Scariff keep the pressure on in third-division tie at Craven’s Field

Scariff   22    Douglas   7
SCARIFF were victorious on Sunday over a physical Douglas side in Craven’s Field in the third-division league.

The home side were 3-0 up at the break with a James Kelly penalty, after what was an uneventful first half.
From the kick-off in the second, Scariff went on the attack. They put the Douglas defence under sustained pressure, which paid off with a try from James Kelly under the posts. He converted to leave the score 10-0. Scariff kept the foot on the pedal and scored a further two tries through Darren McNamara and Steven Madden.
Douglas got in for a consolation try at the end to leave the score 22-7 at the whistle.
Scariff should have come away with the bonus try, only for some sloppy passing. However, it is another victory for them which keeps them strongly positioned to secure second place behind Presentation.
Scariff: Joe McGrath,  Bernard McGrath, Paul McTiernan, Dara McNamara (captain), Rory Slattery, Pat Minogue, Henry Purcill, Robbie Madden, Tom Cronin, James Kelly, Barry Gibbons, Eoghan Collins, Kenny Mason, Trevor Kelly, Conor McNamara.
Replacements: Darren McNamara, Steve Madden, Colin Bugler, David Harte, Conor Minogue.

Clonmel  18    St Senan’s   8
ST Senan’s remain in the relegation area in the first-division league following this loss to Clonmel on Sunday.
St Senan’s went behind to a penalty in the opening minutes and shortly after this, they conceded a try which was converted leaving them 0-10 in arrears.
Before half-time, the Shannon side scored when Jake Egan converted a penalty.
Early in the second half, the Clare side was dealt another blow when Clonmel struck for their second try.
The visitors fought back with a try from Aaron Skerritt but the conversion attempt from Jake Egan was just wide of the posts.
As the game moved towards the full-time whistle, St Senan’s tried hard to further reduce the deficit.
When they were awarded a penalty in a scoreable position, they opted to kick to the corner in the hope of getting a try. However, they were penalised and this resulted in possession going back to the home side who went forward and scored a try in the corner to seal victory.
St Senan’s will play fellow relegation contenders Cobh on March 27.
St Senan’s: Jake Egan; Declan Coughlan, Brian Collins; Dylan Sommeman, Barry Murphy, Ronan O’Callaghan, Darragh McCoy, Mike O’Connell Ian Fitzgerald, Dwane Horkan, Aidan O’Callaghan, Aaron Skerritt, Timmy Larkin, Fergal Lawlor, Patrick Ryan.

Galbally   31    Ennis   12
AN understrength Ennis went under to Galbally in this Division 2 league game at Galbally on Sunday.
The visitors matched their opponents in the first half and were unlucky to be behind, 14-9, at half-time having conceded a try just before the half-time whistle. All of Ennis’ scores came from penalties by Bryan Murphy.
In the second half, the home side got on top and extended their lead.
Ennis have two games remaining, a postponed tie against Killarney and a match with Muskerry and both are scheduled for Ennis.
Ennis: Mike McInerney, Eric McInerney, Brian Farrell; John Corry, John Queally; Seán McCormack, Conor O’Mahony, Jason Considine; David Murphy, Bryan Murphy; Mark Kelly, Thion Van Rooyan, Niall Nevin, Cian Clancy, Alan Malone.

Can Ennis strike gold against Leprechauns?
LIMERICK Leprechauns will play Ennis in a charity game this Saturday at the Showgrounds Ennis at 3pm and all proceeds will go to charity.
The game is being sponsored by Ennis Lifts Ltd and all proceeds for the game will be donated to The Clare Crusaders.
The Leprechauns rugby team are now over 25 years in existence and have raised a large amount of money for various charities in the Mid-West Region.
Leprechauns who are made up of former rugby players from Limerick, Clare and Tipperary are chasing a 40th successive victory.