Cork Con vs Clontarf, AIL SF

thomond2006

3 - 3 at half time, live on RTE 2.
Conditions are sh1te so not much happening as yet.

The only highlight is that tool Hugh Cahill shouting "IS HE OVER THE LINE?!" when the phase stops 10 metres from the line, lol.

shoutman

Was not a good first half, but second half display by 'Tarf was very good. Stride played very well today getting both try's for 'tarf.

Fantastic.

shoutman

Another Clontarf vs Shannon final.

chupacabra

Great second half from clontarf. Stride was superb all day fully deserved MOTM. Looks like ill be gettin my moneys worth in Thomond.

Aidric

Pleased for Clontarf, played the better Rugby. Disappointed Garryowen didn't make the final though.

daveirl

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murphym7

Daragh O Shea played a stormer, Daragh Lyons had howler. Never saw him kick so poorly form hand before.

I would have prefered to watch the Shannon match too.

bamboozle

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was it the complete RTE bias towards Cork Con that turned you off the game? honestly thought Tony Ward and David Corkery were appalingly biased throughout the game and even afterwards, Corkery went on a rant about Manning, couldnt be sporting enough to recognise the better team won.

guapos

http://www.clontarfrugby.com/items__troops_take_temple_hill.php

1014 TROOPS TAKE TEMPLE HILL
27/04/2009
Not for the first time this season Clontarf’s travelling support won the battle of the terraces by outnumbering the Cork Con faithful two to one in Temple Hill last Saturday.

Leaving behind the Heineken Cup semi-final ticket scramble, the 1014 Troops had only one mission in mind – a more personal semi-final date; Leinster’s premier club taking on Munster’s AIB League Champions in their own backyard. Not an enviable away fixture, for even the most devout of the ‘Tarf faithful, never having won in Ballintemple and taking on a team who hadn’t lost at home for 19 straight games. But as ever, the ‘Tarf travellers kept faith and following a tit for tat first half, where penalties were traded between Daragh O’Shea, the ‘Tarf captain and Con’s Jeremy Manning, the teams went into the break at three points each.

The second half started with the sun trying to break through the grey sky and Clontarf starting to take control up front. Eight minutes in and after 10-plus phases of possession in the Con 22, with both Ben Reilly and winger Niall O’Brien prominent, O’Donohoe popped a pass for Heinrich Stride to charge over past Ryan and Stringer, on an arching run, for the game’s first try.

Martin Dufficy curled the conversion over from the left, moving ‘Tarf into a deserved 10-3 lead.

Penalised for going off their feet at a ruck on 59 minutes, Con fell further behind when Dufficy didn’t have any difficulty from in front of the posts.

Manning got his opportunity for retaliation with a 66th-minute penalty to bring the score to 6 - 13.

But ‘Tarf, who put 50 points on Dungannon last week, had plenty in the tank. Healy had to track back and haul down O’Shea with a crucial tackle after O’Brien was sent charging through the Con midfield off a Dufficy pass.

Just a minute later, Con’s defence gave way when Stride muscled his way over off a close range ruck after a series of pick and goes.

Dufficy added the conversion and after some frantic attempts from Con to get themselves back in the game, with Manning setting up a lineout in the 22 off a penalty, ‘Tarf broke through on the counter for a third try.

Stride picked up possession on the right and passed inside for O’Donohoe to charge forward with only Lyons in his way. He weaved his way forward before offloading for Max Rantz-McDonald to dive over in the corner and complete a famous win - and get that last remaining AIL monkey off the ‘Tarf backs for once and for all.

The scenes on the pitch, with the ‘Tarf faithful spilling out from the terraces were “well worth the wait”.

For one of the stalwart 1014 Troops, then followed a new experience; having promised himself that he would “never take a pint in the Con clubhouse until we beat them down there” his long abstinence was over – and the Temple Hill bar profits secured!