Results, scores and scorers from today's Ulster Bank League ties

Lansdowne are back on top of the Ulster Bank League following a bonus-point victory over Dolphin at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.

Ballynahinch failed to win for the first time in this season’s Ulster Bank League, but they fought back well to draw with Malone and stay top of Division 1B.

UL Bohemians are celebrating on the double tonight after winning the Division 1B title and securing promotion to the Ulster Bank League's top flight.

Mixed emotions at Kilballyowen Park on Saturday. Dungannon took a giant step towards the summit of Division 1B while their Bruff hosts tumbled into the relegation zone and are left battling for survival.

By stunning Ballymena with a late winning try, Belfast Harlequins inched ever closer to being crowned Division 1B champions and winning promotion to Division 1A.

In a stunning run of results, the top three teams in Division 1B all suffered defeats today with Belfast Harlequins’ lead now standing at four points with just three rounds remaining.

Bruff turned in a workmanlike performance when beating Ballynahinch 13-8 at Kilballyowen Park today, and they came from behind to do so.

A splendidly taken try by full-back Brendan Deady made all the difference for Bruff at Thomond Park last night.

UL Bohemians 16 Bruff 20

Ninth-placed Bruff enjoyed an impressive 27-10 win over UCD at Kilballyowen Park after they made a splendid start.

With Ballynahinch and Dungannon drawing on Friday night, Belfast Harlequins’ home victory over Galwegians has put them top of the pile in Division 1B.

The two clubs at the bottom of the Division 1B table provided a rousing contest at Kilballyowen Park before Bruff emerged as 22-18 winners over a determined UCC side.

WHAT was meant to be another milestone in the Bruff rugby odyssey came unstuck last evening when Peter Malone’s out-of-sorts side slumped to a third defeat in a row.

GARRYOWEN gained vengeance for last year’s final defeat as they beat Bruff 19-9 in a keenly contested ODM Financial Munster Senior Cup decider at Thomond Park last night.

Ballymena claimed the scalp of Bruff, who are always a formidable prospect at Kilballyowen Park, as John Andrews’ side moved up to fifth in the Division 1B table.

REIGNING All-Ireland champions St Kieran’s College will put their provincial title on the line when they face Kilkenny rivals Castlecomer CS in this afternoon’s Leinster Colleges SAHC final at Nowlan Park, 2pm.

UL BOHEMIANS 28 BRUFF 25

BRUFF 10 UCC 0

AT a pre-match lunch at Kilballyowen Park yesterday, visiting IRFU President Caleb Powell described Bruff as a remarkable club that embodied all of the positive things in Irish domestic rugby.

Lansdowne 30 Bruff 18

BRUFF produced a magical 80 minutes and wrote a new chapter in the storied history of the ODM Munster Senior Cup at Thomond Park yesterday, denying tournament specialists Garryowen their 39th triumph with a display that combined brilliance and dogged determination.

AS Bruff yesterday celebrated 40 years of rugby with a memorable ODM Munster Senior Cup triumph, club captain Cathal O’Regan called on Munster coaches to take a look at some of the talented youngsters who contributed to the red letter day.

BRUFF 21 DUNGANNON 10

Galwegians 11 Bruff 22

Bruff 14 UL Bohemians 13

Bruff 18 Buccaneers 26

Clontarf 26 Bruff 11

AIB LEAGUE DIVISION 2 FINAL:

PREVIEW: AIB League Division Two Final

BRUFF’S fairytale season continued apace as they earned a crack at the AIB All-Ireland League Division Two crown next month with a convincing semi-final win over Terenure College.

THE scene is set for a grandstand climax to the AIB League as high rollers Cork Constitution, St. Mary’s, Shannon, Dolphin as well as Garryowen and Blackrock continue to slug it out over three more weekends.

The giant company whose pioneering sponsorship of TV gave the world the phrase “soap opera” will soon be out of daytime shows, it emerged today.

St Mary's College 46 Bruff 27

NIALL O’DRISCOLL returned to haunt his former club as Dolphin continued their blistering start to the season by recording an 18-13 victory over Garryowen at Dooradoyle on Saturday.

WEST WATERFORD Golf Club created a little piece of golfing history at Thurles last evening when they captured their first senior provincial pennant by defeating Douglas in the postponed final of the Munster section of the Bulmers Irish Senior Cup.

VOLUNTARY fund raisers who helped purchase a spinal and brain injury machine for a paralysed Co Tipperary girl have been hit with a massive VAT bill by Revenue.

BRUFF 10 CORK CONSTITUTION 22

WHEN the AIL’s most prolific attack faced the most suffocating defence, something had to give, in this Division Three final in Donnybrook on Saturday.

Instonians 32 Bruff 23, Donnybrook

IT’S a very social club, is Bruff RFC, and that was much in evidence at last Saturday’s vital AIL division 3 match against promotion rivals Queens University, from Belfast.

An injury-time penalty goal from Andrew Thompson saw Shannon edge out Belfast Harlequins in a thrilling AIB Cup second round clash at Deramore Park this afternoon.

Wanderers 12 Bruff 18