Belfast Harlequins I XV 60 v Rainey Old Boys I XV 17
Ulster Championship League
Playing in their new strip, Quins chose to defend the Castlereagh Hills and scored 10 sumptuous tries.
In the 1st half, at 1, 3 6, 12, 26, 31 and 35 min: Mark Roberts, Rory BlakeKnox, Andy Pollock, Michael Allen , Owen McMurray, Michael Allen and again, Michael Allen ;and in the 2nd half, at 3, 8 and 42 min : Andy Pollock, Niall Annett and David Creighton.all scored tries. Michael Heaney converted the 1st, 2n d, 4th, 5th and 9th.
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Thus the halftime score was: Quins 43 Rainey 5.
The fulltime score was: Quins 60 Rainey 17
(5 goals,5 tries to 1 goal,2 tries).
So Quins scraped the 2nd half: 17-12. Fair dues to Rainey in their 2nd –half fight-back,Rainey scoring three tries: 1 at 22 (1st half) and 2 at 32 and 36 (2nd half), the 3rd being converted.
Quins used 16, 17, 18 and 20 subs in the 2nd half.
So Michael Allen is man-of-the-match with a hat-trick of tries. Andy Pollock had a brace ; David Creighton’s try was outstanding, as he beat 4 men with dummies and swerves!
The Quins squad was:
1 Robert Logan(c) 2 Nial Annett 3 Mark McGrath 4 Gareth Rourke 5 Michael Ferguson 6 Calum Leckey 7 Danny Annett 8 Paul Rea 9 Michael Heaney 10 Owen McMurray 11 Andy Pollock 12 Willie Stewart 13 Mark Roberts 14 Michael Allen 15 Rory BlakeKnox 16 Paul Greenaway 17 Neil Montgomery 18 Alister Heatlie 19 Mark Kettyle 20 David Creighton
Hence a 4th consecutive bonus-point (4+ tries) win in the UCL, which Quins have now topped for 2 weeks running: well done ,men and coaches, not to forget David Gillespie and Conor Keown, Director and Deputy Director – of- Rugby, respectively.
See you at Ballymacaran Park, Ballynahinch, on Saturday 24th September 2011 ,at 2-30pm for next week’s UCL match.
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Quins 58-0 Rainey
A strong Quins 2nd XV overwhelmed Raineys 2nd XV.
Grosvenor 4’s 21 – Quins 4’s 17
4’s Loose Out Narrowly in Season Opener
Quins 7-60 Grosvenor 2
A new look 3xv struggled to contain a strong Grosvenor side after being reduced to 13 men at half time.
A rusty but strong 3xv took the field against groveners 1/2xv on a mixed weather day at deramore! The well drilled grovesner side with two preseason games under their belt opened the scoring from a penalty in front of the posts because of a tackle from Mark Scott which the referee deemed too good! Grovesner had the better of the opening 25 minutes as the only players on their game where the 3 new comers who were the shining light in an otherwise quiet first half for Quins! the only scoring opportunity came from a speculative drop goal attempt from cabbage the best part of 45 metres which was edged wide by the breeze! Quins took the field in the second half with 13 men, after a huge covering tackle by cabbage ended with an broken wrist and Mark Scott twisting his knee at a breakdown which was dominated in the opening 40 by him and his partner in crime mckee!
The second 40 was surprisingly well contested by the 13 men of Quins with the forwards getting much more continuity and anto the local all black really getting things moving at pace resulted in Ollie McDonald scoring in the right hand corner from a deft chip by a.Gribben, McDonald converting his own try from the touchline!
As the half wore on however Quins started to blow and the tireless work from pete Scott marko and snowden from minute one began to take it’s toll with grovesner stealing two breakaway tries near the death!
After the final whistle there was a sombre mood in the changing room as the team were disappointed to loose what will most certainly be there most difficult fixture this year!
However some solace can be taken from what was a new back row of johnny Carey, kenny from Connacht and Storey which produced a serious combination, with messrs thompson McCormick and Mcritchie all waiting in the wings this will be a seriously strong area for the mighty 3s with the inclusion of new boy Ritchie standing at 6,4 ther is the makings of a lineout jumper of real merit to replace the aerially challenged Jodie wiley! Let’s just hope the powers from above don’t poach some of the fresh talent from the Wayne Storey 1xv select!
New caps*)
1.Marko Marko
2.Ben Snowden
3.Willy Polly
4.Usain Scott
5.Ritchie-Rich*
6.Kenny from Connacht*
7.Wayne Storey
8.Big Johnny Carey*
9.Teenage Mutant ninja Turkington
10.Cabbage Phd
11.Anthony Bill Williams
12.Ricky Bill Williams(no relation)
13.The Mark Scott
14.Anthony Gibbon
15.Prodigal McDonald
(not considered due to injury Gareth Watson (head) Fintan hilliard (bite) Ciaran Dagan (penis))
Not considered-Monty Ross Patton)
