New Zealand centre Shane Stephens came within a whisper of equalling the five-try record of Lansdowne's Peter Purcell in the Smithwicks Old Belvedere Floodlit Cup, with four tries in this first round whitewash at Anglesea road last night.
Stephens opened the scoring in the 22nd minute and then almost immediately, he intercepted for his second and struck again on half time. Replacement Ronan Garvey, left wing Nigel Hanby Stephens conspired to double the 19-0 halftime lead and make it a miserable night for Suttonians.
Scorers: DLSP: S Stephens 4 trys; R Garvey, N Hanby a try each; D McCabe, D O'Riordan 2 cons. each.
DLSP: D McCabe, J Corr, S Stephens, M Cunningham, N Hanby, N Beirne, B Hogan, K Condren, S Cullen, K Killeen, S Tynan, A Toher, K Wheelock, P Sheridan, K Dempsey. Replacements: K O'Molloy for Killeen (14 mins), D O'Riordan for Hogan, E Devitt for McCabe, R Garvey for Corr (all half time), S Kavanagh for Sheridan(57 mins).
Suttonians: R Gallagher, R Grant, D Clarke, D Jones, D Walsh, K Hoffman, M O'Mahony, D Duffy, K Martin, D Dowling, W Rein, N Hare, J Finnucane, M Wallace, N O'Reilly. Replacements: P Mulanney for Wallace(64 mins), D Stewart for Condren (68 mins).
Referee: D Keane (ARLB).
