O'Riordan on target

Twenty minutes of dynamic rugby, 10 minutes either side of halftime, turned this All-Ireland League Division Two encounter on its head at Lansdowne Road last night.

Wanderers started well and conjured up a third minute try for number eight Bobby Baggot and followed up with an Eric Olazabal penalty in the 16th minute.

But DLSP out-half Dave O'Riordan made Wanderers pay for their poor defence by converting two tries from centre, Mark Cunningham, and replacement wing Conor Cadogan. Also, he kicked a penalty just before the half-time whistle. O'Riordan continued where he left off with a 43rd minute penalty and was on target again after Bruce Wood's try that was the result of straight driving by the forwards. This gave DLSP a 27-8 lead and it was more than enough to hold Wanderers' late rally.

Wanderers: D Finnegan; C Leahy, N Osborne, L Mahon, P Gleeson; E Olazabal, M Mahon; R Cole, B Cantrell, A Roberts, T Magee, J O'Callaghan, N Culliton, E Delreux, B Baggot. Replacements: D Hanlon for Roberts (49 mins), C Cronin for Delreux (62 mins), G Spivack for L Mahon (73 mins).

Dlsp: D McCabe; J Corr, S Stephens, M Cunningham, R Garvey; D O'Riordan, B Hogan; K Condren, S Hayes, C O'Molloy, K Wheelock, P McDonnell, B Wood, P Sheridan, P Werahiko. Replacements: C Cadogan for Cole (29 mins), A Toher for Sheridan, S Cullen for O Molloy, (both 60 mins).

Referee: T Redmond, ARLB.