AIL 2: Queen’s 21 Malone 20

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Queen’s staged a second half comeback to snatch a 21 – 20 win against local rivals Malone in this Ulster Bank League 2 encounter at the Dub on Saturday afternoon.

The match featured an interesting midfield encounter between Ulster players Mark McCrea for Malone and David McIlwaine for Queen’s with both starting at inside centre. Also on view for Queen’s were Iain Henderson, returning from Ireland Under 20 duty and Dave McGuigan came on for 40 minutes in the second half.

The visitors got off to a determined start in this feisty encounter, Despite going a man down with an early yellow card for a high tackle, Malone were able to push up field and scrum half M Wilson darted over for the opening score. Josh Pentland converted and the visitors led 0 – 7.

Queen’s struggled to find much fluency with frequent handling errors, but they eventually managed to move the ball wide to winger McCauley who showed good strength to touch down in the . . .

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