Clontarf 29 Terenure College 23
Clontarf are worthy champions, capping a remarkable season in which they lost just a single match, to claim their third All Ireland League Division 1A title before a record crowd of 5,788 for an Aviva stadium final.
In the end it was a little more fraught than it appeared it would be at various stages during the game and that is due to the tenacity of a Terenure College team that rallied superbly to ensure a nerve-shredding end game.
Scrumhalf Alan Bennie’s try on 58 minutes, brilliantly converted by right wing Caelan Dooley – he chipped in with a flawless 13-points from the placed ball – made it a one score game at 29-23 and from that salvo Terenure derived energy and enthusiasm to fuel their drive going into the final quarter. As a source it very nearly sufficed to rescue an unlikely victory in …
- May 2, 2022
