Bank of Ireland Munster Senior Challenge Cup Final
Nenagh Ormond RFC v Young Munster RFC
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 />
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