Alex Wyllie's last match at the helm provided his charges with much needed motivation for a game with nothing at stake. Under-strength Blackrock took nearly 50 minutes to open their account at a sun-drenched Castle Avenue, as their opponents notched up 20 unanswered points.

Wylie was full of praise for his side who had worked hard to avoid the relegation dogfight. "It was nice to be able to go out there knowing we didn't have to win to avoid relegation," he said.

Scoring Sequence: 3 mins - Murphy pen 3-0; 15 mins - Murphy pen 6-0; 19 mins - Murphy pen 9-0; 33 mins - O'Reilly try 14-0; 35 mins - Murphy pen 17-0; (half-time 17-0); 46 mins - O'Shea dp gl 20-0; 49 mins - Kilroy pen 20-3; 57 mins - Kilroy pen 20-6; 59 mins - Drew try 20-8; 63 mins - Kilroy pen 20-11; 65 mins - Murphy pen 23-11.

Clontarf: D O'Shea; A Reddan, D Rossi, J Downey, O Winchester; R Murphy, R O'Reilly; W O'Kelly, T Kearns, A Clarke; D Sheehan, B Gissing; B Baggot (capt), D Moore, A Cullen. Replacements: P Ryan for Rossi (24 mins), T Foucher for O'Kelly (40 mins), P Quinn for Clarke (76 mins), D Quinn for Baggot (60 mins), A Duignam for Cullen (60 mins).

Blackrock: P Drew; J Ferris, B O'Driscoll, M Jackson, D Johnson; A McGowan, D Popplewell; A McSweeney, G McEvoy, N Treston; R Murphy, J Fitzgerald; T Hogan, R Rodgers, D McGettigan. Replacements: C Kilroy for McGowan (40 mins), J Ryan for Fitzgerald (40 mins), M Carroll for Murphy (53 mins), G Browne for O'Driscoll (60 mins), T O'Donoghue for McGettigan (61 mins), D O'Rourke for McEvoy (66 mins).

Referee: S McDowell (Ulster).