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Under-21s too good for depleted Leinster

Representative Match/Ireland U21s 31 Leinster A 10: The Ireland Under-21s outscored Leinster A four tries to two to win a competitive…

Fri Jan 12 2007 - 00:00

Representative Match/Ireland U21s 31 Leinster A 10:The Ireland Under-21s outscored Leinster A four tries to two to win a competitive clash 31-10 at Dubarry Park yesterday.

The Irish side took their tries smartly through Ulster's Niall O'Connor and Darren Cave, Leinster's Shane Monahan and Connacht's Andrew Browne. Ian Keatley converted three and kicked a penalty, with O'Connor adding the other conversion.

Vasya Artemiev impressed with a try for a depleted Leinster A whose other score came from replacement Robin Copeland.

IRELAND UNDER-21(Leinster unless stated): F Jones; S Monahan, K Earls (Munster), A Wynne (Connacht), C Bruce (Ulster); I Keatley, P O'Donohoe; C Healy, R Sweeney, J Hagan, C McInerney, A Browne (Connacht), K Sheehan, T O'Donnell (Munster), S O'Brien.

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LEINSTER A:F Carr; M Berne, E O'Malley, N Ronan, V Artemiev; B Collins, D Coughlan; J Lyne, C Culleton, P Doran-Jones, A Byrnes, D Toner, D Laffan, Z Farivarz, D Dillon.

Referee:A Rogan (IRFU).