Energia All-Ireland League sees two Limerick derbies take place

SHANNON RFC secured a precious 27-12 bonus point victory over local rivals Old Crescent in Division 2A of the Energia All-Ireland League at Thomond Park on Friday night.

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Friday night's defeat sees Shannon sit in seventh place in the Division 2A table at the mid-point of the regular season.

Shannon trailed their local rivals 5-12 at half-time in Friday night's derby, their first half points coming courtesy of an Adam Moloney try shortly before the break.

Visitors Old Crescent had raced into a more than useful 12-0 lead after the opening half an hour, with Jeff Williams landing four penalty goals.

Shannon drew level 10 minutes into the second half as Jamie Conway crossed for a try with Gavin adding the extras.

The home side hit the front on the hour mark when Gavin converted a penalty award for 15-12.

Shannon went on score 22 unanswered points in all in the second half as Matt Te Pou touched down in the 70th minute, while the Parish side secured the bonus point when bagging a fourth try from a well-executed maul late on. Jamie Gavin also added the extras for good measure. 

ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE MEN’S DIVISIONS – ROUND 9:

DIVISION 1A

YOUNG MUNSTER 57 NENAGH ORMOND 10, Tom Clifford Park

Scorers: Young Munster Tries: Fionn Gibbons, Luke McCready, Stephen McLoughlin, Kieran Ryan, Oran O’Reilly, Ajae Hanson, Christian Foley, John Poland. Conversions: Shane O’Leary 7, Penalties: Shane O’Leary. Nenagh Ormond: Tries: Davey Gleeson, Conor O’Shaughnessy.

HT: Young Munster 8 Nenagh Ormond 5

Young Munster: Shane O’Leary, Hubert Gilvarry, Fionn Gibbons, Luke McCready, Shay McCarthy, Kelvin Langan, Jake O’Riordan, David Begley, Stephen McLoughlin, Kieran Ryan, Alan Kennedy (capt), Oran O’Reilly, Ajae Hanson, Leo Langbridge, Bailey Faloon, Luke Murphy, Conor Bartley.

Replacements: Arron Roulston, Christian Foley, Paul Allen, James Horrigan, John Poland, Alex Flanagan Smith, Harry Langbridge.

Nenagh Ormond: Sam Cusack, Davey Gleeson, Conor McMahon, Patrick Scully, Conor O’Shaughnessy, Charlie O’Doherty, Nicky Irwin, Mikey Doran, Dylan Murphy, Matthew Burke, Kevin Seymour, Kevin O’Flaherty (capt), John Brislane, John O’Flaherty, Willie Coffey.

Replacements: Mateo Sentous, Ivan Struzia, Robbie Tynan, Fionn O’Meara, Luke Kerr, Derek Corcoran.

DIVISION 1B:

HIGHFIELD RFC 33 GARRYOWEN 19, Woodleigh Park

Scorers: Highfield RFC Tries: Travis Coomey, Daragh Fitzgerald 2, Aidan Keane, Luke Kingston.
Conversions: Shane O’Riordan 4. Garryowen: Tries: Sean Sexton 2, Tom Wood. Conversions: Tom Wood 2.

HT: Highfield RFC 14 Garryowen 7

Highfield RFC: Shane Buckley, David O’Sullivan, David McCarthy, Mark Dorgan, Noah Patterson, Shane O’Riordan, Chris Banon, James Cronin, Travis Coomey, Daragh Fitzgerald, Mark Fitzgerald, David O’Connell (capt), Aidan Keane, Ryan Gordon, Adam Murphy.

Replacements: Niall Downing, Cillian Buckley, Eoin Keating, Conor Galvin, James Brugger, Luke Kingston.

Garryowen: Lachlan Stewart, Colm Quilligan, Diarmuid Kilgallen, JJ O’Neill, Sean Sexton, Tom Wood, Luca Cleary, Thymo Peters, Lars Linnenbank, Ben Leahy, Jack Costello, Rory Woods, Jonathan Byrne, Des Fitzgerald (capt), Alan Fitzgerald.

Replacements: Dara Phelan, Jibril Koura, Taylor Gayle, Sean Rennison, Harry Chittick, Daniel O’Connell.

DIVISION 2A: SHANNON RFC 27 OLD CRESCENT 12, Thomond Park

Scorers: Shannon RFC Tries: Matt Te Pou, Joshua Costello, Adam Moloney, Jamie Conway.
Conversions: Jamie Gavin 2. Penalties: Jamie Gavin. Old Crescent: Penalties: Jeff Williams 4.

HT: Shannon RFC 5 Old Crescent 12

Shannon RFC: Matt Te Pou, Joshua Costello, Cian O’Halloran, Robbie Deegan, Darren Gavin, Jamie Gavin, Neil Cronin, Michael Donnelly, Adam Moloney, Jamie Conway, Samson Alaimoana, Lee Nicholas, Luke Moylan (capt), Alex Lautsou, Neal Moylett.

Replacements: Rhys Tucker, Shane Carew, Cian McCann, Kelvin Brown, David Smith.

Old Crescent: Jack O’Mahony, Stephen Kiely, Brian Molloy, Paul McNamara, Dan Hurley, Jeff Williams, Joe McEnery, Joe Rickard, Niall Hardiman (capt), Dennis O’Dwyer, John Toland, Sean Monaghan, John Lyons, ⁠James McKeogh, Jack Dineen.

Replacements: James Rael, Evan Creaven, Dean O’Grady, Aaron Cosgrove, Timmy Duggan.

DIVISION 2B: UL BOHEMIAN 31 ENNISCORTHY 17, UL 4G

Scorers: UL BohemianTries: Cian Casey, Joe Johnson, Donnchadh O’Callaghan, Darren Ferrar 2. Conversions: Oisin Fagan 3. Enniscorthy: Tries: Rhyan Whelan, Timmy Morrissey. Conversions: Ben Kidd 2. Penalties: Ben Kidd.

HT: UL Bohemian 7 Enniscorthy 10

UL Bohemian: Cian Casey, Joe Johnson, Greg Fitzgerald, Paul Clancy, Darragh O’Gorman (capt), Oisin Fagan, Donnchadh O’Callaghan, Kean Sheehy, Darren Ferrar, Jake Considine, Simon Staunton, Padraic Galvin, Liam Neilan, John Coleman, Jordan Mills.

Replacements: Tom Cullen, Jack Ryan, Seamus Brannagh, Zac O’Loughlin, Liam O’Shanahan.

Enniscorthy: Ben Kidd, Ivan Jacob, Rhyan Whelan, Anthony Byrne, Miguel Byrne, Graham Barry, Fiachra Hourihane, Ore Lasisi, Davie Murphy (capt), Andrew Redmond, Marco Byrne, Tomas Stamp, Laurence Power, Mikey McVeigh, Timmy Morrissey.

Replacements: Gavin Redmond, Isaac Kearney, Tom Ryan, Shane O’Rourke, Robin Doyle.

DIVISION 2C: BRUFF 17 THOMOND RFC 20, Kilballyowen Park

Scorers: Bruff: Tries: Paul Collins, Patricio Neheun. Conversions: Paul Collins 2. Penalties: Paul Collins. Thomond RFC: Tries:Sam Birrane 2, Luke Fitzgerald. Conversions: Evan Cusack. Penalties: Evan Cusack.

HT: Bruff 10 Thomond RFC 10

Bruff: Paul Collins, Shane Duggan, Mike O’Grady, Andrew O’Byrne, Patricio Neheun, John Bateman, Cathal Garvey, Danny Kavanagh, Wiktor Wilczuk, Kieran O’Dwyer, Brendan Gleeson, Pa Maher, Mike Frawley, John Sheehan, Cillian Rea (capt).

Replacements: Darragh O’Brien, Tom O’Dwyer, Aidan Carroll, Clem McAuliffe, Paddy Cleary.

Thomond RFC: Jamie McGarry, Sam Birrane, Jake Connolly, Luke Fitzgerald, Luke Costello, Evan Cusack, Evan Maher (capt), Rian Burke, Colin Slater, Kian McGrath, Morgan Bateman, Suliano Mainavolau, Riann O’Dwyer, Shane Kelly, Ryain O’Donovan Ahern.

Replacements: Sean Rice, Peter Meyer, Lloyd Costelloe, Joshua Tunney-Ware, Jason Kiely.