Success for Leinster U-20s

The Leinster Under-20s recorded their second victory of the season when they beat the English Counties 22-9 at Rugby Lions RFC, Birmingham on Saturday.

In tough conditions, the reigning Inter-provincial champions get off to a good start and led 15-3 at the interval after tries from Brian Cawley and Ciaran Egan, with impressive kicker Martin Dufficy chipping in with a penalty and a conversion.

The hosts drew their players from the North, Midlands, South and South East regions and though they would add two more penalties in the second half, a last minute David Kearney try - again converted by Dufficy - sealed an excellent win ahead of the start of the Interpro series.

LEINSTER SCORERS: David Kearney, Brian Cawley, Ciaran Egan (1 try each), Martin Dufficy (1 penalty, 2 conversions)

LEINSTER UNDER-20:

15: Niall Morris

14: David Kearney

13: Eoin O'Malley (Jan Simon-Byrne)

12: Shane Gahan

11: Eamon Sheridan

10: Martin Dufficy (Ian Madigan)

9: Matt Healy (Kris Greene)

1: Paddy McCabe

2: Ciaran Egan (Jason Harris-Wright)

3: John Molloy (Ian Leonard)

4: Eoin Sheriff

5: Brian Cawley

6: Jonathan Slattery (John Downey)

7: Paul Ryan CAPTAIN

8: Paddy Mallon (Rajan Reilly)