Boys Schools U19 O Gorman Cup - St Brendan's College, Killarney 31 St Patrick's College, Castleisland 0
The Sem made its debut in senior schools rugby with a win over St Patrick's Castleisland. The team comprising the bulk of the current Killarney RFC U18.5 panel was augmented by Kris O'Leary Sacristan and Tom Chambers - who played for Killarney RFC in last year's U18s but qualify as the age group is U19 in schools rugby.
The Sem made its debut in senior schools rugby with a win over St Patrick's Castleisland. The team comprising the bulk of the current Killarney RFC U18.5 panel was augmented by Kris O'Leary Sacristan and Tom Chambers - who played for Killarney RFC in last year's U18s but qualify as the age group is U19 in schools rugby.
In a day of firsts - it was left to Gearรณid Sugrue to score the Sem's first ever try in senior schools rugby. Gearรณid successfully converted his try to give the Sem an early 7-0 lead. It was close to half-time when Jack Donoghue scored the second try - converted by Shane Morrissey to push the lead to 14-0. That remained the score at half-time..
The game remained tight until a flurry of tries in the last quarter took the Sem out of sight. First, Kris O'Leary added a try to push the lead to 19-0. Tom Chambers added a try soon after to leave St Brendan's 24-0 ahead, and Adam Lynch Herlihy wrapped things up with the fifth try of the game - converted by Gearรณid Sugrue.
