Lansdowne come out best in try-fest

Lansdowne 34 Dungannon 32

Lansdowne and Dungannon scored four tries apiece as the headquarters side picked up their sixth League win.

The sides ran in eight tries in the second half after they had ended the first half at 6-6. Out-halves Corey Burt and Gareth Steenson kicked two penalties apiece.

Lansdowne’s Burt took his season’s tally to 171 points as he scored a try and added four conversions. Flanker Vinnie O’Dowd, centre Killian Kennedy and winger Justin Meagher also touched down for Lansdowne.

Centres Andrew Kirkpatrick and Neil Patterson, scrum-half James Bates and skipper Andy Hughes bagged tries for ‘Gannon, who had trailed 34-13.

Scorers: Lansdowne: Tries: Corey Burt, Vinnie O’Dowd, Killian Kennedy, Justin Meagher; Cons: Burt 4; Pens: Burt 2

Dungannon: Tries: Andrew Kirkpatrick, James Bates, Neil Patterson, Andy Hughes; Cons: Gareth Steenson, Patterson, James Shiells; Pens: Steenson 2