Tom Hogan looks to be heading for a perfect season as he notched up his 5th Under-14 Ranking event win of the season in Carlow on Saturday. The youngster was joined by 30 other hopefuls in Carlow for the event and yet again he had no problems in navigating his way out of his group into the knockout stages.

A 2-0 victory over Oisin O'Neill in the Last 16 and another clean sheet against Stephen Kelly put him into the semi finals where he faced his toughest match of the day against fellow New Institute player David Shoer. Shoer was more than a match for the No.1 but just lost out on the colours 2-1 as Hogan reached his 5th final in a row.

In the other half of the draw Josh saw off Michael Hennessy 2-1 before beating Stephen Bateman and Glen Doyle with ease to reach the final. The final however had a familiar ring to it as Hogan secured his No.1 spot for the season and ran out victor for the 5th time this season as we wait for only the championships to be played in April. 

As it stands we will have five 1st time Internationals represent Ireland against Wales during the summer as Josh Boileau is the only remaining player currently in the top 6 from our memorable victory in Carlow last season when we beat the Welsh 51-50 after a 1 frame shootout to decide the title.