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Munster Junior League Div. 2 – Carrick –On – Suir 34 Killarney 1st XV 28

It never pays to lose home advantage and that was the only thing that prevented Killarney from a good victory here in south Tipp last Sunday. Having turned over the fixture due to regulations over late cancellations, Carrick put mud in our eye when they pipped Killarney in a free-flowing game full of action. Not even a hat-trick of tries from a fantastic performance by Brian O’Sullivan and the sheer dominance of the Killarney scrum could take the spoils. A further try by Mike Nash sealed the double-bonus points but the lads just could not force home that winning score. Paudie Sheahan added four conversions but the final score stayed at 34 – 28.

We are still ahead of Castleisland as we lie third in the table with a game in hand that could still stand to us. Muskerry fixture at home is coming up mid-February and will be crucial. Despite the loss the season has gone supremely well and thanks to Luke O’Sullivan and solid coaching from Des Foy.

The 2nd XV League game was cancelled again due to Dirreen being unplayable.

TICKETS DRAW – a draw will be held for 2 tickets for Ireland v England and 2 more for Ireland v France in Feb and March respectively. For your last chances to win tickets for the sell-out fixtures pick up a book of 5 draw tickets for just €20 or single tickets for €5 – available from all club members and committee officials. Please support this good fundraiser pleas. Thank you. All proceeds towards club costs and overruns towards field development in Aghadoe.

International Tickets: All tickets for England are sold out. French tickets the last few tickets are going this weekend from Mike Walker if not already gone at time of going to print. We do not have an allocation for any away 6 nations matches (Wales, Scotland and Italy). There are no tickets available for Munster v Harlequins either. Contact Mike for details. You must pay for your tickets as you order them in order to secure them.

Fixtures: Saturday 2nd Feb: Mini Rugby continues training at Knockreer from 10.30am to 12 noon. All new players welcome from age 6 to 12.

Sunday 3rd Feb: Killarney 2nd XV are trying to re-schedule a fixture v Iveragh Eagles 2.30pm – for details contact Keith O’Leary. No fixture for 1st XV.

Results of Monthly Club Supporters’ Draw for December: 1st prize €250 – Paul McCarthy; 2nd prize €50 – Danny Bowe; 3rd prize €50 – Junior Finnegan (Club President).

You can enter the monthly draws by completing a direct debit mandate for just €10 per month – available from Secretary Anne Clifford 087 222 9039 or Mike Fuller PRO on 087 6489 628.

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Thursday 23 May 2013
Killarney V Listowel - 15th October PDF Print E-mail

Killarney 25 – Listowel 12

 

Killarney welcomed Listowel to a wet and windy Direen last Saturday.  Listowel were under strength with 8 first team starters out with injury. Killarney stared well tearing into the opposition and creating plenty of possession and opportunities early on. After a succession of close in scrums Aran Jones crossed for the sides’ first try. As it was a wet day there were many scrums and Killarney front row of Andrew Courtney, Brendan Curran and Eoin Walsh dominated up front. Killarney were guilty of wasting a lot of chances as the half wore on. While they dominated possession and territory they found it hard to get their second score. On a number of occasions they failed to use overlaps out wide and give the ball to wingers Matt Lane and Danny Healy. Eventually with 2 minutes to go they scored their second try by Fionnan O Donoghue sniping well as scrum half. Dreaming of half time Killarney fell asleep and allowed Listowel’ s David Collins in under the post affording an easy conversion. Score at half time 10-7.

Killarney made changes at half time and increased the pressure on Listowel whose lack of cover in key positions was starting to show. Back row forwards Luke O Sullivan and Stephen Nagel were showing well and not afraid of hard work. Sustained pressure led to a lovely backs move with full back Brian Lynch pulling the strings and affording Matt Lane the chance to touch down, after a fumble, out wide. Listowel never let the heads drop and fought manfully for the rest of the half without giving up. They forced Killarney into a number of errors and Killarney discipline stared to drop. The referee was very lenient on Killarney on a number quite a number of occasions and all 15 were lucky to stay on the pitch. Despite wasting many chances by failing to use overlaps and returning the ball into contact, Aran Jones and the very impressive Padraig Moynihane crossed for 2 more scores. Listowel failed to drop their heads and after a number of infringements late on by Killarney Sean Dillon crossed to score a try on the final play of the game for Listowel. The final score was 25-12. Impressive on the day were Jones, Moynihan and Lynch with a man of the match performance by Andrew Courtney. The next time these sides meet should be a lot closer if Listowel can get their injured men back, so Killarney need to be aware.
 

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