On Sunday afternoon Creggs RFC made the short trip to Dunmore to begin their cup season. They were without several starters but that didn’t deter the team. Playing against a stiff breeze they minded the ball and pressed the hosts and were rewarded when Conor Muldoon scored on 7 minutes. Creggs looked quite comfortable and for the next 10 minutes played the game in the opposition half before disaster struck. On their first meaningful attack a kick took a horrible bounce for our full back and Dunmore scored under the posts. The hosts added to this score twice more in the next 5 minutes to lead 19 to 5 approaching half time. However, indiscipline saw their dangerous full back receive a yellow card and in the last play of the half Kian Hughes powered over after sustained pressure. Harry Waldron converted to leave the half time score 19 to 12 to Dunmore.

In the second half Creggs used the breeze well to pin Dunmore in their own half and when their fly half tried to kick clear the ball landed in Muldoon’s hands and he made light work of the wide defenders to score his second and this gave the team the belief they could win the game. Andrej Anic broke through the defence and stretched to touch down on 46minutes. Waldron converted and added a penalty 5 minutes later to extend the lead to 8. Despite being pinned into their own 22 for the final 10 minutes Creggs kept the try line intact and ran out winners. Final score Creggs 27 – Dunmore 19.

Panel: Cathal Mulry, Matthew Donnelly, Davy Fetherstone, Oisin Connolly, James Murray, Kian Hughes, Robbie McArdle, Andrej Anic, Sean Richardson, Harry Waldron, Jamie Finneran, Conor Flynn, Conor Muldoon, Matthew Walsh, Brian O Connor, Callum Clarke, Patrick Murray, Cillian Donoghue, Luke Hayes, Evan Kelly.

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