Belvedere Lead Tight League Table

Old Belvedere sit atop the Energia All-Ireland League Division 1A table on Friday. The club holds the lead by just four points over Constitution. Both teams have played three matches. No team in the division remained unbeaten after the first three rounds.

Belvedere moved to first place following an 11-7 victory over Clontarf. They hosted that match at home. Constitution sits in ninth place with one win and two losses. They lost their last game away to UCD.

Constitution manager Emmet McMahon made four changes for the upcoming match. George Good returns to the hooker position. Sean Duffy starts in the second row. Evan Clarke comes in at outside centre, and Bobby O’Callaghan takes the wing. Belvedere recalled Australian lock Jay Legg. Gerry Hill moves to blindside flanker, and Ariel Robles starts on the right wing.

Terenure hosts UCD at Lakelands Park. Terenure sits in second place, and UCD is third. Terenure won its last game against St Mary’s. The club gives Oliver Coffey his debut. Coffey is a former Blackrock SCT captain and Leinster academy scrumhalf. UCD made four changes for this match. Michael Colreavy and Andrew McGauran join the backrow. Daragh Gilbourne and Leinster player Andrew Osborne start on the wing.

UCD has three wins and one loss. Their only defeat came away to Clontarf, where they conceded 60 points. Terenure has won the last 10 meetings against UCD. The previous season ended with a 17-15 win for Terenure in the final rounds of home games.

Old Wesley hosts St Mary’s in fifth and sixth places, respectively. The teams are separated by one point. Rian Handley starts at hooker for Old Wesley. Ben Popplewell takes the prop position. St Mary’s recall Michael Icely to the backrow. Clontarf hosts Ballynahinch in fourth and tenth places. Harry Goslin starts at tighthead. Fionn Gilbert and Paul Deeny return to the secondrow. Jackson Bevan joins the backrow, and Noah Sheridan starts on the wing.

Young Munster welcomes Lansdowne at Tom Clifford Park. Young Munster is eighth, and Lansdowne is ninth. Christian Foley starts in the frontrow for Young Munster. Fionn O’Meara replaces Evan O’Connell, who is on Munster duty. Oisin Minogue starts in the backrow. For Lansdowne, Sean Dunne replaces George Morris at loosehead. Oisin Devitt enters the midfield in place of Cormac Foley, who is on Leinster duty.