Skerries coast to easy victory

Holy Faith De La Salle, Skerries, showed St Gerard's there was no place to hide in this Junior Cup clash at Castle Avenue yesterday.

In the first-half, tries from Paul Sherlock and flanker Colm Cribbin, the latter converted by Mark Heeney, gave Skerries the lead. After the turn, centres Marc Hewitt and Bryan Cullen began to cut loose. Hewitt got in for two tries and created another for Ronan Browne.

HFDLS Skerries: M Kirwin; R Browne (try), B Cullen, M Hewitt (2 tries), P White; C Keane, M Heeney (3 cons); J Crowell, E Burton, S Dennis; P Sherlock (try), C Browne (try); R Otto, C Cribben (try), J Sherlock.

St Gerard's College: C O'Neill; P O'Neill, S Staves, S Moran, J O'Shea; S Fagan, S Scanlan; D McDonald, D Miller, T Dare; C Malone, D Kinsella; S Johnson, C Murphy, M Barton. Replacements: M Searson for Staves (43 mins).

Referee: M Gillick (ARLB).