Colleges/Pack power pays off for Leinster Colleges:Leinster moved one ahead of Munster in the pecking order with their fourth win in the ninth Irish Colleges Interprovincial final, prevailing 30-16 at Sydney Parade yesterday.
Leinster made the best of their greater power up front to register tries from wings Darragh Fanning and David Rowan and prop Jonathan Molloy to lead 20-3 at the break.
Munster were not helped by three late changes to their original selection, with number eight Darren Twomey, scrumhalf David Copeland and prop Emmet Hall all stepping up to the mark.
Replacement wing Alan Lynch and hooker Keith Mathiasz were able to breach the winners' defence as they improved markedly to break even in terms of territory and possession.
But Leinster secondrow Damien Carley's try and Brian Collins' kicking secured the outcome.
LEINSTER COLLEGES:P de Barra; D Rowan, C Morrin, M O'Shea, D Fanning; B Collins (capt), K Green; S Snell, A O'Sullivan, J Molloy, D Carley, B Holmes, J Downey, D O'Shea, D Kenny. Replacements: J Gorman for O'Sullivan, S Cahill for Molloy (both 60 mins); R Smith for Downey, J Dever for Kenny (both 66 mins); J Wallace for Holmes (70 mins); S Dowling for Fanning (72 mins).
MUNSTER COLLEGES:N Horgan; D Joyce, C Naughton, R O'Sullivan, A Mackessy; A Tobin, D Copeland; A Guiry (capt), K Mathiasz, E Hall, D Barry, J Gilmartin, P Murphy, S Melbourne, D Twomey. Replacements: K Howlin for O'Sullivan, A Lynch for MacKessy (both half-time), P Hyland for Copeland (55 mins), K Hyland for Tobin (60 mins), A Walsh for Matiasz (70 mins), A Buckley for Twomey (76 mins).
Referee:D Wilkinson (IRFU).
Women's Hockey/New blood for Muller:Gene Muller includes three uncapped players, goalkeeper Emma Gray, Niamh Small and former South African squad member Louisa Moore on his squad of 22 for Ireland's 10-day trip to South Africa next month, reports Mary Hannigan. They will play four matches against South Africa, in Stellenbosch and Cape Town, and two against the Dutch under-21 side.
IRISH SQUAD:E Stewart, S Quinn (both Armagh), B McKeever (Ballymoney), J McDonough (Belfast Harlequins), C O'Brien (Chelmsford), C Sargent, E Cregan (both Cork Harlequins), E Gray (Hermes), C McKean, L Healy, N Small, N Symmons (all Loreto), L Moore (unattached), E Harte, M Goode (both Pembroke Wanderers), C Parkhill, E Clarke, S McCay (all Randalstown), A Connery, J O'Halloran (both UCC), L Jacob, R Flinn (UCD).
Men's Hockey/Maguire hits back:Ireland opened their Four Nations tournament in Chile with a 1-1 draw against South Africa late on Monday night, reports Johnny Watterson.
South Africa went ahead in the Santiago heat on 16 minutes on their second corner after David Harte saved well from the first. This time Austin Smyth fired high into the net.
Ireland responded two minutes later when Phelie Maguire mis-trapped the corner delivery but made amends as his reverse stick effort took a slight deflection on its way to the net.
IRELAND: Harte, Brown, Lewers, Burns, Gormley, M. Black, Hobbs, Jermyn, Gleghorne, Magee, Irwin. Rolling subs: McCabe, Lewis, Cockram, Watt, Maguire.
Motor Sport/Hamilton's speed ban:Lewis Hamilton has been banned from driving in France after being caught speeding at 120mph, it was revealed yesterday.
The 22-year-old, who narrowly missed out on winning this year's Formula One championship, was given a one-month driving ban.
Hamilton's Mercedes was stopped by police near Laon doing 120mph, 40mph over the motorway speed limit, according to reports.
A spokesman for his McLaren racing team said: "McLaren were made aware that Lewis was stopped for speeding in France while driving in a private capacity."
