The slow start resulted in the concession of 8 points: a penalty and a try, before Lansdowne started to play some coherent rugby. A Brian Fingleton try, scored from close range,  following some good work by Anthony Priest, Owen Myers, and Manus O'Sullivan closed the gap to 8-5 at the half time break. Lansdowne continued to escalate the intensity in the second half; however, they were initially unable to break the Union defense down in a series of tap penalties close to the line.

The first score of the second half came following a kick and chase and a bungled effort on the part of the Union defense to clear the ball. This allowed, out-half, Jonny Coughlan to touch down under the posts for a converted try. Lansdowne continued to employ an effective kicking game which was augmented by good line-out play and some strong running by Jason Kelly and Blake Mannion in the centers. The second Lansdowne try of the half came via Jonny Coughlan following a blocked kick on his opposite number. The conversion brought the score to 17-8 in favor of Lansdowne. Union were able to pull a penalty back late in the game to narrow Lansdowne's margin of victory to 17-11.

In the second game, the Lansdowne B team struggled to compete with a Union team composed primarily of  A team players. However, the play of the day was an unexpectedly long distance try from prop Tom Knudsen who, in the process, employed a dummy pass that a backline player would be proud of.