Virginia 35 – 7 Cloghervalley
Under 15 Girls have convincing win over Cloghervalley in league decider
On Friday evening the Virginia under 15 girls travelled to Cloghervalley for kick off under lights at 8pm. The girls were delighted that so many travelled to support them and from the start of the game Virginia played attacking open rugby and Cloghervalley had to work hard to defend their line throughout the match. Fifteen minutes into the game Sorcha McCormack scored the first try and Ciara Byers added a second shorthly afterwards. Just before the half time whistle Ciara went over in the corner to make the score 15 – 0 in Virginia’s favour.
The second half continued at the same fast pace and Lisa Mullen took a pass from the centre of the field and outpaced the hosts to run in her first score. A further two tries followed from the McEnroe sisters, Eimear and Rachael. Cloghervally were awarded a penalty in the Virginia twenty two and following a quick tap and go they scored a well placed try between the posts when the visitors were caught napping. The try was converted easily by Cloghervalley. However Virginia were not finished and quickly answered with a final try by Lisa Mullen. The final score ended 35 -7 in Virginia’s favour leaving them the Ulster Under 15 Girls League winners.
Team: Sarah Drumm, Sorcha Higgins, Ava Fannin, Sorcha McCormack, Edel Campbell, Rebecca Snell, Nicole Higgins, Rachael McEnroe, Amanda McQuade, Lisa Mullen, Ciara Byers, Amber Redmond, Eimear McEnroe, Sarah McNamee & Ruth Gilsenan
Virginia Under 18 Girls – League Champions
Congratulation also to Virginia Under 18 Girls who are also Ulster League champions and both under 18 and under 15 teams are looking forward to a good run in their respective Cups.
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Letterkenny 6 – 5 Virginia First XV
Virginia miss out on Ulster Semi Final by the narrowest of margins
Virginia made the long trip to letterkenny in the Gordon West Ulster Cup Quater Final . Virginia had come into this game with a series of under par results, there had been some stern words from the backroom staff and the players to a man stood up to be counted while the result didn’t go their way this could be a season defining game.
This was to be a low scoring game and indeed it was over twenty minutes old before Letterkenny got a penalty with their first trip into the Virginia end of the field. Virginia were up until this time camped inthe Leterkenny half.
Letterkenny defended for the entire first half with constant pressure from the vistors with Ben Gilmore and Sean Meehan a constant menance in both attack and defence. Virginia just could not get over the line with some very resolute defending from the homeside, indeed the Virginia management were happy at halftime even though the result was not what they hoped for. Cian Mc Enroe had missed a penalty but his acurate kicking throughout the game kept Virginia going forward. Virginia got over for a try from good work from the backline with Niall Patterson getting the score, the conversation was missed from a difficult angle. There was still no let up from the.
Virginia side who just like the first half didn’t let up in the pressure and Padraig Mc Manus was over the try line but the referee deemed there was crossing and dissallowed, shortly after that Fintain Reilly was over the line but this time the referee disallowed it saying it was held up.
In a crushing blow to Virginia Letterkenny with the only foray into the Virginia twenty two they were awarded a penalty under the post which was converted leaving the visitors losing by a point . There was only a few minutes for Virginia to get back into the game but their efforts proved futile and this is the way it stayed at the final whistle.
P.ShaffreyF.Brady,K.Cahill,F.Reilly,P.McManus,S.Meehan,B.Gilmore(c),L.Gordon,C.Wogan,C.Mc Enroe,N.Patterson,G.DalyJ.McDermott,D.Farrelly,J.Igoe, P.Flanagan,P.Daly,J.Nagle
