Seniors beat Sligo to go third

Seniors beat Sligo to go third  

Second from bottom Sligo were the visitors to Kilballyowen on Saturday for round 8 of the UBL.  Sligo had the better of the opening 10 minutes spending the majority of the opening period inside the Bruff 22. But solid Bruff defence and assertive tackling ensured that Sligo’s early dominance wasn’t rewarded. When Bruff eventually did clear their lines it was Sligo’s turn to show their resolve on the back foot. After 22 minutes the Bruff pressure eventually paid off when Brian Cahill got over for the opening try of the game under the Sligo post which was converted by Tony Cahill to make it 7-0. Bruff piled on the pressure for the remainder of the half and scored a 2^nd try just on the stroke of half time, Again it was Brian Cahill who produced the goods to go over for the 5 pointer after a number of quick rucks involving backs and forwards.

The second half started as the first ended with Bruff dominating both possession and territory. It wasn’t until the 60^th minute that Bruff’s endeavours were rewarded when Paidi Kilcoyne went over in the corner for a 3^rd Bruff try. It was a text book score with Bruff moving the ball all the way from the right wing to the left wing while sucking in the Sligo defence with a number of well executed rucks along the way. Tony Cahill nailed the touch line conversion to put the gloss on the try which showed the value of playing simple rugby at a fast pace. Bruff pushed hard for the last 20 minutes but unfortunately were unable to add on a 4^th try which would have yielded an important try bonus win. Instead they have to be content with a 19-0 win which takes Bruff up to third place on the table.

Team : 1.Dave Horan 2.Johnny Hogan 3.Brendan Keogh 4.Barry Laffan 5.Kevin Madigan 6.Cillian Rea 7.Mikey Cooke 8.Mikey Carroll 9.Tony Cahill 10.Davy O Grady 11.Paudi Kilcoyne 12.Sean Darcy 13.Brian Cahill 14.Mark Cosgrove 15.Graham Whelan 16. Keith Laffan 17. Ger O Connell 18. Sean Heartigan 19 Barry Enright 20 Darra Mulcatie

Next Game UBL Rounds 9/10

There are two more UBL fixtures coming up in quick succession, both of which are Friday night games vs Old Crescent. The first game takes place this Friday December 4^th in Rosbrien with the second game being played in Bruff on Friday night 11^th December. With both teams in the promotion hunt an interesting few weeks lie ahead. Both games have a 7.45ko

2nds win away to Thomond.

The 2nds were also in action last weekend when they travelled to Fitzgerald Park to play Thomond in the MSSL. Bruff scored 6 tries on route to a 34-24 win, two of which came from big Pa Lynch. There were also  tries from Ger O Connell, Liam Treacey, Mike McCarthy and Timmy Quirke

Team: 1 Shane Breen 2 Timmy Quirke 3 Des Power 4 Tom O Brien 5 Tom Keogh 6 Pa Lynch 7 James McCarthy 8 Mike McCarthy 9 Tommy Carroll 10 Eoin Quinn 11 Liam Treacy 12 Darrah Mulcatie 13 Ger O Connell 14 Adam Sheehy 15 Marcus Mulvihill subs from Patrick Maher, Eamonn Cooke, Keith Laffan, Brendan Bourke