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Brave Garryowen’s late strike gives them ticket to Bateman decider

(Garryowen set up the maul that led to their winning try today)
Bateman Cup semi-final:
Garryowen 14, Lansdowne 12
By Aidan Corr
in Dooradoyle
AFTER a sluggish start, during which they had to defend their line tigerishly, Garryowen deservedly battled their way to the final of the Bateman Cup in Dooradoyle today, scoring two minutes from time to snatch victory.
It was a kicking battle between the respective out-halves, Scott Deasy of Lansdowne and Garryowen’s Ben Healy, for most of this encounter. The home side got first blood, Healy kicking a three pointer against the wind after 10 minutes. Two Scott Deasy penalties pushed the Dublin visitors ahead 3-6 and Healy missed a chance before the break with a similar effort from an difficult angle.
Lansdowne pushed further ahead eight minutes after the restart, Deasy again finding the target but Ben Healy levelled matters, landing two penalties with a missed tee-kick sandwiched between. Garryowen had the better of matters going into the final quarter but on a rare attack, Lansdowne again took the lead, Scott Deasy kicking his fourth penalty that put his side 9-12 in front on 67 minutes.
Garryowen enjoyed most of the possession going in the final minutes, Healy was wide of the target with nine minutes to go but in a flurry of excitement Garryowen build up the winning attack that saw them patiently retain possession before releasing the ball to the right and hooker Liam Cronin hared over the line at the pavilion end.
A good result for Garryowen after the disappointments of defeats in the Limerick Charity Cup and Munster Senior Cup deciders and they will now meet Armagh in the final.
Here are all the details of today’s games:
All Ireland Bateman Cup Semi Finals
Dooradoyle: Garryowen 14 Lansdowne 12
Scorers: Garryowen: Tries: Liam Cronin ; Pen: Ben Healy (3) ;
Scorers: Lansdowne; Pen: Scott Deasy (4) ;
Garryowen: 1. Niall Horan, 2. Liam Cronin, 3. Andrew Keating, 4. Kevin Seymour, 5. Dean Moore, 6. Tim Ferguson, 7. Diarmuid Barron, 8. Sean Rennison, 9. Rob Guerin, 10. Ben Healy, 11. Cian O’Shea, 12. Dave McCarthy, 13. Peadar Collins, 14. Daniel Hurley, 15. Jamie Heuston. SUBS: 16. Mike O Donnell, 17. David Canny, 18. Scott Leahy, 19. Steven Atkinson, 20. Jamie Gavin, 21. Shane Brosnahan, 22. Andrew O’Byrne.
Lansdowne: 1. Denis Coulson, 2. James Rael, 3. Ian Prenderville, 4. William Earle, 5, Jack O’Sullivan , 6. Tom Murphy, 7. Conor Fenlon, 8. Aaron Conneely, 9. Tim Murphy, 10. Scott Deasy, 11. Peter Sullivan, 12. Conor Murphy, 13. Mark O’Keeffe, 14. Daniel McEvoy, 15. Eamonn Mills (Capt.) SUBS: 16. JJ Earle, 17. Martin Mulhall, 18. Greg McGrath, 19. Conall O’Brien, 20. Alan Bennie, 21. Liam O’Sullivan, 22. Barry Goulding.
Palace Grounds: City of Armagh 29 Buccaneers 13
Scorers: City of Armagh: Tries: Andrew Willis, Evin Crummie, James Morton, Neil Faloon; Pen: Cormac Fox ; Con: Cormac Fox (3).
Scorers: Buccaneers: Tries: Rory O’Connor; Pen: Michael Hanley (2); Con: Michael Hanley ;
City of Armagh: 1. Paul Mullen, 2. Andrew Smyth, 3. Phillip Fletcher, 4. Peter Starrett, 5. Josh McKinley, 6. James Hanna, 7. Robert Whitten (Capt.), 8. Neil Faloon, 9. Harry Doyle, 10. Cormac Fox, 11. Ryan Purvis, 12. Johnny Pollock, 13. Evin Crummie, 14. Andrew Willis, 15. Shea O’Brien SUBS: 16. Oisean Mickerman, 17. Johnny Morton, 18. Gareth McNeice, 19. James Morton, 20. Gareth Treanor, 21. Chris Cousins, 22 Matthew Reaney.
Buccaneers: 1. Conan O’Donnell, 2. John Sutton, 3. Liam Winnett, 4. Ruairi Byrne, 5. Torin Rensford, 6. Fergus Galvin, 7. Owen Treacy, 8. Evan Galvin, 9. Frank Hopkins, 10. Michael Hanley, 11. Rory O’Connor, 12. Kieran Joyce, 13. Shane Layden (Capt.), 14. Thomas McGann, 15. Callum Boland SUBS: 16. Harry O’Reilly, 17. Rory Grenham, 18. Sean O’Connell, 19. Gerard Fallon, 20. Dean McMahon, 21. Ross Murphy-Sweeney,

All Ireland League Division 2B

MU Barnhall 55 Wanderers 3

Current League Table Positions

All Ireland League Division 2B

P W D L F A Bon Pts

1. MU Barnhall 9 9 0 0 291 134 6 42

2. Greystones 9 8 0 1 311 126 5 37

3. Rainey Old Boys 9 6 0 3 219 181 3 27

4. Wanderers 9 5 1 3 178 180 3 25

5. Sligo 9 4 0 5 174 217 4 20

6. Corinthians 9 3 0 6 146 170 5 17

7. Sunday’s Well 9 3 0 6 121 208 3 15

8. Skerries 9 1 2 6 187 242 6 14

9. Belfast Harlequins 9 2 1 6 113 184 3 13

10. Dungannon 9 2 0 7 124 222 3 11

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Saturday 19TH January 2019 All Ireland League Division 1A

Clontarf v Young Munster Castle Avenue

Cork Constitution v Terenure College Temple Hill

Garryowen v U.C.C. Dooradoyle

Lansdowne v Dublin University Aviva Stadium

UCD v Shannon Belfield

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Ballymena v Buccaneers Eaton Park

City of Armagh v Banbridge Palace Grounds

Malone v Ballynahinch Gibson Park

Old Belvedere v Naas Anglesea Road

St Mary’s College v Old Wesley Templeville Road

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Navan RFC v Cashel RFC Balreask Old

Nenagh Ormond v Galwegians New Ormond Park

Queens University v Dolphin Dub Lane

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Belfast Harlequins v Sligo Deramore Park

Dungannon v Rainey OB Stevenson Park

Galway Corinthians v Wanderers Corinthian Park

MU Barnhall v Greystones Parsonstown

Sundays Well v Skerries Irish Independent Park

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Ballina v City Of Derry Heffernan Park

Midleton v Tullamore Towns Park

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