Probables on top

Probables... 36 Possibles..

Probables ... 36 Possibles ... 19: The Probables overcame an early breakaway Conor Lavelle try to run in six of their own at Williamstown on Saturday. Centre pairing Cián McNaughton and Andrew Trimble got a try apiece in the second period, while Roscrea outhalf Fergal Lawlor struck three conversions and a fine individual try.

In the final 15 minutes Shane Canavan and Adam Lusk crossed the goal-line for the Possibles, but second row Ross Noonan got over at the corner to seal victory.

Two teams will be announced today to play the Ireland Under 19s and Youths on December 29th in Donnybrook.

PROBABLES: D Kingston (PBC Cork); R Drysdale (Belfast Royal Academy), C McNaughton (Rockwell Coll), A Trimble (Coleraine), V Gough (Castleknock Coll), F Lawlor (Roscrea), D O'Leary (PBC Cork), P Eccles (Regent House), C Parkes (St Munchin's Coll), A Kirkpatrick (Ballymena Academy), R Caldwell (RBAI), R Noonan (CBC Cork), A Lusk (RBAI), G Murphy (Clongowes Wood Coll), K McLaughlin (Gonzaga Coll).

POSSIBLES: D Riordan (Colaiste Iognaid); C Lavelle (Garbally Coll), J McGrugan (Ballyclare), M Scott (Methodist Coll), J Burgess (RBAI), E Ronan (CBC Cork), B O'Neill (Belvedere Coll), A O'Sullivan (Pres Bray), J Kerins (CBC Cork), D Hurley (CBC Cork), A Dunlop (Terenure Coll), B Holland (CBC Cork), N Melbourne (Rockwell Coll), C Murphy (Belvedere Coll), C Henry (Wallace HS). Replacements used: E Fitzgerald (Belvedere Coll), M Hickey-Crowe (Clongowes Wood Coll), C Keegan (St Paul's Coll), J Wong (RS Dungannon), S Canavan (St Gerard's, Bray), D Plunkett (Friends School), C Knife (RS Armagh), R Brockert ( Ard Scoil Rís), K O'Malley (Terenure Coll), J McGovern ( Regent House), S Dickey (Coleraine), J Harte (CBC Cork).

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