Munster U21’s Defeat Leicester

Munster Under 21s opened their two match tour of England with a comfortable win over Leicester Tigers in Welford Road on Friday night.

Munster Under 21s opened their two match tour of England with a comfortable win over Leicester Tigers in Welford Road on Friday night.

Try scorers for the Cathal Garvey led Munster side included Breffni O’Donnell, Paul Hurley and Tomas O’Leary and Munster will complete their pre-championship English warm up programme with a match against Worcester on Sunday morning. The Interprovincial championship begins on August 29th when Munster travel to Dublin to play Leinster (Donnybrook.)

Munster U21 Team:

Cathal Garvey (UL Bohs); Ciaran O’Boyle (Garryowen), Breffni O’Donnell (UL Bohs), Brian Hastings (Dublin U), Paul Hurley (UCC); Barry Keeshan (UCC), Tomas O’Leary (Cork Con); Fergus gately (UCC), Robert Quinn (UCC), Emet McLoughlin(Shannon); Shane O’Connor (Cork Con), Ryan Hartigan (UL Bohs); Mark Melbourne (Garryowen), Michael Carroll (Bruff), Brendan O’Connor (Cork Con)

Replacements (all used); Ger Collins (Bruff), Damien Varley (Garryowen), Donncha Ryan (UCC), Anthony Kavanagh (Garryowen), Killian Barry (UCC), Brian Carroll (Bruff), Andy Finn (Dolphin)