Leinster U-20 defeat Munster in Interpro

Leinster Under-20’s got their Interprovincial campaign back on track with a fine 19-9 victory over Munster at Musgrave Park on today.

Sat, 08 Sep, 2007 - 18:23

Leinster Under-20’s got their Interprovincial campaign back on track with a fine 19-9 victory over Munster at Musgrave Park on today.

Dublin University out-half Martin Dufficy was the hero for Leinster as his tally of 14 points, including a sublime second half drop goal, was the telling contributor on a good day for the underage side who were defeated in their opening match of the campaign by Ulster last weekend.

It was Munster to first make inroads thanks to a Scott Deasy penalty before Dufficy kicked his opening score of the afternoon after 15 minutes. UCC man Deasy added his second successful kick before some excellent forward play resulted in a clever cross-field kick to full-back Niall Morris and the Blackrock College man crossed with ease for the first try of the game.

Dufficy added the conversion to give the visitors a 10-6 lead at the interval.

Munster narrowed the lead to a single point in the 38th minute before Leinster again took the initiative with Dufficy adding two more penalties sandwiched between a sublime drop goal, to earn the reigning champions a ten-point win in Cork.

Leinster face Connacht in Greystones RFC next Saturday .

MUNSTER SCORER: Scott Deasy (3 penalties)

LEINSTER SCORERS: Niall Morris (1 try), Martin Dufficy (3 penalties, 1 drop goal, 1 conversion)

LEINSTER:

15: Niall Morris (Blackrock College)

14: David Kearney (Lansdowne)

13: Shane Rogers (Dublin University)

12: Conor Cleary (Greystones)

11: David Mongan (Old Belvedere)

10: Martin Dufficy (Dublin University)

9: David Moore (Blackrock College) / Kris Greene (St. Mary's College) 75

1: Ian Leonard (Lansdowne)