Corinthians retain U18 league title

Date Published: 01-Apr-2008

CORINTHIANS U18’s retained the Connacht League title with a convincing victory over Buccaneers in the final played in Tuam on Sunday.Playing into the wind, the Athlone side took an early lead when they went over for a try in the left corner which out-half Adam Kennedy narrowly failed to convert.Corinthians responded with a surge into the Buccaneers’ half during which the ball was moved from touchline to touchline several times in an attempt to penetrate a strong defence. This pressure reaped dividends when flanker Dara Higgins scored after superb handling by backs and forwards with Conor Murphy adding the conversion.After 12 minutes it was 7-5 and the game was evenly contested for the next 15 minutes with some clever kicking out of hand from both Kennedy and Murphy and excellent defensive work by both sides.However the Corinthians back line began to find holes in the Buccs’ defence particularly when running from deep. Full back Eamon Flaherty eventually crossed for a well-worked try after 27 minutes which Murphy failed to convert.Murphy made amends with a fine penalty five minutes later to make the score 15-5 at half time.After the restart, Corinthians’ ..........................