Limerick Rugby - Thomond take losing bonus point

BATTLING Thomond picked up a losing bonus point from their 22-16 AIL Division 2B defeat to Navan RFC at Balreask Old on Saturday.

Thirteenth-placed Thomond, one of three sides on five points, nicely clear of bottom side Connemara.

Thomond trailed 3-14 at half-time, but rallied somewhat in the second half. Dermot Fitzgerald scored the Thomond try, while John Lillis landed three penalties and a conversion.

Thomond host third-placed Boyne at Liam Fitzgerald Park on Saturday, December 1 and are away to fourth-placed Naas seven days later.

THOMOND – Warren Kelly; Dermot Fitzgerald, Michael Ryan, Kevin O’Mahoney, Mike Russell; John Lillis, Fiach O’Loughlin; Eoghan O’Neill, Eugene Payne, Robert Brockett; Dave Foley, Eoin Cunnane; Gary O’Donnell, Leonard Slattery (Capt), Diarmuid Ryan. Replacements: Cathal Parkes, Dean Curley, Wayne Mulanney, David Guerin, Fernando Gallant.