Ballyshannon RFC U14s-7 Finn Valley RFC U14s-27
The u14s made the trip through the gap to play a friendly game against Ballyshannon RFC on Saturday morning. Weather conditions were very sunny with a slight breeze, a perfect day for a game of rugby. Finn Valley started off the better of the 2 two teams and 2 minutes into the game Cody Laverty made a darting run up the right touchline to score the games first try. Great defensive play and smart turnovers enabled the finn valley U14s to control the 1st half and before the half time whistle blew, Jack Kennedy, Jake Laverty and Adam Marley added another 3 tries. Cody Laverty was in fine kicking form as he narrowly missed a conversion from an angle any professional kicker would have struggled with. The 2nd half started Brighter for Ballyshannon, Some great phases of play led to their number 8 plowing over the line despite the best attempts from the Finn Valley pack. Ben curran who captained the finn valley side added experience and motivation to the young finn valley lads and led by example as he plowed over the line to score Finn Valleys 5th and final try. Cody Laverty added another conversion. A great team performance from the Young finn Valley RFC team and the future looks bright for them.
Team- 1 Tomas Gallen 2 Oisin McMenamin 3 Adam Marley 4 Jack Kennedy 5 Tiernon Kelly 6 Adam Porter 7 Diarmiud Foy 8 Ben curran(Captain) 9 Ryan Gallagher 10 evan hickey 11 Calvin Harvey 12 Jake Laverty 13 Cody Laverty 14 Josh McGee 15 Aodhan Walsh
BallyShannon RFC U16s- 0 Finn Valley RFC U16s- 38
The 2nd match of the day was An U16 affair as Finn Valley took on Ballyshannon At the Lakeside Astro facility. Perfect weather conditions allowed for a perfect game As Finn Valley Remained the Dominant team throughout the Fixture. The Attacking speed of the finn Valley loose forwards and backs proved too much for the ballyShannon team to handle. Aidan dullaghan made a great break up the line and popped a clever pass To Winger Joe Boyle who made no mistake from 5 yards out to score. Scrum half Dillon Doherty who was impressive all day powered through for the 2nd try of the match , 5 minutes later he selflessly passed the ball out to young joe boyle to slide through for his 2nd try of the game. Aidan dullaghan added his own 2 tries for the Finn Valley lads and Daire McConnell who was in great form, also got his name on the score sheet. Niall duffy also scored. The Ballyshannon Boys Applied alot of pressure but great kicks out over the sidelines from conor Black helped to Relieve the pressure. The Unusual Sight of Cormac McMenamin kicking Conversions proved to pay off as he slotted over 4 conversions. A Number of players made their debuts and they contributed to a fantastic team performance. Next up is a home friendly next Saturday against Cavan.
Team- 1 Anthony Anderson 2 Matthew Carlin 3 Conor Black 4 Oliver Ward 5 Joe McHugh 6 Niall Duffy(captain) 7 Daire McConnell 8 Connor Lillis 9 Dillon Doherty 10 Tomas Walsh 11 Luke wooton 12 Cormac McMenamin 13 Aidan Dullaghan 14 Joe Boyle 15 Brendan Hughes. Chris Gallagher travelled but couldn’t play because of injury. A special mention to Cormac Carr and Ulick hughes who both agreed to play for Ballyshannon as they were Short on numbers.
