Irish Colleges crush Welsh counterparts

Irish Colleges 47 Welsh Colleges 0

Captained by Belfast Harlequins centre Mike McKeever, the hosts had tries from City of Derry number eight Stephen Corr (two), his back row colleague Mark Ryan of Old Crescent and UCC centre Eric Moloney.

Colin Mahony converted all four touch downs for a 28-0 interval lead.

Moloney, Garryowen lock Michael O’Hea, Francis Cooney and Jeff Hitchmough continued the rout after the break.

IRISH COLLEGES: D Hughes (Garda College/Garda RFC); F Cooney (Dublin Institute of Technology/DLSP), E Moloney (Cork Institute of Technology/UCC), M McKeever (University of Ulster, Jordanstown/Belfast Harlequins), P O’Connor (Limerick Institute of Technology/Shannon); C Mahony (CIT/Highfield), A Ryan (Cork College of Commerce/Cork Constitution); C Murphy (DIT/Blackrock), D Sheehan (Limerick Institute of Technology/Young Munster), G Fitzgerald (National College of Ireland/Blackrock), F Broderick (University of Limerick/Garryowen), M O’Hea (LIT/Garryowen), Brian Moroney (IT Tallaght/Terenure), M Ryan (Limerick Institute of Technology/Old Crescent), S Corr (University of Ulster, Magee/City of Derry).