Sport
The school has been relatively successful at rugby in recent times. Winning its first title in the Munster Schools Senior Cup in 1968, it has won since the Cup four times. It also has five titles at Junior Cup level. Many former pupils have gone on to play at international level, including Bill O'Connell, Bill Mulcahy, Larry Moloney, Colm Tucker (also a Lion), John Fitzgerald, Paul Hogan, Phil Danaher (also Irish captain), Anthony Foley (also Irish captain), Keith Wood (also a Lion and Irish captain), Jerry Flannery (also a Lion), Barry Murphy, Jeremy Staunton, Marcus Horan and current Irish internationals Keith Earls (also a Lion), Donnacha Ryan, Denis Hurley, Conor Murray (also a Lion) and Damien Varley. Pierce Cunningham has also become the most recent student to be accepted into the Munster rugby academy.
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