Lansdowne break Cork Constitution’s resistance at the Aviva

Lansdowne 27, Cork Constitution, 20: Mike Ruddock praised the resilience of Cork Constitution after his Lansdowne side had to wait until the 79th minute to seal all the points at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.

There looked to be an element of tiredness in the Cork side’s defence when Lansddowne’s replacement scrum-half Adam Griggs found a gap and ran in under the posts for the bonus-point score.

Lansdowne started sloppily and went behind in the eighth minute when Darren Sweetnam scored the first of his two tries.