SCHOOLS RUGBY

PROP Marcus Hannon’s 55thminute try pushed Salesian College beyond Skerries to qualify for the Leinster Schools Vinnie Murray Senior Cup quarter-final courtesy of a 17-12 victory at Donnybrook yesterday, WRITES DES BERRY.

Salesian centre Sean Chan had the speed to finish from distance for out-half Evan Burke to convert for the only score of the first half.

This was eaten into when Skerries full-back Oisin McKey flashed over on the right in the 45th minute.

The game was in the balance until Hannon’s try and Burke’s extras made it a two-score game before Burke nailed a penalty to turn lock Paddy Fay-Watt’s lastminute try, converted by Eoghan McDonald, into a mere consolation.

Meanwhile, Mount Temple and the High School will have to re-plan after a late comeback from the former forced a 12-12 draw in a cracking first-round tie at Donnybrook yesterday.

The High School struck through full-back Jamie Ukagba in the seventh minute. The lead was increased by centre Matthew Barlow’s flying finish into the left corner, converted by fly-half Cormac Dempsey for 12-0 in the

20th minute.

However, Temple hit back for two tries in three minutes from captain Coleman Toner and centre Maxime Arnold, and scrum-half Eoin Quigley forced a draw in the 64th minute.

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