AN excellent result and bonus point for Clontarf but a disappointing effort once again by Belfast Harlequins at Deramore Park.

Niall Carson and John Duffy scored tries with Matt Nethery converting one and kicking a penalty. Harlequins did have an excellent try by Johnny Lowe, converted by Niall O'Connor but were outplayed for most of the half .

Six minutes into the second half Harlequins reduced the arrears to 13-15 and O'Connor went on to kick three penalties. But it was the Dublin side that controlled the game with further tries coming from Fiach O'Loughlin and Ken Dorrian.

BELFAST HARLEQUINS M Kettyle; G McLaughlin, D Cave, P McKenzie, J Lowe; N O'Connor, P Marshall; N Conlon, S Philpott, J Andress, G Rourke, L Stevenson, A Gillespie, R Devonshire, C McCarey Subs S Rea for McLaughlin, 70 mins; K Pyper for McKenzie, 70 mins; B Hanvey for Philpott, 75 mins; S Minnis for Gillespie, 70 mins.

CLONTARF D O'Shea; P Howard, M Nethery, C Keegan, N O'Brien; N McNamara, S O'Loughlin; J Wickham, N Carson, A Clark, A Trinier, J Duffy, S Crawford, D Quinn, M Garvey Subs A O'Donnell for Wickham, 50 mins; K Dorrian for Clark, 50 mins; G Geraghty for O'Loughlin, 75 mins Referee D Moloney (Munster)