Garryowen 20 Shannon 20

Young Munster 30 Terenure College 17

Play-off-chasing Garryowen drew themselves level on points with fourth-placed Shannon as they comprehensively defeated Blackrock at Dooradoyle today.

HE should have been cocooned in Dublin with the rest of the Irish elite squad preparing for this weekend’s daunting Six Nations opener in Paris against the French.