On Saturday afternoon, at Newforge, Ulster U18 Schools faced Munster U18 Schools in the first game in the Interprovincial Championships.

With an initial Ulster surge repulsed Munster took the lead following a lineout maul. Conor Galvin’s score put Munster 5-0 up, after 4 minutes.

Defences were on top for the rest of the half. Both teams created scoring chances but were met with robust defences. Munster led 5-0 at halftime.

The 2nd half was only 4 minutes old, when Harry Murphy darted through a gap to score under the posts. His conversion moved Munster out to 12-0. Munster attacked from the restart and created a gap for Murphy to scythe through a static Ulster defence . . .