On Saturday afternoon Queens faced Dungannon in Ulster Premiership Division One, as the 2nd part of a double header at The Dub, Upper Malone. A shower midway through the game was pleasant refreshment for players and spectators, from a very hot sun.
Queens opened the scoring, after 11 minutes, when Ryan Street went over in the left corner for a 5-0 lead. Then defences largely cancelled each other out as play was kept between the 22s.
In the 33rd minute, Dungannon were awarded a penalty try, when a hight tackle prevented the ball being grounded in the left corner. Dungannon took the 7-5 lead into halftime.
With 4 minutes, Queens restored their lead with an Angus Christie try and conversion. Queens led 12-7. Queens started to turn the screw and Dungannon’s tight 1st half defence crumbled. Harry Long’s try and Christie’s conversion on 52 minutes moved Queens out to 19-7.
Pressure on the Dungannon defence yielded more scores. Matthew Miller, 65 minutes, Jonny Hunter, 67 minutes, Long, 75 minutes and Rory Christie, 79 minutes, together with 2 conversions moved Queens out to an emphatic 43-7 bonus point victory.
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