Win for Seniors
SLIGO RFC BRUFF 32 5 SLIGO seniors continued their winning momentum against Bruff in Hamilton Park. Ross Mannion’s men winning comprehensively by 32 points to five. The visitors applied some early pressure on the Sligo rearguarded and were soon awarded a penalty after two minutes. However this was to no avail as outhalf Tony Cahill failed to convert the pressure into points. This miss sprung the home side into life. Sligo were given the chance to take the lead with a penalty on the 22 metre line. Sligo sharpshooter Jack Keegan split the posts with his kick and as result Sligo went 3- 0 ahead after 8 minutes. Sligo made their dominance count as inspirational Captain Shane Boyle found a gap and then neatly offloaded to the youthful Kuba Wotkowitz and he then timed his pass to release the fleet footed winger Calum Goddard who touched down in the corner. Keegan failed to add the extras with Sligo now eight ahead. The hosts took a scrum against the head and Conor Kerins opted to kick towards the corner to put pressure on the Bruff lineout. This proved to be a wise decision as the inspirational flanker Diarmuid O’Dowd- Hill stole the opposition lineout but unfortunately his endeavours led to nothing as Sligo were held up at the line. From the resulting scrum, Shane Boyle gave his side some go forward ball, then he fed outhalf Michael Wells who in turn found housemate Kerins all on his own to jump in for his own 5 pointer. Keegan failed to land a difficult conversion as Sligo were now ahead 13- 0. There were some exceptional turnovers from both flanker Simon Coulter and Feehily. Then Sligo broke from one end to the other as they worked their way towards the opposition’s half and mauled their way towards the line from a well constructed lineout. Keegan added the extras to put Sligo in command before the break. The half time score stood at 20- 0. The visitors put together a series of phases and spread the ball out through the hands to their winger who went in untouched for the first score of the second half. Cahill failed to the add the extras as the score was now 20- 5. Sligo roared back into the game as they put together some nice moves which were unfortunately to no avail as they went in search of the elusive bonus point. It wasn’t until the final few minutes of the game Sligo capitalised on a Bruff mistake as Wells went in unopposed to grab Sligo another massive win. This wasn’t to be his final act of the game as he also touched down again in the final play of the game with a 70 metre team try to cap off a fine day for Mannion’s men. Sligo now have three games to go and are in with a real shot of both promotion and being crowned champions. SLIGO: KUBA Wotkowitz, Shane O’Hehir, Conor Mitchell, Ciaran Cassidy, Jamie Bowes, Diarmuid O’Dowd Hill, Simon Coulter, Shane Boyle, Ryan Feehily, Michael Wells, Calum Goddard, Daire Byrne, Mark Rooney, Conor Kerins, Jack Keegan. Replacements: Thomas Gormley, Matt Davey, Ross O’Boyle, Enda Gavin, Graham Kerr.