Shannon suffer again as Lansdowne cut loose

Lansdowne 48 Shannon 7

Lansdowne were on the scoreboard after a strong break by Charlie Butterworth and slick passing sent Matt Healy free on the right to score. Butterworth then rampaged through a shell-shocked Shannon defence to touch down and make it 12-0 after only 13 minutes.

The visitors hit back with a scrambling score from flanker John Shine but Craig Ronaldson responded with a well-struck penalty before inside centre Sean Carey started and finished a move to score a fine try. Ronaldson converted and added another penalty before Healy streaked clear down the left again to make it 32-7 at the break.