Six players scored six tries to hint at Lansdowne's all round superiority over hosts Old Belvedere in this Smithwicks floodlit cup semi-final at Anglesea last night.
Tries from Rory Kearns and international prop Reggie Corrigan were the main instruments of Lansdowne's 15-5 half-time lead.
Kearns struck a penalty conversion in that half and ended up with a tally of 18 points.
He converted the four second-half tries from Liam Toland, Nicholas Albertz, Stephen O'Connor and Shane McEntee.
They sucked Belvedere in and released to the wide men Marcus Dillon and Albertz with telling effect and when Belvedere's line of defence became too thin they rampaged through the middle with hooker, Paul Grimes and Corrigan prominent.
They now go on to face Clontarf in next week's final.
Scorers: Lansdowne - R Kearns try, pen, five cons. N ALbertz R Corrigan S McEntee, S O'Connor, L Toland, try each. Old Belvedere - S Cleeve try, con, R Brown, D Shanley try each. D Martin con.
Lansdowne: R Kearns; M Gillen, D O'Mahony, N Gunne, N ALbertz; B Glennon, R Walker; R Corrigan, P Grimes, E Bohan, G Fulcher, G Quinn, S Rooney, S McEntee, C McEntee. Replacements: L Toland for C McEntee 4 mins. S O'Connor for Rooney 40 mins. C Egan for Grimes 48 mins. Temp. I Murphy for Walker 54 mins.
Old Belvedere: S Cleeve; D McHugh, D Shanley, R Monaghan, R Browne; D Martin, D Ward; M Carroll, C Tytherleigh, George Fusco, M Henderson, C Gleeson, H McDonnell, S Walsh, G White. Replacements: M McLoughlin for White 33 mins. A Ronan for Tytherleigh 54 mins. F Meagan for McHugh 61 mins. P Kilduff for Martin 53 mins.
Referee: T Redmond (ARLB)
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