CLUB CALL

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The team was completed by the Flannelly brothers, Ted and Matt, to round off a great day. Well done to all. stepped up a gear in leg three to take a narrow lead. The fourth leg proved to be decisive as Jacko was in a good position to take it but was pipped at the post by Jeff who stole the leg at the death.

Jeff leads the way after week one but with 15 more weeks to go it’s all to play for. See you all next week. would not go to hand and a number of scoring opportunities went a begging.

Fifteen minutes in and Ross were again driving hard up the centre of the defence and recycling phase after phase when Aoife Bennett spotted the opportunity as Clondalkin over-committed at the breakdown.

Quick ball found Georgina Hearn who then looped around to create the extra player before diving over the whitewash on the wide left. The conversion was missed.

Stalemate then returned with neither side able to get an upper hand for the next 15 minutes before more line breaks from the Ross backs created space for another attempt on the line, but a knock-on ended the chance.

Clondalkin were then unable to effectively clear their lines and the match finished with the home ladies launching attack after attack with all ending ultimately unsuccessfully, leaving the final score at 5-0.

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