St Michael's set up a mouthwatering tie with Belvedere in the next round of the Leinster Schools' Junior Cup with a polished display at Donnybrook yesterday.
St Michael's took only nine minutes to get off the mark when right wing Conor Gilbride went over.
From then on, St Michael's dominated and on the quarter-hour, out-half George Byron went over and centre Stephen McGrath got the first of four conversions.
ST MICHAEL'S: B Rainey; C Gilbride, S McGrath, S Milton, J Buckley-Barnes; G Byron, M Gibbons; A Murphy, A Kelly, N Best, G McNamee, R Kenny, H Carroll, J McCarthy, D Carroll. Replacements: M Lawlor for Gilbride (31 mins), P Foley for Kenny (39), P Twomey for Gibbons (62 mins), M Smith for Best (57 mins).
ST PAUL'S: F Dwane; G Brady, A Dunne, C Keegan, K Power; K Leahy, P Denham; D Redmond, L Vlavianos, L Fannon, C Aikins, C D'Arcy, R McHugh, C Billings, J O'Connor. Replace- ments: P Malone for Denham (26 mins), M Flanagan for D'Arcy (30 mins), K Campbell for Billings (57 mins).
Referee: S Treacy (ARLB).
