Creggs U.17s hosted Sligo on Sunday in the cup semi-final. The visitors had the advantage of a strong breeze in the first half and used it well to kick to the corner and score from a lineout on 4 minutes which they converted from out wide. Creggs team couldn’t get a foothold and after some hard carries saw Sligo score again on 14 minutes but missed the conversion to lead 12 nil. Some strong carries from Andrej Anic and Conor Muldoon brought Creggs into the Sligo 22 when Muldoon cut back across the Sligo defence and spotted a gap which he exploited to score on 18 minutes. Harry Waldron added the conversion. There followed a period on intense hits with the game played between the 22s before Sligo kicked a penalty with 2 minutes to go before half time. However on the last play of the half Kian Hughes powered through the visitors defence and scored under the posts. Waldron converted to leave the half time score Creggs 14 Sligo 15. Creggs started the second half quickly and with the aid of the elements, Muldoon capitalised on poor Sligo defence to score after just 3 minutes. Waldron converted. Brian O Connor made an incisive run back from a Sligo kick off and was unlucky to end up in touch. However sustained pressure led to a turn over and Cathal Mulry crashed over from close range with 12 minutes gone. Waldron continued his perfect kicking from the tee to leave Creggs leading by 13. With 10 minutes to go Sligo scored a break away try and conversion to narrow the gap to 6 at 28-22. Some good decisions and disciplined tackling saw the remainder of the game played in the visitors half. When Patrick Murray sent the ball into touch to finish the game the Creggs lads celebrated a hard fought win and now look forward to a cup final in 2 weeks.