Reporting by Tomás and Oisín

Coláiste Choilm Starting Team 

Throw-in: 1:00 at Dr Kelly’s. 

First Half 

Senan O’Meara was unlucky to lose the throw-in. Jack Dunne then turned over the ball, beat his man and laid it off to Ronan Kinnarney. Ronan’s shot struck the crossbar, and Pauric Usher finished the move with a goal. 

Rochfortbridge won the kick-out and attacked at pace, but Coláiste Choilm turned them over and won possession. Jack Dunne won the next kick-out and played an early ball into George Plunkett, who converted a lovely score. 

Coláiste Choilm won another kick-out and were unlucky when George Plunkett’s shot went wide. Jack Dunne then won a Rochfortbridge kick-out, ran forward and set up another goal for Kinnarney. 

Coláiste Choilm regained possession and Jack Dunne kicked a lovely point. Rochfortbridge won the kick-out, attacked at pace and scored a fantastic point. They won possession again and earned a free, which was converted for a two-pointer. 

Coláiste Choilm won the kick-out and attacked down the wing, where Jamie Hoey scored. Coláiste Choilm then won another Rochfortbridge kick-out, and Danny White kicked a fantastic score. 

After a turnover, Coláiste Choilm counter-attacked and Jamie Hoey kicked another score. Rochfortbridge won the next kick-out and attacked at pace, but missed their attempt. They regained the ball shortly afterwards and kicked a score. 

Coláiste Choilm won the kick-out and worked the ball around until George Plunkett found space inside and scored a great goal. 

Rochfortbridge won their kick-out and attacked at pace, earning a foul and converting the resulting free for another two-pointer. Coláiste Choilm then won the kick-out, moved the ball out wide and Jack Dunne won and converted a free. George Plunkett added another nice score before half-time. 

Half time score 3-8 to 7 points.  

Second Half 

Rochfortbridge won the throw-in at the start of the second half, attacked at pace and scored a lovely point. They then won the kick-out and added another score. 

Luke Lawler won a Rochfortbridge kick-out and passed to George Plunkett, who kicked a great score. Coláiste Choilm won the next kick-out and Jack Dunne scored another excellent point. 

Coláiste Choilm regained possession and Jamie Hoey made a strong solo run before scoring. Coláiste Choilm then turned over Rochfortbridge and counter-attacked. A great pass from Danny White to Jack Dunne led to a goal. 

Coláiste Choilm turned over Rochfortbridge again, and Jamie Hoey set up Jack Dunne, who was fouled and converted the free himself. 

Coláiste Choilm made two substitutions: Nicholson came on for Ronan Kinnarney, and Harvey Walsh came on for Pauric Usher. 

Rochfortbridge won possession from a Coláiste Choilm kick-out and scored a goal. Coláiste Choilm then attacked at pace down the wing, and Jamie Hoey scored a fantastic goal. 

Coláiste Choilm won the kick-out and George Plunkett converted another great score. Rochfortbridge then won their kick-out, attacked at pace and scored another goal. 

Coláiste Choilm won the next kick-out and attacked at pace, with Harvey Walsh scoring a goal. Rochfortbridge won their kick-out and scored a point on the counter-attack. They then won another kick-out and scored a further goal. 

Harvey Walsh scored another point for Coláiste Choilm. Coláiste Choilm worked the ball forward, and Danny White’s two-point attempt fell short, but Jack Dunne was there to finish the move with a goal. 

Rochfortbridge won their kick-out, ran down the field and earned a free, which they converted into a goal. Rochfortbridge scored another point before the final whistle. 

Full-time score 8-12 to 4-10  

A wonderful team preformance puts Colaiste hoilm into a Leinster quarter final, but a fantastic individual performance from Jack Dunne gets man of the match, scoring 2-6.