Terenure College 7 Cork Constitution 21

Ulster Bank League Division 1A

UCD 17 Terenure College 26

Ireland will hope to complete a clean sweep against Scottish opposition when the international clubs sides clash at Temple Hill on Friday (7.30pm).

Shannon 0 UCD 42

Shannon 38 Lansdowne 19

Young Munster 18 Shannon 0

Shannon 45 Cork Constitution 26

Cork Constitution 23 Shannon 15

Shannon 13 Dolphin 31

Shannon 3 Young Munster 36

With 60 seconds to kick-off and their side fighting relegation from the top tier of the Ulster Bank League, there was barely a Shannon fan to be found in the stand at Musgrave Park on Saturday.

The reception Shannon received from their ecstatic fans as they trooped off the Coonagh pitch spoke volumes for the sense of relief felt by those from the Limerick club.

Ireland’s Club side came up short against a powerful England Counties performance at Preston Grasshoppers RFC last night.

Tom Croft has revealed how a radical shift in the attitude of the England squad since the World Cup debacle has helped take his game to new heights.

Ireland’s Club XV retained the Dal Riada Cup, beating their Scottish counterparts 26-21 at Anglesea Road last night.

Shannon’s need may have been greater before kick-off, but that didn’t stop Garryowen from inflicting a 12-point defeat on their Limerick rivals in this All-Ireland League Division 1A clash at Thomond Park last night.

Young Munster sensationally recovered from arrears of 20-3 after 32 minutes to snatch a dramatic Ulster Bank League victory over Shannon with a converted try in the 80th minute at Thomond Park last night.

A CASE of two points lost by Old Belvedere, two points gained by hosts Shannon in this All-Ireland League clash at chilly Coonagh on Saturday.

HAVING dominated Saturday’s Liam Breathnach Cup final at Ballygarvan from the start, Tracton almost saw their lead slip in a 15-minute spell which yielded 1-7 for Ballincollig.

DISGRACEFUL scenes broke out in Riverstown yesterday as this fourth round Premier IHC clash between Youghal and Tracton came to an end.

GARRYOWEN swept Shannon aside in convincing fashion under the Dooradoyle lights last night to climb off the bottom of Division 1A of the Ulster Bank All-Ireland League and in the process gave their ailing season a massive boost.

PAUL O’CONNELL’S return after an eight-month injury lay-off attracted a fine crowd to Thomond Park last night, and they were well rewarded for coming out on a bitterly cold and wet night as Shannon pipped Young Munster by a single point in a highly competitive AIL Division 1A encounter.

MUNSTER and Ireland hooker Jerry Flannery played the first half of last night’s All-Ireland League game for Shannon against Garryowen at Thomond Park, without any recurrence of the back and calf injuries that have bedevilled his career over the past two seasons.

IRELAND half-back pair Sam Cronin and Barry Keeshan will be keen to return to some unfinished business when they face their Scottish counterparts in a Club International at Donnybrook tonight (7pm).

THE Ireland Club team to play their Scottish counterparts in the AIB Club International (tomorrow, Donnybrook, 7pm) shows several changes from the side defeated by England Counties in February.

MUNSTER sides provide the backbone for the Ireland Club side to face England Counties at Stourbridge on Friday night (7.30pm)

EOGHAN GRACE provided the inspiration to propel Shannon into the semi-finals of the Munster Senior Cup after a hard-fought contest in Musgrave Park yesterday.

Garryowen 12 Shannon 10

AIB league champions Shannon face the toughest of starts to the defence of their crown tonight as they face old rivals Garryowen in Dooradoyle (7.30pm).

Down 2-16 Dublin 2-14

REWARDING consistency has always been a Shannon thing, and it remains so under the coaching baton of Geoff Moylan in the build up to this afternoon’s AIB League final clash with Clontarf at Thomond Park (4pm).

Teams for the finals of the AIB League Divisions One, Two and Three

CLONTARF’S flirtation with AIB League glory has been consigned to failure in recent years; five semi-finals and two final appearances being just the sum total of the club’s success.

IN AS tough a game as either side have experienced all season, Cork Constitution held out for a victory at Temple Hill yesterday to enhance their position at the top of the AIB League.

IN A TIME of necessity, you do what has to be done to survive.

BALLINCOLLIG are back in the hunt for Evening Echo Cork Co Premier IHC glory.

IRELAND return to the exact field where Ulster flanker John McCall died a little over a year ago and are depending on other results working in their favour to progress at the U19 World Championships in Durban today.

ONLY once since they were first successful back in 1918 have Presentation Brothers, Cork, gone eight years without capturing the Coca Cola Munster Schools Senior Cup.