U14s play Galwegians Black0

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.