Inishowen II welcomed Donegal Town II to Carndonagh last Saturday (11th Dec) for the first game since the snow cleared.
Inishowen started well, applying pressure to the Donegal side, but found it difficult to convert this pressure into scores. Ten minutes in a stray pass from the Inishowen backline was intercepted by a Donegal centre and with no defenders in sight a try was scored directly under the posts. With an easy conversion Donegal went up 7 – 0.
Inishowen had plenty of possession in the remainder of the first half, but silly knock-ons and bad handling meant they never made any opportunities from the possession. Fifteen minutes from half time and a box kick from Inishowen saw a Donegal centre in possession again. A good run from him with good support from a winger saw Donegal put another try up on Inishowen (also putting over the conversion) bringing the score to 14 – 0 .
The second half saw Donegal get a penalty from an early unbind putting them 17 – 0 ahead. Inishowen heads looked to be sinking; however the introduction of two subs (James Carr & John Mc Guinness) seemed to lift spirits slightly. With the forwards putting phase after phase together Inishowen dug deep and scored a try on the edge of the pitch (John Mc Guinness) leaving for a difficult conversion which was missed. (17 – 5 to Donegal)
Inishowen really came alive at the end of the match using a secured line out, and a rehearsed back move to score another try just beside the posts (Evan Mannion) allowing Mark “Glasha” an easy conversion. This was all however too little too late leaving the final score at 17 – 12 to Donegal.
Manage Cookie Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.