Just two Limerick wins as energia All-Ireland League action resumes

THERE were just two Limerick wins, by UL-Bohemian in Division 2B and Thomond in Division 2C, on a dramatic say of action in the energia All-Ireland League.

In the All-Ireland League women's division, high-flying UL-Bohemian recorded an emphatic 77-0 bonus point victory over Ennis at Drumbiggle Road

In Division 1A of the AIL, Young Munster are still seeking their firts win of the campaign, the Limerick side picking up two bonus points in a 35-40 defeat to Lansdowne at Clifford Park thanks to a late scoring surge from the home side. 

Munsters', who have now lost each of their opening four league fixtures, trailed 7-21 at half-time, the home side's opening points coming from a Hubert Gilvarry try, which was converted by Shane O'Leary.

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A second try for Munsters' from Liam Mc Mahon, converted by O'Leary reduced Lansdowne's lead, before the Dubliners hit back with the bonus point try to lead 26-14. 

Munsters' added a third try through Orin Burke, converted by O'Leary, before Lansdowne added two converted tries for 40-21.

However, the Greenfields side hit back with a second Burke try and one from Aaron Roulston, with Kelvin Langan adding the extras, to move within bonus point range.

The resulte sees Munsters' third from bottom in the table, two points clear of ninth-placed UCD. 

In Division 1B, Garryowen suffered an 18-15 defeat to Blackrock College at Stradbrook. 

The Light Blues have dropped to fifth spot in the table on the back of their first defeat of the campaign.

Garryowen, who trailed 8-10 at half-time, had tries from JJ O’Neill and Tom Wood. Out-half Wood also added a penalty and conversion.

In Division 2A, Old Crescent lost out 7-10 to MU Barnhall at Parsonstown to drop to fifth place in the table. 

After a scorless opening half, Old Crescent took the lead when John Toland dotted down for the Rosbrien side with Jeff Williams adding the extras for 7-0.

However, a converted try for Barnhall and later penalty ensured Barnhall claimed the four points. It was a second defeat in four games for Crescent. 

Also in 2A, Shannon have dropped to eighth spot in the table in the wake of their 22-14 defeat to Dungannon at Stevenson Park.

The Parish side led the game 11-7 at half-time, thanks to a Jordan Prenderville try and two penalty goals from Jamie Gavin.

A third Gavin penalty on the 50th minute pushed Shannon's lead out to seven points, 14-7. 

However, a run of 15 unanswered points, including two tries, turned the game decisively in Dungannon's favour.

In Division 2B, UL-Bohemian have moved up to second place in the table on the back of a thumping 53-17 win over Rainey RFC at ULs North Campus.

Eight-try UL-Bohs laid the foundation for this win in the opening half after which the Red, Red Robins led 27-5. UL-Bohs had first half tries from Donnacha O’Callaghan, with two, Sean Quirke and Simon Staunton, while Oisin Fagan kicked the remaining points.

The Limerick side then added further tries from Killian Dineen, Paul Clancy, Joe Johnston and Donnacha O'Callaghan who completed his hat-trick. Fagan added the extra points with the boot.

In Division 2C, Thomond remain top of the table, making it four wins from four, with an impressive 35-25 victory over Malahide at Estuary Road.

Table toppers lead second-placed Clonmel by five points in the table. The Limerick side had tries from Colin Slater and Evan Maher, one of which was converted by Evan Cusack to lead 12-5. 

Malahide rallied to get within a point of the visitors at 11-12, before Evan Maher struck for his second try for Thomond, converted by Cusack to lead, 19-11. A further Thomond try from Ryain Aherne and two Evan Cusack penalties increased the advantage.

Thomond then sealed the bonus point win when Evan Maher completed his hat-trick of tries. 

Also in Division 2C, Bruff dropped to seventh spot when suffering a heavy 37-7 defeat to Ballyclare at the Cloughan.

Cillian Rea scored the try for Bruff, with Paul Collins adding the extras. Bruff had trailed 7-20 at half-time. The South Limerick side has won two of their opening four league games this season.

Meanwhile, in the All-Ireland League women's division, UL-Bohemian racked up 13 tries in easing past Ennis. Alana McInerney scored four tries for the Red, Red Robins, while Éabha Nic Dhonnacha bagged a hat-trick of tries, while Clodagh O’Halloran, Caitríona Finn, Aoife Corey, Beth Buttimer, Kate Flannery and Louise Carter also dotted down. Caitríona Finn converted six of the tries. The Annacotty side held a significant 41-0 lead at half-time. 

DIVISION 1A:

YOUNG MUNSTER 35 LANSDOWNE 40, Tom Clifford Park

Scorers: Young Munster: Tries: Hubert Gilvarry, Liam McMahon, Orin Burke 2, Arron Roulston; Cons: Shane O’Leary 2, Kelvin Langan 3. Lansdowne: Tries: Tom Roche, Harry O’Riordan, Andy Marks 2, Todd Lawlor, Sean Galvin; Cons: James Tarrant 5

HT: Young Munster 7 Lansdowne 21

YOUNG MUNSTER: Harry Langbridge; Hubert Gilvarry, Shane O’Leary, Luke McCready, Orin Burke; Kelvin Langan, John Poland; Christian Foley, Liam McMahon, David Begley, Alan Kennedy (capt), Oran O’Reilly, Leo Langbridge, Bailey Faloon, Stephen McLoughlin. Replacements: Arron Roulston, Ben Everard, Paul Allen, James Horrigan, Ajae Hanson, Jack Scahill.

LANSDOWNE: Todd Lawlor; Tom Roche, Andy Marks (capt), Harry O’Riordan, Sean Galvin; James Tarrant, Jack Matthews; Julien Valleise, Jack Treanor, Greg McGrath, Ruairi Clarke, Juan Beukes, Matt Healy, Ross O’Neill, Paul Wilson. Replacements: Tom Barry, George Morris, Louis McGauran, Luke Fagan, Oisin Devitt, Cathal Eddy.

DIVISION 1B

BLACKROCK COLLEGE 18 GARRYOWEN 15, Stradbrook

Scorers: Blackrock College: Tries: Matthew Dwan, Tim Corkery; Con: Tim Corkery; Pens: Tim Corkery 2. Garryowen: Tries: JJ O’Neill, Tom Wood; Con: Tom Wood; Pen: Tom Wood

HT: Blackrock College 10 Garryowen 8

BLACKROCK COLLEGE: Shane Jennings; Derry Moloney, Matthew Dwan, Brian Colclough, Barry Galvin; Tim Corkery, Oliver Coffey; Paddy Moore, Jamie Rogan, Jack Mullany, Tommy Butler, Roy Whelan (capt), Alex Simpson, Inigo Cruise-O’Brien, Odhran Ring. Replacements: Sam Greene, Andrew Savage, Max Brophy, Jack Gardiner, Jack Ringrose, Peter Quirke.

GARRYOWEN: Fionn Rowsome; Colm Quilligan, Alex Wood, Jack Delaney, JJ O’Neill; Tom Wood, Harry Chittick; George Hadden, Johnny Byrne, Ben Leahy, Oisin Cooke, Finn McCall, Jack Costello, Des Fitzgerald (capt), Alan Fitzgerald. Replacements: Dara Phelan, Mark Fitzgerald, Taylor Gayle, David O’Loughlin, Luca Cleary, Lachlan Stewart.

DIVISION 2A

DUNGANNON 22 SHANNON 14, Stevenson Park

Scorers: Dungannon: Tries: Ben McCaughey, Ryan Abernethy 2; Cons: Ben McCaughey 2; Pen: Ben McCaughey. Shannon: Try: Neal Moylett; Pens: Jamie Gavin 3

HT: Dungannon 7 Shannon 11

DUNGANNON: Ben McCaughey; Jack Girvan, Kyle Gormley, Alex Kennedy, Mervyn Brown; Andrew McGregor, Toby Gribben; James Gamble, James McCammon, Sean O’Hagan, Cameron Steenson, Peter Nicholl, David Leyburn, Adam Milligan (capt), James McMahon. Replacements: Ryan Abernethy, Adam Edgar, Stephen Todd, Matthew Maguire, Alex Johnston.

SHANNON: Matt Te Pou; Josh Costello, Cian O’Halloran, Harry Long (capt), David Smith; Jamie Gavin, Neil Cronin; Emmet Calvey, Alex Long, Jamie Conway, Luke Moylan, Cian McCann, Alex Lautsou, Oisin Minogue, Neal Moylett. Replacements: Jordan Prenderville, Shane Carew, Christian Storey, Robbie Deegan, Ian Leonard.

MU BARNHALL 10 OLD CRESCENT 7, Parsonstown

Scorers: MU Barnhall: Try: Dan Murphy; Con: Neil Byrne; Pen: Neil Byrne. Old Crescent: Try: John Toland; Con: Jeff Williams

HT: MU Barnhall 0 Old Crescent 0

MU BARNHALL: Neil Byrne; Conor Duggan, Shane Mallon, Jack Hannon, Nick Doggett; Oisin O’Neill, Rob Holt (capt); Keith Farrell, Cathal Duff, Darragh Bellanova, Harry Peavoy, Ciaran Enright, Stephen Callinan, Abdul Olaosebikan, Dan Murphy. Replacements: Finn Brien, Jack Castles, Sam Mills, Conor Neville, Stefan Roche.

OLD CRESCENT: Stephen Kiely; Daithi Byrnes, Jason Aylward, Brian Molloy, Dan Hurley; Jeff Williams, Gary Fitzgerald; Joe Rickard, Niall Hardiman (capt), Evan Creaven, John Moloney, Oisin Toland, John Toland, ⁠James McKeogh, John Lyons. Replacements: James Rael, ⁠Nesta Nyamakazi, Dean O’Grady, Glen Kelly, Joe McEnery.

DIVISION 2B

UL BOHEMIAN 53 RAINEY 17, UL 4G pitch

Scorers: UL Bohemian: Tries: Donnchadh O’Callaghan 3, Sean Quirke, Simon Staunton, Killian Dineen, Paul Clancy, Joe Johnson; Cons: Oisin Fagan 5; Pen: Oisin Fagan. Rainey: Tries: Daniel O’Neill 2, Michael McCusker; Con: Lorcan Quinn

HT: UL Bohemian 27 Rainey 5

UL BOHEMIAN: Darragh O’Gorman (capt); Joe Johnson, Killian Dineen, Paul Clancy, Greg Fitzgerald; Oisin Fagan, Donnchadh O’Callaghan; Kean Sheehy, Darren Ferrar, Jack Ryan, Simon Staunton, Shane Buckley, Sean Quirke, John Coleman, Liam Neilan. Replacements: Tom Cullen, Jake Considine, Mihlali Mgolodela, Zac O’Loughlin, Cian Casey.

RAINEY: Ross McLaughlin; Andrew Brown, Killene Thornton, Jim McCartney, Nathan Overend; Gareth Hall, Lorcan Quinn; Andrew Nevin, Daniel O’Neill, Calum Smyth, Ronan McCusker, Tom Hutchinson, Adam Montgomery, Michael McCusker (capt), Jody McMurray. Replacements: Michael Nevin, Kieran Donaghy, Joel Bell, Ewan Bolton, Andrew Donaghy.

DIVISION 2C

BALLYCLARE 37 BRUFF 7, the Cloughan

Scorers: Ballyclare: Tries: Jack Gamble, Josh Cowan 2, Matthew Coulter, Isaac Shiels: Cons: James Creighton 3; Pens: James Creighton 2. Bruff: Try: Cillian Rea; Con: Paul Collins

HT: Ballyclare 20 Bruff 7

BALLYCLARE: Jacob Scarlett; Peter Gillespie, Ross Patterson, Jack Gamble (capt), Josh Cowan; Ryan McIlwaine, James Creighton; Dean Jones, Matthew Coulter, Adam Barron, Dave Gillespie, Josh Young, Aaron Playfair, Jack Milton, Luke Mcllwrath. Replacements: Ryan McNeill, David McCleary, Grant Bartley, Mark Jackson, Isaac Shiels.

BRUFF: Paul Collins; Clem McAuliffe, Jesse Bowring, Andrew O’Byrne, Patricio Neheun; John Bateman, Cathal Garvey; Darragh O’Brien, Mike Frawley, Fionn Flanagan, Pa Maher, Tom O’Dwyer, Mark Kennedy, John Sheehan, Cillian Rea (capt). Replacements: Danny Kavanagh, Kieran O’Dwyer, Mike Cooke, Hugh Clogan, Mike O’Grady.

MALAHIDE 25 THOMOND 35, Estuary Road

Scorers: Malahide: Tries: Dan Hayes, Tom Hogan, Seán Cronin; Cons: David O’Halloran 2; Pens: David O’Halloran 2. Thomond: Tries: Colin Slater, Evan Maher 3, Ryain O’Donovan Ahern; Cons: Evan Cusack 2; Pens: Evan Cusack 2

HT: Malahide 11 Thomond 24

MALAHIDE: James McKeown; Dan Hayes, Tom Hogan, Ollie Brown, Conrad Daly; David O’Halloran, Eamon McNicholas; Evan Tyndall, Lee Byrne, James Hurley, Seán Cronin, James Doyle, Marc Kelly, Sam Lindeman, Sam Pene. Replacements: Amkela Kamogelo Nontso, Oisin Power, Richie McHugh, Shane Rodgers, Michael Hanley.

THOMOND: Jamie McGarry; Luke Costello, Jake Connolly, Luke Fitzgerald, Jason Kiely; Evan Cusack, Evan Maher; Rian Burke, Colin Slater, Kian McGrath, Tom Goggin, Shane Kelly, Riann O’Dwyer, Kealan McMahon (capt), Ryain O’Donovan Ahern. Replacements: Suliano Mainavolau, Sean Rice, Joe Costello, Josh Tunney-Ware, Sam Birrane.

ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE WOMEN’S DIVISION

ENNIS 0 UL BOHEMIAN 77, Drumbiggle Road

Scorers: Ennis: – UL Bohemian: Tries: Clodagh O’Halloran, Éabha Nic Dhonnacha 3, Caitríona Finn, Aoife Corey, Beth Buttimer, Alana McInerney 4, Kate Flannery, Louise Carter; Cons: Caitríona Finn 6

HT: Ennis 0 UL-Bohemian 41

ENNIS: Patricia Coote; Emma Keane, Saskia Conway Morrissey, Saher Hamdan, Aoibhín Donnelly; Lyndsay Clarke, Emily Murphy; Annie Lynch, Aisling Heapes, Ciara Coughlan, Aoibheann Hahessy, Laura Cooney, Sally Kelly, Micaela Glynn (capt), Caoilfhionn Conway Morrissey. Replacements: Eileen Keane, Amy Flavin, Caoilinn Cahill, Ruth Ferguson, Niamh McManus, Clodagh McMahon, Aoibhinn O’Loughlin.

UL-BOHEMIAN: Aoife Corey; Lucia Linn, Éabha Nic Dhonnacha, Caitríona Finn, Alana McInerney; Kate Flannery, Abaigeal Connon; Ciara McLoughlin, Beth Buttimer, Eilís Cahill, Aoibhe O’Flynn, Clodagh O’Halloran, Lily Brady, Ava O’Malley, Chloe Pearse (capt). Replacements: Saoirse Crowe, Gráinne Burke, Anaïs Jubin, Louise Carter, Rebecca Bradshaw, Abbie Salter-Townshend, Nina Mathastein.