Sunday 30th October    Corinthians u16s 15  – Bucaneers  7.U 16s had a hard fought win over Bucs at Cloonacauneen. It was by far the hardest game of the season so far but Corinthians dug deep,defended well in the first half when playing into a strong wind and up the hill,went ahead by 3 points for a Ruairi Greene penalty,but on the stroke of half time Bucs scored under the posts to go 7-3 ahead at the half.Diarmuid Joyce went on shortly after half time and scored a great try which Ruairi Greene converted and Ruairi added a try a few minutes later. It was a great team effort against a bigger Bucs team.Some great back play and rucking by the forwards.Great game particularly Micheal O`Toole.Jack Gavin,John O`Connor up front and Philip Murphy and Paddy Griffin in the backs.

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Corinthians suffered their first defeat in there AIL Div 2a campaign against University College Dublin in Cloonacauneen Park on Saturday afternoon in very blustery conditions. The students started brightly with the windy conditions favouring them and they were on the score board after five minutes when the home side conceded a penalty in front of posts man of the match outhalf and captain David Joyce slotted the penalty for the visitors.Corinthians did well for the next twenty minutes powering up the pitch with captain Fionn Gormley the driving force and the students conceded a penalty on there ten meter line.The home side decided to go for goal against the gael and centre Wayne Williams was well short with same giving the students an opportunity to break down field. This led to a turn over with the Cloonacauneen outfit been penalized again and Joyce converted to lead by six points.Just before the break IRFU referee Richard Kerr had to call both front rows aside for consistent barging in the ensuing scrum Corinthians were again penalized.Joyce converted same for the Dublin outfit to lead by nine points to nil at halftime.

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Corinthian U 13’s had their first competitive outing against Galwegians at Glenina. This was the team’s first experience of playing 15-a-side rugby on a full sized pitch, and they claimed a sweet victory, running in 5 tries in the process. The gods smiled on this willing team of warriors, with the heavy rain of earlier morning breaking to give sunshine for the duration of the game. The wet underfoot conditions did little to hold back both teams from playing good, open running rugby. The quality of tackling, passing and straight running from Corinthians was very impressive, and they kept a good shape throughout.

Trys were scored by Maitis O’Griofa, Liam Costello (2 trys), Barry O’Shea, Gary Collumb, but the win was down to a great team effort. All of the U13 panel who were available (28 players on the day) got to play. From this week onwards Corinthians will have a 2^nd team in the league due to increased numbers as the weeks have gone on. This will mean plenty of match time for all the players!

Last Saturday Corinthians were away to Galwegians Black in their second league game of the season.

Corinthians started the better of the two sides, gathering from the kick off and from the first ruck Ronan Joyce broke on the blind side and was stopped just short of the line. Corinthians kept up the pressure and moved the ball infield to again be stopped just short. From the ruck this time Brendan McGath spotted a gap and went over for the first unconverted try of the game.

Galwegians responded immediately from the kickoff and worked their way up the field to score a breakaway try. After some up and down play from both sides Galwegians added a converted try before the break after an intercept in mid field to score under the posts.

In the second half Corinthians regrouped and made a number of raids into the Galwegians half but could not take advantage of the strong wind to add to their first half tally.
Galwegians finished stronger and due to some missed tackles in mid field ran in 3 more tries before the end – two of which were converted.

Despite the one sided 5 – 31 scoreline Corinthians matched Galwegians in the scrums and lineouts with the backs moving the ball with conviction at times but unfortunately could not gain enough of an upper hand to get back into the game particularly in the second half.

Sunday Nov 6 2011: Buccaneers 0, Corinthians 16
The under 17s made hard work of the game in the first half. Resolute defence near the Buccaneers line held the score to just 3 nil at the break. Our forwards pushed further beyond the gain line in the second half, opening the game for more expansive back play. The only try of the game came late. Several phases of pick and go attack drew in the Buccs defence allowing the backs to work the ball wide to Ben Creaven who touched down in the corner. Scoring: Ben Creaven: 3 penalties, 1 try, 1 conversion.