Young Munster  30; Lansdowne 20:Paul O'Connell picked up a head wound that necessitated his retirement after 18 minutes at Clifford Park on Saturday as Rob Henderson opened the scoring with a 10th-minute try. This was quickly followed by a Lansdowne try by hooker Alan Ronan. Young Munster hit back to lead 13-7 at half-time through Clem Casey's try and Mike Lynch's penalty. Young Munster sealed victory with tries from Lynch, Casey and Mike Mullins.

Scoring sequence: 10 mins: R Henderson try, 5-0; 27 mins: A Ronan try, B O'Mahony con 5-7; 34 mins: C Casey try 10-7; 40 mins: M Lynch pen, 13-7 half-time. 44 mins: O'Mahony dg, 13-10; 53 mins: S Whelan try, 13-15; 55 mins: Lynch try, con, 20-15; 59 mins: L Toland try 20-20; 62 mins: Casey try, 25-20; 81 mins: M Mullins try 30-20.

YOUNG MUNSTER: C Casey; F Hogan, M Mullins, R Henderson, E Reddan; M Lynch, M Prendergast; D Clohessy, B Cantrell, H McGrath, C Power, P O'Connell, D McNamara, K Gallagher, M Ngarimu. Replacements: J Cusack for Hogan; D Payne for O'Connell; C McGrath for Gallagher.

LANSDOWNE: B Doherty; R Dolan, B Geraghty, A Magro, F Baynes; A McGowan, S Whelan; E Bohan, A Ronan, A McKeen, S O'Connor, G Quinn, S Rooney, L Toland, A McCullen. Replacements: B. O'Mahony for McGowan.

Referee: J Sheehan (Munster).