{"id":81932,"date":"2015-02-17T23:54:48","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T23:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=81932"},"modified":"2015-02-17T23:54:48","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T23:54:48","slug":"valley-iii-xv-69-v-enniskillen-iii-xv-12-u18s-14-v-newry-u18s-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/valley-iii-xv-69-v-enniskillen-iii-xv-12-u18s-14-v-newry-u18s-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Valley III XV 69 v Enniskillen III XV 12 & U18S 14 v Newry U18S 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Valley win local encounter with a big win.<\/strong>
\nClogher Valley beat local rivals Enniskillen III with 11 tries as they win
\n69 – 12. The home side started well keeping the visitors pinned down in
\ntheir own 22. Despite stiff resistance from Enniskillen, the Valley
\neventually wore them down and the tries started to come. Stan Hamilton
\nplaying at outhalf for the Valley controlled the game and made use of the
\nstrong running Matthew Keys to punch holes in the Enniskillen defence. For
\nshort periods Enniskillen bounced back and reminded the home side that it
\nwasn’t going to be one way traffic. Dale McCleen playing at centre for
\nEnniskillen asked questions of the Valley defence with surging runs into the
\nhome sides 22.<\/p>\n

The Valley proved to be much too strong for Enniskillen with tries from P
\nStubbs, W Stafford(2), P Jennings, S Hamilton(2), A McKeown, M Keys, G Kosy,
\nM Monteith (2) and conversions from S Hamilton (3) and M Keys(4). This was
\nthe Valley’s day with one of the biggest scores recorded against
\nEnniskillen. Next week it is back to cup action with a tough encounter
\nagainst Limavady away<\/p>\n

Valley overcome Newry in a tough encounter.<\/strong>
\nValley overcome Newry in a tough encounter. Clogher Valley’s U18 side
\ntravelled to Newry in what turned out to be a bruising encounter but come
\naway with a 14-10 win. The home side started well testing the Valley defence
\nwith strong probing runs. The heavy pitch suited a forward’s game and Newry
\nused this to suit their style of play. Poor Valley tackling allowed Newry to
\ngain a foothold in the visitors 22 and their reward came after 15 minutes
\nwith an unconverted try. Newry led 5-0.<\/p>\n

This spurred the visitors on and the Valley increased the tempo of the game.
\nA lineout at the 10 meter line, was secured by Brendan McSorley and the pack
\ndrove the maul up to the Newry 22. The pack decided to keep the ball
\nthemselves and done numerous pick and go from the base of the ruck. Only
\nafter the 6th phase, did the ball get released to the backs. The ball now in
\nthe centre of the pitch was popped back to the forwards and from 7 meters
\nout Morgan Whiteside drove over to equal the score. Josh Graham added the
\nconversion to take the lead 7-5.<\/p>\n

The Valley had their tails up and was dominating the contact area. Allan
\nMcKenna’s work rate was outstanding in the loose. Chris Hetherington drove
\nover the try line from 10 meters out carrying several Newry defenders
\nhanging onto him. Unfortunately he was unable to ground the ball and the
\nValley was awarded a 5 meter scrum. The scrum was solid and Brendan McSorley
\npicked up at the back of the scum and drove over to double the try score.
\nJosh Graham duly converted. The Valley led 14-5.<\/p>\n

A Newry line out at the Valley’s 10 meter line was stolen by McSorley,
\nthrown out wide and Dale Hall broke through the initial defensive line. He
\nwas eventually stopped 5 meters out. The 2nd half was a dogged affair. Newry
\nwere not going to concede home advantage and give the Valley an easy win.
\nMcSorley was dominant in the lineout and the loose. Hicks had two fantastic
\nbreaks from the lineout catching the Newry defence unawares and driving down
\nclose to the line. Newry’s pressure eventually found a hole in the Valley’s
\ndefence and they drove over to score their 2nd try. With the score 14-10 to
\nthe visitors, the last 5 minutes was a tense time for the Valley. Shane
\nMahoney took a difficult catch and made 30 meters up the wing only to be
\nbundled into touch by two Newry defenders.<\/p>\n

The Man of the Match award had numerous contenders this week, McSorley,
\nHicks, Graham, McKenna, Hall but was finally awarded to the ever improving
\nMahoney for his tackling, taking high clearance kicks and runs up the wing.
\nNext up is a tough encounter against Rainey in the Nutty Crust Competition
\nin Portadown on Wednesday night; ko 7.45pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Valley win local encounter with a big win. Clogher Valley beat local rivals Enniskillen III with 11 tries as they win 69 – 12. The home side started well keeping the visitors pinned down in their own 22. Despite stiff resistance from Enniskillen, the Valley eventually wore them down and the tries started to come. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[788,4,482,1197],"tags":[8587,17237,4277,4280,5961,4281],"class_list":["post-81932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clogher-valley","category-clubs","category-enniskillen","category-newry","tag-8587","tag-enniskillen","tag-iii","tag-v","tag-valley","tag-xv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81932","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=81932"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81933,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81932\/revisions\/81933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}