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Newry U14's Rugby had a comprehensive win over Ballyclare/Malone at the weekend. Thankfully the weather held to make great conditions for rugby.
The boys were keen to get stuck in and correct a few issues from last week. Today's word of the day was Momentum and that is exactly what they did with pressure turning into points. There was plenty of direct running, offloading in the tackle and ripping the ball in the tackle. Pressure soon told and Newry was on the score sheet with Anthony and Oran crossing the line after a few good phases of play. Ballyclare then started using their strengths and played up the middle with their bigger players, this enabled them to score a well worked try. Anthony then added his second try after a pick up from the base of the scrum, first half score was 24 -5 in Newry's favour.
After a few words or encouragement. water and jelly babies the boys were keen to start the 2nd half to put the game to bed. What was great to see was that each player got time on the ball to make tackles and get involved. Conor and Jacob ran really good lines out wide making space with great passes inside, this enabled Anthony to score his hat-trick try and Oran his 2nd. Ruairi, Oliver, Patrick, Larry and Ryan did the hard yards to give the team forward momentum, often ending up in the backline and delivering sone great passes.
Nearing the end of the 2nd half, a quick tap penalty saw Patrick bulldoze his way through 5 players to claim his score. This saw the game open up and Ballyclare defend their hearts out. Larry and Anthony came close to scoring with the defence just holding out. Tom started using his boot to good effect, with good chasing putting Ballyclare under pressure and pegging them back.
Final score for official game was Newry 36 vs Ballyclare 5.
The coaches then agreed to play a final 15 mins game with the new players getting a run out. Newry once again dominated the exchanges, and winning 17-0. Tries by Jacob, Finn and Rauiri.
The boys played with enthusiasm and were even trying out a few training ground moves, it was great to see. As a coach you can only ask for the boys to play to a game plan and they did that very well today.
