U14’s through to West Munster Cup Final:
Well done to John O’Connell, Eoin Seery and Seamus Grealy our U14 coaches as well as all the squad of players who won the semi final 14-5 today. On to the final!! Well done lads!!
Match report below:
Two weeks after winning the west muster league the Killarney u14 stepped back onto the field in the West Munster cup semi final v tralee u14.
The first half saw Killarney assert their dominance with tries from Tomas Clifford and Odeniz Koyun. Both tries were converted – the first by Donnacha Grealy and the second by Peter Walsh. The second half was a tough affair with tralee continuing to test the Killarney defence. Tralee scored a try midway in the second half and Killarney from then on ensured that the door was firmly shut. The semi final win ensures that this team get the reward of contesting a cup final. The continued positive support of parents is always welcome and necessary.
The next game will be our last game of the season – let’s make it a season to remember for ever.
U16’s unlucky in KCL Shield final V Listowel RFC:
Hard luck to our U16’s and head Coach Tom Campbell who were beaten in the KCL Shield final yesterday by Listowel RFC on a score line of 19 – 12. Very well done to all the lads for their hard work all season and to Tom Campbell and Denis Corridan for their sterling work to date with the whole squad.
Match report from Tom Campbell:
Kilarney U16s played Listowel in the final of the U16 KCL Shield, in Tralee on Sunday, for their last game of the season, This was to be the fifth meeting between the two sides with Killarneywinning three of the previous four matches, this season. As has been the case all year Killarney started the game with too little aggression and cohesion and could only repel Listowels pack for so long before conceding under the sticks to go down 7-0 after 12 minutes, Try as they would Killarney pummelled Listowels line for ten minutes before the interval but to no avail.
Almost from the restart Listowel again showed more cohesion and purpose and scored another converted try to lead by 14 points to nil, Killarney finally atacked out wide and from a number of penalties eventually got the score (Captain Richard Wallace) they needed in the corner to trail by 14 points to 5, with 20 minutes to go, a bit of belief came into Killarney game and again a fantastic line break saw centre Michael Casey score under the posts to leave the score poised at 14-12 to Listowel with about 12 minutes remaining, Listowel had the greater reserve on the bench and closed out the game with two minutes to go, winning the matchby 19 points to 12.
This group of Killarney players are definately heading in the right direction, and have improved at each game, best of luck to the boys moving up to U18s next season and hopefully the players who will be U16s again can build on this fantastic season. Many thanks to all those parents who contributed in so many ways and we look forward to next season to improve further.