{"id":431138,"date":"2026-05-04T03:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T03:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/431138\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T03:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T03:22:10","slug":"munster-domestic-rugby-cork-constitution-retain-bank-of-ireland-munster-junior-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/431138\/","title":{"rendered":"Munster Domestic Rugby | Cork Constitution Retain Bank Of Ireland Munster Junior Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Holders Cork Constitution retained their Bank of Ireland Munster Junior Cup title with a convincing win over Nenagh Ormond at Dooradoyle with a 38-20 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie O\u2019Doherty gave Nenagh an early lead with a penalty and a try by Conor O\u2019Shaughnessy made it 8-0 to the Tipperary side.<\/p>\n<p>A yellow card saw Nenagh reduced to 14 and Con took advantage with a try by Johnny Murphy to make it 8-5.<\/p>\n<p>Further tries by Rob Hedderman and Jacob Sheahan, both converted by Murphy made it 19-8 for the holders at half time.<\/p>\n<p>Cork Constitution extended their advantage with a try early in the second half with a try from Billy Scannell and Murphy converted,<\/p>\n<p>Gavin O\u2019Riordan made it 31-8 with his side\u2019s fifth try.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy made it 38-8 with his second try and he also added the extras.<\/p>\n<p>Nenagh substitute Tom Crofts made his mark with two tries and O\u2019Doherty converted both to make it 38-20, but Con held out for their 21st title.<\/p>\n<p>Nenagh Ormond: Sam Cusack; Conor O\u2019Shaughnessy, Patrick Scully, John Healy, Fionn Higgins; Derek Corcoran, Charlie O\u2019Doherty; Richie Whelan, Jack Devanny, Matthew Burke; Jake O\u2019Kelly,\u00a0 Fionn O\u2019Meara; John Brislane (capt), Joseph Coffey, Robbie Tynan.<\/p>\n<p>Replacements: Ivan Struzia, Niall O\u2019Gorman, Kevin O\u2019Gorman, James Meagher, Robert Buckley, Thomas Crofts, Conor O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n<p>Cork Constitution: Rory Byrne; Rob Hedderman, Bruce Matthews, Gavin O\u2019Riordan, Johnny Murphy; Ronan Byrd, Louis Kahn; Michael Cogan, George Good, David Good; David Bamidele, Richard Thompson; Cian Desmond, Alexander Alderson, Jacob Sheahan.<\/p>\n<p>Replacements: Billy Scannell, Julien Royer, Ashley Deane, James Morrison, Hermann O\u2019Donoghue, Finn O\u2019Dwyer, Luke Sisk O\u2019Mahony.<\/p>\n<p>Referee: John Purcell (MAR).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Holders Cork Constitution retained their Bank of Ireland Munster Junior Cup title with a convincing win over Nenagh&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-431138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}