Terenure surge seals home semi with frustrated Con

Terenure College and Garryowen were the big winners on the final day of Division 1A’s regular season, setting up semi-final clashes with defending champions Cork Constitution and table-topping Lansdowne respectively.

Cork Con will be on the road to Terenure on Saturday week (April 28) after suffering a confidence-denting 43-12 loss at Clontarf, whose seven-try salvo was not enough for a play-off berth. Centres Matt D’Arcy (2) and Sean O’Brien contributed three tries.

Terenure capitalised on the Con result to snatch second place and a home semi-final, James Blaney’s men sauntering to a 50-12 victory over an already-safe Dublin University. The ‘Nure attack is looking the sharpest of all in the top tier, with Sam Coghlan Murray, Matthew Byrne and James O’Donoghue all bagging braces.