Shannon top league after mauling

Shannon 38 Lansdowne 5

Five-times AIB League winners Shannon top Division One, following their 33-point hammering of Harry Williams’ Lansdowne at Thomond Park.

There were five tries in all for the Limerick side, skippered by Tom Hayes.

Colm Mahon, on the bench for Munster’s 26-10 Celtic League win over Glasgow yesterday evening, scored twice.

New recruit Brian Tuohy also burst through the Dubliners’ poor defence from his centre position for a debut try, with scrum half Fiachra O’Loughlin and John O’Connor notching the others.

Wing Tom Creegan converted all five and added a penalty for a personal tally of 13 points.

Lansdowne’s sole reply came through a Brian McNamara effort midway through the second half.