Captain's try gives Galwegians first home win

Galwegians 29 Lansdowne 16

A 68th-minute try from captain Ambrose Conboy set up Galwegians for their first home win of the AIB League season at Crowley Park.

Paul Young’s side sit third-from-bottom after picking up the points in a lively game that witnessed seven sin-binnings.

‘Wegians centre Brian Murphy and Lansdowne winger Fiachra Baynes swapped tries in a first half which ended 16-13 in the hosts’ favour.

Corey Burt could only add one more penalty for Lansdowne after the restart as Conboy’s effort, allied to two more penalties from full-back Brendan Bartley – he kicked five in all for a 19-point haul – saw ‘Wegians to victory.

Munster referee Peter Roche dished out yellow cards to Lansdowne back rows David Lavin and Jim O’Donovan before the hour mark and in a farcical final 14 minutes, ‘Wegians’ lost try-scorer Murphy and Connacht-contracted duo Michael Swift and Dan McFarland to the bin.

Then, in the 13th-minute of injury-time, ‘Wegians winger Peter Phelan and his Lansdowne counterpart Neil Walsh were also given their marching orders.

Scorers: Galwegians: Tries: Brian Murphy, Ambrose Conboy; Cons: Brendan Bartley 2; Pens: Bartley 5

Lansdowne: Try: Fiachra Baynes; Con: Corey Burt; Pens: Burt 3