Bonne Chance a
@racing92
ce weekend mais en particulier notre garcon
@DonnachaRyan
. Donnchadh etait diplome de
@stmunchins
en 2002. Here he is with cups for hurling and rugby and his graduation profile
Outstanding achievement by old boy Conor on being named
@lionsofficial
Captain. An inspiration for all in the college to see one of our own reach such heights. A decade ago he let a buddy write this Torch profile. A round of applause & well done from all in the Munchin's family
It was with great sadness that we awoke this morning to the very sad news that past pupil Darren Ryan passed away over night
Darren played cup for many years with his brothers Evan & Gavin.
Our thoughts go out to his parents, Trish and Ray and sibling Dawn, Evan and Gavin
Seeing Keith Earls scoring on his 100th cap today for
@IrishRugby
brought back the memories of his 2006 Senior Cup winning try.
Keith will be forever a legend for 🔴⚫️🔵
He will forever be a legend for 🇮🇪
Well done to Dylan Prenderville.
Dylan has just returned from Cologne in Germany, he swam 4 events and has won 4 Gold medals for Ireland in 50m Back, free, fly and 100m free
@EwanMacKenna
Conor Murray did not go private school. Our students are a full cross section of society, some from the most deprived parts of the country, to country kids to children of white collar professionals.
All Ireland Champions 🏀🏆
Congratulations to our U19 Basketball team and coaches Mr Whelan & Ms Behan on an excellent victory over Blackrock m in Dublin today. A score line of 59-41 saw our boys emerge victorious. Congrats to Liam Price on receiving the MVP 🏀
Four
@stmunchins
students called up to Irish ☘️ U19 & U18 squads. Congratulations to;
Oisin Pepper
Jake O'Riordan
Matt Te Pou
Oisin Minogue
Four young men rewarded for the hard work, commitment and talent.
Best of luck to our 🔴⚫️🔵 Senior Cup squad who face a daunting trip to Cork tomorrow, we face
@pbcrugby
in the Quarter final of the
@Munsterrugby
Schools Cup.
The match will be live streamed, a link will be post on our social media channels 15 Min before kick off.
#ofwff
Massive congratulations to Jake O' Riordan.
Jake, who was our nine last year, has been named in the Ireland 20s 6 Nations squad. Could not have happened to a nicer lad. Well done.
#ofwff
Delighted to hear that Josh Costello has been called up the the
@IrishRugby
U20s World Cup Squad.
Josh (bottom left) represented the College with distinction for 6 years, we are all delighted for him and his family.
All over in Tipp Town.
St Munchins progress to Munster school semi-final next Wednesday after a 7-0 win against Castletroy College.
Hard luck to Castletroy who put in a tough battling performance.
Well done to 🔴⚫️🔵 players and coaches.
Well done to
@YoungMunsterRFC
after an 11-8 win against
@GarryowenFC
in todays Munster Senior Cup. A large group of past pupils were involved with the cookies today.
After Chris Barrett’s try for Christians last month, another wonder score in the Munster Schools Senior Cup. This time it’s Matt Te Pou, son of the former Tonga international of the same name, who produces a bit of magic for Munchin’s at Musgrave Park.
Old cup winning teammates came head to head on the sideline today in the Senior friendly as 🔴⚫️🔵 played
@TerenureSport
. Ger Sla v James ‘Ham’ O’Neill. Bragging rights went to our boys with a 17-12 win, try scorers were;
🏉James OBrien
🏉Matt Te Pou
🏉Callum Black
After an absorbing contest in Thomond Park in the
@Pinergy
sponsored Munster Schools Senior Cup a special congratulations to our senior squad & coaches as they progress to the semi final
Hard luck to
@ArdscoilRisLimk
who put in a tremendous effort, best of luck in the next round
What an achievement for the whole 🔴⚫️🔵 rugby department and players.
One current student, Oisin Minogue, and 5 recently departed players,
Gordon who captains the team, Jake,
Oisin, Cillian and Josh all involved with the Munster Development squad to face Ulster.
🗞️ TEAM NEWS | A Munster Development side will face Ulster in UL tomorrow at 3pm.
A mixture of Academy, club and schools players have been named with Gordon Wood captaining the side.
Full team news:
#SUAF
🔴
Well done to Shay McCarthy who has gotten an academy contract with Munster.
Shay should be an inspiration to any young person for showing the resilience by never giving up. Despite not being selected for Munster squads he preserved & played Irish 20s.
A huge congratulations to Matt, Tom and Oisin on making the Irish Rugby U19/U18 Squads
Well done to the lads, their families, coaches and friends who have all played some part in their journey so far.
We will follow their progress with keen interest.
#ofwff
A season defining day this coming Wednesday in the
@Munsterrugby
School Cup
Best of luck to the Seniors who go into battle against
@pbcrugby
at 2pm while the Juniors face
@Bandongramrugby
in the Quarter final at 4.15pm
Both games are being played in Virgin Media Park in Cork
Delighted to announce that thanks to
@FrankHoganVW
tomorrows game between
@stmunchins
and
@CastletroyC
will be live streamed. Check back here for a link closer to Kick Off, game starts at 2pm. 🔵⚫️🔴
Well done to the Senior team who have beaten Crescent College 15-7 in the Charity Cup. The Conneely/Herbert Cup stays in Corbally for another year. In 4 years of the cup our record stands at 3 wins and 1 draw. Well done to all.
🏉 Oisin Minogue
🏉 Shane Hannon
#ofwff
Another exciting Cup day draws to an end.
Well done to the 🔴⚫️🔵 Juniors on their 30-5 win,
@ArdscoilRisLimk
put in a very good effort and we’re unlucky not to be ahead at the start of 2nd half. A strong finish saw the
@stmunchins
Davy Quinlan coached team pull clear.
⏰ Full time Result
@stmunchins
progress to QF to play Bandon or CBC in 3 weeks time.
🔴⚫️🔵St Munchins College 34
🔵⚪���🔵 CCC 18
🏆
@Munsterrugby
Junior Senior Cup
St Munchins long tradition in rowing continues, we can add an 🇮🇪 gold medalist to the list
Well done to Fionn McDonnell
Fionn was part of the Junior 8+ squad who raced in London last weekend, despite falling a length behind 🏴 early on, a fightback saw a deserved 1st place 👏
A big Congratulations to the 4
@stmunchins
students who lined out for Munster U19s today in the 19-15 win over Ulster.
left to right; Oisin Pepper, Cillian OConnor, Jake ORiordan & Gordon Wood.
Here’s the squad from today’s QF win against
@Bandongramrugby
, the west cork men put up a great battle and were always in the game. Safe drive home to squad and supporters.
Semi final v
@pbcrugby
in a fortnight awaits
Big Congratulations to 1st year students Odhran Gilroy and Sean O'Riordan who played for the
@ulbohemianrfc
U14 team that won the North Munster U14 Cup last night.
They beat Garryowen 17-0.
As the first round of the Senior Cup is only a fortnight away the squad had a late evening training session in Tom Clifford park with
@YoungMunsterRFC
U20s.
Excellent facilities and perfect Cup prep
Well done to the Senior Team who beat Ard Scoil Ris 33-31 in todays City Cup final.
The sides meet again in the quarter final of the Schools Senior Cup at the of Jan
To any youngster out there, never give up, here is a great example of a late developer in Hugo Keenan
@BlackrockColl
Another viable option, as evidenced in this post, is to transfer to
@stmunchins
the path taken by Num 22 Conor Murray. Yes Conor with 100 caps for
@IrishRugby
😉
A few photos from today Limerick Senior City Cup final.
@stmunchins
captain, Gordon Wood, accepts the cup from Geraldine Tucker
Geraldine is the wife of Colm Tucker who the cup is named after and a past pupil of the college. Colm played for 🇮🇪 and Lions over his rugby career
Tries from our R2 19-7 win over Bandon.
Have a look at the sublime football pick up skills in the build up to the 1st try, something you'd see from the Gooch or Maurice Fitz
An outstanding first half display laid the foundations for a great win for our u16.5 hurlers, winners of Munster on a scoreline of 3-17 to 1-7. Hard luck to
@PRESENTATIONBG
who had being going for three in a row.
All over at Thomond Park and we bow out 17-21. The players and coaches put in a momentous effort but it wasn’t to be.
Best of luck to
@pbcrugby
PbC in the final.
The Quarter final of the
@Munsterrugby
Schools Senior Cup takes place at 1pm this Thursday in Thomond Park.
Come out and supports messers Foley, Minogue, Black and the rest of the
@stmunchins
team and management on the day.
#ofwff
A big congratulations to our near neighbours, Ard Scoil Mhuire, winners of the first ever schools Junior Cup.
A load of connections between both schools, especially their coach, Mr Cross, a past pupil of ours, a former teacher & coach with 🔴⚫️🔵
Enjoy the celebrations girls🏆
#ASM
's junior rugby team made history today as they were crowned champions of the inaugural
@Munsterrugby
Schools Girls Junior Cup! Sincere thanks to
@stannescck
for a tremendous match! We are extremely proud of the team, & their coaches Ms Hehir, Ms McLoughlin, & Mr Cross!💙
Team news is in!
Academy winger Shay McCarthy starts on his Champions Cup debut for Munster against Bayonne at Thomond Park tomorrow with Tadhg Beirne captaining the side 💪
Click the pic for full details & to get your tickets.
#MUNvBAY
#InvestecChampionsCup
#SUAF
🔴
A huge congratulations to 🔴⚫️🔵 past pupil, Kieran Ryan, on getting a Munster Academy contract.
Kieran also coached in the college this year, we appreciate all the time and effort he volunteered to the 🏉 cause.
Munster Rugby can confirm that 6 players will join the
@GreencoreGroup
Academy this summer.
Evan O’Connell, Jack Oliver, Ruadhan Quinn, Kieran Ryan &
@IrishRugby
U20 Grand Slam winners Fionn Gibbons and Darragh McSweeney all join the province.
See full details ⤵️
#SUAF
🔴
The
@stmunchins
Junior Squad take on our cross city rivals
@ArdscoilRisLimk
tomorrow in cup knockout eliminator. Kick off is 2pm in Thomond Park
#ofwff
🔴⚫️🔵
A link to a free live stream of match will be shared on our Social Media channels 15 min before kick off.
Congratulations to Treaty United Carelon Academy MU17s squad member, Charlie Campbell, on his debut for Ireland this aftenoon, hopefully the first of many to come 🇮🇪
@TreatyUnitedFC
Full time from UL,
@stmunchins
win the Kidney Cup.
I've a feeling this could be a historic first win for the school, we'll check the record books tomorrow.
Hard luck to
@CBC_rugby
in an exceptionally close game.
Starting team from tonight’s group Senior cup match, final score was
@stmunchins
50 Munster CSP 31.
🏉 Jake O’Riordan x 3
🏉 Oisin Pepper x 2
🏉 James O’Brien
🏉 Shane Hannon
📢 Munster Rugby are pleased to announce that 3 further
@GreencoreGroup
Academy players will be promoted to the senior squad next season with a new addition also joining.
Paddy Patterson ✅
Eoin O'Connor ✅
Paddy Kelly ✅
Chris Moore ✅
See full details ⤵️
#SUAF
🔴
The 🔴⚫️🔵 Senior cup campaign kicks off later this week v
@CastletroyC
.
Months and even years of preparation on the line In an eagerly anticipated match.
Best of luck to all involved.
Our Senior squad have progressed to the Limerick City Senior Cup final after Wednesdays semi final win over Castletroy.
We will play
@ArdscoilRisLimk
in the final
What an absorbing day, would like to thank all our sponsors for helping keep the college teams on the road; Big Boss Events, Hungry Lyons, O'Driscolls Corbally,
@McTeamwear
@FrankHoganVW
and official Schools Cup sponsors
@Pinergy
Nice to see a large contingent of
@stmunchins
players in the Munster Development team, 4 of the starting 15 wore the 🔴⚫️🔵
Current Senior cup player Tom Wood is joined by his brother Gordon, along with recent graduates Jake ORiordan and Josh Costello
Best of luck.
🗞️ TEAM NEWS | A Munster Development side will face Ulster in Newforge tomorrow at 3.30pm.
A mixture of Academy, club and schools players have been named with Gordon Wood captaining the side.
Full team info ⤵️
#MunsterStartsHere
#SUAF
🔴
Try for past pupil Shay on his Champions Cup Debut.
Some meteoritic rise for a young man not considered at the standard for underage provincial squads.
TRY | A sustained period of pressure from Munster sees the ball spread to Shay McCarthy and the Limerick man shows great footwork to score.
A first Munster try for Shay!
Jack adds the extras.
Munster 7 - 3 Bayonne
#MUNvBAY
#SUAF
🔴
@EwanMacKenna
Not all top level rugby schools are private, in Limerick, despite the challenges we manage to compete and win Cups. Over the past decade non fee paying schools have had as much success as fee payers. We do a good job holding our Own against majority of Leinster and Ulster schools
Congratulations to the 8⃣ Munster players named in the
@IrishRugby
U18 boys squad that will travel to Wales for a development camp next month.
See full details ⤵️
#SUAF
🔴
A large number of students selected across the U19 and U18 Munster match day squads to play Leinster in the opening game of the Inter Pro series , 5 lads listed to start with 5 more on the bench. Best of luck to all involved.
Well done to the junior team who finished off the group stages with a 43-7 win over Glenstal.
The team have 2 months to prepare for the knockout stages with a number of fixtures v Leinster teams before the cup starts.
On the final day of the Rugby season its great to finish with a last gasp win with focus on the future.
0-15 down to Castletroy in the U18 Development final 8 min in, 14-22 behind with 3 min on the clock to score two tries at the death to win 26-22
Well done to all
#ofwff
The Munster Schools Junior Cup Kicked off this week, Wednesdays Round 1 match saw us travel to our cross city rivals, Crescent College.
Final Score 🔵⚪️ 10 - 12🔴⚫️🔵
🏉 Scorers
Alex Acton Quinn
Josh Alymer
🏉🦶
Oisin Madden
We play
@Bandongramrugby
in R2
Today’s is a big day in the lives of many of our youngest students, first day out on the rugby field. Newcomers to the game as well as the experienced club players all actively participating under the leadership of coach Mr OBrien, ably assisted by Mr Nelligan, Kelly & Conneely
Our younger hurlers on the
@GaaClare
development panels doing their weekly Afterschool S&C sessions.
Big thank you to
@ClubClareHS
for all their recent support.
What an amazing few weeks at underage Internationals Mia, Catriona, Joe, Tom & Oisin all underage players with Ballina/Killaloe RFC Congratulations to all the coaches, committee members and parents involved this would not happen without you 💪🖤🤍
@IrishRugby
@Munsterrugby
All over and a fine win by the
@stmunchins
Senior A team, final score was 🔴⚫️🔵 22-12 Belvedere. Score was 12-12 with 10 min left, a super finale saw two hard worked tries with both conversion attempts hitting the post.
Final preparations for
@Munsterrugby
Senior Senior Cup starting for us next week.
Full day of coaching, video analysis and S&C in
@ULimsport
Fingers crossed for our R2 game next Tuesday v Ard Scoil Ris
Group stage final table
Seniors beat Glenstal 28-7 today and will play PBC in QF in Jan
Juniors beat Rockwell 29-14 today and will play Castletroy in cup QF in Feb
A big congratulations to Kieran Ryan on his addition to the Munster Champions Cup Squad. Kieran was a key member of the
@stmunchins
Junior Cup winning squad of 2018.
Munster Rugby have nominated an additional 22 players to be registered for the province's Champions Cup squad.
Click below for full details & see training clips from last week ⤵️
#WASvMUN
#SUAF
🔴
Champions!!!
Well done to our Mc Carthy Cup lads who won this afternoon's B final by 33 points to 12 in the provincial decider against St Clements.
Great for the players and coaches Mr Hynes, Mr Murnane, Mr O Neill and Mr Mc Mahon,
#ofwff
The Seniors welcomed
@PresBraySports
to UL this morning, in an entertaining game the Wicklow men came out on top 35-28.
St Munchins 🏉 scorers were;
Matt Te Pou x 2
Oisin Minogue
James Madden