Our round 2 game had us travelling to Cill Dara with a near full complement of players for a Saturday lunch time kick off. Cill Dara buoyed by a win in round 1 and us seeking to shake off a defeat by Kilkenny in our first game both teams would have been eager to get off to a good start.
In beautiful autumn sunshine, the ball was in play for long periods early on with Cill Dara dominating the exchanges with big carries from their Nr.8 but our defence held strong and we got some early turnover ball. After some phases of pick & carry Ruairí Coleman crossed for our first of 5 tries on the 13 minute mark.
After the Cill Dara restart, we didn’t have to wait long for our next & best score of the day. After a cross field kick from Alfie to the right wing which failed to be claimed by the Cilldara winger, Harry Hemmingway capitalised and after 40 metres of brilliant footballing skills, Harry touched down his own kick chase in the corner.
On 19 minutes, our captain, Mikie Farrell, crossed for his first of 3 tries of the afternoon and Alfie added the conversion. Just before half time Cill Dara struck for a score of their own to keep them in the hunt. A great individual score by their centre off the back of a scrum saw him run under the posts & they added the additionals.
HT 17 - 7.
Similar to the start of the first half it took us until the 37 minute mark to break through a determined Cill Dara defence where Mikie scored his second try and Alfie added the 2 from the tee from wide out on the right. On 42 minutes Mikie scored his third and our fifth try of the afternoon and Alfie once again obliged. Cill Dara added a try 5 minutes from the end.
FT Score 31-12
This was by far our best performances to date and the hard work put in by the players over the last number of weeks in training is really starting to show. Our attacking rugby was backed up with some really great defence structure and tackling today and special mention to Ivan Getmanskyi & Luca Talotti.
Round 3 sees us welcome Boyne to Alcast Park next Sunday.
In beautiful autumn sunshine, the ball was in play for long periods early on with Cill Dara dominating the exchanges with big carries from their Nr.8 but our defence held strong and we got some early turnover ball. After some phases of pick & carry Ruairí Coleman crossed for our first of 5 tries on the 13 minute mark.
After the Cill Dara restart, we didn’t have to wait long for our next & best score of the day. After a cross field kick from Alfie to the right wing which failed to be claimed by the Cilldara winger, Harry Hemmingway capitalised and after 40 metres of brilliant footballing skills, Harry touched down his own kick chase in the corner.
On 19 minutes, our captain, Mikie Farrell, crossed for his first of 3 tries of the afternoon and Alfie added the conversion. Just before half time Cill Dara struck for a score of their own to keep them in the hunt. A great individual score by their centre off the back of a scrum saw him run under the posts & they added the additionals.
HT 17 - 7.
Similar to the start of the first half it took us until the 37 minute mark to break through a determined Cill Dara defence where Mikie scored his second try and Alfie added the 2 from the tee from wide out on the right. On 42 minutes Mikie scored his third and our fifth try of the afternoon and Alfie once again obliged. Cill Dara added a try 5 minutes from the end.
FT Score 31-12
This was by far our best performances to date and the hard work put in by the players over the last number of weeks in training is really starting to show. Our attacking rugby was backed up with some really great defence structure and tackling today and special mention to Ivan Getmanskyi & Luca Talotti.
Round 3 sees us welcome Boyne to Alcast Park next Sunday.
