Junior Cup 2008/2009

[Buenavista]

Well you can blame the budget for that one as some schools are reluctant to let supporters go now they cannot cover their classes. A lot depends on the school... at the Wesley Gerards game there were approx 300-400 supporters.

[lebowski]

The First round draw is complete after todays results

Terenure V Belvo - Terenure win
Pres Bray V Kilkenny College - Pres Bray win
Roscrea V Newbridge - close game but Roscrea might shade it
St Andrews V Blackrock - Rock by 50
CBC V St Michaels - Should be Michaels. CBC will find it hard to come back after losing the league final to Pres
Clongowes V Wesley - Clongowes by 60+ points
St Mary's V Castleknock - St Mary's
CUS V Gonzaga - I'm going for Gonzaga but it will be the tightest game of the round

It will probable end up with Pres V Rock in 1 semi and Clongowes V Mary's in the other with Clongowes beating Rock to retain the cup

[RoscoBosco]

2 results so far:

Nure 17 - 13 Belvo

Rock 67 - 0 Andrews

[lebowski]

2 results so far:

Nure 17 - 13 Belvo

Rock 67 - 0 Andrews

2 out of 2 for me and I'm pretty confident with my other 6 predictions. I should have hit the bookies

I was at the Nure belvo game. Nure scored with the last play of the game to win after Belvo led from very early on. It was harsh but they probably deserved to shade it. They will have no chance against Pres Bray without a massive improvement (assuming Pres get by Kilkenny - which might be trickier than they expext).

Any idea about when the other games are resheduled for?

[chats]

terenure will lose to pres bray? are you joking? belvo are clearly better than bray. rock nure semi final should make for good game

[Kickingking]

An upset - Kilkenny College 15 Pres Bray 14!!

I hope they will be able to give Terenure a game in the next round.

[combatlogo]

CUS win 10-3!!!

[thecoolfreak]

CUS win 10-3!!!

Great result!!

[RoscoBosco]

Newbridge 15 - 10 Roscrea

[Slipper1]

CUS win 10-3!!!

Great result!!

Fully expected by everyone though

[Durkah Durkah]

I have no affiliation with CUS but it is very hard not to get dragged along by the support on this sit of such an under dog. Come on Cut Up Sausages!! Not at cricket though, you feckers have won your fair share of that!

[thecoolfreak]

I have no affiliation with CUS but it is very hard not to get dragged along by the support on this sit of such an under dog. Come on Cut Up Sausages!! Not at cricket though, you feckers have won your fair share of that!

People go on about a Clongowes mafia here when in reality its a CUS mafia

[chats]

Pres Bray V Kilkenny College - Pres Bray win
Roscrea V Newbridge - close game but Roscrea might shade it
CUS V Gonzaga - I'm going for Gonzaga but it will be the tightest game of the round

It will probable end up with Pres V Rock in 1 semi

wrooooooonnnngggggg! how did u think pres would beat terenure if they couldnt handle kilkenny.

**Edited by Mod**

[lebowski]

Pres were league champions and would have been expected to beat kilkenny easily. From what i read, were 10 points up in injury time and conceded 2 tries in a minute. You can't factor in freak events like that. I was at the Nure-Belvo game and at the league final and Pres would more than likely have beaten Terenure. I don't knoe what Kilkenny are like, but they may give them a shock too. All my other predictions hold through though.

[RoscoBosco]

Any result from the Clongowes game?

[true blue 06]

Any result from the Clongowes game?

clongowes won by around 79-0 or something
michaels 20 - 0 monkstown

[RoscoBosco]

My quater final predictions:

Rock vs Newbridge = Rock (Will be closer than you think)

Nure vs Kilkenny = Nure (Should be close also)

Michaels vs Clongowes = Clongowes (Comfortably)

C.U.S vs Marys = Marys (Could be wrong with this one)

[thecoolfreak]

CUS beat Mary's earlier in the season so here's hoping for the same result again

[pulldownthemaul]

CUS will beat Mar's. Mary's had nothing to offer against 'knock. Two knock-ons for the first try. Castleknock denied a perfectly good try and MANY other good try scoring opportunities by a disasterous ref. The Mary's supporters ended up chanting "The referees from Mary's" and how right they were. Mary's pack were overwhelmed by Castleknock and Mary's backs were pacy but ran accross the pitch all day with no one straightening the line. Castleknock really were robbed.

[Slipper1]

My quater final predictions:

Rock vs Newbridge = Rock (Will be closer than you think)

Nure vs Kilkenny = Nure (Should be close also)

Michaels vs Clongowes = Clongowes (Comfortably)

C.U.S vs Marys = Marys (Could be wrong with this one)

When are these games planned for?