WINGER SAM COGHLAN-MURRAY was the try-scoring star for Leinster A as they thrashed Leeds Carnegie 44-17 at Donnybrook.
Leinster were 6-0 up after two Cathal Marsh penalties in the opening 12 minutes. Coghlan-Murray got over for his first try after 15 minutes and Marsh landed a fine conversion.
The Leeds responses came in the paltry form of a John Bentley penalty before Leinster’s Luke McGrath stretched his side’s lead with a line-break and score. Coghlan-Murray added his second after the break and, with Marsh converting, the lead was 27-3.
Marsh knocked over a penalty before Darragh Fanning steamed through to the delight of the home support. Leeds registered two quick tries to give them a glimmer of hope that was stamped upon as Brendan Macken intercepted outside his 22 and sprinted in his team’s fifth try.
We are gonna need a bigger trophy cabinet. Gotta leave some space for the Pro12 trophy next week too. Allez les Bleus!
No guarantees against a very capable Glasgow side…..
True, but it’s easy to be smart after the fact. Much more fun to take the risk and back your team beforehand and take your medicine if things go awry.
Great news. Sure Leinster hardly need any durty furreigners with these lads comin through
The quality is there, undoubtedly but I question whether O’Connor will utilise it. His incorporation of youths last season was quite bad, in particular, that of McGrath and Coghlan-Murray. But credit where credit is due, he handled Noel Reid well this season.
I’m still ambivalent about O’Connor but this is, by far, my biggest qualm with his management.
O’Connor wasn’t around last season…
Those knits are well and truly being picked. G’man.
Hope the Kearneys weren’t boring BOD too much! Well done to the As!
Well done lads, some good quality there who will definitely be big players in the first team. Roll on next Saturday.
Give the Leinster job to Connor O’Shea or Girvan Dempsey! Give Mark McCall the Keys to Ravenhill and with Foley a Munster legend and Pat Lam from Roscommon we’ll have 4 top top quality indigenous head coaches in our provinces!!!
Would like to see Dempsey as backs coach next season, with the aim of having a Dempsey/Cullen coaching team in 2/3 years. Maybe with BOD as backs coach!
Excuse my ignorance but what competition is this?
British & Irish Cup – Irish provincial A squads, England first division sides, Welsh premier league sides and Scottish teams (not sure which Scottish reams were in it)
Has Coghlan Murray ever played 13,? Serious pace and fantastic at changing direction
Coughlin-Murray is a serious talent, as are Luke McGrath and Cathal Marsh. Lots of players impressed me though. I thought for the first time as long as I’ve seen him, Quinn Roux had a seriously physical game and put in some shuddering hits. I don’t know if this is his level or if he can bring that through to the senior team, but I think he’s an underrated player who could be a real diamond in the rough.