Having already guaranteed themselves a semi-final spot the Creggs senior women travelled to play reigning champions Tuam Oughterard Colts on Sunday in Tuam in the last of the league format games before the semi-finals.
On a bitterly cold day and playing minus a few regulars, the Creggs women came out on the wrong side of a 39-0 scoreline. TOC scored four first-half tries and three in the second half and punished all the Creggs mistakes. The second-half performance from the Creggs team was far better and they forced the opposition to defend for long periods. The women have a couple of weeks off before they play their semi-final.
BOYS U-15s: The Connacht Boys U-15 Division 1 league final took place in Tuam on Saturday. Creggs RFC took on Galway Corinthians.
Creggs got off to a very strong start with a try for Aydin Odemis in the 6th minute with Calvin Beckett adding the conversion to give Creggs an early 7-point lead. Creggs dominated possession and territory for the first 20 minutes, then Corinthians struck back with an unconverted try from loose Creggs defending.
Creggs had a lot of defensive work to do to the end of the first half. At the break the score was 7-5 to Creggs. The second half saw both teams in a stalemate for the first 15 minutes until Corinthians got a penalty to lead 8-7.
Corinthians took control of the game and scored two tries in less than five minutes. Creggs started to put the phases together and pinned Corinthians back, allowing Austin Smith in for Creggs’ second try of the game to leave the score at 20-12.
Creggs battled hard but despite some good attacking play they couldn’t break the Corinthians defence and the last play of the game saw Corinthians turn over the ball and score the final try to leave the full-time score 25-12 in their favour.
The team battled hard in tough conditions and the scoreline wasn’t a true reflection on the game. They will now focus on the cup. Thanks to all who came out in tough conditions to support which was much appreciated by the team.
U-14 BOYS: The Boys U-14 Division 1 league final was postponed due to a frozen pitch in Ballyhaunis on Saturday. A new fixture date has not been set yet.
MINI RUGBY: Mini rugby had to be postponed as a result of the frost on Saturday morning turning all the pitches rock hard.
ON CLOVERS TEAM: Creggs RFC pairing of Ivana Kiripati and Jemima Adams Verling played on the Clovers team against Welsh opposition in Belfast on Saturday. They came away with a 29-7 bonus point win in the Celtic League third round match. Congrats, ladies.
LOTTO: Creggs lotto jackpot was not won and is now at €3700. The lucky dip winner was Aengus Oates. Please join our lotto and support our many teams get through the season successfully. Please check your lotto membership in case it has expired. Renewals can be done online at www.creggsrugby.ie
