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Naas 13 – 16 Corinthians
November 7, 2018
In the 2nd half there was a great take by Corinthian lock Seamus Murphy from a Naas throw in, which saw Corinthians get into the Naas half but was to come to nothing after a knock on. Fourteen minutes into the second half came the first try of the day from Sean Gerrity with an unsuccessful conversion by Clarke leaving the score at 6 – 8. Corinthians tacked on another penalty shortly afterwards. The next try scoring opportunity came ten minutes from the end when a Naas throw in didn’t go 5 leading to a scrum which saw the ball being taken by Corinthian captain Pat Cunningham who in turn fed the ball to Roche which eventually went out to Claasens who got over for the try. This went unconverted leaving the score at 6 – 16. Corinthians then seemed to take the foot off the gas which lead to a near miss by Naas with them ending up in touch right at the corner flag. They weren’t to wait too long for their try when John Holmes got a try for them which was duly converted by Aherne leaving the score at 13 – 16. It wasn’t a vintage display from Corinthians as they knew there wasn’t much at stake, but they should regain focus for the AIL semi-final game against Middleton next Saturday in Corinthian park at 2.30.