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West Offaly Lions Rugby Club Welcome To West Offaly Lions Website!
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Written by Padraig Flaherty
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West Offaly Lions develoment team made their first expedition to monivea on sunday and in a hard fought but sporting game just came up short against a strong home outfit. Despite giving away a 7 pointer early on the Lions came back with a fine Cuskelly try converted and then added to which put them ahead 10- 7 at the break. However the home side came back strongly with a 70 metre try and then camped in the Offaly 22. A series of 5 metre scrums for West Offaly Lions were wasted and then a missed penalty that would have given them an unlikely 13-12 win before the referee finally blew for full time. A good effort by West Offaly Lions as this monivea outfit had beaten the first team in Ferbane last year and a continued good turnout at training will bring better results.
West Offaly Lions: S Cornally, J Egan, T Butler, P Flaherty, J Cuskelly, G Moony, C Coughlan, P Malone, J Walshe, D Gleeson, A Coughlan, C Scott, W Farrell[capt]
S Henry Subs, I Rock, N Buckly, R Daly, C Malone, A Gunning, M Doolan
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Written by Padraig Flaherty
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J1- Dunmore 10 - West Offaly Lions 16 J2- Loughrea 5 - West Offaly Lions 10 A huge day in the short history of the club as both the first team and the development team scored league wins. The first team travelled to the beautifully appointed Dunmore grounds for their first ever game against the local team West Offaly Lions were first off the mark with a Corbett penalty which was followed by another straightforward kick but Dunmore came back with a try brilliantly converted from the touchline. Just before half time West Offaly Lions scored with backs and forwards combining to put Tom Gilligan in for a good try with Corbett again doing the needful. As play ebbed and flowed in the 2nd half both defences were to the fore as a penalty apiece were the only additions to the score line. West Offaly Lions were well pleased to come away from Dunmore with a win but even better news filtered through from Loughrea as John Egan's brace of tries secured their first league points against a physical home outfit with Sean Henry Adrian Coughlan and Captain Willie Farrell and Alan gunning outstanding. It was a tense last 15 minutes with the defence holding very solid and with a little more work on the training ground this team will dramatically improve.
Training continues Friday in Guinans field at 7.30
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Written by Padraig Flaherty
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West Offaly Lions 23 - Ballinrobe 6
West Offaly Lions scored another win in the Connaught league against a strong Ballinrobe side in the nun's field last weekend. Two tries by centre Tom Gilligan were the difference, coupled with Donal Corbetts immaculate goal kicking. Again West Offaly Lions experienced difficulties in the scrum but ruled the line outs and along with some great defence this pulled them through the tie. Ciaran Coughlan and Ronan Guinan were outstanding in the loose in a side that will
need to maintain their disciplines if it's to continue its league run.
West Offaly Lions 0 - Corinthians 17 Development team continued their league programme last Sunday and were better organised this week with a number of subs, though still missing a few key players. Stephen Cornally the Moony brothers and Frankie Kenna were best in a side that needs to train together to attain the results their talent deserves. It was a good performance overall but with training the development side aren't far off there first league victory which in turn will instil some confidence in the team. |
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Club Sponsors
We would like to thank the following Sponsors: Hiney's
Bar & Restaurant Gleeson's Bar Farrell Concrete John Butler
Carpentry Services O'Callaghans'
Centra Ferbane
Eire Nua Motor Tution Ken Maher
Bricklaying Contractors Freddie Vaugh Car Sales T. Murray & son
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