Match reporter - Jonnie Stockton.

Civil Service 8 Donaghadee 85

Donaghadee first XV travelled to the superb facilities at Civil Service knowing that nothing less than a bonus point win was needed. That was secured in the first 20 minutes of the match.

Civil Service were 3 nil up after a penalty scored from near the halfway line after 2 minutes. After the restart Donaghadee applied pressure and some clever moves which resulted in scrum half Paul Johnston scoring the first of his tries under the posts. Mark Cooper made the conversion to add the extra 2 points.

Again Donaghadee secured possession at the restart and after some excellent handling No 1 Ryan Campbell ran in to score an excellent team try.

Following the restart the Dee won a lineout and after some swift phases and great handling no 14 Rory Garnham scored under the posts. 3 - 19 with 15 minutes played.

The restart was kicked straight out , civil service soaked up concerted Dee pressure until a Dee drive from the Civil Service 10 metre line saw the Dee forwards drive over the line , Chris Hamilton scored. 3 – 24 and the bonus point secured.

There was no let up and the Dee kept entirely focussed and Civil Service heads dropped. Civil Service won a penalty and applied pressure. An excellent choke tackle regained the ball for the Dee and relieved pressure. No 8 Max Montgomery broke from the back of the scrum and after more great handling the Dee team were back at the Civil Service 22 although a rare knock on gave Civil Service the ball. The Dee won it back soon after the scrum and No 11 Danny Mc Bride scored a great try in the left corner. 3 – 29 at 30 minutes.

Four minutes later and after a very similar phase of play Paul Johnston darted under the posts to score again . Cooper secured the additional two points.

From the restart big No 4 Kyle Morrow again displayed super handling to secure possession, some more excellent handling saw Danny McBride run in and score under the posts . Coops converted and the score was 3 – 43 at half time.

From the restart silky smooth moves from Sam Ingham saw him run past and around a number of defenders allowing No 15 Chris Knox to dance through the rest of the opponents to score under the posts.

Straight after the restart Paul Johnston broke through the Civil Service defence to score again taking the score to 3 – 57 ,

Civil briefly rallied and a swift and clever move saw their very sharp No 15 score under the posts the conversion was drop kicked , and missed .

Not long after the restart Paul Johnston ran in untouched to score again under the posts taking the score to 8 – 64 to the visitors. Jonty did the same again minutes later to score on the right wing and Cooper secured an excellent conversion.

Max Montgomery secured possession from the kick off and after some great footwork and handling from Captain Matthew Stockton, he off loaded to Max who burst over the line, Cooper again converted.

At the restart Kyle Morrow gained possession and after some more great handling Jonty ran in his 6th try of the day and the team’s 13th .

At this point Referee Teddy Sloan , who had a great game, called time 20 minutes early .

Man of the match is a tough call between Goody who came on when Coops suffered an injury and Jonty ‘ground hog’ Johnston. Ultimately Jonty’s six try haul gets him the man of the match award this week.

This was an excellent clinical display from a very focussed and well drilled Dee team who were a credit to themselves and their Management team. Thanks to the large number of supporters who came to cheer on the Dee men.