{"id":72843,"date":"2014-09-15T12:48:08","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T11:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=72843"},"modified":"2014-09-15T12:48:08","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T11:48:08","slug":"civil-service-rfc-ii-xv-win-away-youth-v-monaghan-rfc-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/civil-service-rfc-ii-xv-win-away-youth-v-monaghan-rfc-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil Service RFC II XV win away + Youth v Monaghan RFC REPORTS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Service slay the Dragon of Dee<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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On a warm September Saturday, captain\u00a0Paul Culbert<\/a> marched his band of merry men\u00a0eastward. Guided in by the town’s famous lighthouse,\u00a0Service found themselves at a familiar battle scene,\u00a0albeit one without happy memories. Twice in\u00a02014 the men from Stormont suffered heavily at the hands of the days opponents, most recently in a squad friendly just a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n

The first eyebrow raise of the day came during the\u00a0warm-up at the sheer size of the opponents.<\/p>\n

Expecting to face a Minor League rugby team,\u00a0it seemed we were instead up against Sauron’s army\u00a0of Orcs. For those of you unfamiliar with Lord\u00a0of the Rings analogies, imagine, if you can, the love child of King Kong \u00a0raised on a diet of slain unicorns and nuclear waste.<\/p>\n

Undeterred however, service had a determined\u00a0warm-up & steamed out of the changing room\u00a0like a herd of riled up rhinos.<\/p>\n

As expected, Dee came at Service like a raging bull.\u00a0Like a veritable Thirst Pocket however, Service soaked up\u00a0the early pressure. In one such instance, and with utter disregard\u00a0for his own body, Ciaran O’Reilly reached martyrdom in his\u00a0repelling of a thundering attack. While our tryline remained\u00a0un-breached, the same unfortunately couldn’t be same for Ciaran’s\u00a0collarbone which ended up in worse shape than Stevey Powell on a Saturday\u00a0night. Ciaran was last seen in the back of an ambulance, and naturally\u00a0our best wishes go his way. Listen hard enough and you\u2019ll hear a collective sigh of relief from teams around the league at the thought of not having to face him for a few weeks. Into the breach then stepped Alaister Beacom, who had quite literally\u00a0just got out of his car.\u00a0The backline continued as before, felling mammoth attackers with ruthless precision, winger David Lewis, fullbackEmmet McKimm<\/a> and many others offering no quarter………. for the full report >>\u00a0http:\/\/www.pitchero.com\/clubs\/civilservicenirfc\/s\/match-centre-76507\/0-2638933<\/a><\/p>\n

Team:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Trevor McDowell<\/a>\u00a02.\u00a0Iain Thomas 3.\u00a0Scott Harper<\/a>\u00a04.\u00a0Paul Culbert<\/a> (c) 5.\u00a0Craig Algie 6.\u00a0Stuart Moody<\/a>\u00a07.\u00a0Jonny Crabbe<\/a>\u00a08.\u00a0Niall Donnelly<\/a>\u00a09.\u00a0Andrew Johnston<\/a><\/p>\n

10.\u00a0George Brown<\/a>\u00a011.\u00a0David Lewis 12.\u00a0les magowan<\/a>\u00a013.\u00a0Ciaran O\u2019Reilly 14.\u00a0Matt Thompson<\/a>\u00a015.\u00a0Emmet McKimm<\/a>\u00a016.\u00a0Simon Toland 17.\u00a0Alastair Beacom<\/p>\n

18.\u00a0Conor Kerr<\/a><\/p>\n

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Service edged into second place at a blistering hot Monaghan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On a warm September Saturday the Service players converged on the Monaghan playing fields determined that nothing would keep them out and that they would break through any defences. Unfortunately a small chain and combination padlock had other ideas and so they were delayed somewhat before preparations for the first league encounter could begin.<\/p>\n

With 4 players making their debuts it was perhaps a little inevitable that there would be a few issues as the new players bedded in but Connor, Gareth, Geoff and Owen acquitted themselves well throughout the match and indeed the last 3 of those, along with pack leader Ben Morgan started in the lineouts particularly well as they not only retained their own ball, but spoilt a lot of the oppositions’. Unfortunately though, as seems to keep happening, Civil were just a bit sluggish for the first half, a few weak tackles, half assed kick chases and poor decisions showed and in fairness the visitors were somewhat fortunate to go in at half time at 3 – 3 as a late Peter Hoskins penalty levelled the scores……. for the full story follow >\u00a0http:\/\/www.pitchero.com\/clubs\/civilservicenirfc\/news\/monaghan-advantage-in-league-opener-1291172.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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