Garbally College 31 CBS Roscommon 6The aristocrats of Connacht Schools’ rugby prevailed over the Roscommon rookies in a new pairing in this year’s Top Oil Schools Senior Rugby Cup at the Sportsgound. Roscommon, having only won a junior cup in 2015, came into their first Connacht final as overwhelming underdogs. In the opening half Roscommon revelled in the physicality, forcing Garbally into conceding a string of penalties while content to ride tackles in attack. Garbally College: S Jennings; S Hennessy, S O’Carroll, J Carry, S Horkan; S Mannion, M Devine; Seamus Egan, C Dolan, J Curley; F Finneran, P Galvin; M Mitchell, O McCormack, P Grehan. Referee: Jason CairnsGarbally win Junior Cup 22-15Garbally College regained the Top Oil Connacht Junior A Schools’ crown they reliquinshed last season to Marist, Athlone, with a 22-15 victory over Galway city school Colaiste Iognaid.

Source: The Irish Times March 13, 2019 18:16 UTC