Energia Bateman Cup: Semi-Final Results Round-Up
Lansdowne replacement Paul Wilson, one of their second half try scorers, is pictured in action during their Energia Bateman Cup semi-final win over Sligo ©INPHO/Bryan Keane
Lansdowne and Instonians will meet in a repeat of the 1927 Energia Bateman Cup final, following a one-sided Friday night semi-final, and a stunning away victory for Inst, who claimed the scalp of Garryowen thanks to Mark Keane’s late try.
ENERGIA BATEMAN CUP SEMI-FINALS:
Friday, November 22
LANSDOWNE 76 SLIGO 12, Aviva Stadium back pitch
Scorers: Lansdowne: Tries: Donough Lawlor, Louis McGauran 2, Barry Fitzpatrick 2, Jack Matthews, Harry O’Riordan 2, James Kenny, Oisin Devitt, Sean Galvin, Paul Wilson; Cons: Stephen Madigan 5, Oisin Devitt 3
Sligo: Tries: Darragh Feehily, James O’Hehir; Con: Stewart Cruden
HT: Lansdowne 38 Sligo 7
LANSDOWNE: Cathal Eddy; Peter Sullivan, Harry O’Riordan, Rory Parata (capt), Sean Galvin; Stephen Madigan, Jack Matthews; Greg McGrath, Chris Poole, Tom Connolly, Juan Beukes, Luke O’Connor, Louis McGauran, Barry Fitzpatrick, Donough Lawlor.
Replacements: Jack Treanor, Ben Pope, George Morris, Paul Wilson, Jack Cooke, James Kenny, Dylan O’Keeffe, Oisin Devitt.
SLIGO: Finn Young; Ronan O’Connor, Earl Norris, Enda Gavin, Darragh Feehily; Stewart Cruden, Jacob Fleming; Aidan Healy, Benjamin Hynes, Tom Gormley, Archie MacLean, Gary Duffy, Ambrose Bamber, James O’Hehir (capt), Fintan Crawley.
Replacements: Matthew Earley, Luke Timms, Eoin Ryan, Sean Wynne, Matthew O’Hara, Andrew Ward, Aorelian Durkan, Conor Creavan.
Saturday, November 23
GARRYOWEN 19 INSTONIANS 24, Dooradoyle
Scorers: Garryowen: Tries: Des Fitzgerald, 2 Penalty tries; Cons: 2 Pen try cons
Instonians: Tries: Bradley McNamara, David Whitten, Neil Saulters, Mark Keane; Cons: Josh Eagleson 2
HT: Garryowen 5 Instonians 12
GARRYOWEN: Alex Wood; Alan Fitzgerald, Jack Delaney, Tom Wood, Josh Boland; Kelvin Langan, Neil Cronin; Mikey Veale, Lars Linnenbank, Oisin Kearney, Finn McCall, Kevin Seymour, Donnacha Byrne (capt), Des Fitzgerald, Visiano Vaohea.
Replacements: Dara Phelan, Harry Gleeson, Ben O’Sullivan, Oisin Cooke, Scott Leahy, Richie Costello, Tom Barry, Tom O’Brien.
INSTONIANS: Bradley McNamara; Mark Keane, Bevan Prinsloo, Ian Whitten, Daniel Keane; Josh Eagleson, Matthew Keane; Oli Clark, Neil Saulters, Liam Kaprigiannis, Robert Whitten, Ali Burke, Marty Vorster, Andrew McGrath, David Whitten (capt).
Replacements: Jack Parkinson, Andy Armstrong, Matthew Nelson, Ciaran McCarthy, Chris Beaumont, Terry Coombs, Andrew Keane, Conor McGrath.
Recent Energia Bateman Cup Finals –
2011 – Bruff 24 Dungannon 18
2012 – Garryowen 24 Ballymena 6
2013 – Cork Constitution 24 St. Mary’s College 19
2014 – Cork Constitution 19 UCD 6
2015 – Cork Constitution 24 Clontarf 9
2016 – Galwegians 19 Cork Constitution 38
2017 – Old Belvedere 13 Cork Constitution 18
2018 – Cork Constitution 12 Lansdowne 32
2019 – Garryowen 45 City of Armagh 21
2020 – Lansdowne & Cork Constitution declared joint winners due to Covid-19-affected season
2022 – Lansdowne 46 Young Munster 13
2023 – Terenure College 71 Buccaneers 13
2024 – Terenure College 22 Young Munster 15
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