Ulster Colleges

[whitey]

Like all Mayo teams they couldnt put it away......3 chances at the end to level or even win and they missed all three, including a very kickable free

Stop the stereotyping. Westport inters,Mayo minors and U21s all won All Irelands recently.

Good point....I edited my post. I almost threw the iPad out the window with temper at the final whistle

[Owen Brannigan]

Only the second Armagh school to win the Hogan Cup and the first in 70 years, even if it was with a significant input from Antrim.

[BennyCake]

Only the second Armagh school to win the Hogan Cup and the first in 70 years, even if it was with a significant input from Antrim.

Yeah but didn't Colman's win the Hogan? They'd be half Armagh.

[balladmaker]

Some result for St. Ronan's, just 3 years old and land their first Hogan Cup, congrats to all involved.  They showed that they wanted it more, deserving winners.

[Owen Brannigan]

Some result for St. Ronan's, just 3 years old and land their first Hogan Cup, congrats to all involved.  They showed that they wanted it more, deserving winners.

Don't think they wanted it any more than Rice College who played the wrong game/tactics.  They were far too defensive and in the end they kicked away their advantage in possession against a team who needed an insurance score but couldn't break the blanket defence.

Thank goodness St Ronan's came out on the right side.

[The Gs Man]

Wow! Absolutely delighted for St.Ronan's.

Some achievement! Town is buzzing!

A winning point worthy of any All-Ireland final.

[nrico2006]

Referee was terrible. St Ronans seemed intent on kicking it away, better team and players alot better conditioned. Surprised to see tye Mayo school take off their best forward.

[rrhf]

Great days football at Croker. HTC were superbly drilled but they have some great talents and have real character as footballers who will hopefully be in red hand jerseys in the future. This school is doing serious work with their lads and lassies in football. St Ronan's were fantastic and an amazing story behind their rise to the top. An example for any school on how to harness talent.

[Eamonnca1]

What a terrific game to watch. Well done to all involved.

[illdecide]

St Ronan's deserved their win and to be truthful should have won with a few to spare, def should have been 4-5 pts up at HT but a lucky goal and some poor shooting left them with a much harder task in the second half. The second half was a bit closer and I always thought St Ronan's were going to have to score a goal to win it and they got it (u could see it coming), great point to win it which wouldn't have looked out of place at a senior inter county game. To be fair Rice had a few chances at the end to at least earn a draw and one of their misses was a shocker but a great game and I think the best team won...

A great boost for the town of Lurgan (and Aghagallon), hopefully a lot of them lads will strut their stuff at senior level and drive their teams forward...Well done St Ronan's...

Thought there would have been a bigger crowd???(and that rain afterwards was a bollix)

[JimStynes]

Great boost for Lurgan, Aghagallon, Trasna and Derrymacash! Also, I thought Big Leo from Portadown had his best game in a while. There must be about 10 clubs involved in the win.

[Eamonnca1]

Is young Smyth any relation to Jimmy?

[Don Johnson]

Don't think so. His da is from Craigavon, stones throw from Lismore.

[Owen Brannigan]

Who was St Ronan's 45m kicker who could teach county players how to do it? What club is he from?

[Harold Disgracey]

Shane McConville's son Eoin from St Paul's. Saw him kick some of the finest points I'd ever seen in the Athletic Grounds in an U16 final a two years ago.