Garryowen ran in five tries and scored 19 points from the boot of Conor Kilroy to easily see off Dublin University 44-6 at a sunny Dooradoyle.
Left winger Kilroy kicked eight from eight – converting all five of the Limerick side’s tries and landing three penalties – as Paul Cunningham’s men moved to second in the table.
The visitors led 6-0 as the first half neared its end. Fly-half Donal Crotty (16 minutes) and his replacement Johnny Watt (30) both clipped over penalties.
Garryowen, who started with Munster’s Rob Henderson at inside centre, were back level by half-time, however. Kilroy slotted a brace of penalties on 36 and 42 minutes from the left and right flanks.
The try-blitz started seven minutes into the second half when flanker Anthony Kavanagh was on the end of a backline move out right. Kilroy converted and kicked a third penalty before scrum-half Cillian O’Boyle touched down.
O’Boyle’s 21-year-old twin brother, Ciaran, then bagged two late tries as flanker Paul Neville topped off the scoring in injury-time with Garryowen’s fifth. Kilroy converted each try for a 19-point haul.
