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Sat 21 Mar 2015  ·  Kukri Qualifying One
Ballymoney
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Donaghadee Rugby Club
1st XV
DEE LOSE OUT AT KILRAUGHTS ROAD

DEE LOSE OUT AT KILRAUGHTS ROAD

Jim Lyttle23 Mar 2015 - 13:29

High scoring game ends with Ballymoney taking the points - reports John West

put on an excellent display of attacking rugby finishing up with an aggregate points tally of 66 points.

Within ten minutes the Toon men had scored ten points from a penalty and converted try. The Dee hit back with tries from Chris Hamilton ‎and Mark Cooper both converted by Paul Blewitt by which stage only eighteen minutes had passed. In the following five minutes however Ballymoney scored a further two tries – the first of which was converted. After the second of these tries a bit of a skirmish broke out which ended up in a yellow card for Ballymoney and a red for Donaghadee which this took the edge of both teams attacking play until the last ten minutes of the half when the home side again converted a try either side of which Blewitt kicked a penalty.

The second half commenced with the Dee coming out of the blocks all guns blazing and, with Stephen Adams moving into the second row and the pack down to seven men after the sending off, Hamilton and Matthew Stockton upped their work rate so much so that the side appeared as if they were still fifteen strong. Blewitt meanwhile showed he'd brought the kicking boots with him and slotted three from four penalties with no reply from the home team. Eventually, however, the extra man took its toll and Ballymoney scored an unconverted try and a penalty.

In what was a so called "nothing" match all thirty four players should be congratulated on a thoroughly entertaining game.
In this last league match of the season‎ there were strong debut showings from Davy Kirkpatrick and Owen Roberts with both suggesting that they would be up to the task next season.

Match details

Match date

Sat 21 Mar 2015

Kickoff

14:30

Competition

Kukri Qualifying One
Further reading

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