Rainey Old Boys made history at Lansdowne Road this afternoon as they walked off with the inaugural AIB Junior Cup title, beating Youghal 27-5 in the final.
The south Derry outfit had little trouble to seeing off their Cork rivals, outscoring them by four tries to one to add to their Kukri Qualifying League triumph.
Youghal just could not deal with Rainey's troublesome rolling maul in the opening stages. Rainey out-half Jerome McMurray, an Ulster junior inter-provincial player, missed two early penalty shots before winger Neil Seffen breezed over for an 18th-minute try opener.
Prop Neil O'Kane made the initial incision and the ball was quickly recycled for Seffen to dot down in the right corner. McMurray's conversion was an excellent one from far out.
Three minutes later, loosehead prop Nathan Amos plunged over for Rainey's second, which went unconverted.
The Munster men simply had no answer to their opponents' power and they conceded another try to Amos on 33 minutes - just moments after they had lock Eoghan Power sin-binned for pulling down a maul.
McMurray's 37th-minute penalty rubbed salt into Youghal wounds.
22-0 down, Youghal began the second half well but some poor decision-making saw them remain scoreless. On 51 minutes, Rainey supporters were toasting their fourth try with player-coach and number eight John Andrews the scorer.
Andrews, a former Ireland Schools international, crossed to the left of the posts with McMurray missing the conversion.
Youghal, who lost player-coach and out-half Robbie Doyle to injury, saved some face with an unconverted try on 56 minutes. Replacement Brendan Murray, one of the club's longest-serving players, got over after a fine move involving scrum-half Joey Lawlor and replacement centre Mark Walsh.
The latter missed the conversion and Rainey eased home, although it might have been different had Sean Barry's try not been ruled out for a forward pass from Lawlor.
