Under-21 Interprovincial/Connacht - 15 Leinster - 19: A late Connacht revival was not enough to stop a dominant Leinster outfit from emerging victorious at Dubarry Park, Athlone, last night.
what was a very uninspiring first half, all the scores came via the boot of the respective goalkickers.
The highlight of the opening half was a wonderful, last-ditch tackle by Daniel Riordan which prevented a certain Leinster try. Nevertheless, Leinster led 9-3 at half-time, with Brian O'Shea on song from penalties.
As the rain came down conditions deteriorated in the second half and handling errors were commonplace.
Leinster were firmly in the driving seat after a Stephen Griffing try.
Although Killian Finane and Conor Lavelle scored a try each for Connacht, Leinster were not to be denied.
SCORERS: Leinster: B O'Shea (4 pens, 1 conv), S Griffing (1 try). Connacht: P Beirne (1 pen, 1 conv), K Finane (1 try), C Lavelle (1 try).
LEINSTER: R McCarron; P Howard, S Griffing, B Canavan, M Hewitt; B O'Shea, C Willis; C Kavanagh, J Coady, R Sweeney; B Moroney, A Houlihan; K McLaughlin, R Condron, A Dunlop.
CONNACHT: D O'Riordan; C Lavelle, B Taylor, K Finane, J Buckley; P O'Toole, P Beirne; M Diffley, J Merrigan, R Loughrey; L Scahill, I Duignan; K O'Gorman, S Dixon, T Richardson.
