Debut try not enough

Romanian Mihai Vioreanu made his debut for DLSP in last night's Floodlit Cup quarter-final at Anglesea Road.

The World Cup full back, now practising medicine here, was one of two try scorers for De La Salle, who in the end were denied by a Dara Kearney score over on the left with 10 minutes remaining.

Scorers: Bective (J Bresnihan 3 pens, D Kearney try) De La Salle (M Vioreanu try, S O'Donnell try).

Bective: B Cunningham; D Jackson, D Lyons, J O'Donovan, D Kearney; J Bresnihan, B Free; B Crowley, J Carvill, P Kelly, J Oliver, B O'Connor, D Shaw, S Montgomery, P Hatton. Replacements: L Hoyne for Crowley (65 mins), J Caffrey for Kelly (65 mins), P Kelly jnr for O'Connor (65 mins), E Hogan for Carvill (75 mins).

DLSP: M Vioreanu; S Walsh, S Stephens, D McCabe, E Devitt; D Kelly, B Hogan; C Molloy, S Sarsfield, S Cullen, K Wheelock, E McCauley, D O'Toole, C Dempsey, P Werahiko. Replacements: S O'Donnell for Sarsfield (53 mins), J Bayleff for Hogan (31 mins).

Referee: J Breen (ARLB).

Floodlit Tournament (at Longford) - Cavan 20 (A Pratt try, E Moore try, G Johnston try, P O'Reilly con, pen), Mullingar 0.