Mount Temple produced a rock-solid performance in the second half to defeat Marian College at Newpark yesterday.

Leading by two points at the break, Mount Temple withstood a Marian onslaught to hold on to their advantage in a scoreless second half. Temple's Andy Coggin crossed after a minute with Marian responding through a David Og Kennedy try. Keith Ellis and Caoilainn Murphy then traded tries before Darragh Ffrench scored the winning try.

Mount Temple: D Moore; D Butterly, S Jones, K O'Mahony, A Coggin; I Kelly, T Casey; K Ellis, J Fitzachary, D Ffrench; N Fitzell, C Cummins; N Leonard, M Finglas, J Adams. Replacements: D Milne for Fitzell 33 mins, T O'Mahony for Leonard 58 mins and A Louth for Coggin 69 mins.

Marian: J Costello; C Murphy, B Egan, C Connolly, D Og Kennedy; G Kavanagh, G Jones; D O'Reilly, T Fitzpatrick, G McDonald; D Kearney, S Yuen; B O'Shea, A Whelan, T Keating. Replacements: N Murphy for McDonald 45 mins, G Glennon for Kavanagh 54 mins.