Gleeson the star as Con extend title lead

Cork Constitution 28 Lansdowne 20

Coach Brian Walsh frowned when recalling how his side had relinquished a ten-point lead and had to sweat for victory, but he stressed: “We never seem to get an easy match against Lansdowne. The good thing is that we won, and that we managed to score a fourth try to get the bonus point before the end.

“At times we struggled to put our game together, but we haven’t played for a few weeks so there was bound to be a bit of rustiness. Still, there were a lot of positive signs as well and the guys seemed comfortable playing on a hard ground. It allowed us to give a bit more width to the game.”