Old Christian's 20

Muskerry 22

In our preparation for our ¼ final next weekend v Dungarvan we played Muskerry in a friendly.

We were missing a few so different combinations were tried and most worked well.

We opened the scoring with a try in the corner from Ben Fahy

But they hit back with a breakout try from our 22 under the sticks

They added another try to leave the half time score 5-12

Second half much of the same good defence and mistakes on both sides but an intercept try put the score out to 5-19.

But it has to be said our lads never give up and they worked their way back into the game and a fantastic try by Darragh after great work from the forwards brought the score to 10-19.

At this point the game was very even we attacked they defended and vice versa.

At this stage we got the try of the game from Cain

From where he got it from and the work he had to do finish and the speed there was no stopping him

We kept at it looking for the next score and a second try from Darragh put us in front in the final stages

Some small errors crept into our play but with a bit of better game management, from our players, we could have held out for the win

but a penalty in front of the posts cost us the win in the end today.

Was a great run out today despite missing a few so it's on to next Saturday 4th in the ¼ Final v Dungarvan KO 12 noon