Stillorgan 12 - Terenure College 14
J3 League - Dec 11, 2005
This is a bit late as just in and extremely Hung-over after a very
good night last night!! Well I guess after our win without the ball
against Monkstown, we managed to lose this game which we really should
have won. We played the first half up the hill and were all over
Terenure with the Forwards playing a lot better - we lost our first 3
lineouts due to crooked throws which left Terenure off the hook. The
Forwards rucking was a lot better this week and were the match of strong
Terenure Pack. Once we threw the ball straight into the lineout it
started to function a lot better. We got award 3 kickable penalties
which unfortunately we missed. Bull and Wesley were making some great
runs with Ball in hand. They only got into our half 3 times and each
time we gave away silly Penalties- when are we going to learn to leave
the ball on the ground and trust our defence- we are killing ourselves
giving away silly penalties. The try they got was very soft after a mix
up in the lineout with one of the forwards not knowing the lineout call-
a free kick was awarded which turned in a penalty for not going back
10m. Their prop then took a quick one and got in for a very soft try. We
were 11-0 down at halftime which did not reflect the game at all.
We started the second half well and played the ball down the hill and
kept them pegged in their Half. The forwards were really competing well
on the Terenure ball and robbed a lot of their Lineouts. We got an early
penalty which we unfortunately we missed but kept them in their half. We
then got a penalty just short of their line and before anyone knew it
Marcin has taken it to himself to score a great try his second in 2
matches. Stephen converted to make the score 11-7 and we were right back
in the match which was no more then we deserved. For the next 20 minutes
there was a lot of dropped balls especially by butterfingers Garrett -
dropped 3 passes!! They got into our half and again we gave away a
penalties for hands in a ruck. They had hit the post earlier with a
penalty but converted this one to leave the score at 14-7. Stephen then
unfortunately got a nasty injury which required
5 stitches to his lip- hope he gets better soon. This meant we had to
rejig the backline with the Versatile Marcin stepping into outhalf and
milky against his wishes coming on. With 7 minutes to go Milky got in to
the right of the posts stepping inside 3 men for a very good score.
Marcin was unlucky to miss which would have brought us level. We tried
hard for the last 7 minutes but just could not get another score so the
Final scoreline was 14-12 to the Gick.
There was some good performances yesterday with Wes having the best game
I have seen him taking the ball up a lot and Marcin also running great
lines and taking his try very well. My Man of the match goes to Marcin
just over Wes.
Match report by Garrett Fanning