Marian saw off St Patrick's Navan in this Junior Cup tie at Belvedere College yesterday.

Inspired by David Kearney and Ciaran Connolly, who scored 19 points, Marian took early control. A second try for Diarmuid Corcoran brought St Patrick's back into the game after the interval only for Connolly to complete his hat-trick.

Marian College: D Murray, T Fitzpatrick (try), C Byrne. B O'Shea G McDonald, L Heapes, M Fitzpatrick, D Kearney, D Grimes (try), G Glennon (con), D O'Neill, C Connolly (3 tries, 2 cons), C Berney, N Whelan, L Fox. Replacements: N Goad (try) for O'Neill, C Casey for Grimes, J Reid for Heapes.

St Patrick's: G Murray, T Webster, C O'Leary, T P Lennihan, P Murray, C Breshin, S McKeown, D Corcoran (2 tries), C McHugh, C Murphy, P Reilly, S Carolan (try), T Geraghty, S Aughey, D Crinnion. Replacements: D McDonagh for Aughey, E Brady for Geraghty.

Referee: S Kennedy.