Clogher Valley 3rd XV fielded a mixed side of youth and experience on
\nSaturday to face Armagh 4th XV. Clogher Valley set their intentions down
\nearly with strong scrummaging and ball carrying. The first try came on the
\n10 minute mark when CV forwards worked through four phases of tight ball
\ncarrying in the centre of the park drawing Armagh’s defence in. Gaps began
\nto appear both left and right. Scrum Half Carruth spun the ball wide to the
\nright and the backs moved the ball well with Luke Irwin at second centre the
\none to find the try making gap. Dylan Eakin at out-half kicked the first of
\nfour excellent conversions.<\/p>\n
Armagh were not well organised at the line-out and this left a fair number
\nof opportunities for CV forwards to clean up ball with Hicks at hooker
\ngathering lots of loose ball and running strongly. Paul Jennings was the man
\nto go over for the second try with ball being stolen at an Armagh lineout
\nand this time being carried by Liam McElroy, Chris Trimble and Simon Clarke
\nthrough multiple phases of tight play before being spun through quick hands
\nto the left wing where Paul worked hard to get across the line. Dylan Eakin
\nproceed to convert. <\/p>\n
The mould was set for the rest of the first half. From the restart Armagh
\nhad no answer to the CV forwards with strong ball carrying by Simon Clarke,
\nJamie Herron and Chris Trimble taking play to within 5 metres of the Armagh
\ntry line. The ball did not come out of a ruck and Armagh were awarded the
\nput in to the scrum. CV had been scrummaging well from the out set with Prop
\nRyan McMaster leading the way, Clogher Valley were not going to give up this
\nopportunity easily. The Armagh scrum was driven quickly backwards and the
\nArmagh scrum half was under serious pressure coming away with the ball where
\nhe was quickly wrapped up be CV man of the match Tim Moore (playing flanker)
\nwho proceeded to rip the ball and dive across the line for his first try of
\nthe day. Eakin converted.<\/p>\n
The Armagh team talk at half time must have been a good one because they
\nimproved the game play significantly in the second half. For the first 10
\nminutes from the kick off CV players 1 to 15 were called upon to defend and
\nall performed excellently. In particular Russell Smyton and replacement
\nplayer Dean Sharkey put in strong tackles giving Armagh no room to move.<\/p>\n
The combination of number 8 Paul Eagleson and scrum half Lee Carruth had
\nbeen working well all day with Carruth making the calls and Eagleson
\ncarrying ball. The 4th try came after one of these calls. A ruck was formed
\nand Carruth’s box kick from the back was chased by the eager and hard
\nworking Tim Moore. He beat 2 Armagh players to the ball, picked up and ran
\non to score under the posts. Eakin converted again.
\n Clogher Valley full back Andy Brady had been having an excellent game
\ndealing with all Armagh kicks with seeming ease and breaking the Armagh line
\nevery time in counter attack but a knock meant a reshuffle for CV with Paul
\nClarke coming on in the second row, Simon Clarke moving to flanker and Tim
\nMoore going to Full back.<\/p>\n
The last quarter is where Clogher Valley began to tire. Armagh took
\nadvantage by finding gaps in the backline and scoring 2 tries in quick
\nsuccession. Both were converted and the score came to 28 – 14. Clogher
\nValley raised the game again in the final stages winning ball in there own
\nhalf and spinning it wide to the right through sure hands to winger George
\nKoszylowski who ran 40 meters to take Clogher Valleys 5th and final score.
\nFinal score 33 – 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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