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Wed 04 Apr 2001McGowan makes the difference
Alan McGowan's injury-time try, which he converted himself, capped a fine second-half performance by Blackrock College and rubber stamped a thoroughly merited victory. The outhalf contributed 22 points, his place-kicking in the blustery conditions underpinning his team's success.
Blackrock's effort was all the more laudable in that at two separate stages of the second half, they were reduced to 14 men: Bob Casey cooled his heels in the sin bin for 10 minutes and would be followed by Brian O'Driscoll, the latter for a clumsy tackle. Terenure flanker Peter O'Malley was also binned though his offence hardly warranted the punishment.
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