#EnergiaAIL Men’s Provincial League Championship: Semi-Final Results Round-Up
Bective Rangers full-back Tim Carroll is pictured on the attack against play-off semi-final opponents Creggs ©Steve Fahey/https://foxshots77.shootproof.com/
Bective Rangers and Thomond will battle it out in next Saturday’s All-Ireland Provincial League Championship final, with the winners replacing relegated Tullamore in Energia All-Ireland League Men’s Division 2C for next season.
ALL-IRELAND PROVINCIAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINALS:
Saturday, April 5 –
BECTIVE RANGERS 40 CREGGS 20, Cill Dara RFC
Scorers: Bective Rangers: Tries: Oliver Foote, James Gallagher 2, Luke Mion, Penalty try, Gavin Kelly; Cons: Mikey O’Hare 4, Pen try con
Creggs: Tries: Eoghan Coyle, Xavier Woodhouse; Cons: Shane Purcell 2; Pens: Shane Purcell 2
HT: Bective Rangers 21 Creggs 13
BECTIVE RANGERS: Tim Carroll; Mikey O’Hare, Bobby Holland, Matthew Gilsenan, Craig Cantwell; Oliver Foote, Connor Halpenny; Luke Mion, Scott Barron, Conor Kelly, Gavin Kelly, Ger Warde, James Gallagher, Mattie Keane (capt), Jamie Lawless.
Replacements: David Kealy, Billy O’Donohoe, Colin Jackson, Tiarnan McCloskey, Tadhg O’Dwyer, Donagh Lawler, Ben Garrett, Shane O’Meara.
CREGGS: Shane Dowd; Darren Gately, Eoghan Coyle, Mark Purcell, Ronan Dowd; Shane Purcell, Mark Dowd; Matthew Curley, Kolo Kiripati Jr, Eoghan Cahill, Ciaran Purcell, Xavier Woodhouse, Lee Kilcoyne, James Brandon (capt), Brian Diffley.
Replacements: Danny Arnold, Jack Tucker, Tom O’Brien, Aodan Kelly, Ronan Cahill, Eoin Kelly, Cormac Dolan, Mark Kilcommons.
Munster Junior League and Cup champions Thomond outscored Dromore by three tries to two in their promotion play-off semi-final win ©Steve Fahey/https://foxshots77.shootproof.com/
THOMOND 17 DROMORE 10, Cill Dara RFC
Scorers: Thomond: Tries: Eoghain Sherlock, Jason Kiely, Jamie McGarry; Con: Jason Kiely
Dromore: Tries: Adam McDonald, Gary Dillon
HT: Thomond 12 Dromore 10
THOMOND: Jamie McGarry; Luke Costello, Josh Dillon, Jason Kiely, Cilian Moughty; Eoghain Sherlock, Evan Maher; Rian Burke, Colin Slater, Werner Kruger, Sean Malone, Sean Kelly, Riann O’Dwyer, Ryain O’Donovan Ahern, Kealan McMahon (capt).
Replacements: Kian McGrath, Sean Rice, Seaghan Gleeson, Morgan Bateman, Makz Zerdel, Colin McCarthy, Joe O’Toole, Andrew Lyons, Jack O’Shea, Aidan Quinlivan.
DROMORE: Adam McDonald; Andrew Rutledge, Aaron Stewart, Dean Dillon, Jonny Hunter; Adam Keating, Lee Steenson; Adam Hanna, Harry Long, Andrew Black, Ross Bingham, Matthew McMaster, Richard Dickson, Ryan Hughes (capt), Gary Dillon.
Replacements: Rory Stewart, Ross Stewart, Mark Hylands, Matthew Thompson, Ben Carey, Jack Dillon, Josh Brame, Josh Patterson.
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