Interprovincial ‘A’ Rugby: Leinster ‘A’ V Munster ‘A’ – The Irish Independent – November 16 2012

Henry try seals it for Munster

MUNSTER ‘A’    18

LEINSTER ‘A’     12

TRIES in either half from Ronan O’Mahony and Sean Henry proved crucial in Donnybrook, as Munster held off a late fightback from Leinster to record a six-point win in a lively Inter-provincial ‘A’ challenge.

Munster took a deserved lead on 12 minutes when winger O’Mahony crossed over for an unconverted try.

Leinster soon settled into the contest, though, and good work in the Munster half led to a brace of penalties from Noel Reid.

Reid was also on target with a penalty six minutes before the break, but Munster took a two-point cushion into the second period (11-9) thanks to impressive place kicks by JJ Hanrahan.

Henry broke through three minutes after the restart for a try and Munster were able to hold out for a hard-earned success, despite the late push from the Leinster men.

LEINSTER ‘A’ – D Kearney (A Byrne 70); A Boyle, B Macken (J Van Der Flier 48), J Coghlan, S Coghlan-Murray; N Reid (C Marsh 36), A Griggs; J McGrath (J O’Connell 65), J Tracy (T Sexton h-t), J Hagan (M Moore 54), T Beirne, B Marshall, R Ruddock, C Gilsenan (J Van Der Flier 68), J Murphy (J Conan 63).

MUNSTER ‘A’ – F Jones; J Murphy, D Barnes, I Dineen, R O’Mahony (C Bohane h-t); JJ Hanrahan (S Deasy 57), P Stringer (D Williams h-t); J Ryan (K Griffin 74), S Henry (D Casey 50), C Condon (S Archer h-t), D Foley (B Hayes h-t), I Nagle, S Buckley, T O’Donnell (R Murphy 20), P Butler.

REF – S Gaffikin (IRFU).

Irish Independent

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