Munster hang on for victory

Munster defeated Leinster 20-18 in Saturday's under-21 interprovincial at Thomond Park.

Munster were leading 20-13 as the game drifted into injury-time, but then James Downey scored in the corner leaving Andrew Tallon with the touchline conversion to level the match.

Tallon, who had earlier kicked a conversion and two penalties, was wide of the mark.

Conrad O'Sullivan kicked four penalties for Munster, Gerry Quaid dropped a goal and Frank Murphy scored a try.

Munster had led 6-0 at half-time.

MUNSTER: E Cahill; N McNamara, K Matthews, C O'Sullivan, F O'Loughlin; C Quaid, F Murphy; P Smith, C Tucker, J Danaher, A Laffan, J Murphy, F Cogan, D Leamy, S Keogh. Replacements: P Treacy for McNamara, S O'Connor for Laffan, D O'Neill for Cogan.

LEINSTER: B Burke; P Costelloe, B Lynn, J Downey, C McPhillips; A Tallon, B O'Riordan; J Lyne, K Corrigan, J Keogh, R Bolger, C Davis, A Kelly, R Connolly, M Carroll. Replacements: B Moran for Keogh, S Abbott for Davis, N Ronan for Kelly.

Referee: P Roche (Munster).

David Clark has been reinstated as head coach of Canada - nearly four months after being fired one year into a three-year contract.

The Rugby Canada board controversially dismissed Clark on August 1st, citing a lack of confidencein his abilities.

But the board have now admitted that there were insufficient reasons for their sacking of Clark.