Category: Instonians RFC
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AIL2B: Instonians 26 Galway Corinthians 21
After a dash round the outer ring, I made Shaw’s Bridge in time for kick off for Instonians home AIL2B fixture against visitors Galway Corinthians. Corinthians looked the more composed putting together series of phases. On 4 minutes they won a penalty, dispatched by Sean Naughton, for a 3-0 lead. An Instonians attack petered out…
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2 XV League: City of Armagh II 21 Instonians II 14
I continued my day trip to the Orchard County by visiting City of Armagh RFC for a couple of games. I caught the first half of the eagerly anticipated 2nd XV League match between City of Armagh IIs and Instonian IIs. Unfortunately the conditions made this game more of a battle of attrition than the…
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2XV League: Instonians II 45 Ballynahinch II 21
We also caught up some of the 2XV League match between Instonians and Ballynahinch 2nd XV’s at Shaws Bridge on Saturday afternoon. Instonians 2nds recorded an impressive 45 – 21 win against Hinch with Michael Melville the star of the show with 4 tries with Frazer Laughlin, Jack Parkinson and Josh Eagleson also amongst the…
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Ulster Premiership: Instonians 77 Bangor 7 D2
I caught up with the Ulster Premiership Division 2 clash between Instonains and Bangor at a sunny Shaws Bridge on Saturday afternoon. Unfortunately for the hard working Bangor side they met an Instonians team in top form who where ready to showcase their summer signings as David Whitten, Ritchie McMaster and Ian Whitten all got…
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Junior Friendly: Instonians I 22 Instonians II 10
After the meteorological excesses of Friday evening, Saturday morning was sunny and warm, with a gentle breeze. Instonians 1st and 2nd XVs met for a hit out, played over 3 x 20 minute periods, at Shaw’s Bridge. From kick off, the 1s ran the ball, creating the space for Matthew Keane to dive over beside the posts…