{"id":593319,"date":"2023-09-26T10:21:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T09:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/?p=593319"},"modified":"2023-09-26T10:21:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T09:21:09","slug":"senior-cup-queens-university-40-rainey-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.thefrontrowunion.com\/frusport\/?p=593319","title":{"rendered":"Senior Cup: Queen&#8217;s University 40 Rainey 24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">On Saturday afternoon Queens faced Rainey in the Ulster Senior Cup at The Dub, Upper Malone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Rainey opened the scoring in the 9<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Minute, <strong>Scott McClean<\/strong> converting a penalty goal for a 3-0 lead. Queens replied with a <strong>Ben Gibson<\/strong> try on 11 minutes to lead 5-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Queens-40-Rainey-24-34-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-593322\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michael McCosker, 6, scored Rainey&#8217;s first try<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Slowly but surely the bigger Rainey pack began to take control. From a lineout maul <strong>Michael McCusker<\/strong> drove over in the 23<sup>rd<\/sup>&nbsp;minute. McClean converted for a 10-5 Rainey lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">From a similar lineout maul <strong>Ronan McCusker<\/strong> drove over in the 32<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;minute. McClean converted for Rainey to lead 17-5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">In the 39<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;minute <strong>James Wright<\/strong> darted over on the right. <strong>Ben McFarland<\/strong> converted to bring Queens back to 12-17 at halftime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Queens-40-Rainey-24-46-800x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-593323\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Under the bodies Josh Stevens scored for Queens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">The 2<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;half was all Queens. <strong>Josh Stevens<\/strong> was driven over from a lineout maul on 58 minutes and McFarland converted to give Queens a 19-17 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Queens-40-Rainey-24-88-800x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-593324\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">James Wright stretched to score his second try of the afternoon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">After 63 minutes Wright stretched and found his way over on the left, close to the posts. McFarland\u2019s conversion put Queens 26-17 up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Queens-40-Rainey-24-111-800x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-593325\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cameron Megahey ran in from deep for Queens fifth try<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">On 74 minutes Queens attacked from deep and <strong>Cameron Megahey<\/strong> ran in from distance for a try, wide on the left. McFarland\u2019s conversion had Queens 33-17 to the good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Again, Queens ran from deep against a tiring Rainey defence. <strong>Ryan Davis<\/strong> was put away to score beside the posts, after 78 minutes. McFarland\u2019s conversion had Queens leading 40-17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Rainey had the final say. In the final move of the game <strong>Lee Montgomery<\/strong> claimed a try. McClean converted to leave a final score of 40-24 to Queens and a place in the next round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Match Gallery<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>[foogallery id=&#8221;594115&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday afternoon Queens faced Rainey in the Ulster Senior Cup at The Dub, Upper Malone. Rainey opened the scoring in the 9th&nbsp;Minute, Scott McClean converting a penalty goal for a 3-0 lead. Queens replied with a Ben Gibson try on 11 minutes to lead 5-3. 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