Rainey Old Boys make the most of their opportunities to see off the challenge from Dungannon in the 2011 Forster Cup Final.

Rainey had the better of the opening exchanges putting Dungannon under pressure for most of the opening ten minutes. Dungannon weathered the storm and enjoyed their own period of domination, crucially missing two penalties, before a break by Rainey was finished off by hooker Martin O’Neill who barged over for the opening score. Out half Martin Walls added the extras to give Rainey a 7 – 0 lead.

Dungannon pushed hard to get on equal terms moving the ball at every opportunity but on one such occasion a crunching tackle on Dungannon full back Robin McCleary dislodged the ball for Rainey wing forward Gavin McGuckin to pounce on the loose ball. A nice exchange between McGuckin and centre James McBride ended with McBride crossing the line to take the score to 14- 0, Walls again adding the extras.

A penalty towards the end of the first half for a late tackle gave Walls the chance to add another three points with the impressive out half duly obliging to take the score to Rainey 17 Dungannon 0 at the break.

Dungannon got on the score sheet at the start of the second half with Gareth Graham slotting over an early penalty and when centre Philip Hall broke clear to add a try, shortly after, it looked as though the Stevenson Park outfit were going to stage a comeback with the score now reading 17 – 8.

Rainey had other ideas and upped their defensive efforts, gradually getting back on top with some hard tackling and astute tactical kicking from out half Walls.

Dungannon, however, kept battling till the end but it was Rainey who had the last word when replacement scrum half Kenneth Irvine spotted a gap to race for the line. Walls converted taking the final score to Rainey 24 Dungannon 8.

Rainey Old Boys III: Patrick O’Neill, Ryan Kidd, Ciaran McNamee, James McBride, Paul Kelly, Martin Walls, Connor Magee, Jason Donaghy, Gavin Hegarty, Ian Patterson, Gary Todd, Declan McCann, Martin O’Neill, Declan McKenna, Richard Michael, Connor O’Brien, Seamus McQuillan, Kenneth Irvine, Gavin Walker.

Dungannon IV: Robin McCleary, Adam Booth, Philip Hall, Clive Whylie, Kevin McElduff, Gareth Graham, Gareth James, Steven Sinnamon, Jeremy Turkington, Mark Thompson, Gareth Lucas, Declan Treanor, Wallace McKay, Rodney Lucas, Darran Lucas, John Armstrong, Jeremy Baird, Angus Dines, Aaron Falloon, Stephen Graham.

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