{"id":601483,"date":"2023-10-10T12:24:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T11:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/?p=601483"},"modified":"2023-10-10T12:24:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T11:24:39","slug":"championship-1-ciyms-21-grosvenor-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.thefrontrowunion.com\/frusport\/?p=601483","title":{"rendered":"Championship 1: CIYMS 21 Grosvenor 27"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">I caught up with the Championship 1 clash between CIYMs and Grosvenor on Saturday afternoon at Belmont, a match with plenty at stake between these local rivals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Grosvenor started the game full of intent and they  were 5 &#8211; 0 up after three minutes thanks to a cross field kick and touch down by<strong> Luke Hanson<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231007-CIYMS-v-Grosvenor-028-John-McMurtry-1-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-601484\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Grosvenors Luke Hanson gets the the opening try for Grosvenor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Ten minutes later the visitors were leading by 12 points as <strong>Stewart Smyth<\/strong> went over for <strong>Ben Johnston<\/strong> to convert. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231007-CIYMS-v-Grosvenor-060-John-McMurtry-1-800x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-601485\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stuart Smyth celebrates his gtry for Grosvenor. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">CI got their pack rumbling and after a couple of darts at the line the ball was spun out to the wing where hooker <strong>Scott Finlay<\/strong> was waiting to dive for the line. An excellent conversion by <strong>Michael Lawton<\/strong> pulled the score back to 7 &#8211; 12. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-07-First-Half-try-from-Scott-Finlay-CIYMS.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Scott Finlay goes over out wide for CIYMS. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">However Grosvenor had the last word of the half as Hansen went over for his second on the stroke of half time to give Grosvenor a 7 &#8211; 19 lead as the teams changed ends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Grosvenor&#8217;s <strong>Taylor Pollock<\/strong> picked up a try out wide at the start of the second half and it was looking a long road back for the home side as the score stretched to 7 &#8211; 24 in Grosvenor&#8217;s favour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-07-Second-Half-try-from-Taylor-Pollock-Grosvenor.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Taylor Pollock goes over for Grosvenor. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">However they started to claw back seven minutes later with the pack leading the way. Hooker finlay went over for his second, converted by Lawton, to take it to 14 &#8211; 24 and six minute after that prop <strong>Charlie Shannon <\/strong>battled to the line to make it a one score game at 21 &#8211; 24 after Lawton added the extras. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231007-CIYMS-v-Grosvenor-203-John-McMurtry-1-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-601488\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charlie Shannon battles to the line for CIYMs to set up an exciting finish. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">The visitors knocked over a penalty to push it out to 21 &#8211; 27  with well over 10 minutes remaining and CI spent the rest of the game hammering away for a match winning converted try. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">The home team came mighty close with minutes left but a spot of indiscipline as the pressure ramped saw CI marched 15 meters away from the try line before Johnston sent them back into their own territory with the penalty . <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Grosvenor kept them pinned in their own half for the remaining minutes which left the Stags celebrating at the final whistle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Match gallery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-x-small-font-size\"><strong>Pictures by John McMurtry and Matthew McGonigle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p>[foogallery id=&#8221;600705&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I caught up with the Championship 1 clash between CIYMs and Grosvenor on Saturday afternoon at Belmont, a match with plenty at stake between these local rivals. 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