Belvedere made to battle ; St Patrick's, Navan-15, Belvedere College-26 CITY EDITION

St Patrick's, trailing 26-7 after 54 minutes, could have capitulated. Instead they finished with a flourish. Centre Alan McCormack kicked a long-range penalty and with 11 minutes remaining he wriggled past two defenders after outhalf Brian Forristal had swept to the shortside from a scrum insid...

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Published inThe Irish times
Main Author O'Sullivan, John
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dublin The Irish Times DAC 14.02.2004
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Brennan, Gerard
Forristal, Brian
Gallagher, Sean
Hayes, Conor
McCormack, Alan
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Summary:St Patrick's, trailing 26-7 after 54 minutes, could have capitulated. Instead they finished with a flourish. Centre Alan McCormack kicked a long-range penalty and with 11 minutes remaining he wriggled past two defenders after outhalf Brian Forristal had swept to the shortside from a scrum inside the Belvedere 22. SCORING SEQUENCE: 4 mins: [Gerard Brennan] try, 5-0; 22: Wood try, [Conor Hayes] conv, 12-0. Half-time: 12-0. 43: [Sean Gallagher] try, McCormack conversion, 12-7; 49: Barden try, Hayes conv, 19-7; 54: [Marcus McAllister] try, Hayes conv, 26-7; 56: McCormack penalty, 26-10; 59: McCormack try, 26-15. ST PATRICK'S CLASSICAL SCHOOL: D Curran; K Brennan, A McCormack, J Brady, R Gorman; B Forristal, S Bedford; D O'Flynn, C Brady, C Curtis; C Dunphy, D McAteer; T Clarke, S Gallagher (capt), S Dawson. Replacements: N Finley for McAteer (53 mins).