St Gerard’s bow out of Senior Cup
ST GERARD’S of Bray lost out to Newbridge College in the opening round of the Leinster Schools Senior Cup last week.
Ben Watson had given the Bray students a 6-5 lead at the break with two superbly struck penalties, but Newbridge went over for their second try when flanker Jordan Nolan broke through a gap for a super try after 37 minutes.
Jason Kennedy got St Gerard’s back to within one at 12-11 but Donough Lawlor touched down 13 minutes from time to send the Bray students for an early exit from the cup competition.
St Gerard’s scorers: Tries: James Kennedy. Penalties: Ben Watson (2 from 3).
ST GERARD’S: Jeremy O’Donovan (Oliver Newsome ’56); Craig Kenny (Joshua Watson ’66) Harry Begley, Ben Watson, James Kennedy; Stephen Morris, Luke O’Reilly (Aaron Baker ’42); David Carroll (Niall Dooley ’46), Robert Byrne (Fred Happonen ’55), Jack Dempsey (Luke Concannon ’55); Marc Finn, Thomas O’Connor (Jacob Brodeur ’63); Thomas Cahill-Hannigan, Charles Byrne, Rory Wilson.