HERE<\/a> for the shots
\nSkipper nigel finlay had to draw his net wide to fill the teamsheet for this fixture, but when the call went out it was answered.
\nGreg and jason Mitchell at 10 and 12, lee edgar played his first competitive game of the season and coming out of retirement, mr colin finlay.
\nFinn valley brought a big pack and looked like they meant business, having improved well this season and been on a bit of a run, but when Strabane got motoring, they had no answer.
\nGreg Mitchell caused all sorts of bother when he got the ball and set up2 tries and got one for himself before departing for a romantic break at halftime.
\nNot to be outdone, his brother jason also scored a try and kicked 2 conversions and put in a great performance at outhalf, a position he naturally gravitates toward, even when he\u2019s not supposed to.
\nMatty mcilwaine scored his first try for the club, and enjoyed it so much he went on to claim a hatrick. His direct running was more than the finn valley defence could cope with and he never failed to make ground.
\nAs the visiting pack tired Strabane were able to move the ball freely and sweeping moves from one side of the pitch to the other resulted in 2 tries for lee edgar, one for alistair gore
\nand stuarty thompson finished the game with a well deserved score in the corner.
\nHonourable mentions must go to stalwart bert galbraith, who again turned out in the club\u2019s hour of need and had a perfectly good try disallowed- see below
\nRobbie pattison was moved from the wing to cover fullback and carried back like a man possessed
\nthe whole team did a great job and no more could be asked of them. The honour of leading the team off the pitch was given to colin finlay,
\nWhere we were greeted with the great news from the firsts, and the cheer could be heard down at the cricket club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Strabane 1s travelled up to belfast to face Qualifying league3 leaders PSNI missing 8 regulars and produced the result of the season so far to win 23-18 Tries from jimmy hamilton, davy rankin and man of the match, john Mitchell, combined with 2 penalties and a conversion from rankin were enough to secure 2 points […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ulster-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42593","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=42593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}