Inishowen dig deep to win
15.11.09
Rugby: 6-3 win for McCrossan
AFTER waiting for the men
in black to finish their grand tour of Inishowen and
realise that they were in-fact hosting the fixture, the
game kicked off late in Limavady. The visiting Inishowen
men received the kick-off and started play with a slight
breeze behind them. The lads were fired up with some
serious attitude and were determined to retain
possession of the ball from the start, Inishowen charged
up the pitch and set up camp. Both forwards and backs
worked as a unit and played some impressive running
rugby. Limavady responded with some off the ball tactics
that let Dundee have a practice shot at the posts, only
to go slightly wide. Limavady responded with some
attacking rugby that left Inishowen realising that hard
work was needed if they were to return to the
oppositions half. Scrums started a little meekly until
the pack were given a few tender words of advice, this
did the trick and the boys upped the workload, started
holding fast (McFadden the ever vocal Badger and
McGuinness) and won some ball against the head (well
done Terence). The home side didn’t take too kindly to
this new challenge and handed the ball back to Dundee to
slot 3 points. Inishowen gathered the kick and returned
into hostile territory, the pack worked their way
forward with some hard running from the returning
Cantwell (Pack leader) and second row Noone. Inishowen
kept getting close to scoring with some great work from
the backline, Hickey decided enough was enough and
backed himself all the way to the try line only to
realise that he wasn’t playing NFL. Inishowen kept the
pressure on and made their way up the park again;
McColgan came close to scoring with one of his blitz
runs from a scrum on the 5m line. Half time.
Inishowen kicked off the second half and the war was on
again, Mickey Joe (Hands) made a good tackle, returned
to his feet and won possession. Inishowen were advancing
again. After Jackie made some fast breaks and hard
yards, he was replaced through injury by Matty (Elbows)
who upped the tempo of the game another notch. The ball
was fed to the backs and Kenny decided to run into a few
brick walls, this didn’t seem to deter him at all as he
and the nippy right winger Paddy kept getting stuck in.
Some vocals gifted Limavady 3 points to bring the score
3-3, all square and ten mins remaining (discipline).
Shane (Yank) decided to feed Limavady soil with some red
fertiliser after he made some explosive runs, fair dues
he stayed on the pitch and kept intimidating the
Limavady pack. Hickey left the field through injury;
Owen who was fired up and rearing to get at the men in
black replaced him. Jones, the ever-reliable full back
wasn’t in the mood to let the score remain level. He
powered into the defence time and time again, this led
to a ruck being formed for the Inishowen half back
gazelle to get behind Limavady lines only to be high
tackled. Dundee stepped up to convert and Inishowen led
6-3. One minute remained and Cardiff ball was called, a
well-rehearsed move that led to another penalty. Dundee
had another go at the posts unfortunately the ball went
wide. Final whistle.
Inishowen dug deep into their genetic make up to gain
this victory, well-done lads lets keep this attitude
alive and kicking. |
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