Garryowen's unbeaten run in Division One of the AIL League came to an end at Ballinasloe yesterday when they were well and truly trounced by Buccaneers.

The home side had Connacht representatives Wayne Munn, Tim Allnutt and Rowan Frost debuting and they made their presence felt, with two of them scoring tries.

In the 12th minute, outhalf Colm Glynn kicked his first of three penalties for Buccaneers and Garryowen hooker Pat Humphries was sin-binned three minutes later for a high tackle on Ian Dillon.

Munn had the first Buccs try in the 20th minute and the home side led by 16-3 after Billy Treacy had kicked the losers' only score of the first half five minutes before the interval.

Treacy was on target again five minutes into the second half, but Buccs hit back with a Ted Robinson try before the losers' prop, Kieran Lauren, was yellow-carded in the 11th minute.

Tim Allnutt scored the winners' third try in the 12th minute and seven minutes later Garryowen fullback Jeremy Staunton gave the losers some consolation when he crossed for their only try.

Scorers: Buccaneers - W Munn, T Robinson and T Allnutt tries, C Glynn 3 pens, 2 cons; Garryowen - J Staunton try, B Treacy, 3 pens, con

BUCCANEERS: W Munn; M Devine, C Keane, T Allnutt, T Robinson; C Glynn, C O'Loughlin; R McCormack, J McVeigh, M Cahill, R Frost, G Schoeman, I Dillon, E Brennan, C Rigney.

GARRYOWEN: J Staunton; D O'Riordan, C Richardson, K Keane, K O'Riordan; B Treacy, S McCarthy; K Lauren, P Humphries, R Laffan, E Kelly, D Fitzgibbon, C Varley, P Malone, J O'Sullivan.

Referee: J Sheehan (Munster).