Interlopers Terenure ready to roll with Cork Con, Clontarf and Lansdowne all back in the final-four mix
Terenure and Lansdowne kick off at 4.30pm in Lakelands Park where Luke Clohessy will feature for the home side. Photograph: Leah Scholes/Inphoseason, namely semi-final day across all five divisions. Not since 2016-17 — when Lansdowne, Clontarf and Young Munster finished level on 58 points, with Cork Con just a point behind in fourth — have the top quartet been so tightly bunched.
As both semi-finals will be televised live on Irish Rugby TV, Terenure and Lansdowne kick-off at 4.30pm in Lakelands Park and having won their last dozen matches in a row they will be favourites in front of a huge home crowd. Terenure beat Lansdowne by 20-18 in the semi-finals two seasons ago, and by 24-23 at home in November before completing a double with a 27-20 win on the Aviva back pitch in February. They showed more attacking variety, although Lansdowne have been a potent all-round side this season.
Full-back Rob Hedderman, tight-head Luke Masters and openside Ronan O’Sullivan return for Con, while ‘Tarf, although they’ve lost four of their last eight, have been strengthened by the return of Noah Sheridan at fullback, Ben Murphy at 9, lock Josh Murphy and flanker JJ O’Dea.
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