U17s 25-27 Clontarf
How on earth the coaches found the words to console our U17s after their narrow loss to Clontarf in the premier league final is beyond me.
They owned this game throughout. An unjustifiable red card 5 mins from the end after they had dominated the game and played all the rugby broke the rhythm of the game.
A soft try thereafter still didn't dent their belief as they came rampaging through Clontarf and managed another last gasp try to push this to 27-25.
But time was their enemy and it wasn't to be.
This team have undoubtedly been the story of the Coolmine season.
While our youths have all done us proud and the U14s & 16s are still in finals yet to come, our U17s remarkable come backs and never quit attitude makes them stand apart as a team to be reckoned with.
They can only go on from this.
You did the club proud lads!
U14s 28- 29 Barnhall
Our U14s we're looking to reach their second final and had high hopes against a previously beaten Barnhall team.
But shy a few regulars because of holidays and injury, they leaked some early tries that gave them a mountain to climb.
But the second half found them performing better and some great scores got them back in the hunt and edging closer to turning the tide.
Then with it at 28-29, Barnhall kicked it out on the full from a score re-start. A scrum with minutes remaining was exactly what U14s wanted.
But inexplicably, the ref said time was up and amidst much confusion blew it up having earlier said there was time.
While this was harsh, they can have no argument as the soft tries earlier came back to haunt them against a more determined Barnhall than they had met previously.
Not the day we were hoping for but for the effort, organisation and commitment of players and coaches, thank you all.
