Two second-half tries brought St Columba's victory over Newpark in this Junior Cup clash at King's Hospital yesterday.

Things were even for the first 30 minutes, both teams touching down, but Columba's, backboned by Richard and Barney Barrow, began to take control with Ben Sadek, then Thomas Camney touching down.

St Columba's: J O'Malley, M Quinn, G Sweeney, D Nolan, A White (try), P Bresnihan, J Hamilton, C Denham, B Barrow, R Barrow, B Sadek (try), J Spencer, R Skinner, E Hsu, T Chamney (try).

Newpark: D Conran, B Fogarty, K Craven, K Gillespie, J Lowe (try), L Ralph, C Weinmann, R Corrigan, J Doran, R Poutch-Burke, P McDermott, N McStay, G Greene, R Lundberg, T Heather. Replacements: J Byrne for Fogarty, B O'Shea for Heather, F McGuirk for McDermott, P Glendon for Conran.

Referee: J Counihan (ALRB).