The Leinster (Under-18) Clubs team, sponsored by Nivea for Men, defeated Munster 15-13 in Waterpark on Saturday afternoon…
Out-half Liam Bourke scored ten points, including a 41st minute try after four phases of play, while New Ross winger Kevin Burke also touched down in the corner, which Navan’s Bourke converted, which proved to be the decisive score in a pulsating contest.
*The Leinster (Under-18) Clubs team next face Ulster in Donnybrook next Saturday (KO: 1pm)
LEINSTER SCORERS: L. Bourke (1 try, 1 penalty, 1 conversion), K. Burke 1 try
LEINSTER (UNDER-18):
15: Eoin Stynes (Co. Carlow)
14: Kevin Burke (New Ross) / Daire Dalton (Navan) 70
13: Kieran Butler (New Ross)
12: Thomas Daly (Co. Carlow)
11: David Fennell (Tullamore)
10: Liam Bourke (Navan)
9: Finnbar McGowan (Longford)
1: Peter Dooley (Birr)
2: Dewi Harrison (Barnhall)
3: Luke Sheridan (Greystones)
4: Daragh Curran (Ashbourne)
5: Aidan Sherlock (Skerries)
6: Akhlaque Khan (Navan) / Naoise Dunbar (Enniscorthy) 68
7: Paul Maxwell (Mullingar)
8: Eoghan Masterson (Portlaoise) CAPTAIN
REPLACEMENTS NOT USED: Darragh Mink (Navan), Josh O’Rourke (De la Salle Palmerston), John Sheridan (Navan), Luke Peppard (Mullingar), Adam Byrne (Naas)
COACH: Eric Miller
ASSISTANT COACH: Dan van Zyl
MANAGER: Patrick Keena
CONDITIONING COACH: Eugene McEntaggart
PHYSIO: Ian McGovern
BAGMAN: Noel Ferguson
