EIGHT second-half tries from both sides fell as plentifully as Easter eggs in a complete reverse to a lacklustre first half that was riddled with errors at Lansdowne Road yesterday. Dungannon's late burst of three tries in seven minutes from scrum half James Bates, centre Neil Paterson and captain Andrew Hughes wasn't enough to break down the 21-point lead Lansdowne had built up.

Dungannon had to be content with two bonus points - one point for scoring four tries and a second point for losing just two points.

Lansdowne's sparking period came midway through the second half when they too scored three tries in jig time.

LANSDOWNE A McCormack; A Baynes, K Kennedy, G Stafford, J Meagher; C Burt, S Whelan (c); J Lyne, Gavin O'Meara, E Bohan, A Maher, D Toner, V O'Dowd, N Ronan, D Lavin Subs Kevin Corry and B MEara for G O'Meara, and Shane Whelan, both 40 mins; Steve O'Connor for Alan Maher, 44 minutes; Ray Niland for Alan McCormack, 54 minutes

DUNGANNON J McGuckian; R Morrow, N Patterson, A Kirkpatrick, D Parkhill; G Steenson, J Turkington; G Maxwell, C O'Kane, D Fitzpatrick, M Rainey, J Morton, A Hughes (c), O Hennessy, C Feather Subs J Bates for O'Kane, 46 mins; C Knipe for Turkington, 47 mins; G Sinnamon for Fitzpatrick, 68 mins; S Lambe for Feather, 70 min Referee Seamus Flannery (Munster)