U21’s Interprovincial Champions!

Munster U21’s retained the interprovincial championship on Friday night beating Leinster by 18 points to 10 in Thomond Park.

Munster U21’s retained the interprovincial championship on Friday night beating Leinster by 18 points to 10 in Thomond Park.

The score at half time stood at 3 points a piece thanks to penalties from Munster’s Barry Keeshan and Leinster’s Conor Sharpe.

In the second half Munster’s Brendan O’Connor scored two tries, while Barry Keeshan got one convert and another penalty. Leinster’s scores came from a Mark Hewitt try and a conversion from Conor Sharpe.

Final Score: Munster 18 Leinster 10

Teams:

Munster U21 Side:

Richard Lane (UCC); Andrew Finn (Dolphin), Brian Hastings (Dublin Uni), Breffine O’Donnell (UL Bohemians),Paul Hurley (UCC); Barry Keeshan (UCC), Tomas O’Leary (Constitution); Fergus Gately (UCC) Robert Quinn (UCC), Emmet McLoughlin (Shannon); Shane O’Connor (Constitution); Ryan Hartigan (UL Bohemians); Mark Melbourne (Garryowen), Anthony Kavanagh (Garryowen), Brendan O’Connor (Constitution).

Replacements: (from) Donnacha Ryan (UCC), Rory Brosnan (Garyowen), Dan Leek (Clonakilty), Ger Collins (Bruff), Michael Carroll (Bruff), Killian Barry (UCC), Brian Carroll (Bruff), Michael Hastings (UCD) Cathal Garvey (UL Bohemians).

Leinster:

15 – Ross Mc Carron (U.C.D.) 14 – David Foran (D.L.S.P.) 13 – Ken Copeland (Blackrock College) 12 – Killian Coleman (Terenure College) 11 – Marc Hewitt (Clontarf) 10 – Conor Sharpe (U.C.D.) 9 – Simon Gibney (St. Mary s College) 1 – Johnny Wickham (Clontarf) 2 – Ollie Mc Cormack (St. Mary s College) 3 – Keith Doyle (U.C.D.) 4 – David Gannon (Blackrock College) 5 – Alex Dunlop (Terenure College) 6 – Kevin Mc Laughlin (U.C.D.) 7 – David O Brien (Old Belvedere, Captain) 8 – Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University).

Replacements: (from) Jamie Musgrave (Dublin University) Cillian O Byrne (St. Mary s College) Owen Cullen (Blackrock College) Arthur Houlihan (U.C.D.) David Upton (Lansdowne) Cillian Willis (U.C.D.) Greg Stafford (Lansdowne) Simon Morrissey (U.C.D.) Philip de Barra (D.L.S.P.) Stephen Grissing (U.C.D.).