Results last weekend 5th March
With many of games cancelled all over the Metro area, there were very few involvements by the club.
Seniors 1& 2
Our Senior Squad has the daunting task of travelling to run away league leaders Wicklow for both crucial 1st & 2nd team ties.
The seconds got off to a great start and went on to win comprehensively by 25 - 7. They now lie in 3rd place in the league with a game in hand on 31 points behind Clondalkin.
The 1st team looked like they were going to repeat the effort of the 2nds and went into a early lead at the start with some well worked moves. Wicklow went ahead going into the break and led 14 -10 but Coolmine were the better on the re-start and looked like they were going to spoil the party for the league leaders.
But Wicklow found their form with 10 minutes to go and tacked on another score after alot of pressure to close out the game 28-19.
Youths
The U17s suffered a disappointing narrow loss in the cup, 13-16, to Barnhall in a game that was supposed to be a home fixture but was moved to NUI Maynooth as a result of the inclement weather.
***WIN OF THE WEEK***
U14s 29 - 24 vs Terenure
Our freewheeling U14s travelled to Terenure in the cup quarterfinal and were put to a stern test from a well organised Terenure team.
While Coolmine took an early lead through James Caffrey and looked in control, Terenure hit back and before long nabbed another cheeky try off a lineout in Coolmine '22 that stunned the visitors.
At the restart Terenure crossed again with their flying winger, who had tormented the Coolmine defence throughout the match, touching down.
But something sparked in the Coolmine 2003 troops, and trailing by two scores they took the game by the scruff of the neck and launched blistering attack on the Terenure defence to go over twice, one well finished effort by Luke Brady.
They scored again to draw the game level which sparked a revival in Terenure who spent the final 15 minutes in the Coolmine '22 looking for the elusive score and were held up twice.
In the final play on the Coolmine five metre Jerome Cuel made a try saving tackle that Coolmine turned over and Caffrey collected to race the length of the pitch and score the winning try.
Special mention for Sean Colgan, Ollie Jones, Con O'Rourke (back after long injury) and Leon Pannetta for their defensive efforts.
Well done to all.
