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UBL vs Corinthians Match Report |
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Corinthians Falter Report by Brendan Cassidy Corinthians were hoping for some Christmas cheer and seeing the year out with a win against Bective Rangers but the visitors had other ideas.Both sides needed a win to keep in touch with the top half of the teams in their division. Bective decided to play against the elements in the first half and looked like that they would be blown away from the pressure of the Corinthian pack. The home side had two opportunities in the first quarter to touch down but knocked on in their final play. They finally got on the score board after seventeen minutes when the Dublin 4 front row were penalized for collapsing. Centre Conor Murphy converted for the home side. The visitors pack seemed to settle better in the second quarter with their flankers David Daly and Joe Moran driving forward at every opportunity and ably assisted by scrum half Brad Allam. On the half hour the home side had another opportunity to stretch their lead after scrum half Kieran Marmion made a great break to get the ball out wide for winger Darrin Classen to take on but his final pass was off target another opportunity gone a begging. Just before the break the Cloonacauneen outfit drove forward again with veteran second row Pat Cunningham to the fore but unfortunately the ball was again knocked on leaving Corinthians leading by three point to nil at half time.
Referee Eddie Hogan-O’Connell started the second half with the conditions really deteriorating and a three point lead for the home side did not look too good. In fairness the Corinthian pack stayed strong and held the visitors scoreless for twenty minutes of the second half but eventually the Corinthian front row were penalized for barging in front of posts. Bective’s out half Geroid O’Grady slotted the penalty to make it three all. The Donnybrook outfit committed the same mistakes as the home side they kept rushing there play. But eventually IRFU referee O’Connell awarded a penalty to the visitors on Corinthians ten meter line after an infringement. Galway man fullback Cormac(Ginger) O’Beirne slotted same for Bective to lead by three points. In the final minutes of the contest Corinthians with there never say die attitude kept plugging away to work their way up to the oppositions try line but all to no avail as the visitors cleared down field for the referee to blow the final whistle. Final score Corinthians 3—– Bective Rangers 6. Corinthians next outing is away to Galwegians in the Connacht Senior Cup semi final.Venue Glenina; Kick off 1.30, Sat 17th Corinthian Team:D Panter,D Classen,F Gormley(capt),C Murphy,M Murphy,M O’Flynn,K Marmion,D Small,K O Byrne,T Toolan,G Warde,P Cunningham,J Merrigan,S Gerrity,A Casanova. |
