Creggs under 14 squad welcomed Corinthians Blue to Creggs on Saturday for their plate quarter finals clash. A competitive win had eluded this team all year and the team were aware of this knock out result needed. Creggs ran out convincing winners with a score of 27-5. Playing against the wind Creggs struck early when Oscar Brennan received the ball after a few rucks. Brennan backed himself and headed over the line after 2 mins of play. Tge conversion against a strong wind by Zac Kelly went close. Rian Davis was next to add his name to the score sheet after 5 more minutes of play. Oscar Brennan doubled his tally after 10 minutes to extend the lead to 15-0. Corinthians steadily got a foot hold into the game and started to utilise the wind . They kept Creggs defence honest by attacking the line at every occasion. During this period Creggs gave away a few penalties for different offences as they team tired after the significant exertions of the first twenty minutes. Creggs defence held strong and kept the score to 15-0 at halftime.

 

Corinthians came out stronger in the 2nd half and put it up to Creggs where some sloppy tackling and indiscipline helped Corinthians gain their first score in the corner after 10 mins of second half. With the score 15-5 the Creggs team had to show belief that a success was within their grasp. A good passage of play by Creggs with a nice cross field kick by Zac Kelly to Daniel Foley who collected the ball and had to work hard to beat two defenders and added to Creggs score. With 3 minutes left on the clock and the score 20-5, Creggs could relax and saw Tadhg Duignan finish a well deserved move to put the game out of site. Zac Kelly converted to finish the game 27-5.This win puts Creggs in a plate semi-final in two weeks at home with their opponents yet to be confirmed.

 

Team : Kyle Maloney, Will Fallon, Matthew Towey, Rian Davis, Kyle Fahy, Sean Kean, Liam Fleming, Daniel Foley, Thomas Kelly, David Thompson, Ethan Coyne, Tadhg Duignan, Oscar Brennan, Killian Finan, Zac Kelly, Pierce Ward, Eoin Connolly, Harry Dolan, Niklas Koch, Donnacha Hession.