On a wet, stormy Friday evening Armagh entertained Belfast Harlequins under lights at the Palace grounds; Armagh kicked off with the elements in their favour and immediately put pressure on the Quinns line. On 6 minutes a charge down kick led to a try by Armagh No. 8 Darryl Morton. Reaney steeped up and slotted the conversation over to leave the score 7 nil to the home side.
Quinns immediately came back at the home side and after a concerted period of pressure scored a try on 12 minutes. The successful conversation left the scores tied at 7 all. The visiting side continued to dominate possession but were penalised on several occasions with Armagh failing to turn these chances into points. However, on 29 and 24 minutes Armagh were successful with 2 penalty attempts to leave the score at 13-7.
On 30 minutes another charge down kick led to a further try scored on this occasion by the Armagh scrum half Harry Doyle. The subsequent conversion by Reaney left the half-time score 18-7 in Armagh’s favour.
The conditions in the second half worsened and this led to an error strewn period of rugby with the visitors dominating most of the possession. However, the Armagh defence held firm and the score remained unaltered. Armagh dominated the scrums with Darryl Morton making explosive breaks from the base of the scrum. Credit should go to both sides for trying to play entertaining rugby in such vile conditions. However, it was a night where the team without possession profited best.
Philip Fletcher ready to dance excerpt from Strictly come Dancing organisers at Basil Shiels.
“Good evening folks. Tonight we would like to introduce Dancer 10. We are nearly half way through our line up, we have lots of lovely guys and gals still to come. This strapping young gentleman is Philip Fletcher, from Armagh come along to Basil Sheils Bar Tassagh on Saturday 22nd February, to see which of our lucky ladies Philip will have the pleasure of dancing with.
Philip will be swapping his Rugby boots for dancing shoes as he takes on this challenge, We hope to see you all at our launch night to find out which lucky lady will be matched up with Armaghs answer to Tommy Bowe
So for everyone supporting Philip please add the Theskip CarTour as a friend to show your support and to get regular updates on this years Ultimate Strictly Come Dancing..
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