All-Ireland League/ UL Bohemian 32 Dolphin 10: UL Bohemian have the chance to erase the bitter memories of last season's All-Ireland League Division Two final defeat after overcoming Dolphin in their semi-final clash at Thomond Park yesterday.
UL Bohemian produced a stirring final quarter performance, which yielded three unanswered tries, to set up a final meeting with St Mary's College at Lansdowne Road on Saturday next.
UL Bohemian led 10-0 at half-time but Dolphin hit back strongly in the third quarter to draw level.
UL Bohemian upped their performance and tries from Cillian O'Boyle, Martin McPhail and replacement John Ed O'Connor steered them to victory.
UL BOHEMIAN: I Hanley; K Matthews, C Finn, M McPhail, C O'Boyle; B Martin, A Rees; M Storey, G Ryan, K Flanagan; B Madigan, A Hartigan; A O'Gorman (capt), P van Esbeck, J O'Neill. Replacements: M Butler for Hanley, F Lawlor for Matthews, D Fitzgerald for Martin, R Hartigan for O'Neill, J E O'Connor for van Esbeck, F Leonard for Ryan, M Harty for Flanagan.
DOLPHIN: D O'Mahony; L Twomey, C Healy, M Manning, D Keeshan; J O'Mahony, J Purcell; J O'Sullivan, D Blower, M Powell; R McGrath, J Fitzgerald; G Finn, D Murphy, J Coughlan (capt). Replacements: G O'Keeffe for Twomey, P Farragher for Fitzgerald, R Abbott for Blower.
Referee: A McKay (Ulster).
