St Conleth's survived some anxious moments before emerging worthy winners at Malahide. Number eight James O'Brien scored their first try in the ninth minute following a jinking run by John Doherty. Five minutes before the break scrumhalf Keith Donnelly burrowed his way through for their second try and Shane O'Connell converted for a 12-0 half-time lead.
St Mary's got back into the game when centre James Moran scored a superb individual try, running the length of the pitch and evading several tackles. Outhalf Stephen Murphy kicked an easy conversion, but St Mary's failed to build on this.
ST CONLETH'S: S O'Connell; H Kirwan, R Bouchier Hayes, W McQuillan, P Browne; J Doherty, capt, K Donnelly; S Kelly, R Cassidy, H Nolan, T Arnold, N Marron, D Kiely, J O'Brien, E Kiely. Replacements: W Hynes, R Sexton, N Byrne, B O'Beirne, M Cosgrave, K Halloran, S Greif.
ST MARY'S, DUNDALK: B Murnaghan; C Loughran, S Quigley, J Moran, R Matthews; S Murphy, F Duffy; J O'Callaghan, R Arthur, D McCann, G Dollard, S Coleman, D Lyons, G O'Reilly, capt, S Higgins. Replacements: S Faulkner, P McWilliams, K Farrell, J Quinn, I Hoey, R Moore.
Referee: G Ferrick (Leinster Branch).
