J3 XV · Season archive
J3 XV — Season 2017/18
The J3s re-formed after a season away and won the Moran Cup for the tenth time, beating De La Salle Palmerston 18–13 at Donnybrook. They also reached the Division 5 final, lost 0–5 at Naas.
The J3s re-formed after a season away and won the Moran Cup for the tenth time, beating De La Salle Palmerston 18–13 at Donnybrook. They also reached the Division 5 final, lost 0–5 at Naas.
The J3 squad with the Moran Cup at Templeville Road, 2018.
St. Mary's score shown first. H = home, A = away, N = neutral venue.
| Date | Competition | Opponent | H/A | Score | Result | Venue and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29/09/2017 | Metro Division 5 | Wanderers | A | 38–0 | W | Ballycorus Road |
| 13/10/2017 | Metro Division 5 | Clontarf | A | 29–12 | W | Castle Avenue |
| 21/10/2017 | Metro Division 5 | CYM | H | 23–10 | W | Templeville Road |
| 03/11/2017 | Metro Division 5 | MU Barnhall | H | 22–25 | L | Templeville Road |
| 10/11/2017 | Metro Division 5 | Terenure | A | 27–5 | W | Lakelands |
| 17/11/2017 | Metro Division 5 | Greystones | A | 37–9 | W | Dr Hickey Park, Greystones |
| 01/12/2017 | Metro Division 5 | Naas | H | 18–20 | L | Templeville Road |
| 08/12/2017 | Metro Division 5 | Wanderers | H | 19–0 | W | Templeville Road |
| 12/01/2018 | Metro Division 5 | Clontarf | H | 39–15 | W | Templeville Road |
| 02/02/2018 | Metro Division 5 | MU Barnhall | H | 36–16 | W | Templeville Road. Venue switched to Templeville Road |
| 09/02/2018 | Moran Cup, 2nd round | Monkstown | H | 14–8 | W | Templeville Road |
| 16/02/2018 | Metro Division 5 | Terenure | H | 21–7 | W | Templeville Road |
| 25/02/2018 | Metro Division 5 | CYM | A | 43–12 | W | Terenure Road North |
| 16/03/2018 | Metro Division 5 | Greystones | H | 35–14 | W | Templeville Road |
| 23/03/2018 | Metro Division 5 | Naas | A | 10–15 | L | Forenaughts |
| 30/03/2018 | Metro Division 5 final | Naas | A | 0–5 | L | Forenaughts |
| 06/04/2018 | Moran Cup, semi-final | Coolmine | A | 18–12 | W | Coolmine RFC |
| 13/04/2018 | Moran Cup, final | De La Salle Palmerston | N | 18–13 | W | Donnybrook |
League and cup results are as recorded in the Leinster Rugby results archive.
The Leinster record gives no date for the Division 5 final at Naas; the date shown, 30 March 2018, is from the club.
A club update from late February 2018 has the Moran Cup semi-final against Coolmine fixed for Templeville Road on 23 March; the Leinster record shows it played at Coolmine on 6 April.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naas | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 366 | 177 | +189 | 11 | 59 |
| 2 | St. Mary's College | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 397 | 160 | +237 | 13 | 57 |
| 3 | NUIM Barnhall | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 391 | 308 | +83 | 9 | 51 |
| 4 | Greystones | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 283 | 264 | +19 | 7 | 39 |
| 5 | Wanderers | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 226 | 272 | −46 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Clontarf | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 223 | 277 | −54 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | CYM | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 208 | 359 | −151 | 5 | 13 |
| 8 | Terenure | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 204 | 481 | −277 | 3 | 3 |
Clontarf deducted 4 points for conceding walkover v Naas on 10th November. CYM deducted 4 points for conceding walkover v Greystones on 25th March.
48 names. The names below come from the team sheets kept by the club and the team sheets in the Leinster Rugby record.
No match reports from 2017/18 have been found. If you have any, please send them to archives@smcrfc.com.
14 line-ups from the team sheets kept by the club (7) and the Leinster Rugby team sheets (7). Click any match to open it.
29 Sep 2017 Wanderers 0 St. Mary's 38 Won Metro Division 5
St. Mary's: 1 Lorcan Byrne, 2 Colm Smith, 3 Brian McGovern, 4 Shane Fanning, 5 Gareth Logan, 6 Craig Byrne, 7 Hugh Hogan, 8 Niall Brew, 9 Alan McPhillips, 10 David Lyons, 11 Shane Cunningham, 12 Jason Verdon, 13 John Andreucetti, 14 Simon Nagle, 15 Paul Goodall.
Replacements: 16 Colin Smyth, 17 Kenny McInerney, 18 Kevin Caldwell, 19 Karl O'Brien, 20 Darren Keane.
13 Oct 2017 Clontarf 12 St. Mary's 29 Won Metro Division 5
St. Mary's: 1 Lorcan Byrne, 2 Kenny McInerney, 3 Brian McGovern, 4 Shane Fanning, 5 Graeme McInerney, 6 Ger Prunty, 7 Killian Doyle, 8 Hugh Hogan, 9 Alan McPhillips, 10 David Lyons, 11 Shane Cunningham, 12 Jason Verdon, 13 Conor Donohoe, 14 Stephen Muldowney, 15 Paul Goodall.
Replacements: 16 Barry McCormack, 17 Niall Brew, 18 Cathal Connolly, 19 Simon Nagle, 20 Darren Keane.
21 Oct 2017 St. Mary's 23 CYM 10 Won Metro Division 5
St. Mary's: 1 Barry McCormack, 2 Colm Smith, 3 Kenny McInerney, 4 Graeme McInerney, 5 Shane Fanning, 6 Jonathan Ellis, 7 Killian Doyle, 8 Brian McGovern, 9 Darren Keane, 10 Alan Shirley, 11 Shane Cunningham, 12 Stephen Muldowney, 13 John Andreucetti, 14 Simon Nagle, 15 Paul Goodall.
Replacements: 16 Niall Brew, 17 Colin Smyth, 18 Dudley Philips, 19 Jason Verdon, 20 Alan McPhillips.
3 Nov 2017 St. Mary's 22 MU Barnhall 25 Lost Metro Division 5
St. Mary's: 1 Barry McCormack, 2 Colm Smith, 3 Kenny McInerney, 4 Ger Prunty, 5 Graeme McInerney, 6 Brian McGovern, 7 Karl O'Brien, 8 Niall Brew, 9 Darren Keane, 10 Cathal Connolly, 11 Stephen Muldowney, 12 Conor Donohoe, 13 John Andreucetti, 14 Shane Cunningham, 15 Paul Goodall.
Replacements: 16 Lorcan Byrne, 17 Jason Verdon, 18 Brendan Flood, 19 Simon Nagle, 20 Dudley Philips.
10 Nov 2017 Terenure 5 St. Mary's 27 Won Metro Division 5
St. Mary's: 1 Kenny McInerney, 2 Colm Smith, 3 Lorcan Byrne, 4 Neil Cosgrove, 5 Gareth Logan, 6 Ciaran O'Meara, 7 Craig Byrne, 8 Brian McGovern, 9 Alan McPhillips, 10 Cathal Connolly, 11 Shane Cunningham, 12 Jason Verdon, 13 Conor Donohoe, 14 Peter Timmons, 15 John Andreucetti.
Replacements: 16 Colin Smyth, 17 Jonathan Ellis, 18 Simon Nagle, 19 Brendan Flood, 20 Paul Whyte.
From the Leinster Rugby team sheet.
17 Nov 2017 Greystones 9 St. Mary's 37 Won Metro Division 5
St. Mary's: 1 Lorcan Byrne, 2 Colin Smyth, 3 Barry McCormack, 4 Graeme McInerney, 5 Gareth Logan, 6 Jonathan Ellis, 7 Hugh Hogan, 8 Brian McGovern, 9 Brendan Flood, 10 Alan McPhillips, 11 Darren Keane, 12 Conor Donohoe, 13 Jason Verdon, 14 Stephen Muldowney, 15 Simon Nagle.
Replacements: 16 Gareth Hennessy, 17 Killian Walsh, 18 Killian Doyle, 19 Paul Whyte, 20 Eoin Keane.
From the Leinster Rugby team sheet.
1 Dec 2017 St. Mary's 18 Naas 20 Lost Metro Division 5
St. Mary's: 1 Kenny McInerney, 2 Colm Smith, 3 Lorcan Byrne, 4 Ger Prunty, 5 Graeme McInerney, 6 Killian Doyle, 7 Hugh Hogan, 8 Brian McGovern, 9 Alan McPhillips, 10 David Lyons, 11 Shane Cunningham, 12 Jason Verdon, 13 Conor Donohoe, 14 Stephen Muldowney, 15 Simon Nagle.
Replacements: 16 Gareth Hennessy, 17 Eoin Keane, 18 David Lyons, 19 Dudley Philips, 20 Brendan Flood.
8 Dec 2017 St. Mary's 19 Wanderers 0 Won Metro Division 5
St. Mary's: 1 Brian McGovern, 2 Colin Smyth, 3 Lorcan Byrne, 4 Ger Prunty, 5 Graeme McInerney, 6 Killian Doyle, 7 Karl O'Brien, 8 Eoin Keane, 9 Alan McPhillips, 10 David Lyons, 11 Simon Nagle, 12 Jason Verdon, 13 David Lyons, 14 Darren Keane, 15 Paul Goodall.
Replacements: 16 Neill Murphy, 17 Kenny McInerney, 18 Gareth Logan, 19 Dudley Philips, 20 Brendan Flood.
12 Jan 2018 St. Mary's 39 Clontarf 15 Won Metro Division 5
St. Mary's: 1 Kenny McInerney, 2 Colm Smith, 3 Brian McGovern, 4 Ger Prunty, 5 Graeme McInerney, 6 Killian Doyle, 7 Ciaran O'Meara, 8 Hugh Hogan, 9 Brendan Flood, 10 David Lyons, 11 Shane Cunningham, 12 Stephen Muldowney, 13 Conor Donohoe, 14 Simon Nagle, 15 Alan McPhillips.
Replacements: 16 Jonathan Ellis, 17 Karl O'Brien, 18 Lorcan Byrne, 19 Shane Fanning, 20 Darren Keane.
From the Leinster Rugby team sheet.
9 Feb 2018 St. Mary's 14 Monkstown 8 Won Moran Cup, 2nd round
St. Mary's: 1 Kenny McInerney, 2 Colm Smith, 3 Brian McGovern, 4 Gareth Logan, 5 Graeme McInerney, 6 Jonathan Ellis, 7 Ger Prunty, 8 Hugh Hogan, 9 Brendan Flood, 10 David Lyons, 11 Shane Cunningham, 12 Jason Verdon, 13 David Lyons, 14 Conor Donohoe, 15 Alan McPhillips.
Replacements: 16 Colin Smyth, 17 Killian Walsh, 18 Eoin Keane, 19 Karl O'Brien, 20 Darren Keane.
From the Leinster Rugby team sheet.
25 Feb 2018 CYM 12 St. Mary's 43 Won Metro Division 5
St. Mary's: 1 Killian Walsh, 2 Kenny McInerney, 3 Lorcan Byrne, 4 Shane Fanning, 5 Padraig Nestor, 6 Killian Doyle, 7 Karl O'Brien, 8 Eoin Keane, 9 Alan McPhillips, 10 David Lyons, 11 Shane Cunningham, 12 Jason Verdon, 13 Stephen Muldowney, 14 John Andreucetti.
Replacements: 16 Colin Smyth, 17 James Roche, 18 Richard Fagan, 19 Darren Keane, 20 Simon Nagle.
16 Mar 2018 St. Mary's 35 Greystones 14 Won Metro Division 5
St. Mary's: 1 Colin Smyth, 2 Sasha Gibson, 3 Christopher Kane, 4 Shane Fanning, 5 David Balfour, 6 Jonathan Ellis, 7 Killian Doyle, 8 Brian McGovern, 9 Brendan Flood, 10 David Lyons, 11 Shane Cunningham, 12 Jason Verdon, 13 Conor Donohoe, 14 John Andreucetti, 15 Graham Crawford.
Replacements: 16 Niall Brew, 17 David McGill, 18 Peter Timmons, 19 Michael Stafford, 20 Simon Nagle.
From the Leinster Rugby team sheet.
6 Apr 2018 Coolmine 12 St. Mary's 18 Won Moran Cup, semi-final
St. Mary's: 1 Killian Walsh, 2 Colm Smith, 3 Kenny McInerney, 4 Gareth Logan, 5 Shane Fanning, 6 Ger Prunty, 7 Killian Doyle, 8 Brian McGovern, 9 Brendan Flood, 10 David Lyons, 11 Shane Cunningham, 12 Jason Verdon, 13 Conor Donohoe, 14 Stephen Muldowney, 15 David Lyons.
Replacements: 16 Colin Smyth, 17 Karl O'Brien, 18 Graham Crawford, 19 John Andreucetti, 20 Darren Keane.
From the Leinster Rugby team sheet.
13 Apr 2018 De La Salle Palmerston 13 St. Mary's 18 Won Moran Cup, final
St. Mary's: 1 Killian Walsh, 2 Brian McGovern, 3 Kenny McInerney, 4 Ger Prunty, 5 Shane Fanning, 6 Stephen Muldowney, 7 Killian Doyle, 8 Karl O'Brien, 9 Alan McPhillips, 10 David Lyons, 11 Shane Cunningham, 12 Jason Verdon, 13 Conor Donohoe, 14 Simon Nagle, 15 David Lyons.
Replacements: 16 Christopher Kane, 17 David Balfour, 18 Padraig Nestor, 19 Peter Timmons, 20 Brendan Flood.
From the Leinster Rugby team sheet.
Reviews, previews and programme messages from the season, as written at the time.
2017/18 Club update, late February 2018
From the club's Junior Rugby update of February 2018.
J3’s – A great season so far for the newly re-formed (returning Vets) J3’s in Division 5. Currently top of the table. 1 point ahead of 2nd placed Naas. 2 games to go. Next up on Friday is Greystones at home followed by a winner takes home advantage game against Naas away on Friday 9th March. A play off final place now guaranteed. Also semi final of the Moran cup still to come on Friday 23rd March with a home game against Coolmine.