Limavady Grammar School travelled to Dublin to play the Catholic University School in a close game which the Limavady GS team was delighted to win by 12-10.
This was a hard earned but well-deserved win against the ever improving Dublin CUS team. The Limavady team was missing half backs, Ross Allen and Scott McClean. In the early stages of the game this was evident as the Limavady GS team did not make good use of the plentiful supply of possession provided by their pack. Limavady missed a number of kickable penalties as their pack dominated possession in the opening encounters. This meant the end result was probably closer than it should have been. Limavady scored two tries through 2nd Row, Brendan Ferguson, when their pack mauled the CUS pack back over their line twice in the first half. Daniel Forrest converted one of the tries to give his team a 12-0 lead. Limavady continued to dominate the first half but poor support play saw CUS turn the ball over after excellent breaks through centre Michael Barr, No 8 Sam Mackey, winger Sam Neilly and second row Brendan Ferguson. All of these opportunities should have resulted in points. CUS got back into the game right on half time, when the Limavady centre, Tom McClelland, pulled his hamstring and the CUS centre went through the gap to score an unconverted try in the corner. This try took the score to 12-5, in favour of Limavady GS, at the interval.
The second half was a much tighter affair with Limavady guilty of squandering two guilt edged opportunities. CUS scored late in the game after good work by their pack resulted in an overlap and their winger touched down for an unconverted try in the corner. On the day forwards Sam Mackey, Richard Boyd and Michael McMullan produced fine performances for the Limavady GS team. In the backs, Scott Patton played well at scrum-half with captain and centre, Michael Barr, again prominent in the midfield exchanges. Limavady Grammar School also welcomed back Rory Squires who got his first taste of action this season after injury and he played a dominant role in the Limavady GS 12-10 victory.
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