Our Development XV had a huge 57-5 road-win over Oughterard on Sunday and have closed the gap on Corinthians and Ballyhaunis at the top of the J1C table.

Ballina (on 20 points) are now just three points adrift of Corinthians (23) after both have completed six rounds of games. Separating them at the top of league are Ballyhaunis (22) who have seven games played.

A notable feature of the campaign is that Ballina have outscored everyone in the league by at least 40 points while also enjoying the best scoring difference of +129.

Congratulations to everyone involved.