Leinster SCT Final

eoin2nc

HT Micheals up 6-0. weather is awful, clongowes playing well up front and they will have the wind in the 2nd half

Blisterman

Final Score 6-0 to Michaels.
Well done guys.

eoin2nc

well done micheals. I thought clongowes would come back in the 2nd half, but micheals defence was superb

NUTLEY BOY

Well done Michaels. It is a great day for any school to win the Senior Cup for the first time.

Fair play to Clongowes as well for grinding it out in wicked conditions. They only needed just one break and were not far away from that a few times.

Looking forward to next year do I take it that we will have the same crowded scenario at Donnybrook for 2008 ?

I think we might be better off having a nice long weekend in Belfast and playing the Leinster final at Ravenhill instead of putting up with such an inadequate venue !!

Amz

Sounds like it was a crap game. I hope nobody paid a scalper over the odds for a ticket for it.

Well done Michael's anyway, might not have been pretty, but at least they have the medal in the back pocket now.

RuggieBear

Amz wrote:

Sounds like it was a crap game. I hope nobody paid a scalper over the odds for a ticket for it.

Well done Michael's anyway, might not have been pretty, but at least they have the medal in the back pocket now.

Typical SCT final tbh with the added issue of a very strong wind.

phog

Ant truth in the rumour that some of the terracing collapsed today during the match?

RuggieBear

yep.
the front wall/barrier on the east terrace near the wesley end.

Marshy

Very insipid game due to the weather, still great for michaels.

Blut

http://file030b.bebo.com/6/large/2007/03/19/11/48239168a3879936109b261026765l.jpg

Took that at the game, the concrete pillars just cracked and everything fell over. The stewards first tried to hold it up with string(boggles the mind) and then formed a wall to prevent a pitch invasion but everyone just went around to the other side of the pitch to get on.

Sangre

Awesome.

Fair play lads and fair play Besty.

thebaz

Well done michaels and besty -- maybe my other school gonzaga might win it sometime in my lifetime

besty

Cheers fellas. What a night!

RandolphEsq

Clongowes were good and wouldn't lie down, but even in the last few minutes I wasnt really that nervous. They really didnt end up being too threatening, mainly because Michaels swallowed them up defensively.
21s that night was amazing, the atmosphere was class. The only problem was the amount of glass on the ground

maxi-twist

The blizzard was the best part.

damnyanks

Sure it isnt as bad as the Mary's - Terenure 0 - 3 game a few years ago.

Marshy

maxi-twist wrote:

The blizzard was the best part.

Yeah, shame it was only short lived.

poobum

damnyanks wrote:

Sure it isnt as bad as the Mary's - Terenure 0 - 3 game a few years ago.

ah that game was great...well...at least the kicks in the last 20 mins were...not that they were spectacular but just the whole that they mattered so much... the tension was unbelieveable!

OPENROAD

Well done to my old school Michaels

DirkVoodoo

Well done Michael's, twas a typical final. Would have liked to have seen the ball get out to the wings more (go on Brophy!).

Oh and thanks to God for the weather, I could barely feel my hands at the end!

Class of 2001, it was a long wait!

besty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpZuxgdEqDE

Chucky the tree

Your physio's not too shabby at all, she'd get the length. I bet plenty of the lads suffer from more groin problems then other schools.

I heard they have had to move the JCT final forward to 1pm due to trouble at the last game due to everyone being pissed.

Well done aswell, i was wrong as usuall with my prediction!

Sangre

The barrier didn't fall over because people were drunk, it fell over because the place was packed. Idiots.

Chucky the tree

I dont think its to do with the barrier falling over. Seems a strange reason to move a gmae forward 2hours just because a barrier fell over.

Unless they think there's less chance of it falling over at 1pm, rather then 3pm?!

Sangre

From what I've read they taken the barrier falling over as a sign of 'rowdy past pupil drinking behaviour'. That and the Garda confiscating drink before the SCT. Shock, horror...never heard of past pupils drinking before or at a game.

jmccormack

what does anyone think of the u19 squad selections? I think it was a bit unfair that there were 5 michaels players selected and not a single clongowes player.

RuggieBear

jmccormack wrote:

what does anyone think of the u19 squad selections? I think it was a bit unfair that there were 5 michaels players selected and not a single clongowes player.

Why not start a new thread with a list of the squad and the schools they are from

besty

Well here's the list anyway;

Ireland Under-19 Squad

Forwards (14) - Brian Cawley (UCD), Stephen Douglas (Ballymena), Kieran Essex (Christian Brothers College, Cork/UCC), David Foley (UL Bohemians), Jason Harris-Wright (Blackrock College), l Karayianis (RBAI/Queen's), Ian Leonard (St Michael's College), Patrick Mallon (St Michael's College) P McCabe (Dublin University), Ian Nagle (Glenstal Abbey), Matthew Nelson (Ballynahinch), Rajan Riley (St Michael's College), Paul Ryan (capt, Blackrock College), Michael Sherry (Ard Scoil Rís/Garryowen).

Backs (12) - Paddy Brophy (St Michael's College), Conor Cleary (St Michael's College), Adam Craig (Instonians), Scott Deasy (Presentation Brothers College, Cork), Alan Gaughan (Buccaneers), Kris Greene (St Mary's College), Murray Kinsella (Newtown School), Niall Morris (Blackrock College), Harry McAleese (Ballynahinch RFC) Eoin O'Malley (UCD), Tommy Seymour (Down High School), Jamie Smith (Ballymena).

Coach - Charlie McAleese, Manager - Gerard Slattery, Assistant Coach - Bobby Byrne.

Pool A - Ireland v Australia, Ravenhill, Belfast, April 5th, 7.30; Ireland v Scotland, Ravenhill, April 9th, 7.30; Ireland v South Africa, Ravenhill, April 13th, 7.30.

maxi-twist

jmccormack wrote:

what does anyone think of the u19 squad selections? I think it was a bit unfair that there were 5 michaels players selected and not a single clongowes player.

Not really,Rajan and mallon were probably the best back rowers in the cup with alex byrne not being there because of harris wright and ryan.
Paddy brophy,who didnt play that well in the cup has undeniable class.
Conor Cleary-unreal.
And lenny being one of the top try scorers and excellent scrummagers in the sct this year,the selections seem warranted to me.

I dunno who full backs gonna be in that team but i think dave kearney shud have deserved a chance...

thebaz

maxi-twist wrote:

Not really,Rajan and mallon were probably the best back rowers in the cup with alex byrne not being there because of harris wright and ryan.
Paddy brophy,who didnt play that well in the cup has undeniable class.
Conor Cleary-unreal.
And lenny being one of the top try scorers and excellent scrummagers in the sct this year,the selections seem warranted to me.

I dunno who full backs gonna be in that team but i think dave kearney shud have deserved a chance...

Kearney is very unlucky, i thought he was best back in tournament , what i find strange is Rock have 3 players in the team , and as you say Clongowes none , and in particular Kearney .

besty

Kearney was undeniably unlucky not to be included, but I don't think anybody can have any major complaints with the St. Michael's inclusions. Perhaps I'm biased but I honestly feel that all selections are warranted.

Linford

jmccormack wrote:

what does anyone think of the u19 squad selections? I think it was a bit unfair that there were 5 michaels players selected and not a single clongowes player.

I heard a number of players have opted not to play (perhaps even not allowed play) due to the closeness of the tournament to the leaving cert, maybe thats why there are no Clongowes players in the squad.

OPENROAD

who is St Michaels sct coach these days?

cavedave

Greg McWilliams
He teaches in Michaels

OPENROAD

cavedave wrote:

Greg McWilliams
He teaches in Michaels

ah, his brother was in my class at some stage.

Marshy

No double for Michaels. Blackrock won the j's earlier, beating michaels 13-10 in the final

drdre

Marshy wrote:

No double for Michaels. Blackrock won the j's earlier, beating michaels 13-10 in the final

Great to hear that. Rock are the best !!!!:D

Sangre

Never thought I'd see one player win a final on his own...

thebaz

Sangre wrote:

Never thought I'd see one player win a final on his own...

A few years ago a flying Russian winger destroyed Gonzaga , and won the final for Rock ... best performance i've seen at junior level -- didn't see yesterdays game .. hard luck to michaels .

Funkstard

Who was the one player that won the final?

Sangre

Andrew (?) Conway. Scored 2 completely individual tries from nothing. Made it around 4 tackles for each one. Was Rock's fullback.

cavedave

Conway just slithered around four guys for each try. His centre of gravity appeared to be somewhere about a metre below the surface. Not a big guy even for JCT but very impressive.