With commencement of play at 3pm to allow the visiting team grace to travel, the Shamrocks scored their first try following a quick pass from Jake Flanagan to Ben McMillan then a wide pass to Alex Miller who drew the last defence to offload to Luke Donovan to score out wide. 

This set the pattern of the first half.  With the Shamrock pack dominating through fitness and speed, the back line came to the score six tries in the first half with Glen Strong off the bench chipping in one for the forwards. 

At half time Shamrocks lead by 32 to nil.

Shamrock took the second half to be confronted by a pack fired up by their coach to be denied any further scores, with this the Magpies scored their first converted try midway through the second half following several defensive indiscretions, this was followed by a clever kick through at our line to be dived on and the try converted. 

The final score was 32 to 12 for the home team.

While credit must be shared by the team, the effort from the bench players in Amos Donovan, Orry Berry, Stan Chatfield, Jamie Donovan and Glen Strong must be credited. 

Best defence goes to Jake Flanagan, Ben McMillan and James Bright.  Best attack Ben McMillan.  Off the bench Stan Chatfield and Glen Strong.

Again, fitness and a commitment to one another keeping us onside in defence and lowering our penalties.

Next week Kendall at home, train hard, stick to the game plan and support one another.

OLD SILVER