I caught up with the Championship 2 match between Academy and Letterkenny at Roughfort on Saturday afternoon.
With my previous fixture running over and a bit of traffic between the two venues I didn’t arrive at Roughfort until the end of the first half. Academy were leading 5 – 3 at my arrival, Stuart Martin getting a try for Academy try and Letterkenny responding with a penalty, and that’s how it remained until half time.
The second half was ushered in with a heavy hail shower and the conditions seemed to suit the hosts who went 10 – 3 ahead after a try from Chris Nash who rumbled over from close range.
Prop Nash was then instrumental in their next score as the referee awarded a penalty try, four minutes later, with the Academy scrum well on top. This took the score to 17 – 3 on the 50 minute mark.
The hail cleared but it had got rather cold and the ball was still wet and slippy and Letterkenny struggled to make headway. When they did, a turnover saw Rory Linden sprint from deep to finish under the posts to push the score along to 24 – 3 after Michael Wilson’s conversion.
To their credit Letterkenny kept on the front foot and their efforts were rewarded when they were awarded a penalty try themselves, five minutes later, to take it to 24 – 10 mid way through the half.
However it was the home team who finished strongly with two tries in the final quarter. The first came from full back Ryan O’Hara who chased down a kick ahead to take it to 31 – 10 after Conor Spence converted.
The final try came from a rampaging run from Adam Keed which took the final score to 38 – 10 after the conversion.
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