BALLYMENA 34

TERENURE COLLEGE 3

Eaton Park

TERENURE'S season continues to go from bad to worse. Without a win this season they crashed heavily yesterday on a day the home side ran in five tries and didn't touch down once themselves. Terenure's day began badly when their journey from Dublin took four hours because of traffic. Within three minutes of the start they were in trouble with full-back Jamie Smith getting through for the first of five tries.The visitors responded and twice were off target with penalty efforts before the home side responded with a Craig Woods penalty. Ballymena led 8-0 at half-time and after the restart winger Tommy Seymour booted the ball clear from half way to outpace the cover and score in the corner.

Midway through the half Terenure centre James Bollard dropped a goal to cut the deficit to 12 points. Terenure then had their best spell of the match when twice they threatened the Ballymena line only to lose possession with the line at their mercy. The home side had no such problems and they took control with full-back Jamie Smith getting through for his second try. Woods added the conversion.

Ten minutes from the end Woods himself broke through the cover for a try after a move from halfway instigated by a Jamie Smith dummy. Four minutes into added time Ian Whitten added a fifth Ballymena try.

Ballymena J Smith, P Budina, S Mallon, I Whitten, T Seymour, T Woods, C Woods, A Kirkpatrick, S Douglas, B Young, I Caldwell, B Young, T Booth, S McKinney, C Henry Subs S Shaw for A Kirkpatrick

Terenure D Casadon, R McCarthy, J Bollard, G Coffey, B Flanagan, C Gildea, M Mahony, J Barreto, A Faranauz, K Mahony, G Moroney, K O'Dwyer, J Diver, C Connolly, A Dunlop Subs D McAllister for D Casadon, 15 mins; K Coleman for J Barreto, 30 mins; N McCann for K O'Dwyer

Referee D Phillips (Leinster)

CLONTARF 26

BLACKROCK 8

Castle Avenue

Clontarf maintained their position at the top of the table with a hard-hitting performance over their nearest rivals Blackrock in a pulsating encounter at Castle Avenue. ' Rock's Darragh Fitzpatrick's penalty opened the scoring in the fourth minute but before Dufficy went over. O'Shea converted before adding a penalty to lead 10-3 at the interval. After the restart Dufficy's fine pass to Keating gave an easy touchdown. O'Shea added a penalty while O'Donohoe got 'Tarf's third try.

Clontarf P Howard; N O'Brien, D O'Shea , B O'Donnell, M Keating; M Dufficy, P O'Donohoe; A Clarke, A Dundon, N Treston; B Reilly, S Crawford, H Stride, N Carson, M Garvey Subs Johnny Wickham for A Clarke , 49 mins; A Clarke for N Treston, 70 mins; S Treacy for O'Donohoe and B Focas for M Garvey both 74 mins

Blackrock N Morris; D Rowan, S McDowell, K Tonetti, S Monaghan; D Fitzpatrick, D Moore; J Hill, Z Farivarz, J Killgallon; P Huntly, D Dillon; K Cahill, S Byrne, K Moloney Subs R Burke Flynn for K Cahill h-t; P Graham for J Killgallon and A Henry for D Rowan, 53 mins; C Culleton for S Byrne, 62 mins; G Foley for S McDowell, 72 mins

Referee L Colgan (Leinster)

CORK CONSTITUTION 25

GALWEGIANS 7

Temple Hill

HOLDERS Cork Constitution returned to winning ways with a hard-fought win over Galwegians yesterday. They struck in the second minute for their opening try, Ritchie Lane finishing off a back line move. Con increased their lead with a second try from Billy Holland after 22 minutes to lead 12-0 at the break. Galwegians hit back with their only try after 54 minutes. Centre Chris Briegal cut through to score with Rob O'Beirne converting for 12-7. Scrum-half Duncan Williams crossed for a brilliant try near the end, Lane converting to complete the scoring.

CORK CONSTITUTION D Lyons; R Lane, T Gleeson, E Ryan, C Healy; J Manning, D Williams; Tom Ryan, D Fogarty, Tim Ryan; M O'Connell, D Kelly; F Cogan, B Holland, E Leamy Subs L Gabriel for Fogarty half-time, P O'Mahony for Cogan 60 mins, G Murray for Tom Ryan 74mins, J Stringer for Williams 79 mins

GALWEGIANS R O'Beirne; J Cleary, C Briegal, C Rogers, B Lee; M Brandon, K Campbell; B McGovern, A O'Sullivan, J Stephens; M Swift, L Scahill; A Browne, L Casserly, I Muldoon Subs J Lynn for Stephens half-time, B McLearn for Scahill and C O'Beirne for R O'Beirne 75 mins

Referee J Peake (Ulster)

UL BOHEMIAN 24

YOUNG MUNSTER 6

Thomond Park

A pair of second-half tries from Tommy O'Donnell and centre Giles Boland helped UL Bohemian secure a precious victory over Young Munster yesterday. Young Munster dominated the opening half but their 6-3 interval lead was scant reward for their work. In the second half, UL Bohemian's O'Donnell powered his way over for a 42nd-minute try, before out-half Fergal Lawlor struck two penalty goals and two drop goals. UL Bohemian wrapped up the win in the 64th minute when Martin McPhail and Giles Boland combined for a well-worked try.

UL BOHEMIAN E Torrie; S Payne, C Finn, G Boland, M McPhail (Capt); F Lawlor, C Delooze; K Flanagan, S Henry, M Storey; B Madigan, D Foley; R Hartigan, P Grennell, T O'Donnell. Subs K Bracken for Hartigan, 68 mins, Richie Feeney for Storey, B Duggan for Henry, 70 mins; C Sheridan for E Torrie, 70 mins

YOUNG MUNSTER M Costelloe; S Carey, C Casey, C Clohessy, D Corcoran (Capt); D Upton, M Prendergast; D Hogan, G Slattery, A Cotter; S O'Neill, D Payne; B Gilmartin, S Hassett, M McHugh Subs G Carroll for Corcoran, 66 mins; D Sheahan for Slattery, 72 mins

Referee A Rogan (Leinster)