Pic: Dan Linehan. The young winger took the step up from Junior Cup rugby in his stride as he created two tries and scored two more, including one assisted by his brother Denis. He also kicked five out of six conversions. Instead, Pres pushed on with the final two tries.
With cross-city rivals Christians into the semis on the other side of the draw, a third successive all-Cork final remains possible. One prop has never played Senior Cup. Two second-rows have never played Senior Cup. Crescent live to fight another day against either Bandon Grammar School or Rockwell College in the quarter-finals Pres built pressure from the start but it took them 19 minutes to make the breakthrough.
Crescent struck for a levelling try in the 28th minute when Darragh McKeogh shot through the middle of a ruck to score. A brilliantly disguised reverse pass from Andrew Clery released captain Ronan Ryan to cross and Alan Cleary kicked them ahead. Starting close to halfway, he evaded three tacklers before handing off for Daniel Murphy, who this time stepped inside to narrow the angle for his successful conversion.
Daniel Murphy, who played the final pass, nailed the conversion from out wide. Crescent looked finished but they came back with superb feet from Andrew Clery to evade the tackle before Ryan fed Dammi Obasa to shoot through a gap. By clicking on 'Sign Up' you will be the first to know about our latest and best sporting content on this browser.
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