Clontarf ease worries and pile pressure on lowly Garryowen

THE gap at the bottom of AIB Division 1A widened and Garryowen took another step closer to hitting the panic button when they slumped to their fourth defeat of the campaign at Dooradoyle on Saturday.

Clontarf lifted themselves away from the relegation zone with a deserved win while their hosts’ misery was compounded with news that UL Bohemian snatched an unlikely last minute victory away to Dolphin.

The combination leaves the Light Blues, for so long one of the standard bearers of Munster and Irish club rugby, lying at the bottom of the table. They have a match in hand over UL Bohs, who they meet in the final pre-Christmas game.