Mixed bag of results for Limerick sides in Round 14 of Energia All-Ireland League

ALL seven Limerick sides were in action this weekend in the Men's Energia All-Ireland League.  

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ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE MEN’S DIVISIONS – ROUND 14:

DIVISION 1A

Old Belvedere 19 - 15 v Young Munster, Ollie Campbell Park

In Division 1A, Young Munster fell to a four-point defeat in the capital against Old Belvedere at Ollie Campbell Park. Ger Slattery's side went in two points down at the break and were unable to grind out a result against their Dublin opponents in the second half.

The result puts 'The Cookies' down to sixth in the 1A table, next up for Young Munster is a crucial away trip to the capital to face Lansdowne at the Aviva Stadium Back Pitch on Saturday at 2.30pm.

Scorers: Old Belvedere:  Tries: Morgan Meredith, Jack Keating, Calum Dowling; Cons: Morgan Meredith 2

Young Munster: Tries: Shane O’Leary, Jake O’Riordan; Con: Shane O’Leary; Pen: Shane O’Leary

HT: Old Belvedere 7 - 5 Young Munster 

Old Belvedere: James Dillon; Jack Keating, Jayden Beckett, Andre Ryan, Hugh Reddan; Morgan Meredith, Hugh O’Sullivan; Hugo O’Malley, Calum Dowling (capt), Ryan McMahon, Paddy Dowling, Fionn McWey, Tom Mulcair, Ronán O’Sullivan, Will McDonald.

Replacements: Liam Granville, Hugh Flood, Gerry Hill, Josh Ericson, Chris O’Connor, Daragh O’Dwyer.

Young Munster: Shane O’Leary; Andrew Smith, Fionn Gibbons, Luke McCready, Shay McCarthy; Kelvin Langan, Jake O’Riordan; Ben Everard, Liam McMahon, Kieran Ryan, Alan Kennedy (capt), Fintan Coleman, Leo Langbridge, Ajae Hanson, Ruadhán Quinn.

Replacements: Stephen McLoughlin, Paul Allen, Bailey Faloon, James Horrigan, Hubert Gilvarry, Oisin Pepper.

DIVISION 1B 

Old Wesley 19 - 24 Garryowen, Donnybrook 

In Division 1B, Garryowen produced a fine second half display to secure a vital five-point win over Old Wesley in Donnybrook. The result moves the Limerick based side to fifth in the 1B table ahead of next weeks' clash which a home tie against Blackrock College in Dooradoyle on Saturday at 2.30pm.

Scorers: Old Wesley: Tries: Paidi Farrell, Stephen Smyth, Ethan Black; Cons: Tom Larke 2

Garryowen: Tries: Des Fitzgerald, JJ O’Neill, Daniel O’Connell, Fionn Rowsome; Cons: Lachlan Stewart 2

HT: Old Wesley 19 - 14 Garryowen

Old Wesley: Tom Larke; Paidi Farrell, Ethan Black, Eoin Deegan (capt), Charlie Hempenstall; Niall Carroll, Evan Kenny; Jamie Clark, Stephen Smyth, Ben Popplewell, Billy Corrigan, Mahon Ronan, Cathal Kelly, Charlie Meagher, Pat McBarron.

Replacements: Kieran O’Shea, Luke McAuliffe, Dan Campbell, Shane Cawley, Andrew Doyle, Jarrod Homan, Fergus Jemphrey.

Garryowen: Fionn Rowsome; Tom Ironside Wickham, Colm Quilligan, JJ O’Neill, Sean Sexton; Lachlan Stewart, Luca Cleary; George Hadden, Max Clein, Ben Leahy, Oisin Cooke, Finn McCall, Rory Woods, Des Fitzgerald, Alan Fitzgerald.

Replacements: Lars Linnenbank, Mark Fitzgerald, Johnny Byrne, Dean Fanning, Chulainn Williams, Daniel O’Connell.

Division 2A

Ballymena 16 - 10 Shannon, Eaton Park

In Division 2A, Shannon fell to a six-point defeat at the hands of Ballymena at Eaton Park. The contest was all squre at the interval but the home side pushed ahead in the second half to secure the victory.

The loss keeps Shannon third in the 2A table and next up for Shannon is a home tie against Dungannon at the Thomond Park back pitch on Saturday at 2.30pm.

Scorers: Ballymena: Tries: Callum Mustoe, Adam Lamont; Pens: Joe O’Rawe 2

Shannon: Tries: Neal Moylett, Cian McCann

HT: Ballymena 5 - 5 Shannon

Ballymena: Rodger McBurney; Eoin Riston, Ben Neely, Callum Patterson, Dean Millar; Joe O’Rawe, Callum Davidson; Josh Mark, Callum Mustoe, Angus Graham, David Milford, Luke McCluskey, Paddy Browne, James McClean, Adam Lamont (capt).

Replacements: Matt Wright, Justin Mark, Ryan McCartney, Josh Dobbin, Roshan Weeraratne.

Shannon: Matt Te Pou; Darren Gavin, Cian O’Halloran, Harry Long (capt), Josh Costello; Cillian O’Connor, Neil Cronin; Ronan Ryan, Jordan Prenderville, Tony Cusack, Samson Alaimoana, Cian McCann, Callum Black, Oisin Minogue, Neal Moylett.

Replacements: Peter Dougan, Jamie Conway, Luke Doyle, Lee Nicholas, Rory McDermott.

Galway Corinthians 38 - 27 Old Crescent, Corinthian Park

Also in Division 2A, Old Crescent were defeated in a high-scoring affair by Galway Corinthians at Corinthian Park. It was a tie that the hosts were in control of for the majority of the contest and it leaves Old Crescent sitting ninth in the 2A table ahead of next weeks' home tie at Takumi Park against MU Barnhall on Saturday at 2.30pm. 

Scorers: Galway Corinthians: Joseph Smyth, Tom Waters, Mikey Yarr 2, Mark Boyle, John Claffey.
Conversions: Billy Cross 4.

HT: Galway Corinthians 17 - 8 Old Crescent 

Galway Corinthians: Joseph Smyth, Sean Fox, Colm de Buitlear, Tom Waters, Harry Rogers, Billy Cross, Tomas Farthing, Rory Lyons, Mikey Yarr, Patrick Fahy, Matthew Roche Nagle, Jamie Treacy, Charlie Keane, Max Flynn, Mark Boyle (capt).

Replacements: Max Holmes, Raymond Dufficy, Emmanuel Oifoh, John Claffey, Peter Rainsford.

Old Crescent: Timmy Duggan, Jason Aylward, Brian Molloy, Werner Hoffman, Stephen Kiely, John Hurley, Joe McEnery, Joe Rickard, Niall Hardiman, Evan Creaven, John Moloney, Oisin Toland, Dean O’Grady, James Rael, John Toland.

Replacements: Dennis O’Dwyer, ⁠James McKeogh, John Lyons, Gary Fitzgerald, Jeff Williams.

Division 2B

UL Bohemians 35 - 28 Clogher Valley, UL South Campus

In Division 2B, UL Bohemians secured a high-scoring 35-28 point win over Clogher Valley at the University of Limerick. Their bonus point wins keeps 'Bohs' sitting third in the table ahead of next weeks' trip to Hatrick Park to face Rainey RFC on Saturday at 2.30pm

HT: UL Bohemians 14 - 0 Clogher Valley

UL Bohemians: Oisin Fagan, Greg Fitzgerald, Killian Dineen, Paul Clancy, Darragh O’Gorman, Cian Casey, Mark Edwards, Kean Sheehy, Darren Ferrar, Jack Ryan, Simon Staunton, Padraic Galvin, Liam Neilan, Sean Quirke, Jordan Mills.

Replacements: Sam Lynch, Seamus Kerrisk, Shane Buckley, Zac O’Loughlin, Joe Johnson.

Clogher Valley: Taine Haire, Philip Wilson, Joshua Kyle, Michael Bothwell, Jake Woods, David Maxwell, Matthew Bothwell, Michael Treanor, Luke Allen, Neil Henderson, Eugene McKenna (capt), Tommi Coulter, David Stinson, Aaron Dunwoody, Callum Smyton.

Replacements: Kyle Cobane, Aaron Crawford, Matthew Wilson, Ryan Stewart, Karl Bothwell.

Division 2C

Belfast Harlequins 12 - 15 Thomond, Deramore Park

In Division 2C, Thomond secured a gritty three-point win in Belfast when they saw off the challenge of the Belfast Harlequins on a scoreline of 15-12 in Deramore Park. 

The result keeps Thomond sitting in third position in the 2C table.

Scorers: Belfast Harlequins: Tries: Mark Glover, Steven Weir, Conversions: Johnny McCracken.

Thomond: Ryain O’Donovan Ahern 2, Conversions: Evan Cusack, Penalties: Evan Cusack.

HT: Belfast Harlequins 7 - 5 Thomond 

Belfast Harlequins: Mark Glover, David Armstrong, Luke Graham, Callum Florence, Alex Armstrong, Thomas Armstrong, Johnny McCracken, Cameron Hillis, Steven Weir (capt), Roland Marki, Harry Palmer, Patrick Hall, Ollie McCauley, Joel Dundas, Nathaniel Peters.

Replacements: Ignacio Said, Ben Porter, Christian Bennison, Aidan Kelleher, Olly Hamilton.

Thomond: Jamie McGarry, Luke Costello, Jake Connolly, Luke Fitzgerald, Sam Birrane, Evan Cusack, Evan Maher, Peter Meyer, Colin Slater, Kian McGrath, Tom Goggin, Morgan Bateman, Riann O’Dwyer, Ryain O’Donovan Ahern, Suliano Mainavolau.

Replacements: Colin McCarthy, Joshua Tunney-Ware, Shane Kelly, Daniel O’Flaherty, Aidan Ryan.

Next up for Thomond is a home clash with Malahide at Liam Fitzgerald Park on Saturday at 2.30pm. 

Dolphin 22 - 3 Bruff, Virgin Media Park

Also in Division 2C, Bruff were well beaten by Dolphin at Virgin Media Park. The Limerick side fell to a 19-point defeat which leaves them in sixth position heading into next weeks' home tie with Ballyclare at Kilballyowen Park on Saturday at 2.30pm. 

HT: Dolphin 17 - 3 Bruff 

Dolphin: Hunter Yarrell, Karl Waterman, Sam Boyle, Craig O’Connell, Darragh Buckley, Cameron O’Shaughnessy, Ryan Foley, Finn Cowhig, Max Abbott, Dalton O’Shaughnessy, Brian O’Mahony, Matt Barry, Eoin Sheehan, Conor Drummey, Richie Heaslip.

Replacements: Philip Elwood, David Byrne, James Vaughan, Daryl Foley, Scott Sexton.

Bruff: Paul Collins, Clem McAuliffe, Jesse Bowring, Andrew O’Byrne, Nehuen Rossetti, John Bateman, Niall Byrne, Darragh O’Brien, Sean O’Riordan, Kieran O’Dwyer, Aidan Carroll, Brendan Gleeson, Mike Frawley, John Sheehan, Cillian Rea (capt).

Replacements: Paddy Cleary, Mark Kennedy, Mike Cooke, Declan Moriarty, Mike O’Grady.