Enniscorthy produced another sparkling performance again on Saturday beating the home team Buccaneers 33-26. They continued where they left off from their thrilling victory last week beating Rainey.
Aided by a strongish wind they laid siege on the home teams 22 for most of the opening 15 minutes and were rewarded after just 8mins when the 1st try came after a sequence of picking and driving eventually a neat kick through by Graham Barry into space was picked up by James Doyle who scored under the posts. Conal Kervick added the conversion. However, the home team responded almost immediately when the attacked right from the drop off to punish Enniscorthy down the right after they appeared to switch off after a high tackle resulted in them taking the penalty quickly and Tom Shine scored in the corner with Bucs out half Gearoid McDonald kicking a fine conversion into the wind.
Enniscorthy were dealt a blow on the 15th minute when their experienced front row forward MJ Doyle went off with a knee injury. He was replaced by Isaac Kearney who had an outstanding debut and a young man that is doing his Leaving Cert this year. To be fair this loss didn’t upset Enniscorthy who came storming back and the 2nd try came in the 25th minute. They were pummelling the Buccaneers line but the home team turned over the ball and tried to run it out of under their own posts the alert Ivan Jacob intercepted the pass to score under the posts with Kervick adding the conversion for a 14 -7 lead.
Enniscorthy scored their 3rd try in the 32nd minute. A kick through by Conal Kervick just missed the grasp of Ivan Jacob down the right form the resulting pressure Lee Tracey crossed the whitewash from close in and with Kervick adding the conversion Enniscorthy had built what looked like an unassailable lead 21-7.
The home team however threw a spanner in that dream when they scored just on the stroke of half time and it looked like a switch off in Enniscorthy’s defence and Sam Meecham scored the try with McDonald adding the conversion to but a different look on the half time scoreboard.21-14. The opening 15 minutes of the 2nd half was very tight but the home team scored their 3rd try Tom Cotton scoring in the left corner but surprisingly McDonald pushed his conversion to the right of the post and Enniscorthy still were leading 21-19 and it was now game on.
20minutes into the 2nd half Nick Doyle made a brilliant 40-meter break which eventually result in an Enniscorthy line out inside the Buccaneers 22. The subsequent line out was won by Enniscorthy who took the ball down and drove towards the try line with Davy Murphy getting the vital touchdown Kidd who had come on for Conal Kervick missed the conversion. 5 minutes later the decisive score came when Jack Kelly made a superb break 50 meter break up the left touchline and when it looked like he might go the whole way himself he was caught by Dylan Duffy but scrumhalf Fiacre Hourihane was in support and he touched down under the posts and with Kidd adding the conversion Enniscorthy had now pushed the lead out to 33-19.
The home team however did not go away and they scored their 4th try 7 minutes from time when their wing Tom Shine beating the cover defence to score and with McDonald adding the conversion it meant a nervy finish for the visitors but Enniscorthy held on for the deserved win. It was again an excellent team performance with Tony Ryan and James Doyle to the fore ably assisted by Davy Murphy and Timmy Morrissey. Isak Kearney only 18 produced a massive performance after coming off the bench so much so that he was awarded the Man of the Match trophy. Fiacre Hourihane, Jack Kelly, Graham Barry and Nick Doyle were the pick of the backs.
Team: MJ Doyle (Isak Kearney 14mins), Davy Murphy (Micky McVeigh 66min). Scott O’Connor, Tomas Stamp (Marco Byrne 56min), Timmy Morrissey, Lee Treacy, Tony Ryan, James Doyle, Fiacre Hourihane, Conal Kervick (Ben Kidd 60mins), Ivan Jacob, Graham Barry, Ryhan Whelan, Jack Kelly.
Next Game March 21st Enniscorthy vs Skerries Alcast Park 2.30pm
Aided by a strongish wind they laid siege on the home teams 22 for most of the opening 15 minutes and were rewarded after just 8mins when the 1st try came after a sequence of picking and driving eventually a neat kick through by Graham Barry into space was picked up by James Doyle who scored under the posts. Conal Kervick added the conversion. However, the home team responded almost immediately when the attacked right from the drop off to punish Enniscorthy down the right after they appeared to switch off after a high tackle resulted in them taking the penalty quickly and Tom Shine scored in the corner with Bucs out half Gearoid McDonald kicking a fine conversion into the wind.
Enniscorthy were dealt a blow on the 15th minute when their experienced front row forward MJ Doyle went off with a knee injury. He was replaced by Isaac Kearney who had an outstanding debut and a young man that is doing his Leaving Cert this year. To be fair this loss didn’t upset Enniscorthy who came storming back and the 2nd try came in the 25th minute. They were pummelling the Buccaneers line but the home team turned over the ball and tried to run it out of under their own posts the alert Ivan Jacob intercepted the pass to score under the posts with Kervick adding the conversion for a 14 -7 lead.
Enniscorthy scored their 3rd try in the 32nd minute. A kick through by Conal Kervick just missed the grasp of Ivan Jacob down the right form the resulting pressure Lee Tracey crossed the whitewash from close in and with Kervick adding the conversion Enniscorthy had built what looked like an unassailable lead 21-7.
The home team however threw a spanner in that dream when they scored just on the stroke of half time and it looked like a switch off in Enniscorthy’s defence and Sam Meecham scored the try with McDonald adding the conversion to but a different look on the half time scoreboard.21-14. The opening 15 minutes of the 2nd half was very tight but the home team scored their 3rd try Tom Cotton scoring in the left corner but surprisingly McDonald pushed his conversion to the right of the post and Enniscorthy still were leading 21-19 and it was now game on.
20minutes into the 2nd half Nick Doyle made a brilliant 40-meter break which eventually result in an Enniscorthy line out inside the Buccaneers 22. The subsequent line out was won by Enniscorthy who took the ball down and drove towards the try line with Davy Murphy getting the vital touchdown Kidd who had come on for Conal Kervick missed the conversion. 5 minutes later the decisive score came when Jack Kelly made a superb break 50 meter break up the left touchline and when it looked like he might go the whole way himself he was caught by Dylan Duffy but scrumhalf Fiacre Hourihane was in support and he touched down under the posts and with Kidd adding the conversion Enniscorthy had now pushed the lead out to 33-19.
The home team however did not go away and they scored their 4th try 7 minutes from time when their wing Tom Shine beating the cover defence to score and with McDonald adding the conversion it meant a nervy finish for the visitors but Enniscorthy held on for the deserved win. It was again an excellent team performance with Tony Ryan and James Doyle to the fore ably assisted by Davy Murphy and Timmy Morrissey. Isak Kearney only 18 produced a massive performance after coming off the bench so much so that he was awarded the Man of the Match trophy. Fiacre Hourihane, Jack Kelly, Graham Barry and Nick Doyle were the pick of the backs.
Team: MJ Doyle (Isak Kearney 14mins), Davy Murphy (Micky McVeigh 66min). Scott O’Connor, Tomas Stamp (Marco Byrne 56min), Timmy Morrissey, Lee Treacy, Tony Ryan, James Doyle, Fiacre Hourihane, Conal Kervick (Ben Kidd 60mins), Ivan Jacob, Graham Barry, Ryhan Whelan, Jack Kelly.
Next Game March 21st Enniscorthy vs Skerries Alcast Park 2.30pm
