UCD forced to surrender

Clontarf sealed this match with three quick tries after the interval.

Turning over just 13-6 adrift, UCD must have thought they had a chance, but tries from number eight Ben Gissing and Alan Dignam set Clontarf up for victory. Right winger Daire Higgins scored shortly afterwards to put the matter beyond all doubt.

Clontarf opened the scoring with a powerful drive to give prop forward Adrian Clarke a try, however a spirited reply from UCD resulted in two penalties from outhalf Eoghan Hickey.

Clontarf's Higgins, who had been a threat all afternoon, scored his first try on the half hour and David O'Brien added a penalty.

Clontarf forced the issue after the break with those three tries, and O'Brien added two conversions for a 32-6 advantage.

UCD's Paddy Hickey-Dwyer crossed after Dermot O'Sullivan set him up, but they failed to profit from their pressure in the final quarter.

UCD: D O'Sullivan; P Bredin, S Moore, M Colling, S McCarron; E Hickey, R Sparks; M Moynagh, D Blaney, J Montgomery, P Callanan, C Keane, N Coughlan, T Carter, N Breslin. Subs: P Shanley for Keane (48 mins); A Carroll for Coughlan (53); P Hickey-Dwyer for Bredin (57); J Lane for Montgomery (77).

CLONTARF: D O'Brien; D Higgins, A Reddan, J Downey, O Winchester; M Woods, M Walls; T Foucher, M Kennedy, A Clarke, D Moore, A Wood, A Dignam, D Quinn, B Gissing. Subs: D Sheehan for Moore (51 mins); P Lynn for Quinn (57); G Kavanagh for Walls (74).

Referee: L Mayne (Munster branch).