Lansdowne - 17 St Mary's College - 14: St Mary's suffered their fourth defeat in a row on Saturday at Lansdowne Road. Barry Lynn hit two penalties within three minutes as half-time approached, but then Lansdowne woke up and a great drive from a lineout gave prop, Colm McMahon, the chance to surge over.

Alan McGowan put Lansdowne ahead with a penalty after the break, but Barry Lynn replied with a penalty five minutes later. Lansdowne's pack then called the tune. McGowan landed three penalties to leave the home side 17-9 ahead.

The sin binning - five for Lansdowne and two for St Mary's - left Lansdowne with just 12 men at the final whistle, and, at 13 men St Mary's scrumhalf Colm McPhillips crossed for an try to salvage a bonus point for St Mary's.

Scoring sequence: 26 mins: B Lynn pen 0-3; 29 mins: B Lynn pen 0-6; 34 mins: C McMahon try 5-6; 41 mins: A McGowan pen 8-6; 46 mins: B Lynn pen 8-9; 52 mins: A McGowan pen 11-9; 61 mins: A McGowan pen 14-9; 66 mins: A McGowan pen 17-9; 79 mins: C McPhillips try 17-14;

LANSDOWNE: B Doherty; R Dolan, B Geraghty, D Quigley, F Baynes; A McGowan, S Whelan; C McMahon, A Ronan, E Bohan, B Cusack, G Quinn, S Rooney, S O'Connor, C Pratt. Replacements: S O'Donovan for Whelan 60 mins, A McKeen for McMahon 60 mins, C McMahon for Bohan 80 mins.

ST MARY'S COLLEGE: D Hughes; J Norton, K Lewis, G Gannon, J McWeeney; B Lynn, C McPhillips; J O'Connor, M Duggan, P Tucker, E Keane, G Logan, A McCarthy, M Brown, K Jennings.

Referee: S Flannery (Munster Branch).