Coláiste Iognáid 18 Roscommon CBS 16
Coláiste Iognáid (The Jes) secured their place in the 2022 Connacht Schools Senior Cup final in the most dramatic fashion imaginable on Thursday afternoon when Patrick Nash’s penalty just one minute before the final whistle nudged them over the line against a Roscommon CBS side that was more than a match for their Galway city opponents throughout an absorbing contest at Galwegians RFC.
It looked like CBS were destined to reach just their second ever senior cup final when DJ Hession nudged them in front after 33 minutes with a well-struck penalty, but Coláiste Iognáid were to get two more chances to salvage their season, missing the first when Andrew Sherlock pushed a penalty wide.
They immediately gathered the reastart and drove hard at CBS to earn another chance when the defending side failed to roll away from the rearside of a ruck, with the subsequent penalty struck straight and true by Patrick Nash to secure the win.
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- March 4, 2022
