Creggs RFC 25 Tuam RFC 8: Creggs’ first team took on Tuam at home on Sunday afternoon in the ‘Super 4’ league play-offs.
Mikey Dunne scored an early try for Creggs in the right corner. Minutes later Mark Purcell was unlucky with a penalty directly into the strong wind. From the drop-out Shane Purcell took control and sprinted home untouched from the halfway line for a 10-0 lead.
Tuam, playing with the wind, eventually got into the Creggs 22, scoring in the left corner. Shortly afterwards they added a penalty from 46 metres making it a two-point game.
After 32 minutes Creggs won a lineout on their 22, took a maul forward and then released the ball where the sharp-handling backs let Dunne in for their third try to finish the first half 15-8 ahead.
The second half kick-off for Creggs went deep with the wind and led to a penalty converted by Shane Purcell to put Creggs 18-8 ahead.
It took 60 minutes for Creggs to score again when Mark Purcell made a 40-metre break, before a timely pass to Mark Dowd who had his cousin Shane on his shoulder to score the 4th try, converted by Shane Purcell.
Creggs held Tuam scoreless in the second half. Creggs now face Castlebar RFC at home this weekend.
WOMEN’S TEAM: SEG Warriors 0 Creggs RFC 31. The Creggs senior women got back to winning ways on Sunday, defeating South East Galway Warriors 31-0 in the quarter-final of the Senior Women’s Cup in very wet conditions in Ballinasloe.
SEG started well but tries from Susan O’Reilly and Jemima Adams Verling had Creggs in control and 19-0 ahead at half-time.
Five minutes into the second half after a good run by Seren Griffiths Susan O’Reilly dived over to extend Creggs’ lead. This try was converted by Eabha Dowd. Creggs still had time for one more score through Jemima Adams Verling.
Creggs: Jennifer Morris, Seren Griffiths, Jemima Adams Verling, Shannon Haugh, Stacey Corbally, Éabha Dowd, Elaine O’Grady, Susan O’Reilly (captain), Orla Timon, Sabrina Egan, Rachael O’Grady, Gabrielle Kilcommons, Hannah Coen, Merisa Kiripati, Kelley Haugh, Michaela Gillooly, Nadine Fitzmaurice, Isabelle Quinn, Abbie Murray, Tara Waldron, Victoria Livermore, Ailish O’Rourke, Grace Scanlon, Grace Hanley.
BOYS U-18.5 CUP: Creggs/Monivea 24 Connemara/Oughterard 19. In the first round of the U-18.5 Cup the newly-formed Monivea/Creggs team took on their Connemara/Oughterard counterparts in a wet and windy Creggs.
Creggs/Monivea started brightly and after some good team play their loose head Oisin Mullen scored the opening try on five minutes. The conversion made it 7-0. On 12 minutes a quick tap penalty by scrum-half Daithi Concannon created a break and he off-loaded to no 8 Dylan Wynne who scored a second try (also converted). Creggs les 14-0 at half-time.
Shortly after the restart Oisin Mullen again crossed over to put Monivea/Creggs 21-0 in front. Connemara/Oughterard then had a series of scores to reduce the gap to two points with only minutes remaining. Monivea/Creggs captain Luke Kilcommons earned a penalty which was slotted over by Darren Hynes to push the score to 24-19. This was a great victory for this newly-formed side. They now move on to play Ballina away this week.
BOYS U-17 CUP: Ballinasloe RFC 22 Creggs RFC 19. Creggs Boys U-17s travelled to Ballinasloe for their first round cup game at noon last Sunday. The game was played in very tough conditions with cold wind and rain.
Tries in the first half by Myles McSharry, Cian Kiernan and Ivan Bikol, with only one successful conversion, left Creggs leading at half-time by 19-12.
The Creggs squad’s next outing is in two weeks’ time, at home against Connemara/Oughterard.
BOYS U-15 CUP: Galwegians 22 Creggs 20. Creggs RFC boys U-15s travelled to Galwegians on Saturday where the home team got off to a strong start scoring the first try to lead 7-0. Creggs got back in the game with a try from Ryan Halligan to trail 7-5. Galwegians scored the next try to extend the lead to 12-5.
After a good spell of possession for Creggs, they were awarded a penalty which Cathal Nerney kicked to leave the score 12-8. In the final play of the first half Galwegians got in for their 3rd try to lead 19-8 at half-time.
Creggs started the second half strongly with a try from Aydin Odemis with Cathal Nerney adding the conversion to bring the score to 19-15. Finally after a lot of dominant play Noah Feeley got over the line for a try to give Creggs a one-point lead (20-19).
Creggs went on the attack and should have closed out the game but lost possession, allowing Galwegians to clear the ball downfield where Creggs gave away a silly penalty 30 metres from their posts. Galwegians kicked the penalty which was the final play of the game to give them a 22-20 win. Creggs play Carrick-on-Shannon at home next weekend in the 2nd round.
Creggs squad: Aydin Odemis, Daniel Connolly, George Hoban, Cillian Fallon, Cameron Clark, Tom Og Reddington, Ryan Halligan, Austin Smyth, Calvin Beckett, Cathal Nerney, Thomas Lohan, Jack Lally, Ciaran Cunnane, Noah Feely, Calum Ward, Darragh Connaughton, Maks Ciszyk, Ryan Lynch, Fionn Healy, Brian Moran, Will O’Gara.
GIRLS U-14 CUP: Creggs RFC 34 Buccaneers RFC 10.
Creggs U-14 girls started their cup campaign with a home game against neighbours Buccaneers RFC on Sunday afternoon.
In a tough, physical encounter the Creggs girls started well, scoring the first try of the game from some good open play and strong work from the forwards. Buccs didn’t bow down and scored a try themselves, levelling the scores. Creggs finished the half with a tight lead, 12-7.
The second half was as tough as the first and the girls never let up, winning 34-10. Well done to the girls on a great start to a cup campaign. Try scorers on the day were Emer Timon, Clodagh Finneran, Muireann Mulry and Lilly Higgins with conversions by Darcy Thorose and Maisie Holmes.
Creggs: Darcy Thorose, Ella Finneran, Kayla Walsh, Saoirse Scott, Sophie Dwyer, Clodagh Finneran, Maisie Holmes, Leah Connolly, Amy Hannon, Lilly Higgins, Lily Timon, Emer Finneran, Eabha Tansey, Marissa Thompson, Kate Boyle, Mia Dolan, Keeva Glennon, Julianna Gaynor, Lily Richardson, Sarah King, Megan Kilroy, Dearbhla Gregg Haugh, Muireann Mulry.
BOYS U-14 CUP: Sligo RFC 10 Creggs RFC 14. Creggs Boys U-14s travelled to Sligo on Sunday for the first round of their cup campaign. Both sides had to contend with poor pitch and weather conditions.
In an evenly matched game it was the Sligo team who scored first after 20 minutes. Creggs re-grouped with a well-worked try scored by Charlie Madden with Harry Trimble adding an excellent conversion against the strong wind, leaving the score 7-5 at half-time.
With the wind in their favour Creggs started the second half with some changes from the bench. Fresh legs helped Creggs cross the line for their second try through Harry Feeley, Trimble again adding the extra points to push Creggs 14-5 clear.
Sligo were not finished as a few minutes later they replied with a try. Creggs held out to secure a brilliant 14-10 win. Well done boys.
Creggs: Leo Geraghty, Ronan Loughrey, Ryan Sharkey, Adam Farrell, Jack Crean, Noah Costello, Bobby Harpur, Harry Feeley, Ryan Hegarty, Harry Trimble, Jonah Harrington, Cian Fetherson, Eoin Callaghan, Charlie Madden, Harry McDermott, Conor Donoghue, Dara Cummins, Niall Kelly, Tommy Muldoon, Callum Kilcommons, Jack Jordan-McDermott, Ruairi McNeela, Ben Payne, Dylan Connaughton.
BOYS U-13 CUP: Creggs 5 Galwegians 0. Creggs started their cup competition on Saturday with a home game against visitors Galwegians.
It was captain Ethan Coyne who led by example and crossed over the line after five minutes for the only score of the game. This squad is due to travel to Ballyhaunis for round two this weekend.
Creggs: Kyle Fahy, Christopher Walsh, Liam Fleming, Harris Curran, Thomas Kelly, Zac Kelly, Blake Burke, David Thompson, Ethan Coyne, Rian Davis, Sean Keane, Tadhg Duignan, Dylan Cryan, William Fallon, Donnchadh Hession, Eoin Connolly, Cillian Finan, Kyle Maloney, Maththew Towey, Harry Dolan, Harry O’Byrne, Daniel Foley, Robert Yonker.
MINI-RUGBY: Creggs mini-rugby had a full turnout at home for training on Saturday morning. The weather was kind and smiles were abundant throughout the grounds (children and parents!).
LOTTO: Creggs lotto was not won and now lies at €4300. The lucky dip winner was Laraine Brennan. Please support.
