Steely Leinster foil Munster’s three-in-a-row bid
Trailing at the break by six points, 1-8 to 0-5 (Munster’s goal a first-time beauty by Andrew O’Shaughnessy, from a Brian O’Connell pass), Leinster dominated the second half.
Their defence, firmly anchored by the versatile Jackie Tyrell at full-back, Dublin’s Ronan Fallon at centre-back, reduced the high-powered Munster attack to just four points, only one of those from play, while up front the scores began to flow. Points from Richie Power (4), substitute Aidan Fogarty (with his first touch), Richie Hogan, Michael Rice, John O’Connor (Wexford, the only non-Kilkenny scorer), Eoin Larkin, and finally, Eddie Brennan, saw off the determined Munster challenge.
