked a treat.

Charlie Ryan won another lineout. Captain Caelan Doris charged forward. The ball was lost. Munster centre Daniel Hurley took-off and kicked on. Tommy O’Brien cleaned up the bouncing ball.

Lineout king Ryan reeled in another one, Patterson took off at a rate of knots and prop Eoghan Clarke stayed on his feet by pumping his legs. But, Munster centre Pa Ryan held the ball up in contact to force a turnover.

Doris came calling again with purpose to secure the gain line. The ball was whipped left for wing Ted O’Donoghue to grubber through. Centre Ryan cleaned that up too on his line.

The Leinster captain Doris was soon onto the ball again, his strength in contact impressive, freeing up his hands to put Jack Dignam over for Byrne to convert in the 13th minute.

It was far from one-way traffic. Munster came menacingly down the left, wing Sean French taking a nice angle onto the ball which Thomas O’Callaghan spotted just in time.

An impressive bust by Munster number eight Fergus Hennessy caused a penalty, neatly dispatched by fly-half Peter Sylvester to narrow it to 7-3 in the 22nd minute.

It was beginning to open up. Leinster’s O’Donoghue took a sweet inside-to-out line from Byrne’s delivery, the final pass failing to find one of two support runners.

Referee Oisin Quinn felt Leinster pulled down two mauls for the punishment of two penalties, taking the game to

within five metres of their line. Munster won the ball and were suspiciously taken down again. No penalty.

This time scrum-half Aaron Rice peeled to the short side where flanker Ian Brown knocked on as he placed the ball on the line. There was the compensation of a shot at goal which Sylvester kicked to make it 7-6 in the 31st minute.

Once again, Doris set the tone with a lung-bursting break into the heart of the Munster defence and popped up twice more to make a real impact.

The ball was shifted right for centre O’Brien to come off his right foot and just about make the line for 12-6 at the break.

Munster replacement James Taylor’s first involvement was a 37th minute penalty which he could not put on target.

There was a frantic element to the game as both provinces struggled for control, Leinster kicking without the chase to back it up and Munster looking to punch around the edges.

Scrum-half Rice sensed an opening, quickly shut down

by Patterson. The penalty came, however, for not rolling away at a ruck.

Munster opted for the lineout. Their captain Ronan Coffey claimed the throw from Diarmuid Barron. The maul was set and blindside Charlie Carmody hled the ball captive for a smartly taken try.

Tylor tagged on the conversion for a 13-12 lead in the 47th minute.

The response was immediate.

Leinster constructed a beautiful three-quarter move in which full-back Michael Silvester, O’ Callaghan and James Hickey all contributed handsomely to devise an opening which O’Callaghan could not quite finish.

They were picking up the pace as Patterson and Byrne began to orchestrate. Pa Ryan was watertight in the Munster defence. Coffey cut down Doris. But, Quinn noticed an infringement at the breakdown.

Byrne kept his composure to slice the posts for 15-13in the 53rd minute.

Back came Munster. Carmody and prop James French made ground. Hooker Conor Gleeson was yellow carded.

Munster went for touch. They messed it up. They came again. Rice was denied by William Fay.

From a scrum, Hennessy and Rice poked and prodded.

Leinster were reduced to thirteen when Doris was penalised and Taylor moved Munster 16-15 ahead in the 63rd minute.

Despite dealing with the loss of men, Leinster came forward to earn a penalty which Byrne made.

The seal was put on it by full-back Michael Silvester’s speed away from the cover for Byrne to add the extras in what was a real belter of a game.

A Donnybrook - LEINSTER 25 (T O’Brien, M Silvester, J Dignam try each; H Byrne 2 pens, 2 cons); MUNSTER 16 (C Carmody try; P Sylvester 2 pens; J Taylor pen, con).

LEINSTER: Michael Silvester (Clongowes Wood); Thomas O’Callaghan (CBC Monkstown), James Hickey (St Michael’s), Tommy O’Brien (Blackrock), Ted O’Donoghue (Terenure); Harry Byrne (St Michael’s), Patrick Patterson (Blackrock); Eoghan Clarke (CBC Monkstown), Conor Gleeson (Gonzaga), Evin Coyle (Gonzaga), Aaron Browne (Cistercian, Roscrea), Charlie Ryan (Blackrock), Caelan Doris (Blackrock, capt), Jack Dignam (Terenure), Andrew Murphy (Blackrock).

Replacements: Patrick Ryan (Newbridge) for Dignam 1 min - temp & 20 mins - temp & 52 mins; William Fay (CBC Monkstown) for Murphy 52 mins; Hugh O’Sullivan (Belvedere) for Patterson 56 mins; Daniel Power (St Gerard’s) for Browne 60 mins; Cathal Duff (Clongowes Wood) for Coyle 63 mins.

MUNSTER: Marcus Browne (St Munchin’s); Paul Buckley (PBC Cork), Daniel Hurley (Crescent), Pa Ryan (Ard Scoil Ris), Sean French (PBC Cork); Peter Sylvester (PBC Cork), Aaron Rice (St Munchin’s); James French (Bandon Grammar), Diarmuid Barron (Rockwell), Ciaran McHugh (CBC Cork); Sean English (Castletroy), Ronan Coffey (Ard Scoil Ris, capt); Charlie Carmody (St Munchin’s), Ian Brown (Ard Scoil Ris), Fergus Hennessy (CBC Cork).

Replacements: James Taylor (CBC Cork) for Buckley ht; Conor O’Flynn (PBC Cork) for English 58 mins; Johnny Williams (Glenstal) for Barron 62 mins; John Blake (Crescent) for Coffey, Oisin Conway (CBC Cork) for Ryan both 64 mins; Mark Bromell (Castletroy) for McHugh 69 mins; Steven Atkinson (Castletroy) for Browne 70 mins.

Referee: Oisin Quinn, IRFU.

LEINSTER: Michael Silvester (Clongowes Wood),Thomas O’Callaghan (C.B.C. Monkstown),James Hickey (St. Michael’s),Tommy O’Brien (Blackrock),Ted O’Donoghue (Terenure),Harry Byrne (St. Michael’s),Hugh O’Sullivan (Belvedere) ,Patrick Patterson (Blackrock) ,Cathal Duff (Clongowes Wood),Conor Gleeson (Gonzaga),Eoghan Clarke (C.B.C. Monkstown),Caelan Doris (Blackrock, Capt),Charlie Ryan (Blackrock),Patrick Ryan (Newbridge) ,Carl Keogh (Castleknock) ,John Fairley (Blackrock) ,Evin Coyle (Gonzaga) ,Jack Dignam (Terenure) ,Andrew Murphy (Blackrock),William Fay (CBC Monkstown) ,Daniel Power (St Gerrards),Tim Murphy (Newbridge) gpfoto my photos, your story gpfoto@ymail.com +353 (087) 2424123 © All rights reserved