It was an excellent evening for Munster, Edinburgh and Leinster in the PRO14 as they secured victories over Glasgow, Dragons and Southern Kings respectively.
Munster 21–10 Glasgow
Irish Independent Park
Ringing the changes from last week’s defeat to Cardiff, Munster coach Johann van Graan was aiming for a reaction from his squad for the visit of Glasgow. Tyler Bleyendaal’s early penalty set them on the right path, and a try midway through the half added to that nicely. It came following the TMO check, as he gave the thumbs up when a driving maul saw Niall Scannell credited. Conversion followed for a 10-point advantage. A further penalty before half-time gave van Graan’s men a 13-0 lead.
Warriors came out of the changing rooms better though, and got their first point through the boot of Adam Hastings. And that quickly followed with yet another try from George Horne. Lee Jones made the break before finding Horne on his shoulder, and he made the line to reduce the arrears back down to three.
But Munster didn’t let them any closer for the remainder of the night. Just a minute after conceding, the hosts had their second through James Cronin, with the TMO again going in the hosts favour. And with 20 minutes to go, the final points arrived with a Bleyendaal penalty safely securing the 21-10 win.
The scorers:
For Munster:
Tries: Scannell, Cronin
Conversion: Bleyendaal
Penalties: Bleyendaal 3
For Glasgow:
Try: Horne
Conversion: Hastings
Penalty: Hastings
Munster: 15 Simon Zebo, 14 Andrew Conway, 13 Sammy Arnold, 12 Dan Goggin, 11 Alex Wootton, 10 Tyler Bleyendaal, 9 James Hart, 8 Robin Copeland, 7 Chris Cloete, 6 Dave O’Callaghan, 5 Billy Holland (c), 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Stephen Archer, 2 Niall Scannell, 1 James Cronin
Replacements: 16 Rhys Marshall, 17 Dave Kilcoyne, 18 Brian Scott, 19 GerbrandtGrobler, 20 Jack O’Donoghue, 21 Duncan Williams, 22 Ian Keatley, 23 Calvin Nash
Glasgow: 15 Ruaridh Jackson, 14 Lee Jones, 13 Sam Johnson, 12 Brandon Thomson, 11 RatuTagive, 10 Adam Hastings, 9 George Horne, 8 Matt Fagerson, 7 Matt Smith (16), 6 Rob Harley (c), 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Kiran McDonald, 3 SiuaHalanukonuka, 2 James Malcolm, 1 Oli Kebble
Replacements: 16 Grant Stewart, 17 Alex Allan, 18 Zander Fagerson, 19 Lewis Wynne, 20 Chris Fusaro, 21 Henry Pyrgos, 22 Richie Vernon, 23 Niko Matawalu
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
Assistant referees: Andrea Piardi (Italy), Manuel Bottino (Italy)
TMO: Matteo Liperini (Italy)
Dragons 12–25 Edinburgh
Eugene Cross Park
Coming off the back of the impressive victory against Ulster last week, Edinburgh came into this one full of confidence. And an early Sam Hidalgo-Clyne kick put them into the ascendancy. The Scots were the better side and warranted the try that arrived on 24 minutes. A line-out was grasped by Lewis Carmichael, and the pack managed to force through Neil Cochrane with the extras following.
The 10-0 lead at the break quickly grew with a second try. Chris Dean found the line as he sprinted through to extend the advantage, though Dragons soon found themselves on the board. Their opening points arrived when Rynard Landman snuck inside the corner, Dorian Jones making it 7-15. And with 13 minutes left on the clock, they gave Edinburgh a huge scare with a second try. Landman had his second when Jones broke through and offloaded, with the deficit down to just three.
But the visitors weren’t willing to let it go and Duncan Weir was once again on hand to calm the nerves, finishing after the burst through from Nathan Fowles. The bonus point was secured right at the death, with Cameron Fenton driving through the Dragons defence for a 25-12 win.
The scorers:
For Dragons:
Tries: Landman 2
Conversion: Jones
For Edinburgh:
Tries: Cochrane, Dean, Weir, Fenton
Conversion: Hidalgo-Clyne
Penalty: Hidalgo-Clyne
Dragons: 15 Hallam Amos, 14 Rio Dyer, 13 Zane Kirchner, 12 Jack Dixon, 11 Jared Rosser, 10 Dorian Jones, 9 Charlie Davies, 8 Lewis Evans (c), 7 James Benjamin, 6 Aaron Wainwright, 5 Rynard Landman, 4 Joe Davies, 3 Leon Brown, 2 Liam Belcher, 1 Sam Hobbs
Replacements: 16 Ellis Shipp, 17 Gerard Ellis, 18 Lloyd Fairbrother, 19 Harri Keddie, 20 Ollie Griffiths, 21 Sarel Pretorius, 22 Connor Edwards, 23 Jarryd Sage
Edinburgh: 15 Dougie Fife, 14 Jason Harries, 13 James Johnstone, 12 Chris Dean, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Jaco van der Walt, 9 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, 8 Bill Mata, 7 John Hardie, 6 Magnus Bradbury, 5 Lewis Carmichael, 4 Fraser McKenzie (c), 3 Murray McCallum, 2 Neil Cochrane, 1 Jordan Lay
Replacements: 16 Cameron Fenton, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Elliot Millar-Mills, 19 Cornell du Preez, 20 Luke Crosbie, 21 Nathan Fowles, 22 Duncan Weir, 23 Junior Rasolea
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Kieran Barry (Ireland), Simon Rees (Wales)
Leinster 64–10 Southern Kings
RDS Arena
Having disappointed away from South Africa, Kings were up against it on this visit to the RDS. And it was a very long night for the long distance visitors.
Three minutes was all it took for the first try to come, Bryan Byrne getting the ball rolling. And there was to be no respite throughout the evening, with the second quickly following from Nick McCarthy. Kings had their only bit of action to cheer on 15 minutes, with a drive that saw Mike Willemse through. But only a minute or two later, Barry Daly got the third.
The bonus point was a guarantee and just 22 minutes had been played when Dave Kearney secured it, Kings already well and truly out of this one. Byrne got his second later in the half, but the standout moment came when debutant Ciaran Frawley marked his debut with the sixth try of the half, with Leinster taking a brutish 40-7 lead into the second half.
It’s difficult to know whether they slowed down after the break, though they did add 24 more points. It still took just seven minutes of the half for McCarthy to get his second try, with the beleaguered Kings reduced to 14 when Pieter Scholtz saw yellow.
James Lowe was next on the scoresheet with half an hour to play, with Daly following with his second. And the night was rounded off when Jordan Larmour brought up the double figures of tries, with Leinster rounding off a dominant night with a 64-10 win.
The scorers:
For Leinster:
Tries: Byrne 2, McCarthy 2, Daly 2, D Kearney, Frawley, Lowe, Larmour
Conversions: Frawley 7
For Kings:
Try: Willemse
Conversion: Du Toit
Yellow Card: Scholtz
Leinster: 15 Dave Kearney, 14 Barry Daly, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Isa Nacewa (c), 11 James Lowe, 10 Ciarán Frawley, 9 Nick McCarthy, 8 Max Deegan, 7 Will Connors, 6 Josh
Murphy, 5 Ian Nagle, 4 Mick Kearney, 3 Michael Bent, 2 Bryan Byrne, 1 Ed Byrne
Replacements: 16 James Tracy, 17 Peter Dooley, 18 Adam Coyle, 19 Ross Molony, 20 Peadar Timmins, 21 Jamison Gibson-Park, 22 Noel Reid, 23 Jordan Larmour
Kings: 15 Yaw Penxe, 14 Michael Makase, 13 BertonKlaasen, 12 LuzukoVulindlu, 11 Anthony Volmink, 10 Martin Du Toit, 9 Rowan Gouws, 8 AndisaNtsila, 7 Tienie Burger, 6 EitalBredenkamp, 5 Arthur de Wee, 4 Stephan Greeff, 3 Pieter Scholtz, 2 Michael Willemse, 1 Schalk Ferreira
Replacements: 16 Stephan Coetzee, 17 Johan Smith, 18 Luvuyo Pupuma, 19 LindokuhleWelemu, 20 RuaanLerm, 21 Juan-Philip Smith, 22 BenhardJanse van Rensburg, 23 Jacques Nel
Referee: Dan Jones (Wales)
Assistant referees: Rhys Thomas (Wales), Ken Imbusch (Ireland)
TMO: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
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