Woods key for Belvo
LANSDOWNE………… 18
OLD BELVEDERE…….. 34
By Daire Walsh
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The contribution of centre Ben Woods was crucial on the Aviva Stadium’s back pitch last night, as his brace of second-half tries helped Old Belvedere
towards a bonus point victory over recently crowned champions, Lansdowne.
The win moves the struggling 2011 champions nine points clear of second from bottom Shannon.
Scorers For Lansdowne: C O’Donnell, W Earle try each, C Ronaldson 1 pen, 1 con, S Carey d/goal.
Scorers For Old Belvedere: J Glynn 1 try, 1 pen, 4 cons, B Woods 2 tries, L Auva’a try, F Lawlor d/goal.
LANSDOWNE: R McCarron; C Aherne, S Carey, S Morrissey, C Toolan; C Ronaldson, P O’Driscoll; D O’Reilly, S Collins, M Moore, T Beirne, W Earle, C Ross,
C O’Donnell, R Boucher.
Rolling Replacements: T Sexton, R Liddington, M Feeley, M Walsh, W Walsh.
OLD BELVEDERE: D Riordan; J Glynn, J Kennedy, B Woods, A Wynne; S Crosbie, A Sheehan; P O’Regan, M Cooney, D Lavery, B Marshall, J Eden-Whatiri, J
Slattery, K O’Gorman, L Auva’a.
Rolling Replacements: K O’Neill, V Soden, C Mallon, F Lawlor, E Devitt.
Referee: L Colgan (IRFU).