St Conleth's clinched an emphatic, seven-try victory over a battling Moyne CS in the first round at a windswept Castleknock. Despite their superior physical bulk, Moyne failed to cope with the all-running rugby of a St Conleth's side who out-paced and out-fought their generally younger and inexperienced opponents.

The Dublin side ran in four tries before the break, one each for centres Vincent Gough and Barry Rogerson, a neat try from their elusive scrumhalf Doughie McGovern and a typical forward's try for second row Paul Ainscough.

Moyne outhalf and captain Stephen Coy kept the scoreline respectable with two first-half penalties to leave his side 29-6 down before the interval, but St Conleth's added a hat-trick of tries in the second period through skipper Matt Ryan, outhalf Tiernach Donnelly and Gough completing his brace in injury time.

St Conleth's: J Doherty; I Lavelle, V Gough, B Rogerson, E Fennessy; D McGovern, T Donnelly; J Lynch, J Murphy, J Galligan, I Elliott, P Ainscough, M McSherry, M Ryan (capt), P Creedon. Replacement: I Carmody for M Ryan (60 mins).

Moyne CS: K Muldowney; N Murtagh, D McGlade, D Bannion, D Farrell; S Diffley, S Coy (capt); G Prunty, C Brady, G Dooner, P Costello, P Corrigan, P O'Hara, C McGlade, P Mulligan. Replacement: P Brady for N Murtagh (51 mins).

Referee: D O'Mahony (ARLB).