Leinster A come from behind to share the spoils with Munster A

It is the second time the two sides played out a draw this year.

STALEMATE: Leinster and Munster players after the game. Picture: ©INPHO/Tom O’Hanlon

Leinster A came from behind in the second half to secure a share of the spoils with Munster A in their Interprovincial Series rematch played at Rockwell College on Friday afternoon.

Leinster A came from behind after Munster A led 26-7 at the break.

Diarmuid Kilgallen got his first try when he crossed over the line after Munster had Leinster underpressure on their line and they worked it out to the former Connacht player to score after five minutes with Tony Butler adding the extras.

Leinster replied when they kicked a penalty deep into the Munster 22. From the lineout Leinster mauled towards the line before Andrew Osborne dotted down with Casper Gabriel scoring the conversion to leave it 7-7 after 14 minutes.

Munster won a penalty deep in their own half that Butler kicked down the line. They won the lineout and worked the ball across the line to Kilgallen who ran in for his second try, Butler missed the conversion.

Leinster knocked the ball in their own half after being driven back by a hungry Munster defence. Munster did enough to get the ball out of the scrum and worked the ball to Seán O'Brien who made a great break before the ball was passed to captain Evan O'Connell who ran a great line to cross the whitewash for Munster's third try. Butler added the extras.

After a game of kick tennis Kilgallen ran the ball at the Leinster defence which Munster worked after a number of plays into the red zone before Eoghan Smyth scored their fourth of the afternoon with Butler adding the conversion to leave it 26-7 at the break.

Leinster came out strong in the second half to score the first try of the second half when captain John McKee scoring from the maul, to leave it 26-12.

Seán Edogbo scored Munster's fifth try of the game and Butler added the conversion to leave it 33-12.

After broken play Hugh Cooneypicked up a loose ball to weave his wave to the try line and Patrick Clancy added the extras.

Leinster went down the line from a penalty and from the line out they worked the ball to the oncoming Osborne who broke the Munster defence for his second and Clancy added the conversion to leave it 33-26 with 14 minutes left and Munster down a man.

Leinster followed up with their fifth try when Osborne took the ball after Munster failed to get the line off a kick he broke up through the Munster defence before Josh Ericson dotted down and Clancy added the conversion to leave it all square 33-all.

MUNSTER A: S McCarthy, D Kilgal-len, S O’Brien, E Smyth, F Gibbons, T Butler, J O’Riordan; J Wycherley, M Clein, R Foxe, M Foy, E O’Connell (c), S Edogbo, R Quinn, L Murphy.

Replacements: D Sheahan, G Hadden, K Ryan, R Woods, A Lautsou, B Hayes, J Poland, T Wood, G O’Leary Kareem, D Hicks.

LEINSTER A: C Molony, P Farrell, H Cooney, C Mangan, A Osborne, C Gabriel, O Coffey; A Usanov, J McKee (c), N Smyth, A Spicer, B Corrigan, J Ericson, L Molony, D Mangan.

Replacements: R Handley, J Cahir, A Sparrow, M Ronan, C O'Tighearnaigh, D McNeice, T Brophy, P Clancy, E Black, H Waters.