Just one win on frustrating Saturday for Limerick sides in All-Ireland League

THERE was just one Limerick success, recorded by Bruff in Division 2C, on a dramatic day of round 11 energia All-Ireland League action on Saturday.

In Division 1A, play-off chasing Young Munster suffered a blow as the Greenfields side suffered a disappointing 20-35 home defeat to St Mary's College at Clifford Park.

The result sees sixth-placed Munsters' sit six points off the final top four play-off place which is currently occupied by Terenure College.

Young Munsters, who led visitors St Mary's College 17-5 at half-time, scored three tries in all, including a brace for winger Oisin Pepper, while full-back Stephen Lyons also dotted down. Out-half Julian Leszczynski added a penalty goal and conversion.

Also in the top flight, relegation-threatened Garryowen fell to a heavy 43-10 defeat to Cork Constitution at Temple Hill.

Garryowen, who have won just one of their 11 AIL fixtures this season, prop up the top flight table, five points behind UCD in ninth, while the Light Blues are eight points adrift of eighth-placed City of Armagh.

Garryowen trailed Cork Con 10-19 at half-time on Leeside, but the visitors failed to add to their points tally in the second period as their Munster rivals racked up 24 unanswered points. Cork Con finished the game with seven tries.

Garryowen's first half points came through an Oisin McCormack try, while a penalty goal and conversion were added by Jack Oliver. 

In Division 1B, another Limerick side in danger of relegation, Shannon, had to make-do with taking a losing bonus point from their narrow 22-24 defeat to Old Belvedere at Thomond Park.

Shannon sit in bottom spot in the 1B table, with two wins from their opening 11 league fixtures. The Parish side trailed second-from-bottom Highfield by three points and are seven points adrift of eighth-placed Dublin University in the battle for survival.

Shannon trailed Belvo' 3-17 at half-time, the home side's points in the opening 40 scored through a Jamie Gavin penalty.

To their credit, a resilient Shannon scored 19 points in the second half as replacement Oisin Minogue crossed for a hat-trick of tries, while Gavin added two conversions. The game had been level, 17-17, after 47 minutes. 

Meanwhile, Old Crescent came away from Parsonstown empty-handed after MU Barnhall emerged 22-10 winners of their Division 2A round 11 fixture.

Old Crescent have dropped to eighth-placed in the table as a result of this defeat in Co Kildare, with the Takumi Park side eight points clear of Ballymena in ninth spot, while the Rosbrien team enjoy an 18-point advantage over basement side Buccaneers.

Crescent left themselves facing an uphill battle for the second half, as MU Barnhall led 15-0 at the interval. The Limerick side had a try from Daithi Byrnes, while Ronan McKenna kicked a penalty and converted the try.

In Division 2B, UL-Bohemian suffered a 13-23 loss to Dungannon at Stevenson Park.

The result has seen the promotion-chasing Red, Red Robins drop to fourth spot in the table, just one point behind third-placed Clogher Valley, with the Annacotty side now just three points ahead of the sides down to seventh-placed Skerries.

UL-Bohs, who trailed Dungannon 6-10 at half-time, had two first half penalties from Oisin Fagan. 

Fagan also converted Kian Regan's second half try.

Bruff recorded the only Limerick success on Saturday after scoring an exciting 23-20 victory over Omagh Academicals at Thomas Mellon Playing Fields.

The result has seen Bruff remain in eighth-place in the table, four points clear of second-from-bottom Tullamore.

Bruff trailed Omagh 9-12 at half-time at Thomas Mellon Playing Fields. Paul Collins scored one of two Bruff tries and added 13 points with the boot to bring his haul of points for the day to 18.

The in-form Cillian Rea also crossed the whitewash as the Kilballyowen Park side recorded a gritty victory.

ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE RESULTS:

DIVISION 1A:

CORK CONSTITUTION 43 GARRYOWEN 10, Temple Hill

Scorers: Cork Constitution: Tries: Joe O’Leary, Adam Maher, Matthew Bowen, Billy Scannell, Danny Sheahan, Charlie Connolly, Cian Barry; Cons: James Taylor 4
Garryowen: Try: Oisin McCormack; Con: Jack Oliver; Pen: Jack Oliver

HT: Cork Constitution 19 Garryowen 10

CORK CONSTITUTION: George Coomber; Joe O’Leary, Sean French, Rob Jermyn, Matthew Bowen; James Taylor, Adam Maher; Luke Masters, Billy Scannell, Charlie Connolly, Eoin Quilter, John Forde, Sean Duffy, Jack Kelleher, David Hyland (capt). Replacements: Danny Sheahan, David Good, Cian Barry, Ronán O’Sullivan, Louis Kahn, Aidan Moynihan.

GARRYOWEN: Kelvin Langan; Colm Quilligan, JJ O’Neill, Colm Hogan, Ronan Quinn; Neil Cronin, Jack Oliver; George Hadden, Max Clein, Mikey Veale, Finn McCall, Kevin Seymour, Des Fitzgerald, Oisin McCormack, Donnacha Byrne (capt). Replacements:Ben O’Sullivan, Lars Linnenbank, Oisin Cooke, Visiano Vaohea, Josh Boland, Chulainn Williams.

YOUNG MUNSTER 20 ST. MARY’S COLLEGE 35, Tom Clifford Park

Scorers: Young Munster: Tries: Stephen Lyons, Oisin Pepper 2; Con: Julian Leszczynski; Pen: Julian Leszczynski
St. Mary’s College: Tries: Zach Hopkins, Mark Fogarty 2, Adam McEvoy; Cons: Conor Hayes 3; Pens: Conor Hayes 3

HT: Young Munster 17 St. Mary’s College 5

YOUNG MUNSTER: Stephen Lyons; Hubert Gilvarry, Samson Seinafo, Manuel Covella, Oisin Pepper; Julian Leszczynski, Donnchadh O’Callaghan; David Begley, Adam McBurney, Paul Allen, Tom Goggin, Sean Rigney, James Horrigan, Bailey Faloon, Stephen McLoughlin (capt). Replacements: Aaron Roulston, Christian Foley, Alan Kennedy, Oran O’Reilly, Jake O’Riordan, Cian Casey.

ST. MARY’S COLLEGE: Conor Hayes; Mark Fogarty, Myles Carey, Dan Goggin, Zach Hopkins; Conor Dean, Richie Fahy; Tom O’Reilly, Richie Bergin, Michael McCormack, Daniel Leane, Luc Culliton, Greg Jones, Ethan Baxter, Ronan Watters (capt). Replacements: Jack Nelson Murray, Andy Keating, Paul Deeny, Conor Pierce, Adam McEvoy, Leandro Ramirez.

DIVISION 1B:

SHANNON 22 OLD BELVEDERE 24, Thomond Park back pitch

Scorers: Shannon: Tries: Oisin Minogue 3; Cons: Jamie Gavin 2; Pen: Jamie Gavin
Old Belvedere: Tries: Penalty try, Andre Ryan, Joe White, Fionn McWey; Cons: Pen try con, Johnny Kiely

HT: Shannon 3 Old Belvedere 17

SHANNON: Cillian Corkery; Stephen Kiely, Cian O’Halloran, Harry Long (capt), Matt Te Pou; Jamie Gavin, Ian Leonard; Conor Glynn, Alex Long, Cathal Hynes, Jack Brady, Jade Kriel, Tadhg O’Brien, Kelvin Brown, Lee Nicholas. Replacements: Jordan Prenderville, Shane Carew, Ciaran Vaughan, Oisin Minogue, John O’Sullivan, Luke Doyle.

OLD BELVEDERE: Joe White; Andre Ryan, Jayden Beckett, Justin Leonard, Ariel Robles; Johnny Kiely, Peter O’Beirne; Hugh Hogan, Calum Dowling (capt), Ryan McMahon, Fionn McWey, Eddie Rees, Kale Thatcher, Anthony Ryan, Paddy Dowling. Replacements: David Dowse, Adam Howard, Joshua Ericson, Ted Walsh, David Wilkinson, Gavin Nugent.

DIVISION 2A:

MU BARNHALL 22 OLD CRESCENT 10, Parsonstown

Scorers: MU Barnhall: Tries: Conor Lacey, Rob Holt, Eoin Kelly; Cons: Adam Chester 2; Pen: Adam Chester
Old Crescent: Try: Daithi Byrnes; Con: Ronan McKenna; Pen: Ronan McKenna

HT: MU Barnahll 15 Old Crescent 0

MU BARNHALL: Conor Duggan; Greg Edogun, Matt Grogan, Darragh McCormack, Conor Lacey; Adam Chester, Rob Holt; Keith Farrell, Cathal Duff (capt), Darragh Bellanova, Luke Callinan, Ciaran Enright, Dan Murphy, Shane Stokes, Eoin Kelly. Replacements: Joshua Boyce Donohoe, Jack Castles, Stephen Callinan, Dylan Kelly, Jack Hannon.

OLD CRESCENT: Ronan McKenna; Aaron Cosgrove, Cathal Monaghan, Brian Molloy, Daithi Byrnes; Jamie Duggan, Gary Fitzgerald; Evan Creaven, Niall Hardiman, Jake Considine, John Toland, Yasin Browne, Oisin Toland, Karl Madden (capt), Jack O’Neill. Replacements:Alex Simpson, Jonathan Byrne, ⁠James McKeogh, Sean Monaghan, Conor Hogan.

DIVISION 2B:

DUNGANNON 23 UL BOHEMIAN 13, Stevenson Park

Scorers: Dungannon: Tries: James Girvan, Mervyn Brown; Cons: Ben McCaughey 2; Pens: Ben McCaughey 3
UL Bohemian: Try: Kian Regan; Con: Oisin Fagan; Pens: Oisin Fagan 2

HT: Dungannon 10 UL Bohemian 6

DUNGANNON: Andrew McGregor; Ben McCaughey, James Girvan, Kyle Gormley, Mervyn Brown; Peter Nelson, Toby Gribben; Adam Edgar, Sam Montgomery, Sean O’Hagan, Peter Nicholl, Cameron Steenson, David Leyburn, Adam Milligan, James McMahon (capt). Replacements: Daniel Mikolajczyk, James Gamble, Ben Connelly, Matthew Maguire, Alex Johnston.

UL BOHEMIAN: Seamus Lyne; Joe Johnson, Killian Dineen, Paul Clancy, Darragh O’Gorman (capt); Oisin Fagan, Alan Kiely; Kean Sheehy, Sam Lynch, Kian Regan, Jack Foley, Padraic Galvin, Jordan Mills, David Rowsome, Liam Neilan. Replacements: Pauric Nesbitt, Jack Ryan, Michael Dorgan, Zac O’Loughlin, Tadhg Walsh.

DIVISION 2C:

OMAGH ACADEMICALS 20 BRUFF 23, Thomas Mellon Playing Fields

Scorers: Omagh Academicals: Tries: Matty Eccles, Connor Watherston-Spencer, Phil Ewing; Con: Scott Elliott; Pen: Scott Elliott
Bruff: Tries: Paul Collins, Cillian Rea; Cons: Paul Collins 2; Pens: Paul Collins 3

HT: Omagh Academicals 12 Bruff 9

OMAGH ACADEMICALS: Josh Kyle; Matty Eccles, Scott Barr, Connor Watherston-Spencer, Ryan Mitchell; Scott Elliott, Fintan Lagan; David Braden, Phil Ewing, Simon Creane, Jamie Sproule, Joe Duff, Reece Braden, Shea Daly, Matthew Clyde (capt). Replacements: Glen McKinley, Jamie Matthews, Mervyn Edgar, Scott Wilson, Ben Henry.

BRUFF: John Bateman; Shane Duggan, Clem McAuliffe, Andrew O’Byrne, Mark Fitzpatrick; Paul Collins, Sean Killbridge; Ciaran Cronin, Mike Frawley, Kieran O’Dwyer, Tom O’Dwyer, Brendan Gleeson, Mike Cooke, John Sheehan, Cillian Rea (capt). Replacements:Sean O’Riordan, Fionn Flanagan, Mark Kennedy, Darragh Browne, Cathal Garvey, Ben Tucker, Darragh O’Brien.