{"id":21840,"date":"2012-02-06T13:28:04","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T13:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=21840"},"modified":"2012-02-06T13:31:57","modified_gmt":"2012-02-06T13:31:57","slug":"dungannon-rfc-notes-iv-xv-continue-cup-magic-report-action-shots-i-xv-22-v-ballynahinch-rfc-i-xv-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/dungannon-rfc-notes-iv-xv-continue-cup-magic-report-action-shots-i-xv-22-v-ballynahinch-rfc-i-xv-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Dungannon RFC Notes: IV XV Continue Cup Magic Report & Action Shots & I XV 22 v Ballynahinch RFC I XV 22"},"content":{"rendered":"

4th XV vs Randalstown (14 – 0)
\n Forster Cup <\/strong>
\nmore pictures CLICK HERE<\/a>
\nThis game started just as a torrential downpour ended and the ground was saturated with water. The conditions therefore dictated the tactics and Dungannon\u2019s skipper praised himself for his foresight in picking a team ideally suited to the conditions. In the end Dungannon prevailed and ran out comfortable but not totally dominant winners.
\nDungannon almost opened the scoring in the first five minutes with a series of drives but although big Stephen Donaghy almost made it they came away with now\u2019t.
\nThe pressure did tell however as the pack forced Randalstown to infringe thus giving Cormac Convery the opportunity to convert penalties on thirty, thirty-five and forty minutes giving Dungannon a hard won lead at the break.
\n0 \u2013 9
\nThe second half was played, largely in the drier half of the pitch. Cormac hit post and bar with one penalty and the disappointed Derek McMullan when he missed the target altogether with another. However young Stuart McKenzie awakened the crowd with a great barging run into the heart of the Randalstown twenty-two. Dungannon then assaulted the Randalstown line with Lucas, D and R, McElduff, Donaghy and Mallon involved before the ample figure of Stevie Gavin drove over for a well worked try after fifty-eight minutes.
\n0 \u2013 14
\nRandalstown then came back into the game but the Dungannon defence held and the Dungannon contingent were satisfied with the win when the no side whistle was blown.
\nUnderfoot conditions were very difficult for both sides with it being practically impossible to get any purchase however both teams battled away and although they won the IV XV did not have it all their own way.<\/p>\n

Team:. Cormac Convery, Brian Simpson, Philip Hall, Steven Martin, Kevin McElduff. Richard Fletcher, Julian Knipe (Capt). Darran Lucas, Rodney Lucas, Steven Gavin. Stephen Donaghy, Clive Weir. Gareth Lucas, Fergal Mallon, Stuart McKenzie…
\nReferee: Billy Walker (Lisburn RFC)
\nTries: Steven Gavin,
\nConversions:
\nPenalties: Cormac Convery (3)
\nDrop Goal: <\/p>\n

1st XV vs BALLYNAHINCH (22 – 22)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ulster Bank All Ireland League
\nThis was a good game to watch, especially if you were uncommitted. Dungannon raced into a lead, Hinch clawed their way back into the lead only for Dungannon to storm back and snatch a draw in the last move of the game.
\nPlaying towards the Clubhouse with the advantage of a slight breeze Dungannon dominated the opening quarter. When Hinch did escape they were punished when James Lash missed a penalty kick to touch and then a swift Michael Kirkwood break almost created a try. Michal Lawton saw a penalty attempt rebound from a post before he successfully put Gannon into the lead on twenty-one minutes.
\n0 \u2013 3
\nGood running by Rowan Halsall and James McMahon took Dungannon from their twenty-two to the Ballynahinch ten metre line. Then a thirty metre break by Conor Gaston opened up the Hinch defence and when he passed to Chris Cochrane the Ballynahinch fullback David Nicholson was faced with a one on one with arguably the best balanced runner in Irish rugby. Nicholson made a good fist of it but the Ghost had the momentum and he raced around behind the posts for a great try. Michael Lawton added the extras after twenty-five minutes.
\n0 \u2013 10
\nGannon attacked right from the restart and it looked ominous for Hinch when Derek Hall broke away on a run into the twenty-two. Play went through three phases before Stuart McCloskey dug the ball out and passed to James McMahon who barged over on twenty-nine minutes. Lawton again converted.
\n0 \u2013 17
\nOn thirty-three minutes James Lash\u2019s penalty attempt rebounded off a post and when Callum Threlfall was binned soon after Hinch spurned a penalty straight in front in favour of a scrum. Their decision ultimately proved to be correct. When awarded a penalty Harry McAleese took a quick one, slipped the ball to Chris Napier who dived over for the try converted by Lash after thirty-nine minutes
\n7 \u2013 17
\nAlthough Dungannon started the second half well with Mark Jenkinson striding through the defence like a medieval knight on a charger Hinch looked dangerous. Mark O\u2019Shea had to come to Dungannon\u2019s rescue when an intelligent kick through eluded the chasing Stuart Morrow. Ballynahinch held field position and following a scrum James Simpson drove over after forty-two minutes.
\n12 \u2013 17
\nThe return of Callum helped Gannon get back into their stride but Hinch used the slope and breeze to good effect. When the ball came to James Thompson he put some pace into the move and sent David Nicholson over for a very good try. Lash\u2019s conversion put Ballynahinch into the lead after sixty-three minutes
\n19 \u2013 17
\nTwo minutes later a James Lash penalty put Hinch five points ahead.
\n22 \u2013 17
\nThe game was at a virtual stalemate with Ballynahinch running down the clock. However Dungannon regained possession and Rowan Halsall launched another Gannon attack. With Halsall, McKenzie, McCloskey, Smith and Hall playing a significant part Gannon won a penalty on the Ballynahinch twenty-two. Skipper Jenkinson elected to go for touch and flowing two or three phases the ball was spun wide for Chris Cochrane to use his head and his hands to send Mark O\u2019Shea over in the corner. 22 -22 with a touch line conversion across the breeze to come. This was a difficult kick and it never really threatened. The final whistle went and both sets of supporters were breathing a sigh of relief for different reasons.
\n22 \u2013 22
\nDungannon will feel disappointed, after being totally dominant with a seventeen point lead they allowed Hinch onto the game. Hinch will be disappointed to have clawed their way into a hard won lead only to lose it with the last move of the game. With both sides in the mix at the top of the Ulster Bank League both squads will believe they should have done better but at the end it was a good competitive game.
\nBoth sides entertained their supporters and it was a great advertisement for Ulster and All Ireland League rugby. It was certainly more watchable than the fare served up at Murrayfield on Saturday afternoon\u2019s Six Nations. <\/p>\n

Team: Conor Gaston. Michael Lawton, Paul McKenzie, Stuart McCloskey, Christopher Cochrane. Kieran Campbell, Michael Kirkwood. Glen Sinnamon, Adam Duhig, Mark Farquhar. Mark Jenkinson (Capt), Derek Hall. Callum Threlfall, Rowan Halsall, James McMahon. Paul Jackson, Philip Whyte, Paul McCarroll, Timothy Smith, Mark O\u2019Shea. .
\nReferee: Simon McDowell
\nTries: Christopher Cochrane, James McMahon & Mark O\u2019Shea
\nConversions: Michael Lawton (2)
\nPenalties: Michael Lawton <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

4th XV vs Randalstown (14 – 0) Forster Cup more pictures CLICK HERE This game started just as a torrential downpour ended and the ground was saturated with water. The conditions therefore dictated the tactics and Dungannon\u2019s skipper praised himself for his foresight in picking a team ideally suited to the conditions. In the end […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[6626,5674,17196,6350,5519,17190,4275,4278,5872,5304,4702,5816,7881,4281],"class_list":["post-21840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dungannon","tag-6626","tag-action","tag-ballynahinch","tag-continue","tag-cup","tag-dungannon","tag-i","tag-iv","tag-magic","tag-notes","tag-report","tag-rfc","tag-shots","tag-xv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21840"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21843,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21840\/revisions\/21843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}