Armagh under 13s maintained their excellent season by hammering Newry 62-nil
\nin the second round stages of the Cup. Playing a lovely brand of running
\nrugby, they are a joy to watch and some of their back play is of such a high
\nstandard, that older [players should come down and see for themselves the
\npassing and movement. There are a few stars in this team but it is unfair to
\nsingle out anyone in particular. They have a very aggressive pack which
\nscrummage and ruck very well and the lines of running in the backs is
\nexcellent. They scored some magnificent tries especially the scores from
\nTiernan O.Neil who has only recently taken up rugby and the control of the
\nhalf-backs Nathan Rodgers and Rory Hughes always has the team going forward.
\nThe backs and forwards combined perfectly to score 10 tries, five of which
\nwere converted by Rory Hughes, Armagh have now qualified for the quarter
\nfinals but their opponents are not yet known.<\/p>\n
The 15s also bounced back from their defeat last week against Banbridge to
\nalso win 62-0 against a Newry side that has only been beaten once this
\nseason. Coach Anton Finn was very disappointed last week and also was
\nslightly surprised at the low numbers at training last week and had stern
\nwords for the side which obviously motivated them to their best win of the
\nseason. Star finishers were Sam Odour with 4 tries and Chris Lowry with 3
\ntries but the whole side played well as a unit to allow them to participate
\nin the shield competition. It is also very pleasing to record that 2
\nplayers Kyle Maguire and Chris Lowry are in the South Region under 16 squad
\nand 7 players Neill McGuiness, Pearce Lennon, Cormac Fox, Pat Quigley, Paul
\nMullan, Barry Finn and Jordan Falloon are still in the South Regional Squad
\nfor under 15s especially when they are not from traditional rugby playing
\nschools.<\/p>\n
The 17s have surprised everyone recently by winning their two cup games to
\nqualify for the premier cup competition and they too won 39-5 against a big
\nNewry side at the Palace. For the first time this season the boys seem to
\nbe playing for each other and they are really gelling as a unit. Their half
\nbacks Aaron Fox and Cillian Harney are really combining well now and
\ncontrolling the possession from the forwards to allow their strong running
\nbacks Robbie Gazeck and Rauiri Quinn to punch holes for tries. Credit for
\nturning the fortunes of this side around should be given to Mark Riddle,
\ncoaches Gareth Warnock and Dougie. Manager Philip Agnew deserves great
\npraise for getting the side out each week and these boys are starting to
\nreally pull together. They are looking forward to a good draw in the
\nquarter finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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