Captain Cian O'Sullivan helped himself to a hat-trick of tries as he led St David's to a comfortable victory at Malahide yesterday.
St David's took control of the game early on and both O'Sullivan and Niall Smith touched down for a couple of tries within 24 minutes. O'Sullivan completed his hattrick inside a minute of the restart.
Robert Ruddy crashed over for a consolation try for St Mary's in injury time.
ST MARY'S: B Maher; A Field, C Stafford, D Sheeran, E Calvey; R Taaffe, P Rice; C Devereaux, M Whearty, S Smith, M Black, R Ruddy, A O'Reilly, P Kelly, I Doonan. Replacements: E Diamond for Devereaux (27 mins), J Wickham for Field (halftime).
ST DAVID'S: S O'Brien; N Smith, B Glendon, A McFadden, D Kinsella; C O'Sullivan, R Linton; A Wildes, A Kavanagh, D Tyrrell, F Bennett, S Hayes, J O'Connor, C Taylor, S Richardson. Replacements: K Higgs for Glennon (half-time), D Woods for Linton (40 mins), S Phillips for Richardson (40 mins), M Chestnut for O'Connor (49 mins), M Brerton for Kavanagh (58 mins).
Referee: R Duggan (Leinster Branch).
