Depleted Down hold out
Without six of their regular line-out the hosts dominated the first half, scored two important goals, and survived a second half onslaught from the Leinster side.
Down raced into a 1-4 to 0-1 lead after 20 minutes with their goal coming from Aaron O’Prey while Gareth Johnson pointed two frees. Eoin Nolan was the Carlow scorer. Down’s second goal after 25 minutes came from an Eoin Clarke sideline cut and when Clarke and Paul Keith added points Down led by 2-6 to 0-4 at half time.
