Both sides combined effectively throughout, despite the numerous positional and personal changes.

Second row Devin Toner, full back Robert Kearney (2) and number eight Ron Boucher touched down for out-half Jonathan Sexton to add the points to three of them for a 26-7 lead at the break.

The Possibles may have been well in arrears, but they kept playing their patterns and were rewarded with tries from Brian McGovern in the first-half.

Marcus McAllister and Fionn Carr, as replacement Conor Gildea, maintained the Probables stranglehold with a sharp try in the last quarter.

Scorers:

Probables: R Kearney 2 tries, con; R Boucher, D Toner, C Gildea try each; J Sexton 3 cons.

Possibles: M McAllister, B McGovern, F Carr try each; C O'Daly 2 cons.

PROBABLES: R Kearney (Clongowes); M Kavanagh (Blackrock), E Flanagan (Castleknock), J Harris-Wright (Pres Bray), K Barden (Belvedere); J Sexton (St Mary's), M D’Arcy (High School); Gary Walsh (Blackrock), G O’Meara (St Mary's), P Collins (Templeogue), C McInerney (St Mary's), D Toner (Castleknock), D Laffan (Blackrock), P O’Meara (Clongowes), R Boucher (CBC Monkstown). Replac

POSSIBLES: F Kearney (St. Michael's); F Carr (Newbridge), M McAllister (Belvedere), C O'Donoghue (King's Hospital), C Delaney (Castleknock), C O’Daly (Blackrock), B O’Neill (Belvedere); B McGovern (St Mary's), E Mullen (Castleknock), R Burke-Flynn (St Michael's), C Doyle (Newbridge), R Dever (Templeogue), P Foley (St Michael's), S Young (King's Hospital), D O’Reilly (Blackrock).

RESERVES USED: D Nyhan (Blackrock), J Finnegan (St Mary's), C Gildea (Terenure), R Vij (Terenure), T O’Kane (St Gerard's), B Kennedy (Belvedere), D Keane (Belvedere), Z Desmond (St Gerard's), H Lacey (Belvedere).

Referee: D Woods, Leinster Branch.