The Clontarf and St. Mary’s College teams have been named for tomorrow's Leddin Finance Leinster Senior League Cup Final in Donnybrook (Kick-off 3pm).
St. Mary's route to the final included topping qualifying Pool 3 with maximum points in a group that included UCD, Bective Rangers and Skerries.
They faced UCD again in the quarter-final and re-asserted their authority over the students with a 27-17 victory in Templeville Road before edging De La Salle Palmerston 12-10 in an exciting semi-final played at their Templeogue headquarters.
Clontarf were in qualifying Pool 4 and they likewise won all their games against Seapoint, Barnhall and Wanderers which earned them a home tie against Old Belvedere.
They overcame the Anglesea Road side 26-21 before safely negotiating the obstacle presented by Lansdowne in the semi-final, winning 26-6 in Castle Avenue.
Saturday’s final, between the all-AIB League Division 1 pairing, is a repeat of the 2005-'06 final that was held in the RDS, a game won by the Northside club, 23-16.
CLONTARF FC:
15: Peter O’Brien, 14: Phil Howard, 13: Marc Hewitt, 12: Conor Keegan, 11: Max Rantz-McDonald, 10: Ian Keatley, 9: Paul O’Donohoe, 1: Kenny Dorian, 2: Niall Carson, 3: Niall Treston, 4: John Duffy, 5: Alan Trenier, 6: Simon Crawford CAPTAIN, 7: Simon O’Donnell, 8: Philip Purdue
REPLACEMENTS:
16: AJ Clarke, 17: Damien Lambert, 18: Niall Dennis, 19: Derek Keane, 20: Conal Keane, 21: Niall McNamara, 22: Dave O’Siochain
ST. MARY’S COLLEGE RFC:
15: Robert Gannon, 14: Dara Fanning, 13: Keith Douglas, 12: Mark Sexton, 11: Ronan Doherty, 10: Frank Lynch, 9: Matthew D’Arcy, 1: Juan Gomez, 2: Richard Sweeney, 3: Robert Sweeney, 4: Eoin Keane, 5: Gareth Logan CAPTAIN, 6: Conor McInerney, 7: Hugh Hogan, 8: Kevin Sheahan
REPLACEMENTS:
16: Kris Greene, 17: Conor Hogan, 18: Colm McMahon, 19: Matt Duggan, 20: Matt Crockett, 21: Fergus O’Sullivan, 22: Mark Donnellan, 23: Mike Skelton
