Despite leading by just 7-6 at half-time, Clongowes powered their way to a convincing win over CUS at Anglesea Road. Steven Magee opened the scoring with a try in the 32nd minute but two Paul Brady penalties kept CUS in touch.
However, Clongowes killed the game off in the second half with tries from Rob Jenkinson, Dave Clavin, Mark Rooney and Magee, who also sent over two more coversions to bring his tally to 16.
CLONGOWES WOOD COLLEGE: P Treacy; S Magee, P Berkery, D Clavin, R Jenkinson; M Britton, C Matthews; D McKeown, M Kelly, J Moran, D Lynch, M Egan, R O'Toole, M Rooney, A Proctor. Replacements: B Heffernan for Matthews (45 mins), D Ryan for Kelly (50 mins), M Costello for Clavin, D Fagan for Rooney (50 mins), S Dunne for Moran (55 mins), B Purcell for Britton (60 mins).
CUS: A Smith; G Keegan, A Malone, A Duffy, E Gantley; P Brady, F Tam; P Maher, C Malone, C Brehany, I Feeley, S Davies, D Givens, G Carty, N Byrne. Replacements: A Taheny for Keegan (halftime), M Heney for Tam (50 mins).
Referee: B Payne (ARLB).
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