Ireland under-20s boss Richie Murphy spoke of his pride in his players after they decided to go ahead with their final World Rugby Championships pool game against Fiji in South Africa.
Victory for Ireland saw them top the pool and qualify for the semi-finals.
But they achieved the feat against the tragic backdrop of the deaths of former St Michael's schoolboys Andrew O'Donnell and Max Wall in Greece at the weekend, and then the passing of Greig Oliver - father of reserve scrum-half Jack - in an accident in Cape Town on Tuesday.