Garbally College 30 St Joseph's, Galway 0:GARBALLY COLLEGE, the most prolific winners of the Connacht Schools Senior Cup but who have only one title in the past decade, advanced to the semi-finals of this year's competition with an easy win at Ballinasloe yesterday.
St Joseph’s enjoyed a lot of possession during the opening half when they had the wind but were left chasing the game following a breakaway try from scrumhalf David Murray after 21 minutes.
Centre Ross Keller, who finished with 15 points, landed the conversion and a penalty for the 44-times winners to lead 10-0 at the break. Keller killed the game as a contest within a minute of the restart with a try and with prop Jacob Walshe, winger Conor Loughrey and Murray to the fore, they booked a date with Sligo Grammar with tries from Walshe and fullback Matthew Tierney.
SCORERS: Garbally College: tries: Murray, Keller, Walshe, Tierney; cons: Keller (2); pens: Keller (2)
GARBALLY COLLEGE: M Tierney; A Mannion, J Parsons, R Keller, C Loughrey; I Duffy, D Murray; J Walshe, A Loughrey , K Gavin; S Curtin, T Murphy; D Walshe, J Codyre, D Curley. Replacements: C Clogher for Mannion (35 mins), P Gilsenan for Loughrey (50 mins)
ST JOSEPH’S, GALWAY: A Naughton; R Kerrigan, M Joyce, C Evans, J O’Donovan; C Moran, J Mitchell; B Brophy, R Tapia, C Gavin; S Murray, E O’Brien; A Broderick, L Brennan, C Joyce. Replacements: N Hanley for O’Brien, D Arrigan for Tapia (52 mins), C Walsh for Joyce (62 mins)
Referee: D Flood.
