It was totally appropriate that when two of Ulster & Irish rugby oldest clubs met at a sun kissed Cherryvale that they stood united in a minutes silence tribute to Nevin Spence his brother Graham & father Noel who so tragically died in a horrific farm accident last weekend.<\/p>\n
The rugby community in Ulster is in a state of shock at the loss of such a talent as Nevin Spence
\n& the Carrickfergus RFC Youth Section extends its condolences to the Spence family at this sad time.<\/p>\n
The rugby fare on offer from Malone & Carrick U17s unfortunately matched the sombre occasion as both teams fumbled & bumbled their way through a excruciatingly painful to watch first half.<\/p>\n
Although well in control possession wise it was Carrick\u2019s ability to force the pass, handle sloppily & lose control of the ball that kept Malone in the hunt.<\/p>\n
Malone employed several big runners & it was taking the second or third attempt to get the ball carrier to the ground & make the ball contestable.<\/p>\n
Notwithstanding all this Carrick were in control for most of the half & were ahead on the scoreboard by two tries to nil.<\/p>\n
The second half resumed with Carrick\u2019s best passage of the game with passes going to hand & correct options taken yielding a score under the posts.
\nThis put Carrick in a more positive frame of mind & they racked up a few more tries by playing simple
\nrugby & improving on their ball retention for more that two or three phases.<\/p>\n
Towards the end of the game with both teams reduced to thirteen players Malone were able to utilise the
\nOpen space to score a consolation try.<\/p>\n
Not to be outdone straight from the kickoff Carrick fielded well on their 10 metre line & found Wallace going blind on a mesmeric run which saw him beat a tired Malone defence for a wonderful individual score under the posts.<\/p>\n
Such is the level of expectation from this side that they were disappointed with 38 points to 5 victory over Malone. This was a game where the objective was achieved yes but the performance was far from what is required. The lessons learned from this encounter however will stand the team well & with a number of players to return from injury competition for places is hotting up nicely.<\/p>\n
Malone RFC U17s -5 Carrickfergus RFC U17s \u2013 38<\/p>\n
Congratulations also to Carrick Youth players Iain McMenemin and Bradley Young , both of whom represented Ulster at U18s level against Leinster at Donnybrook at the weekend. Well done boys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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