Crescent prove much too powerful for St Clement's

Crescent coasted into the semi-final of the Munster Schools' Senior Cup with a crushing defeat of neighbours St Clement's at …

Crescent coasted into the semi-final of the Munster Schools' Senior Cup with a crushing defeat of neighbours St Clement's at Thomond Park.

Crescent, who led 22-7 at half-time, had tries by Barry Woulfe, Cian Reddan, Eoin Griffin (2), Michael Slattery (2), David Upton, Mark Ryan and Kevin McEvoy, four of which were converted by Brian O'Shea. For St Clement's, Darra Nicholas got a try, with Michael Reidy adding the points.

CRESCENT: D O'Kane; D McCarthy, B Tuohy (capt), C Reddin, E Maguire; B O'Shea, D Harris; J Keays, A Geoghegan,, M Slattery, A Newman, M Ryan, D Upton, E Griffin, B Woulfe. Replacements: K McEvoy for O'Kane, M Hannon for Reddin, L Darcy for Keays, S Costello for Geoghegan, G Lally for Slattery, T Whelan for Harris, D O'Neill for Newman.

ST CLEMENT'S: M Reidy; B Fitzgerald, J O'Shea, D Nicholas, D Jones; B Higgins (capt), K Imbusch; D Gleeson, P O'Sullivan, M Adams, G Ryan, W Fitzgerald, A Doherty, A Byrnes, D Sheehan. Replacements: J Lenihan for Gleeson, P Gibbs for Byrnes, A Smalle for Doherty, T Quinn for Imbusch, R Carey for O'Shea.

Referee: J Sheehan (Munster).

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