Just two All-Ireland League wins for Limerick sides in Saturday's action

THERE were just two Limerick wins on a day of mixed fortunes for local All-Ireland League clubs in round seven action on Saturday.

In Division 1A, Young Munster picked up two bonus points in a 24-31 defeat to City of Armagh at Clifford Park.

The fourth loss of the campaign sees Young Munster sit in sixth-placed in the 1A table, three points off the top four play-off places. 

Three-try hooker Stephen McLoughlin returned to captain the Greenfields side, who gave another start to recent Munster senior debutant Evan O’Connell in the engine room.

Munsters', who fell 10 points in arrears in the opening half, had a hat-trick of tries from winger Hubert Gilvarry. Scrum-half Jake O'Riordan also dotted down in the opening half for the home side who collected a try bonus point as well as a losing bonus point. Argentinian out-half Julian Lesczynski added two conversions.

Also in the top flight, Garryowen suffered a 26-42 defeat away to Terenure College at Lakelands Park.

The 'Light Blues' prop up the 1A table and sit in the relegation zone following their sixth defeat in seven AIL fixtures this season. The Dooradoyle side did pick up a try bonus point in Saturday's game, scoring four tries.

The three Wood brothers started an All-Ireland League game together for the first time for the Dooradoyle side, with eldest brother Alex on the right wing, and Ireland Under-18 Schools out-half Tom continuing at half-back. Munster’s Brian Gleeson also lined out at number 8.

Garryowen trailed 12-22 to 'Nure in Dublin after the opening 40, the visitors' first half points coming courtesy of tries from Colm Quilligan and Brian Gleeson, with Kelvin Langan adding a conversion.

After the home side added a bonus point try after the restart, Garryowen hit back when awarded a penalty try to leave 10 points between the sides, 29-19.

Garryowen drew within six points at 32-26, thanks to a Finn McCall try, which was converted by Langan. However, Terenure regained their grip on the contest adding 10 unanswered points to seal victory.

In Division 1B, Shannon suffered a heavy 15-42 defeat at home to high-flying Nenagh Ormond on the main pitch at Thomond Park.

The second-placed Tipperary side, who led 13-3 at half-time, notched five tries in all, including a brace for Patrick Scully, while  Conor McMahon, Craig Hannon and Charlie O’Doherty also dotted down.

Shannon, who are level on points with ninth-placed Queens, managed tries through Eoghan Clarke and Stephen Kiely.

Meanwhile, in Division 2A, Old Crescent secured a precious 29-24 bonus point victory over Ballymena at Takumi Park.

Old Crescent's third win of the League season has seen the Rosbrien side sit in seventh place in the table, four points off fourth spot.

Old Crescent trailed their visitors 15-17 at half-time. Jonathan Byrne and Dean O'Grady scored first half tries for Crescent, while out-half Ronan McKenna added a penalty goal and conversion.

A Timmy Duggan try on the hour mark had the Limerick side in front, while Yasin Browne added the bonus point try for the home side. 

In Division 2B, UL-Bohemian suffered a 30-21 defeat away to Malone.

The fifth-placed Red, Red Robins, who have recorded four wins to date, are four points off the top four places.

UL-Bohs trailed 6-13 at half-time at Gibson Park. The Annacotty side had tries from Killian Dineen and Paul Clancy, while Oisin Fagan added three penalties and a conversion.

In Division 2C, there was a first win of the campaign for Bruff who recorded a much-needed 22-8 bonus point victory away to bottom side Tullamore in Co Offaly. 

Bruff's victory has moved the eighth-placed Kilballyowen Park side out of the relegation play-off places. 

The South Limerick side scored four tries in Saturday's victory from Cillian Rea, Craig Carew, Shane Duggan and John Bateman.  Ethan Anderson converted one of the tries.

Energia All-Ireland League Men's Results:

Division 1A:

TERENURE COLLEGE 42 GARRYOWEN 26, Lakelands Park

Scorers: Terenure College: Tries: Will Hickey, Adam La Grue, Adam Melia, Penalty try, Conor Phillips; Cons: Conor McKeon 2, Pen try con, Aran Egan; Pens: Conor McKeon 2, Aran Egan
Garryowen: Tries: Colm Quilligan, Brian Gleeson, Penalty try, Finn McCall; Cons: Kelvin Langan 2, Pen try con

HT: Terenure College 22 Garryowen 12

TERENURE COLLEGE: Aran Egan; Conor Phillips, Adam La Grue, Ethan Reilly, Craig Adams; Conor McKeon, Alan Bennie; Marcus Hanan, Max Russell, Luke Rigney, Adam Melia, Harrison Brewer (capt), Will Hickey, James White, Jordan Coghlan. Replacements: Levi Vaughan, Ben Howard, Mikey O’Reilly, Luke Clohessy, Chris O’Connor, Caolan Dooley.

GARRYOWEN: Kelvin Langan; Alex Wood, Gordon Wood, Jack Delaney, Colm Quilligan; Tom Wood, Jack Oliver; George Hadden, Dara Phelan, Oisin Kearney, Finn McCall, Kevin Seymour, Des Fitzgerald, Donnacha Byrne (capt), Brian Gleeson. Replacements:Harry Gleeson, Mikey Veale, Rory Woods, Visiano Vaohea, Neil Cronin, Dylan Hicks.

YOUNG MUNSTER 24 CITY OF ARMAGH 31, Tom Clifford Park

Scorers: Young Munster: Tries: Hubert Gilvarry 3, Jake O’Riordan; Cons: Julian Leszczynski 2
City of Armagh: Tries: Jonny Morton, Dylan Nelson, Josh McKinley, Sam Cunningham; Cons: Kyle Faloon 4; Pen: Kyle Faloon

HT: Young Munster 12 City of Armagh 17

YOUNG MUNSTER: Shane O’Leary; Hubert Gilvarry, Samson Seinafo, Manuel Covella, Oisin Pepper; Julian Leszczynski, Jake O’Riordan; Christian Foley, Stephen McLoughlin (capt), Conor Bartley, Sean Rigney, Evan O’Connell, Fintan Coleman, Bailey Faloon, Ronan Murphy. Replacements:Aaron Roulston, Paul Allen, Tom Goggin, Conor Nesbitt, Donnchadh O’Callaghan, Stephen Lyons.

CITY OF ARMAGH: Kyle Faloon; Dylan Nelson, Matthew Hooks, Timmy McNiece, Sam Cunningham; Evin Crummie, Lewis Finlay; Niall Carville, Jonny Morton, Paul Mullen, John Glasgow, Josh McKinley, Sam Glasgow, Nigel Simpson (capt), Neil Faloon. Replacements: Finn Fehnert, Dylan Poyntz, James Anderson, Andrew Willis, Rocky Olsen, Ross Taylor.

Division 1B:

SHANNON 15 NENAGH ORMOND 42, Thomond Park main pitch

Scorers: Shannon: Tries: Eoghan Clarke, Stephen Kiely; Con: Cillian O’Connor; Pen: Sean Nolan
Nenagh Ormond: Tries: Patrick Scully 2, Conor McMahon, Craig Hannon, Charlie O’Doherty; Cons: Conor McMahon 4; Pens: Conor McMahon 3

HT: Shannon 3 Nenagh Ormond 13

SHANNON: Cillian Corkery; Stephen Kiely, Cian O’Halloran, Harry Long (capt), Darren Gavin; Sean Nolan, Evin Crowe; Conor Glynn, Eoghan Clarke, Emmet Calvey, Jack Brady, Cian McCann, Kelvin Brown, Oisin Minogue, Lee Nicholas. Replacements: Alex Long, Shane Carew, Christian Storey, Ciaran Vaughan, Ian Leonard, Cillian O’Connor.

NENAGH ORMOND: Josh Rowland; Patrick Scully, Conor McMahon, Angus Blackmore, Conor O’Shaughnessy; Ben Pope, Nicky Irwin; Mikey Doran, Dylan Murphy, Colm Skehan, Jake O’Kelly, Kevin O’Flaherty (capt), Rob Buckley, Evan Murphy, John O’Flaherty. Replacements:Jack Devanny, Jack O’Keeffe, Craig Hannon, John Brislane, Derek Corcoran, Charlie O’Doherty.

Division 2A:

OLD CRESCENT 29 BALLYMENA 24, Takumi Park

Scorers: Old Crescent: Tries: Jonathan Byrne, Dean O’Grady, Timmy Duggan, Yasin Browne; Cons: Ronan McKenna 3; Pen: Ronan McKenna
Ballymena: Tries: Sean McKay, Callum Patterson, Michael McLean; Cons: Callum Patterson 3; Pen: Callum Patterson

HT: Old Crescent 15 Ballymena 17

Old Crescent: Timmy Duggan, Conor Hogan, Brian Molloy, Werner Hoffman, Brandon Nash, Ronan McKenna, Jamie Duggan, Evan Creaven, Jonathan Byrne, Jake Considine, Sean Monaghan, Yasin Browne, Oisin Toland, John Lyons, Karl Madden. Replacements: Niall Hardiman, Kevin Doyle, Dean O’Grady, Cathal Monaghan, Gary Fitzgerald.

Ballymena: Sean McKay, Ben Neely, Daniel Vercoe Rogers, Callum Patterson, Michael McLean, Joe O’Rawe, Oliver Smith, Jacob Oliver, Alexander Clarke, Joseph Mawhinney, Josh Dobbin, David Milford, Ryan McCartney, James McClean, Adam Lamont (capt). Replacements: George Hargy, Henry Casson, Callum Mustoe, Angus Robson, Tristan Ferguson.

Division 2B:

MALONE 30 UL BOHEMIAN 21, Gibson Park

Scorers: Malone: Tries: Jack McMurtry, Dan Kerr 2; Cons: Matty Smyth 3; Pens: Matty Smyth 3
UL Bohemian: Tries: Killian Dineen, Paul Clancy; Con: Oisin Fagan; Pens: Oisin Fagan 3

HT: Malone 13 UL Bohemian 6

Malone: Jacob Lennox, Michael Melville, Davy McMaster, Tony O’Sullivan, Jack McMurty, Matty Smyth, Max Baines, Ben Halliday, Dan Kerr, Ricky Greenwood, Jacob Edwards, Adam McNamee, Dave Cave (capt), David Greatorex, Ross Todd. Replacements: Josh Storey, Bailey Young, Zach Devine, Dara Gaskin, Harry Hughes.

UL Bohemian: Seamus Lyne, Joe Johnson, Killian Dineen, Paul Clancy, Liam O’Shanahan, Oisin Fagan, Alan Kiely, Kean Sheehy, Darren Ferrar, Jack Ryan, Michael Dorgan, Padraic Galvin, Jordan Mills, David Rowsome, Liam Neilan (capt). Replacements: Matt Henry, Kian Regan, Josh Kahler, Mark Glynn, Zac O’Loughlin.

Division 2C:

TULLAMORE 8 BRUFF 22, Spollanstown

Scorers: Tullamore: Try: Sean McCabe; Pen: Josh Huddleston
Bruff: Tries: Shane Duggan, John Bateman, Craig Carew, Cillian Rea; Con: Ethan Anderson

HT: Tullamore 3 Bruff 12

Tullamore: Karl Dunne, Liam Farrell, Sean McCabe, Scott Milne, Scott Bradley, Josh Huddleston, Conor Dunne, Mark Kennedy, Shane Minnock, Matthew Murphy, Alan Douglas, Fionan Redmond, Kalvin Mahon, Tadhg Dowdall, Ciaran Ennis. Replacements: Cathal Feighery, Cathal Behan, Paul Galvin, Adam Carthy, Cathal Farrell.

Bruff: Ethan Anderson, Shane Duggan, Andrew O’Byrne, Conor Fitzpatrick, Craig Carew, John Bateman, Sean Killbridge, Ciaran Cronin, Mike Frawley, Kieran O’Dwyer, Tom O’Dwyer, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Lillis, John Sheehan, Cillian Rea (capt).
Replacements: Sean O’Riordan, Fionn Flanagan, Mike Cooke, Mark Fitzpatrick, Cathal Garvey, Iago Dasi Somoza, Clem McAuliffe.