Past Pupils feature prominently in recent sports events

It is difficult to avoid Rockwell College past pupils in the area of sports currently. Apart form the great achievments of Bill Johnston and Sean O Connor (2015) in the U20s World Cup, past pupils on the Tipperary football team scored a historic victory over Cork to reach the Munster Final against Kerry. Conor Sweeney and Peter Acheson (2008), with Jimmy Feehan (2014) and Colm O Shaughnessey (2015) all featured on the team that took its first win over Cork in the Munster Championship in over 70 years. While the football team was in action, PRO of the ILGU, Sarah Crowe (2008) was busy at the Curtis Cup, hosted this year by Dun Laoghaire GC. In the absence of live tv coverage, Sarah's online posts and tweets kept supporters informed of the GB & I journey to victory. against the USA. To wrap up the week, Harry McNulty (2011) has been named on the Ireland Rugby Sevens team travelliing to Monaco this weekend. The team will compete in the Repachage, aiming to claim the final spot in the Rio Olympics for Ireland.