Club News 24.01.22
Mitchelstown Rugby Club
LOTTO JACKPOT €11,400 – Sunday 6th February
Tickets available from local outlets and online through the club website at www.mitchelstownrugby.com
Hearty congratulations to Ballygiblin junior hurlers, for their huge achievement in reaching the All Ireland final. We wish them well.
Under 16 boys
Mitchelstown 26 Castleisland 12
On Saturday last we hosted visitors Castleisland on a perfect dry day for rugby at a well-attended Currabowen. Our first try came from a well worked forwards move finished off by a powerful surge by our 2nd row Ben Cooke carrying no less than 3 opposition players over the line with him. This really gave the boys confidence and moments later after a great pick and go by our no 8 Andrew McEnaney from the base of the scrum Conor Dooling was on hand to take the offload and beat a number of tackles to touch down. After a number of great backs moves, all of which yielded ground, our fullback Cian Coughlan ran in a fantastic solo effort from distance to touch down under the posts.
The second half saw us defend doggedly as Castleisland were determined to get themselves back into the game and scored a try to take them to within one try of us. We pushed forward when the opportunity arose and played a lot of ball in their half being unlucky on a couple of occasions not to score. The clinching score came in the final quarter when again Cian Coughlan ran in from distance, Diarmuid O’Brien added his third conversion to put the score beyond doubt to finish 26-12.
It would not do the team effort justice if the focus was solely on the try scorers, every single player from 1-19 stood up and accounted for himself, this was a team victory.
Next game: Saturday 29th Jan v’s Crosshaven in Currabowen at 1400
Report courtesy of Kevin Kelly
Photo: Back Row l-r: Joe Spillane, Dylan Spillane, Josh Kearney, Andrew McEnaney (captain) Diarmuid O’Brien, Peter O’Keeffe, Jack Kelly, Eoghan Kelly, Ben Cooke, Sean Gorry, Stephen Dunne, Kevin Kelly
Front ROW L-R: Cian Coughlan, Sean O’Grady, Dean Fitzharris, Lorcan Murray, Gearoid Desmond, Darragh Casey, Ben Cotter, Ross Barry, Jayden Lynch, Conor Dooling
Under 11
The under 11 teams travelled to Clanwilliam on Friday, and by all accounts were very successful. Full match accounts will appear when available.
Training schedule
All groups will train in Currabowen. The training arrangements at present:
Boys U14 Thursday @ 7.00pm,
Boys U16 Thursday @ 7.00pm,
Adults Friday @ 7.00pm.,
Minis up to 12, Sunday @ 11.00am
Normal covid guidelines are now eased, but please continue to keep social distancing. Please bring your own bottle, gumshield, towel, etc. as no swapping or using other people’s kit is allowed. Non-members will be advised of registration procedures at the time, so please come early to avoid disappointment.
It has been a tough time for all of us, with several local people losing relatives to the virus. Let’s make sure that our actions do not contribute to its spread.