irish junior cup
Pratt sets Institute’s gold standard
Catholic Institute raided Dublin for the second Saturday in succession, but this time it was their ladies team who took the plaudits following a stunning golden-goal victory over Three Rock Ladies in the Irish Trophy quarter-finals at Grange Road today. While the Rosbrien club’s men had left it late to defeat Suttonians at the same [...]
C of I B search for capital gains
Early Irish Junior Cup favourites Cork Church of Ireland will be hoping to avoid a potential banana skin as they visit Dubliners Weston in the competition’s secound round tomorrow. The Garryduff side’s second string are fancied by many to go all the way in the competition, having already eliminated big hitters Annadale and Cork Harlequins [...]
Burns and Gray edge C of I into second round
Cork Church of Ireland marched into the second round of the men’s Irish Junior Cup, but only after they were given a stern examination by perennial rivals Cork Harlequins in an entertaining derby encounter at a freezing Garryduff this afternoon. Goals in the dying minutes of each half from Nick Burns and Andrew Gray secured [...]
Ashton left with mixed feelings
It was a day of mixed fortunes for Ashton today as they progressed to the second round of the Irish Junior Cup but threw away a valuable league point at home to UL in Division One. The Ballinlough side’s second team put in a blistering second-half performance against Clontarf to seal a comfortable 3-0 win. [...]
Corcoran saves the best ’til last as Bandon progress
Bandon goalkeeper Brian Corcoran saved two penalty strokes to ensure his side pulled off a remarkable Irish Junior Cup first-round victory over Mossley on Saturday. Things weren’t looking good for the underdogs from west Cork, as they went 2-0 down inside half an hour. But two Graham Kingston strikes hauled them level, and after a [...]
First-teamers boost C of I’s Irish Junior Cup hopes
One of the Irish Junior Cup’s big guns is set to fall at the first hurdle tomorrow as Cork Church of Ireland host Annadale at Garryduff (3pm). The duo have been paired together in the only tie of the preliminary round, and there will be plenty of motivation for C of I, given they will [...]
Cork derby on the cards in Irish Junior Cup
Munster rivals Cork Harlequins and Cork Church of Ireland could be meeting in national competition sooner than expected after the draw for the Irish Junior Cup was made yesterday. Quins’ seconds, who last won the trophy in 1999, await the winner of C of I and Annadale, while Bandon and UCC face long trips to [...]
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