Friendly: Larne Grammar 7 Dalriada 26

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Larne Grammar suffered a setback after returning from their tour to Canada losing to a slick Dalriada 7 – 26 on Saturday morning at Cairncastle Road.

The opening exchanges were fairly cagey with both teams testing their opponents defence. Larne’s front row of Sam McWhirter, Ryan McAllister and Marc Robinson showed well in the initial scrums but it was the visitors who got the early advantage when a scrappy clearance kick was returned with interest by Ewan Strang who went over on the right. Fullback John Laughlin added the extras to give Dalriada a seven point lead.

Larne worked their way back into the game and were rewarded with a penalty chance which was pushed wide. A second penalty followed but the subsequent catch and drive was held up and Dalriada were able to clear and work their way up field.

The visitors made the most of their chances and from an attacking line out the ball was quickly moved left for the impressive . . .

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2 responses to “Friendly: Larne Grammar 7 Dalriada 26”

  1. Joe Slater

    Excellent site. Great photgraphs. Many thanks.

    1. Thanks Joe. I’m sure we’ll catch up with Dalriada again later in the season.

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