THERE were a couple of good weekend wins by local teams in Division 1A of the AIL.
A last minute penalty from ice-cool Shane O’Leary earned Young Munster a 16-13 away win at Ballynahinch. Aidan Shortall scored the visitors’ try and O’Leary converted, and kicked three penalties.
Shannon moved out of the relegation zone thanks to a late penalty try which gave them a 14-13 win against bottom side Dublin University at Thomond Park. The visitors led 10-0 at half time. Jack O’Donnell got Shannon’s opening try and Mike Cooke converted.
In 1B, Garryowen defeated Buccaneers 14-0 to move up to sixth a point behind Highfield. Kelvin Langan and Kyle Read scored first half tries for The Light Blues and Jack Delaney converted both.
In 2B, a couple of tries from influential Darragh O’Gorman and one by Joe Johnson helped UL Bohemian to a 17-10 away win at Navan. Harry Byrne kicked one conversion.
Old Crescent suffered a 6-20 home defeat to Cashel.
In 2C, a last minute try from Rob Browne earned Bruff a big 14-10 away win at Tullamore to keep them in the promotion race. Paul Collins scored Bruff’s other try and he also converted both.
In the Women’s All-Ireland League UL Bohemian remain in first place after they received a walk over from Wicklow.
