Old Christians 17-Skibbereen 19

We started poorly against Skibb, conceding a soft early try when the opposition centre evaded a tackle to break through and score. We responded minutes later when we turned over an attack and some good kicking by Ciaran moved us up the pitch, a penalty kick allowing us a great opportunity to attack on the 5 yard line, which we took when Jayden collected and drove over. Our second was straight from attacking scrum on the 22, with Rhys picking from the back and finding a gap to go over, Skibb added a second which was converted to make it 10-12 at half time. Both team scored scored again in the second half with the difference being a conversion between the sides. It was an error filled second half, we had 5 or 6 knock-on’s in perfect conditions, we had an opportunity to win the game at the end when we should have kicked a penalty instead of a tap and go. Some positives out there, scrum was well on top all game and our line out was much improved.

Delighted to see Alex make his debut on Saturday, got stuck in with a few tackles and cleanouts. Well done Alex

Finally just to say thanks again to the unsung heroes in club house looking after all the food, teas and coffees after the game, much appreciated.