Weekend double for Corinthians
Corinthians completed a double on Sunday afternoon when winning the U-19 Connacht Cup and the Ard na Cregg Cup.
The Cloonacauneen side took on Connemara in the Sportsground in the U-19 final, and ran out 29-7 winners. On the same day over at Cloonacauneen, the club’s 3rds were 27-0 winners over Tuam RFC in the Ard na Cregg final.
Meanwhile, city rivals Galwegians picked up a number of awards at the weekend, including the Ulster Bank League Division 2a Player of the Year gong, which was awarded to Jerome Harrimate.
The club bagged several more honours at the Connacht Rugby Awards held in NUI Galway on Saturday night.
The Glenina outfit won the Connacht Club of the Year, while there were also individual awards for the Ireland U-20’s captain Sean O’Brien (U-20 Player of the Year), assistant senior team coach John Muldoon (Connacht Forward of the Year), Claire Raftery (Connacht Women’s Player of the Year) and captain Ruth O’Reilly (Women’s Club Player of the Year).