YOUNG Munster's exciting home win over Cork Constitution in Clifford Park today keeps them in the running for the Ulster Bank AIL division one title but Garryowen lost further ground when going down to St Mary's in Dublin, 13-12.
Shannon bounced back from last week's defeat to snatch a good 17-22 victory over Lansdowne in the Aviva. In division one B UL Bohemian beat UCC while Ballymena beat Bruff 17-8.
In division two A Old Crescent had a bonus point victory over Instonians while Thomond lost away to Midleton.
Results
Ulster Bank League Division 1A
Aviva Stadium: Lansdowne 17 Shannon 22
Scorers: Lansdowne: J Cooney, R Mc Carron Try each: M Roche Try, Con
Shannon: S Keogh Try: T Bennett 5 Pens, Con:
Lansdowne: 1 Jack O’Connell, 2 Stephen Collins, 3 Darren O’Reilly, 4 Marc Feely, 5 Willie Earls, 6 Jordi Murphy, 7 Jason Kelly, 8 Ron Boucher, 9 P O’Driscoll, 10 Craig Ronaldson, 11 Matt Healy, 12 M Roche, 13 Sean Carey, 14 Cian Aherne, 15 Ross McCarron, SUBS:16 Tom Sexton, 17 Martin Moore, 18 Alan Mathews, 19 John Cooney, 20 C O’Donnell.
Shannon: 1. Les Hogan, 2. John Deegan, 3. Kevin Griffin, 4. Dan Heffernan, 5. Fergal Walsh, 6. Stephen Keogh, 7. James Murphy, 8. David Quinlan, 9. Rob Guerin,10 Tadgh Bennett,11 Shane McNamara,12. Mossie Lawler (C), 13.Richie Mullane, 14. Willie O'Connor, 15.Luke O'Dea, SUBS: 16.Aaron O'Brien, 17.Garry McNamara, 18.John Sheerin,19 Alan Bennie, 20. Aaron Spring.
Stradbrook: Blackrock College 18, Old Belvedere 11
Scorers: Blackrock College: M Mc Keever Try: D Fitzpatrick Try, 2 Pens, Con
Old Belvedere: L Auva’a Try, E Fitzgerald 2 Pens
Blackrock College: 1. Ryan Fisher, 2 Cian Culleton, 3 Arthur Lyons, 4, Des.Dillon(Capt), 5. Alex Dunlop, 6. David Gannon, 7. Micheal Mc Keever, 8 Barry Kelly, 9. Alan Mac Ginty, 10. Darragh Fitzpatrick, 11 Mark Scott Lennon, 12. Rob Keogh, 13. Jan Simon Byrne, 14. David Rowan, 15 Andrew.Letham. SUBS: 16 Tyronne Moran, 17 Jonathan Barretto, 18 Marcus Walsh, 19 Dylan Symonds, 20 Gavin Greene
Old Belvedere: 1. Vinny Soden, 2. David Gillchrist, 3. Stuart Maguire, 4. Dean Moore, 5. Alan Trenier, 6. Richie Leyden, 7. Michael Oyuga, 8. Leo Auva’a, 9. Simon Keogh, 10. Aidan Wynne, 11. John Kennedy, 12. Ben Woods, 13 Danny Riordan, 14. Marcus Mc Allister, 15. Eamonn Fitzgerald SUBS: 16. Mark Cooney, 17 Brendan O’Dea, 18. Colin Mallon, 19 Aaron Sheehan., 20. Kieran Hurrell.
Castle Avenue: Clontarf 32, Dolphin 23
Scorers: Clontarf: T Considine (2) M Mc Grath, S Crawford Try each: R Lane 2 Pens, 3 Cons
Dolphin: R Murphy 2 Trys, Pen. Try: B Keeshan 2 Pens, Con:
Clontarf: 1 B Barclay, 2 T Considine, 3 N Treston, 4 C O’Keefe, 5 B Reilly, 6 S Crawford, 7 B O’Mahony, 8 F Cogan, 9 S Cronin, 10 N Reid, 11 T McCoy, 12 C O’Shea, 13 M Mc Grath, 14 C Keegan, 15 R Lane, SUBS: 16 C O’Flynn, 17 D Lambert, 18 A D’Arcy, 19 M Dufficy, 20 D O’Meara
Dolphin: 1 James Cronin, 2 John Cleary, 3 Christy Condon, 4 Kyle O’Dwyer, 5. Chris Rowe, 6 Rob O’Herlihy, 7 John Quill, 8 Ryan Murphy, 9 Chris Bannon, 10 Barry Keeshan (Capt), 11 Harry Fleming, 12 Danny Barnes, 13 Eric Moloney, 14 Cian Bohane, 15 Eamonn Mills SUBS: 16 John Leahy, 17 Andy O'Driscoll, 18 Kevin Lynch, 19 Dave O’Mahony, 20 Eoghan O’Shaughnessy
Templeville Road: St. Mary's College 13 Garryowen 12
Scorers: St Marys College: M Sexton Try: R Crotty 2 pens, Con:
Garryowen: D Cusack 4 Pens:
St Marys College: 1 Robert Sweeney, 2. Richard Sweeney,3.Colm McMahon, 4. Gareth Logan, 5. Stephen Bradshaw, 6. Damien Hall, 7. Gareth Austin, 8. Hugh Hogan, 9. Matt D’Arcy, 10. Philip Brophy, 11. Chris Lilly, 12. Mark Sexton, 13. Stephen Grissing, 14 Ray Crotty, 15. Conor Hogan, SUBS: 16. Marcus O’Driscoll, 17. Darren Hudson, 18. Barry O'Flanagan, 19. Rory Brosnan, 20 Kevin Carroll, 21.Steve Toal Lennon, 22 Mark Donnellon.
Garryowen: 1. JP Cooney, 2.M Sherry, 3. P O’Shea, 4. Mark Melbourne, 5. Dave Sherry, 6. S Buckley, 7. Conor Hartigan, 8. L.Vai Pulu, 9. Fergal Lawlor, 10. D. Cusack, 11. Conan Doyle (Capt), 12 Corey Hircock, 13. Ian Hanley, 14. A O’Loughlin, 15. Ronan O’Mahony, SUBS: 16 D. Rowley, 17 D Lavery, 18 Frank McKenna, 19 K O’Gorman, 20 N Cronin.
Tom Clifford Park: Young Munster 9, Cork Constitution 7
Scorers: Young Munster: W Staunton 3 Pens:
Cork Constitution: N O’Driscoll Try: J Holland Con:
Young Munster: 1 Alan Cotter, 2 Ger Slattery (Capt.), 3 Hugh McGrath, 4 Darren Gallagher, 5 Sean Duggan, 6 Liam Og Murphy, 7 James O'Neill, 8 Nevile Melbourne, 9 Mike Predergast, 10 Willie Staunton, 11 Craig O'Hanlon, 12, Andrew Burke, 13 Mike Kelliher, 14. Mark Doyle, 15. Ray Moloney, SUBS: 16 Ger Bourke, 17 Ger Flaherty, 18. Shane O'Neill, 19. John Moroney, 20. Declan Bannon.
Cork Constitution: 1 Brian Cagney, 2 Andrew Cudmore, 3 John Ryan, 4 Brian Hayes, 5 Joe Mc Swiney, 6 Colm Flaherty, 7 Brian O’Hara, 8 James Ryan, 9 Duncan Williams, 10 Johnny Holland, 11 Robert Clune, 12 Ivan Dineen, 13 Cathal Quinn, 14. Niall O’Driscoll, 15 Sean Scanlon, SUBS: Gerry Hurley, Brendan Cuttris, B Fogarty.
Results
Ulster Bank League Division 1B
Eaton Park: Ballymena 17 Bruff: 8
Scorers: Ballymena: A Kerr Try: L Marshall Try, Pen, 2 Cons.
Bruff: C O’Regan Try, B Cahill Pen
Ballymena: 1. Connor Carey, 2. John Burns, 3. Simon Shawe, 4. Darrell O’Kane (C), 5. Andrew Kerr, 6. Stephen Mulholland, 7. Paul Pritchard, 8. Ross Hackney, 9. Blane McIlroy, 10. Martin Irwin, 11 Richard Aingworth., 12. Luke Marshall, 13. Ali Fraser, 14. Ricky Andrew, 15. Roger McBurney, SUBS: 16. Andrew Warwick, 17 John Andrew, 18. David Whann, 19. Willie McKay, 20. Caolan Fitzpatrick
Bruff: 1. David Horan, 2. John Hogan, 3. Ger Collins, 4. Brian Horan, 5. Brian Morrissey, 6. Alan Bourke, 7. John Shine, 8. Paddy Clery, 9. Eoghan Maher, 10. Brian Cahill, 11. Brian Carroll, 12. John Carroll, 13. Paul O'Brien, 14. Tom O' Callaghan, 15 Brendan Deady, SUBS: 16. Colm O'Sullivan, 17. Cathal O'Regan ( P), 18. Paudge Clery, 19. Gary Leonard. 20 Andrew Cashman
Scorers: Belfast Harlequins: Pen. Try, I Porter 4 Pens, Con
Galwegians: D O’ Hara Try: M Jarvis 2 Pens, Con:
Belfast Harlequins: 1. Richard Lutton, 2. Niall Annett, 3. Adam Macklin, 4. Gareth Rourke (C), 5. Michael Ferguson, 6. Alistair Heatlie, 7. Lawrence Babe, 8. Neil McComb, 9. Ian Porter, 10. Stuart Olding, 11. Willuam Stewart, 12. Mark Kettyle, 13. Michael Allen, 14. Miles O’Hagen, 15. Rory Scholes, SUBS: 16. Mark McGrath, 17. Neil Montgomery, 18. Scot Annett, 19. Paul Rea, 20. David Creighton
Galwegians: 1. Jason East, 2. Dermot Murphy, 3. Jamie Stephens, 4 Eoin Tarmey, 5. Brian McClearn, 6.Dave O’Hara, 7. Ivan Muldoon, 8. Eoin McKeon, 9. Barry Lee, 10. Matthew Jarvis, 11. Matthew Dever, 12. Tadhg Leader, 13 Brian Murphy, 14. Colin Conroy, 15. John Cleary (captain), SUBS: 16 Ross Shaughnessy, 17 David Clarke , 18 Ross Fitzgerald, 19 Ja Naughton ,20, Conor Muldoon
Annacotty: U.L. Bohemian 8, U.C.C. 3
Scorers: :U.L. Bohemians: S Rennison Try: B Martin Pen
U.C.C.: L Duffy Pen
U.L. Bohemians: 1 Dave Kilcoyne, 2 Sean Henry, 3 Kevin Flanagan, 4 Ed Kelly, 5 Dave Foley, 6 Conor Kindregan, 7 Eddie Rossiter, 8 Sean Rennison, 9 Cathal Sheridan, 10 Ed Torrie, 11 Finbarr Ahern, 12 Niall Kenneally, 13 Martin McPhail, 14 Rory White, 15 Darren Moroney. SUBS:16 Gary Walsh, 17 Brian Walsh, 18 Fintan Cross, 19 Dale Harris. 20 Ben Martin
U.C.C.: 1 Ronan O’Neill, 2 Peter McCabe, 3 Paddy Ryan, 4 Brian Quill, 5 Dave O'Connell, 6 James Mulcahy, 7 Brian O’Callaghan(Capt), 8 Luke Cahill, 9 Brian Slater, 10 Patrick Parfrey, 11 Joe Holland, 12 Kevin Slater , 13 Cyprien Jouve, 14 Michael Deane, 15 Luke Duffy, Subs: 16 Wayne Falvey, 17 Shane Moynihan, 18 Willie Ryan, 19 Johnny MacCarthy, 20 Daryl Foley
Belfield: U.C.D. 15 Buccaneers 16
Scorers: U.C.D.: D Lynch 2 Trys: N Earls Pen, Con:
Buccaneers: A Hayman Try, J Carty DG, 2 Pens, Con
U.C.D. 1 James Tracey, 2 Risteard Byrne, 3 Brian Hall, 4 Keelan McKenna,5 Mark Flanagan, 6 Danny Kenny, 7 David Doyle,8 Shane Grannell, 9 Rob Shanley, 10 Niall Earls, 11 Tom Fletcher, 12 David Lynch, 13 Alex Kelly, 14 Andy Boyle, 15 Michael Twomey, SUBS: 16 Kieran Moloney, 17 Richie Bent, 18 Brian Cawley, 19 Peter Du Toit, 20 James Thornton.
Buccaneers: 1 Martin Staunton, 2 Garreth Halligan, 3 Diarmuid Higgins, 4 James Tormey 5 Michael Kearney, 6 Eoin Rooney, 7 Eoghan Grace, 8 Kolo Kiripati (captain), 9 Mark Dolan, 10 Jack Carty, 11 Mark McCrea, 12 Adam Kennedy, 13 Paul Harte, 14 Conor Lavelle, 15 Callum Boland, SUBS: 16 Sean Stapleton (h), 17 Shane Reilly (p), 18 Padraig de Burca (fwd), 19 Alex Hayman, 20 Robert Henshaw