CELTIC CUP
DRAGONS A turned on style to pick up their first win in the Celtic Cup with a 36-10 triumph over Munster A at Rodney Parade.
Pipped in Galway by Connacht Eagles on the opening weekend, they swept aside their visitors.
The Dragons conjured up four tries before the break. Centre Connor Edwards raced to the posts for the opening try and exMunster Academy player James McCarthy got the next. Props Josh Reynolds and Luke Yendle powered over to make it 24-3 with 17 minutes played.
The floodgates re-opened in the second half as wing Rio Dyer and scrum-half Dan Babos made it six tries for the Dragons. Munster hit back with a corner try from full-back Rob Hedderman while the home side had flanker Ben Fry in the sin-bin.
Scarlets A were buried under an avalanche of eight tries in Dublin as they fell to their second successive defeat. Leinster were irrepressible as they sped to a 5012 triumph at Donnybrook
Hot on the heels of their 47-28 win over Cardiff Blues, Leinster bagged three tries in the first half through Jack Kelly, Mark Hernan and Niall Comerford to lead 21-0. The Scarlets at least came up with two tries of their own in the second half to save their blushes.
Joe Miles and Kallum Evans crossed the home line and Ioan Hughes added a conversion.
But the tries kept flowing from the home side. Michael Milne crossed within a minute of the re-start and Ronan Foley and Paddy McKenzie, who also kicked five conversions, both got on the scoresheet. Jack Foley and Commerford each got a second.
Connacht Eagles made it back-to-back wins over Welsh opposition as they ran in five tries to beat the Ospreys 40-19 in Bridgend. Two early penalties from Conor Dean gave them a great start and lock Niall Murray crossed for the first try.
Dean’s conversion made it 13 points in 15 minutes before the Ospreys hit back with a Joe Grabham try that Gwyn Parks improved. The home fightback continued as wing George Gasson crossed to cut the gap to a point. But Connacht proved too strong.
Ulster A beat Cardiff Blues A 32-5. The hosts were 11-0 up at the break with Bruce Houston kicking penalties either side of a Ross Adair try.
Ulster added three more tries in the second period, with Dale Stuckey grabbing a late consolation score for the Blues.