Hooker Liam Cronin’s 79th-minute try guided Garryowen through to April’s Bateman Cup final, while City of Armagh, who overcame Buccaneers at home, made history by qualifying for the decider for the first time.

BATEMAN CUP/ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE RESULTS: Saturday, January 12

BATEMAN CUP SEMI-FINALS:

CITY OF ARMAGH 29 BUCCANEERS 13, Palace Grounds
Scorers: City of Armagh: Tries: Andrew Willis, Evin Crummie, James Morton, Neil Faloon; Cons: Cormac Fox 3; Pen: Cormac Fox
Buccaneers: Try: Rory O’Connor; Con: Michael Hanley; Pens: Michael Hanley 2
HT: City of Armagh 10 Buccaneers 6

CITY OF ARMAGH: Shea O’Brien; Andrew Willis, Evin Crummie, Jonny Pollock, Ryan Purvis; Cormac Fox, Harry Doyle; Paul Mullen, Andrew Smyth, Phillip Fletcher, Peter Starrett, Josh McKinley, James Hanna, Robbie Whitten (capt), Neil Faloon.

Replacements: Oisean Mickerman, Jonny Morton, Gareth McNeice, James Morton, Gareth Treanor, Chris Cousins, Matthew Reaney.

BUCCANEERS: Callum Boland; Thomas McGann, Shane Layden (capt), Kieran Joyce, Rory O’Connor; Michael Hanley, Frankie Hopkins; Conan O’Donnell, John Sutton, Liam Winnett, Ruairi Byrne, Torin Rensford, Fergus Galvin, Owen Treacy, Evan Galvin.

Replacements: Harry O’Reilly, Rory Grenham, Sean O’Connell, Gerard Fallon, Dean McMahon, Ross Murphy-Sweeney.

GARRYOWEN 14 LANSDOWNE 12, Dooradoyle
Scorers: Garryowen: Try: Liam Cronin; Pens: Ben Healy 3
Lansdowne: Pens: Scott Deasy 4
HT: Garryowen 3 Lansdowne 6

GARRYOWEN: Jamie Heuston; Daniel Hurley, Peadar Collins, David McCarthy, Cian O’Shea; Ben Healy, Rob Guerin; Niall Horan, Liam Cronin, Andrew Keating, Kevin Seymour, Dean Moore (capt), Tim Ferguson, Diarmuid Barron, Sean Rennison.

Replacements: Mike O’Donnell, David Canny, Scott Leahy, Steven Atkinson, Jamie Gavin, Shane Brosnahan, Andrew O’Byrne.

LANSDOWNE: Eamonn Mills (capt); Daniel McEvoy, Mark O’Keeffe, Conor Murphy, Peter Sullivan; Scott Deasy, Tim Murphy; Denis Coulson, James Rael, Ian Prendiville, Willie Earle, Jack O’Sullivan, Tom Murphy, Conor Fenlon, Aaron Conneely.

Replacements: JJ Earle, Martin Mulhall, Greg McGrath, Conall O’Brien, Alan Bennie, Liam O’Sullivan, Barry Goulding.

ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE: DIVISION 2B:

MU Barnhall 55 Wanderers 3, Parsonstown