Gonzaga College 19-10 Wesley College
GONZAGA SURVIVED A nervy second half to ensure that their name goes into the hat for tomorrow’s Leinster Schools Senior Cup quarter-final draw.
A dogged Wesley College were always within touching distance until injury time in Castle Avenue when Harry O’Grady sealed Gonzaga’s win with a third try.
The sides were level at the break, 7-7, with Harry Brennan cancelling out Tim Spencer’s intercept try which had given Wes an early lead.
Out-half Adam Curry nudged the Ballinteer school back in front with a penalty, but Gonzaga dug deep to come from behind for a second time, Alex McEvoy forcing his way through some determined defence for a try which Oran James converted for a 14-10 lead.
And Gonzaga held off the Wesley threat until O’Grady scored at the death.
Svitolina made a statement after her match v Azarenka that the organisers should ban the sporting tradition of shaking hands after her opponent was booed off the court for not offering her hand out to be ignored. This was her decision to not shake the hands of sporting Russian athletes so don’t be asking authorities in sport to ban a custom that’s traditional sporting etiquette gesture, after all its only a game.
Svitolina expects the organisers Wimbledon to ban handshakes after matches , Ironic comment. Can she not stand the sporting Azarenka being booed off the court today, surely easier to say I should have shook her hand
Svitolina is mostly responsible if not totally for unsporting behaviour but are nt we all suppose to be on Ukraine side so it doesn’t matter just” boo the Russians” anyway