Young Munster 30 Thomond 3

Lansdowne 28 Young Munster 21

ULSTER BANK LEAGUE DIVISION 1A:

Cork Constitution 6 Young Munster 9

Young Munster 9 Clontarf 26

Cork Constitution 10 Young Munster 16

Clontarf 46 Young Munster 28

Dolphin and Highfield will contest the Cork Charity Cup final while Young Munster and UL Bohemian go head-to-head in the Limerick competition decider following the four semi-finals played over the weekend.

Young Munster, winners for the past three seasons, remain on course for another Limerick Charity Cup final appearance following their 26-14 semi-final win against great rivals Garryowen at Clifford Park last night.

Barry O’Mahony, the one-time Ireland Schools and Dolphin wing-forward, was one of five former Munster players to take a leading role as Clontarf pulled off a hugely important victory over Young Munster in the Ulster Bank League at Clifford Park on Saturday.

Having emerged successfully from some testing Limerick derbies in the space of eight days, Young Munster are all set to launch an all-out assault on the Ulster Bank All-Ireland League in their closing five matches.

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.

YOUNG MUNSTER completed a hat-trick of Limerick Charity Cup finals wins when disposing of the challenge of a youthful Shannon side at a wet and blustery Dooradoyle last night.

THE match of the day failed to live up to expectation with Young Munster easily defeating their Temple Hill hosts on Saturday.

ONE moment of magic from former Munster scrum-half Mike Prendergast was all it took for Young Munster to take the points in this AIL D1 Limerick derby at Dooradoyle last night.

A SECOND-HALF comeback that embraced typical passion and skill helped Young Munster overcome arch rivals Garryowen on Saturday and set up an Ulster Bank League semi-final meeting with holders Cork Constitution.

WITH the stakes so high, one team hunting a top-three finish and the other fighting for survival, it was probably inevitable this clash at Musgrave Park yesterday would go to the wire.

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.

The teams for this weekend's All-Ireland League fixtures have been announced.

The teams for this weekend's round of AIL rugby fixtures have been announced today.

Blackrock College will be able to call on the strike power of their Ireland U20s Andrew Conway and Brendan Macken in Division 1A against a Dolphin disrupted without their regular number eight James Coughlan, who has been called up by Munster.

The teams for this weekend's round of All-Ireland League rugby matches have been announced.

DOLPHIN returned to Cork last night convinced they had been the victims of sharp practice after losing 13-12 to Garryowen in a bruising AIB League encounter at Dooradoyle.

GREIG OLIVER, the former Scotland scrum-half and now director of rugby at Garryowen, and his Cork Constitution counterpart Brian Walsh believe Munster have two more outstanding number nines ready to follow in the illustrious footsteps of Peter Stringer and Tomás O’Leary.

Garryowen 12 Shannon 10

Garryowen got off to a flying start in the International Amateur Tournament in France by winning their opening game against Languedoc/Roussillon 20-6 in Limoux near Carcassonne.

FOR the first time, Schools and Youths have combined to form a Munster U19 panel from which a Munster Selection will be chosen to play Australia on Wednesday in Clifford Park, Greenfields, Limerick at 2pm.

Munster Under 21 21 Leinster Under 21 19