Terenure College  20; Shannon 28:Shannon, without Mick Galwey, fought back from 14 points down at Lakelands. Terenure lost Eric Miller after half an hour, but a few minutes later a converted Sean King try left them leading 17-3. Kevin Putt had been Terenure's inspiration and finished a move he had started in the Shannon 22 for their first try.

Shannon's comeback started with a John Lacey try before the break and he had another on 53 minutes. Terenue came back, but a late Dave Quinlan try secured Shannon's win.

Scoring Sequence: 5 mins: Governey pen 3-0, 25: Putt try, Governey con 10-0, 28: Cregan pen 10-3, 36: King try, Governey con 17-3, 39: Lacey try 17-8. 53: Lacey try, Cregan con 17-15, 60: Cregan pen, 17-18, 64: Governey pen 20-18, 68: Cregan pen 20-21, 77: Quinlan try, Cregan con 20-28.

TERENURE COLLEGE: S Cullen; P Costello, M Smyth, D McInerney, S King; R Governey, K Putt; J Nolan, C Egan, S Barretto, M Quinn, D Quinn, E Miller, B Kavanagh, D Blaney. Replacements: P O'Malley for Miller (32 min); M O'Kelly for Costello (half-time); K Coleman for Barreto (47).

SHANNON: J Lacey; T Cregan, M Lawlor, J Davis, M McNamara; N McNamara, D Hegarty; M Horan, J Blaney, G McNamara, B Buckley, T Hayes, G Noonan, C McMahon, D Quinlan. Replacements: M Roche for Horan (49); R Collins for Noonan (66).

Referee: D Napier (Ulster).