Glory for Connacht youths as title is won at the death

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Wednesday, 31 January 2007

Connacht secured the youths inter-provincial championship for the first time in a dramatic final at Mullingar on Saturday.

Connacht 12 Leinster 10

Connacht, having defeated Leinster, Ulster and Munster in the league section, qualified for the final when they defeated Ulster.

But it appeared for a time that their glorious season was going to end without silverware as they slipped 10-0 behind in the opening half of the final and were still trailing by five points going into the dying moments.

But then captain John O'Brien produced a moment of magic to score an equalising try and fly-half Adam Kennedy landed the touchline conversion to seal a famous win and spark off wonderful celebrations.

Connacht kept their composure when Leinster got in for two first-half tries and got back into contention when Billy Henshaw created the opportunity which finished with Kennedy diving over for a try which gave Connacht real hope.

Leinster led 10-5 at the interval but while Connacht were on top for long periods of the second-half, it looked like they were going to be denied before Connemara's O'Brien produced the try which won the title for Connacht.

Connacht squad: Lee Keegan (Westport), Aengus O Connell (Corinthians), John O'Brien (Connemara), Cian Moyles (Galwegians), Billy Henshaw (Buccaneers), Sean Joyce (Connemara), Adam Kennedy (Buccaneers), Dermot Murphy (Galwegians), Liam Carpenter (Westport), David Ott (Galwegians), Fergus Moyles (Galwegians), Marc Feeley (Ballina), Conor Higgins (Ballinasloe), Karl Egan (Corinthians), Jason East (Sligo), David Egan (Buccaneers), James Robinson (Corinthians), Gregory Leaqder (Galwegians), Shane Conneely (Corinthians), Kevin Russell (Corinthians), Senan Quain (Galwegians), Matthew Dempsey (Westport).

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