First year rugby win!

03 Apr 2019

Our 1st year rugby team travelled to Naas Rugby club today for the North Leinster 1st Year plate final versus St Kevins CC Dunlavin. The game started with a flurry of attacks from Dunlavin with their powerful No8 driving at our defense. Having said this our defense held strong and weathered the storm. A quick backs move with brilliant hands saw Conor Raggett break away for a great solo try. Dunlavin kept coming and we played the majority of the first half in our own half. An opportunistic break from prop Colm Buggy helped to set up Paddy Reddin which saw him evade the Dunlavin defense to get in for a great try which Raggett duly converted from the touchline to wrap up the first half CBS 14 - Dunlavin 0. After a brisk half time break Dunlavin started strongest in the second half powering over for a try. We had to regroup and that we did, some fantastic work from our back line saw a great passing move set up tight head prop Callum Keegan for a great try in the corner. CBS kept up the pressure and a great backs move resulted in outhalf Jake Darcy crossing the white wash. Dunlavin weren't done and they came again with another great try from there powerful No8. But CBS rallied again and second row Callum Fogarty made a powerful break setting us up on the Dunlavin try line with outhalf Jake Darcy on the receiving end of another great pass to set him up for his second try under the posts. At this stage in the game we were in a comfortable 35 - 10 lead and all subs were introduced. Two of these lads having an instant impact with winger Daniel Harty speeding threw the Dunlavin defense for a great solo effort followed up by a super solo effort from second row Kasper Banasik. Final score: St Marys CBS 49 St Kevins CC Dunlavin 10. Man of the match on the day was tight head prop Callum Keegan. Callum started the 3 previous games as a winger and duely obliged to play prop today due to an injury getting in for a try to sign off on a super performance. Tries: Conor Raggett Paddy Reddin Callum keegan Dan Harty Kasper Banasik Jake Darcy X2 Conversions: Conor Raggett X4 PJ Larkin A huge thanks to Kyle Byrne for all his work with both the U16 and 1st year rugby teams on our first year as a rugby school.