IRFU Junior Men’s Interpros: Round 1 Results Round-Up
Ulster winger Jonny Hunter takes on the Leinster defence during their opening IRFU Junior Men's Interprovincial Championship encounter in Gorey ©INPHO/Nick Elliott
A bonus point win away to Connacht has Eoin O’Connor’s Munster team as the early leaders of the IRFU Junior Men’s Interprovincial Championship. Defending champions Ulster also made a winning start, with Eddie Keys kicking 19 points in their action-packed 49-41 victory over Leinster.
2024/25 IRFU JUNIOR MEN’S INTERPROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP – ROUND 1:
Saturday, April 26 –
CONNACHT 8 MUNSTER 32, Westport RFC
Scorers: Connacht: Try: Kolo Kiripati Jr; Pen: Shane Purcell
Munster: Tries: Kevin Kinane, Brian P O’Sullivan, Ben Daly, Brian J O’Sullivan; Cons: Shane Airey, Adam Guerin 2; Pens: Shane Airey 2
HT: Connacht 3 Munster 18
CONNACHT: Conor O’Shaughnessy (Tuam); Liam Jones (Ballina), Mark Purcell (Creggs), Eoghan Coyle (Creggs), Ethan Griffiths (Connemara); Shane Purcell (Creggs), Mark Dowd (Creggs); Sean O’Connell (Ballina), Ross Bourke (Westport), Ian Staunton (Connemara), Liam McNamee (Carrick-on-Shannon), Marty Cummins (Dunmore) (capt), James Brandon (Creggs), Tommy Mullen (Connemara), Brian Diffley (Creggs).
Replacements: Kolo Kiripati Jr (Creggs), Alex Burke (Galway Corinthians), Gary Keane (Corrib), Sam Fogarty (Buccaneers), Matthew Flynn (Galway Corinthians), Brian Bergin (University of Galway), Conor Burns (Dunmore), Dean O’Reilly (Monivea).
MUNSTER: Ben Daly (Waterpark); Brian P O’Sullivan (Kanturk), Brian J O’Sullivan (Kanturk), Laszlo Rabatin (Old Christians), Frank Horgan (Muskerry); Shane Airey (Newcastle West), Aaron Rice (Newcastle West); Nigel Clancy (Richmond), Tadgh McCarthy (Bantry Bay), Dave Jennings (Clonakilty), Ruairi O’Donnell (St. Mary’s), Jack Lonergan (Old Christians), Sonny Dwyer (Thurles), Ben Kennedy (Cobh Pirates), Kevin Kinane (Kilfeacle & District) (capt).
Replacements: Ricky Whitney (Kilfeacle & District), Rob Loftus (Sunday’s Well), Cian Walsh (Old Christians), Josh Brady (Bandon), John Willis (Mallow), Zac Allen (Bandon), Adam Guerin (St. Mary’s), Sam Glynn (Mallow).
LEINSTER 41 ULSTER 49, Gorey RFC
Scorers: Leinster: Tries: Eoghan Duffy 2, Oisin McKenna, Graham Reynolds, Jake Caldbeck, Isaac Porter; Cons: Michael Briscoe 4; Pen: Hugh Duignan
Ulster: Tries: Henry Keys 2, Michael Orr, Robbie Johnston, Davy Graham, Angus Christie; Cons: Eddie Keys 5; Pens: Eddie Keys 3
HT: Leinster 15 Ulster 34
LEINSTER: Eoghan Duffy (Boyne) (capt); Walter Walsh (New Ross), Robbie Vallejo (Boyne), Mikey Russell (Clondalkin), Oisin McKenna (Seapoint); Michael Briscoe (Boyne), Hugh Duignan (Suttonians); Scott Caldbeck (Tullow), Darren Browne (Midland Warriors), Conor Kelly (Bective Rangers), Isaac Porter (Gorey), Jake Caldbeck (Kilkenny), Gavin Kelly (Bective Rangers), Gary Dunne (Kilkenny), Dylan Lynch (Boyne).
Replacements: Graham Reynolds (Balbriggan), Josh Evans (Kilkenny), Dewald Barnard (Wicklow), Conor Smyth (Cill Dara), Tiernan Gonnelly (Dundalk), Stephen Hendy (Gorey), Craig Cantwell (Bective Rangers), Cormac Hurley (Seapoint).
ULSTER: Michael Orr (Portadown); Jonny Hunter (Dromore), Robbie Johnston (Ards), Dean Dillon (Dromore), Davy Graham (City of Derry); Eddie Keys (Enniskillen), Ryan Flavelle (Cooke); Orran McIlmurray (Lurgan), Angus Cunningham (Lurgan), Matthew Millar (Dromore), Ross Bingham (Dromore), James Wright (Portadown), Henry Keys (Enniskillen), Curtis Pollock (Ballymoney) (capt), Gary Dillon (Dromore).
Replacements: Tom-Arthur Donnan (Cooke), Neil Rutledge (Enniskillen), Ryan Emerson (Lurgan), Jack Rutledge (Enniskillen), David Brown (Ballymoney), Michael Rooney (Enniskillen), Angus Christie (Ards), Adam Keating (Dromore).
