Clongowes comfortably booked their place in the second round when they outclassed King's Hospital in a one-sided encounter in Celbridge yesterday.

The Kildare side ran in eight tries in the process, with speedy right winger Morgan Hickey-Crowe bagging a hat-trick.

Clongowes opened their account after 11 minutes when HickeyCrowe grabbed his first try. Five minutes later, open side flanker Gavin Murphy went over with captain Conor Clancy converting. Clancy posted a penalty four minutes later and Clongowes completed their first half scoring on 27 minutes with Hickey-Crowe's second try.

David Sharkey, Brian Crean, Hickey-Crowe and Ruadhri Carmody added second-half tries.

Clongowes Wood: B Crean; M HickeyCrowe, M Regan, D Sharkey, A Smyth; K Finane, R Carmody; P Walsh, G Moran, C Clancy (capt), R Fagan, A Kelly, D O'Brien, G Murphy, S Nolan. Replacements: S Kelly for Clancy, M Soraghan for Carmody, J Molony for Murphy (all 55 mins), G Redmond for Kelly, T Gahan for Smyth, R O'Hagan for Crean, D Dorgan for Hickey-Crowe (58 mins).

King's Hospital: B Cooper; C Keating, R Morrow, G Lysaght, T Byrne; K Lett, J Allen; I Kirwan, S Gray, E Carter, C Allen, J White, (capt), A Nuzum, C Bull, S Young. Replacements: H Tindal for Young (half-time), J Brown for Keating, R Johnson for Byrne (50 mins), S Caldwell for J Allen, S Malone for C Allen (55 mins), J Hynes for Bull, G Satchwell for Tindal (57 mins).

Referee: A Rolland (ARLB).