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The Munster Colleges team who were defeated by Leinster Colleges on Tuesday
Leinster Colleges Defeat Munster Counterparts
19 December 2007, 12:50 pm
By Trish Drinan
Leinster Colleges team claimed their third Provincial title by defeating Munster Colleges in the final of the Treasury Holdings interprovincial championship at Monkstown FC yesterday.
Leinsters first try was scored in the fifth minute by winger Darragh Fanning and quickly converted by Brian Collins.  Aiden Tobin opened the Munster sheet with a drop goal in the eight minute.  Three penalties were awarded, two to Leinster and one to Munster in the following ten minutes, with one successful score to Leinster.
In the twenty fourth minute Leinster extended their lead to 15 points to 3 points with David Rowan going for a try.

In the final minutes of the first half, 2nd row David Carley scored for Leinster leaving the score at half time 20 points to six..

Munster went into the 2nd half with greater vigour an quickly followed Jonathan Molloys try with two tries- one by Alan Lynch and Keith Mathiasz.

The final score was Leinster 30 Munster 16

Teams
Leinster
P De Barra (IT Carlow), David Rowan (IADT), Craig Morrin (IT Tallaght),
Mick OShea (Garda College), Darragh Fanning (IT Tallaght), Brian Collins (IT Blanchardstown), Kris Green (CDVEC), Stephan Snell (NCI), Alex OSullivan (IADT), Jonathan Molloy (ITT), Damien Carley (IT Carlow), Barry Holmes, John Downey (DLVEC), Dan Kenny, Donagh OShea (IT Carlow)
Subs used
Kieran Hyland for Richard O Sullivan, Kevin Lynch for Alex Mackessy, Kieran Hoqwlin for Aiden Tobin, Anthony Walshe for Alan Guiry

Munster
Niall Horgan (CSN), David Joyce (WIT), Ciaran Naughton(WIT), Richard O Sullivan (Tralee IT), Alan Mackessy (CIT), Aiden Tobin (CIT), Paddy Hyland (WIT), David Copeland (UL), Keith Mathiasz (LIT), Alan Guiry (LIT), John Gilmartin (Garda), Dave Barry (Garda), Stephan Melbourne (LIT), Darren Twomney, Paul Murphy (CIT),
Substitutes used
Joe Gorman for Alex O Sullivan, Shane Cahill for Jonathan Molloy, Robert Smith for Dan Kenny, John Daver for John Dowling, John Walker for Damien Carley, Sami Dowling,  Darragh Fanning

 
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