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Bank of Ireland Munster Senior Challenge Cup Final

Nenagh Ormond RFC v Young Munster RFC

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MATCH PREVIEW<br />

By Eolan Allen<br />

Today will be a historic day for both<br />

clubs, most notably Nenagh Ormond<br />

who are making their first ever<br />

appearance in the <strong>Bank</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Ireland</strong><br />

<strong>Munster</strong> <strong>Senior</strong> <strong>Challenge</strong> <strong>Cup</strong> <strong>Final</strong><br />

and will be the first Tipperary based<br />

team to compete in the final since<br />

Rockwell College over a century ago.<br />

For Young <strong>Munster</strong>, they made their<br />

first ever successful defence <strong>of</strong> the<br />

trophy last season and will be bidding<br />

to make it three titles in a row.<br />

Nenagh Ormond go into today’s game<br />

unbeaten since the New Year and are<br />

making a strong push for promotion<br />

from Division 2A <strong>of</strong> the men’s All<br />

<strong>Ireland</strong> League.<br />

They opened the <strong>Senior</strong> <strong>Cup</strong> campaign<br />

by defeating fellow Division 2A side<br />

Old Crescent 29-10. It was a tight first<br />

half with Nenagh establishing a 10-0<br />

lead with tries by Dylan Murphy and<br />

a conversion and penalty by James<br />

Finn. Ronan McKenna pegged them<br />

back with all <strong>of</strong> Crescent’s scores.<br />

The Tipperary club pulled away with a<br />

dominant second-half display courtesy<br />

<strong>of</strong> tries by Jack O’Keeffe, Willie C<strong>of</strong>fey,<br />

and John Healy.<br />

This set up a quarter-final away<br />

to Garryowen. Nenagh won 28-23<br />

although it was a far more convincing<br />

win than the score suggests. Ormond<br />

took control <strong>of</strong> the game scoring four<br />

converted tries to take a 28-3 lead.<br />

David Gleeson, John O’Flaherty, C<strong>of</strong>fey<br />

and Niall O’Gorman all got over the line<br />

with Finn converting all <strong>of</strong> them. While<br />

Garryowen did fight back, time ran out<br />

and Nenagh deservedly progressed.<br />

The semi-final at home to Highfield<br />

saw Nenagh produce an outstanding<br />

BANK OF IRELAND MUNSTER SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP 2022/23 11

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