30 Mar CI 1sts Secure Ravenhill Return
CI 1sts will defend the club’s McCrea Cup title at the new Ravenhill following a comprehensive 41-3 defeat of Instonians 2nds at Belmont. The final will be against close Belmont neighbours Grosvenor who defeated Cooke in the other semi-final.
You can read how events unfolded by reviewing the tweets below from our resident live tweeter Mark McConkey:
Damp day here at Belmont but that hasn’t diluted the smell of cup rugby season!
— CIYMS Rugby Club (@CIYMS_RFC) March 29, 2014
Charge down by @philmcvitty to a dan Mcvicker try, conversion is good
CI-7 0- instonians
— CIYMS Rugby Club (@CIYMS_RFC) March 29, 2014
On another note it looks like @PatrickAiken has let his dyscalculia get the better of him as the lumbering 2nd row is wearing number 6
— CIYMS Rugby Club (@CIYMS_RFC) March 29, 2014
Strong driving maul sees another 5 pointer for CI, matt brown the scorer,conversion is a wobbly torpedo that scoots under the bar 12-0
— CIYMS Rugby Club (@CIYMS_RFC) March 29, 2014
Instonians penalty is missed from just inside the 22, still CI 12-0 instonians
— CIYMS Rugby Club (@CIYMS_RFC) March 29, 2014
Phil mcvitty scores straight through the guts after a sweet offload from Duncs, conversion missed
CI-17 0-instonians
— CIYMS Rugby Club (@CIYMS_RFC) March 29, 2014
Another penalty goes astray for instonians
CI -17 0- instonians
— CIYMS Rugby Club (@CIYMS_RFC) March 29, 2014
Hodge gets the pistons firing and nearly sneaks over but it's called double movement, instonians fail to make touch, CI knock on
— CIYMS Rugby Club (@CIYMS_RFC) March 29, 2014
Paddy Aiken gets a yellow, crowd think it was because he feels too tired #cynical
— CIYMS Rugby Club (@CIYMS_RFC) March 29, 2014
Another penalty for instonians doesn't have the legs, half time whistle goes
CI -17 0-instonians
— CIYMS Rugby Club (@CIYMS_RFC) March 29, 2014
Messy play at a 22 sees instonians with an attacking scrum
— CIYMS Rugby Club (@CIYMS_RFC) March 29, 2014
CI scrum half gets yellow for interference at scrum time, CI down to 13 for next few minutes, instonians pop over their first penalty 17-3
— CIYMS Rugby Club (@CIYMS_RFC) March 29, 2014
Penalty to CI in the inst 22 and kick to the corner, Aiken returns to the field looking hungry
— CIYMS Rugby Club (@CIYMS_RFC) March 29, 2014
Strong defence by inst sees them clear their lines and force a CI knock on in midfield
— CIYMS Rugby Club (@CIYMS_RFC) March 29, 2014
Lovely break and offload by Hodgy sees Jason dispatch the last defender and slam down another 5 pointer, conversion is missed CI-22 3-inst
— CIYMS Rugby Club (@CIYMS_RFC) March 29, 2014
CI change the 10/12 channel, bicks and boyder on, mmmm fozzy and Duncs off
— CIYMS Rugby Club (@CIYMS_RFC) March 29, 2014
CI turnover a scrum on the inst 5 and great control by paddy Aiken sees him open the account for the season, conversion good
CI -29 3-inst
— CIYMS Rugby Club (@CIYMS_RFC) March 29, 2014
Bicky shows that class never fades and puts Jason away in the corner, he also has the cheek to make the conversion
CI-36 3-inst
— CIYMS Rugby Club (@CIYMS_RFC) March 29, 2014
Big Stevy shunts some cattle out of the way and slips in for a try, conversion is missed
CI-43 3-inst #gameover
— CIYMS Rugby Club (@CIYMS_RFC) March 29, 2014
Good break unfortunately ends due to hodgys seasonal colour blindness, scrum to inst in midfield
— CIYMS Rugby Club (@CIYMS_RFC) March 29, 2014
Time out for an injury to inst 19, he just found out he's been dropped from guns n roses #slash
— CIYMS Rugby Club (@CIYMS_RFC) March 29, 2014
Woody bear comes off after another good shift, time for some recovery honey, he is replaced by Tom Stevenson, balm is also on for Jason
— CIYMS Rugby Club (@CIYMS_RFC) March 29, 2014
THE HOOPS ARE GOING BACK TO THE SUPERBOWL!!!!! Well the mccrea cup final
CI-41 3-inst
Final score
— CIYMS Rugby Club (@CIYMS_RFC) March 29, 2014
Congrats to @CIYMS_RFC & @GrosvenorRFC who will contest the McCrea Cup Final at Ravenhill after wins over @InstoniansRugby 2nds & @CookeRFC
— Ulster Branch Rugby (@UlsterBranch) March 29, 2014