UCD 30 - 24 Bucanneers
The pre-match lunch held before the AIB League match against Buccaneers was very successful and well attended. Club President, Tom Kavanagh, was joined by seventeen of his predecessors.
The attendants were then treated to a fine second half display where tries from Conor Quinn and Cian Aherne and a 10-point kicking contribution from Fergus McFadden helped UCD prevail at Belfield.
McFadden and Ian McKinley chipped in with first half tries for the students, who are now up to 11th in the table. A disappointing Buccs managed to lead by 14-12 at half-time thanks to converted tries from Sean Carey and Danny Riordan.
And while UCD were able to move 30-19 ahead, tries from Conor O'Loughlin and Kolo Kiripati ultimately handed the visitors two bonus points.
However UCD claimed a bonus point of their own and on the back of last weeks win against Clontarf were happy to take the deserved win.
Click on images to enlarge and for slideshow. Photos courtesy Tom Devaney.