Bruff J1’s travelled to Coonagh to play Shannon under lights in the munster senior seconds league this evening. Bruff won 32 – 18. Bruff tries were scored by Barry Horan, Barry Enright, Nigel Riordan and Richie McAuliffe. Richie McAuliffe also added 2 conversions and a penalty to his tally and Barry Enright also added a conversion and a penalty to the scoreboard.
Fixtures for this weekend are as follows:
Saturday January 21st:
Junior 2 Friendly, Bruff v Young Munster, Kilballyowen Park12.00
U-21 Friendly Bruff v Thomond, Kilballyowen Park, 2.30
Sunday January 22nd:
Munster Senior Seconds League, Nenagh Ormond v Bruff, New Ormond Park, 2.30.
Fixtures for next weekend are as follows:
Saturday 14th January:
AIL Div 1B, Bruff v U.C.C., Kilballyowen Park, 1.30
AIL U-21 Southwest Conference, Buccaneers v Bruff, Dubarry Park, 2.30
Monday January 16th:
North Munster Senior Seconds League, Shannon v Bruff, Coonagh, 7.30
Bruff went into todays game in a confident mood after 2 recent wins in the North Munster Senior Seconds League. Garryowen were first on the scoreboard with a try in the 10th minute. Bruff then suffered a major setback with Leo McGrath going off with a serious hand injury. Two well taken penalties by Richie McAuliffe secured the lead for Bruff. However Garryowen struck back with an intercept try which they converted to leave them 12 points to 6 in front at half time.
However Bruff came out in the second half in a determined mood and took the game to Garryowen and after a lot of great work by the pack Mike Carroll scored a well deserved try. Bruff continued to pressurise Garryowen and were awarded another penalty which Richie converted. With the score now 14 to 12 in favour of Bruff it looked like another victory in favour of the home side, but Garryowen were awarded a penalty just outside our 22 with 3 minutes remaining, which they converted. Time ran out on Bruff and the players left the field knowing that this was one game that could have been won.
Team:
R McAuliffe, M Cosgrove, A Breen,R Finn,M O Donovan, B Carroll, T Carroll, M O Rourke, L McGrath, P Cleary, T Quirke, B Horan, G Collns, J Hogan (Capt), C O Sullivan.
Subs, all used M Carroll, P Lynch, K Laffan, B Laffan, E
Quinn.
Both the J1’s and the J2’s were in competitive action this weekend. The J1 team had a bonus point win in the Senior Second league over Thomond and now lie in 5th position with 2 games in hand over 4th placed Thomond.
Podge Clery opened the Bruff scoring with a try on his return to the team after a lengthy injury. The second try came from John O’Sullivan with Mike Collins adding a third.
The bonus point score came off the back of a dominant scrum with the referee running under the posts to award a penalty try. Barry Enright kicked two conversions. Final Score Bruff 24 – 5 Thomond.
| League table for Munster Seconds League North |
|
Pos |
Team |
Played |
Won |
Lost |
Drawn |
Bonus |
Deduct |
Points |
|
1 |
Garryowen |
7 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
29 |
|
2 |
Shannon |
8 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
28 |
|
3 |
Young Munster |
8 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
25 |
|
4 |
Thomond |
8 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
|
5 |
Bruff |
6 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
15 |
|
6 |
UL Bohemian |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
7 |
Old Crescent |
8 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
8 |
Nenagh Ormond |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
The J2 team had a 35 – 19 win at home to St. Senans. the Bruff trys scored by Andrew Breen, Noel McNamara, Mike McCarthy, Brian Carroll and Denis Kennedy. Brian Carroll adding 10 points from the boot.