Roots & All is a project where we pick a few teams that don’t normally make the spotlight week in week out and feature them regularly throughout an entire campaign.
Tick tock the end of the season approaches but the magnitude of the games starts to get bigger.
The U13’s had a game against Tuam on Tuesday night. This was at tight affair with both teams doing their best to get the win. The opening exchanges were tight with but teams looking to establish dominance. As the game wore on our lads were eventually able to establish some attacking momentum and run out 23-10 winners. This was game was very useful preparation for our lads as the head to Monivea on Saturday and a Connacht Plate quarter final clash.
The 14’s have a big weekend ahead as they make the trip to Westport to play Connemara RFC in the final of the Connacht U14 league. This is a big weekend for us as this is the first ever youth final we have a reached. Considering this is only our third year of youth rugby this quite an achievement.
This game should be a close encounter despite our lads winning at home and away when the teams met in the league earlier in the season. Both games finished with one score in difference and it is hard to expect anything different this weekend.
The U17’s made the trip to Ballinrobe RFC last week to take on the hosts in the quarter final of the Connacht U17 Plate. Although our lads made a bright start it was Ballinrobe who got the opening try and they extended their lead further later in the half to leave us 14-0 behind at half-time.
Our luck didn’t change much in the second half despite the sterling effort put in by our lads. Although defeated 26-7 it was a case of if’s and but’s. Our 17’s season is drawing to a close but we still have a league semi-final with Ballinasloe which is scheduled for later this month.
Our mini rugby players are getting in to the business end of the season with Connacht blitzes coming thick and fast, Last week the U10’s made the trip to North Mayo and to Ballina RFC. We had two teams in action with tackles and tries a plenty. It was a great weekend of fun by all accounts. This weekend the U12’s are off to Corinthians for the U12 Connacht blitz, while all the other age groups will have training as normal.
For the next few weeks we will be busy as our youths will have league and cup action while the mini rugby players will be travelling around Connacht for the various blitzes. We will also be busy getting organised for the Claremorris St. Patricks day parade in which we will be participating in. We will also be doing our best to get as many entries as we can to our Sports Predictor Competition.
