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Newry RFC U12"s travelled to Lurgan for a friendly to accompany the U14s for their league game.
The Blue and Whites fielded 14 players all keen as mustard to get another game under them.
The first quarter started with a frenzy and Newry fronted up in spectacular fashion, all players got their tackles in and got involved. Newry ran out 7 tries to 1 up.
The 2nd quarter Lurgan began to hit their stride and offered stronger resistance but this sparked Newry to play their best rugby of the season.
Newry communication and pace out wide was too much for Lurgan, with Newry running out winners with 4 tries to 1.
Special mention to Ryan McLoughlin who scored his first try with a bullish run carrying 3 players over the line with him.
The 3rd quarter started with Newry going down by 2 tries very quickly, they had to dig deep and tackle hard to prevent further tries. The boys showed guts and determination to not go down further and managed to pull back a try, but ended up on the wrong side 2 tries to 1 down.
After some words of encouragement and a new game plan to combat Lurgan's power at the rucks, the Blue and Whites opted for quick ball and it paid dividends. Newry stuck to the game plan and moved the ball quickly. This was too much for Lurgan with Newry running out 4 tries to 1.
The Newry coaches were really proud of the boys and the way they handled the pressure and came back stronger.
Newry Under 14s narrowly lose out to strong Instonians
In another game of the weekend Newry RFC Under 14s came up against a strong instonians team but none the less Newry showed they were ready for the challenge despite missing a few key players.
The Blue and Whites started the game on the back foot as Instonians passed wide to beat the pressing defence.
Danny O'Hare and Liam Maginess showed their defending capabilities by knocking any player that came within touching distance.
Instonians scored 3 more tries before the break leaving Newry with and uphill task.
After halftime and a quick team talk captain Dara Laverty lead the Newry men out with his restart kicks proving too much trouble for Instonians as Harry Kelly and Carville stopped Instonians from building momentum.
Newry started winning more ball at the the breakdown resulting in more strong Newry attacks that were too strong for the defence allowing Liam Woods who can’t seem to stop scoring over in the corner for Newry first try.
Newry kept the pressure on scoring another 2 tries before to make a real contest of it.
Instonians rallied late on and scored the decisive and final try of the game to give the home side victory. Newry can hold their heads high after this gutsy performance and they can look to build on this for the rest of the season.
