Junior Shield: Instonians II 24 Lurgan 28

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John McMurtry

Instonians 2nd XV and Lurgan met in a Junior Shield Quarter Final match at Shaws Bridge on Saturday afternoon.

Lurgan applied the early pressure and took a 0 – 3 lead after a successful penalty from full back Martin Connolly on the 2nd minute.

Lurgan’s Martin Connolly kicked three penalties and two conversions.

It took Instonians a while to get going, against Lurgan’s enthusiastic defence, but they eventually strung enough phases together to send out half Josh Eagleson over in the corner to take the score to 5 – 3 after 11 minutes.

Josh Eagleson opened the . . .

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