Report and picture from Dungannon RFC.
Dungannon started well with Michael Lawton converting penalties on five and ten minutes taking the score to 6 – 0.
Queen’s responded with a James McKinney penalty on fifteen minutes.6 – 3
The weather was good, the afternoon was primed for a feast of rugby with both sides keen to move the ball about but unfortunately the game never got goin with proceedings punctuated by minor infringements.
The first try was scored after 25 minutes wjen, following some goor work by the Dungannon pack, Ben howard was driven over. Lawton converted. 13 – 3
The second half was disrupted early on by two unnecessary yellow cards in the first and second minutes. Gannon got moving again but Queen’s stopped a dangerous Dungannon attack and broke out of defence to score a good try when Stuart McIlwaine finished off the counter attack on fifty minutes. McKinney converted. 13 – 10
The game was very scrappy for the next ten minutes then Dungannon got into their stride again. On sixty-eight minutes Dungannon moved the ball at pace with good running from Rowan Halsall, Timothy Smith with the white booted Duhig sending Stuart McCloskey through. The big fellow finished the try off
with a neat change of pace that took him over behind the posts. Lawton converted. 20 – 10
Following good work by Ali Birch and Rowan Halsall, Dungannon gained great field position from where Timothy Smith kept his head and scored the try. Stuart McCloskey kicked a good conversion on seventy minutes. 27 – 10
Dungannon continued to press and deservedly got their fourth try when Jason Bloomfield sent Stuart McCloskey searing through in the final minute for the bonus point score. Stuart also added the extras.
34 – 10
Overall a game that did not fulfil its potential but Dungannon gained a maximum five points.
Dungannon: Christopher Cochrane, Mark O’Shea, Paul McKenzie, Stuart McCloskey,Michael Lawton, Jaryd Bennett, Jason Bloomfield, Ben Howard, Philip Whyte, Glen Sinnamon, Paul McCarroll, Craig Miller, Derek Hall, Ali Birch, Timothy Smith, Adam Duhig, Mark Farquhar, Rowan Halsall, Richard Holmes, David Egner.
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