Thomond 17

Thurles 15

Thurles RFC suffered another very narrow  defeat in the league when they travelled to Moyross on Friday night last, the usual story of being better than the opposition and failing to convert that into a win surfaced again, this week it wasn’t helped when talisman captain Luke Kelly was forced out of the team during the pre-match warm up and the second row problems added up when Peter Kinane was injured after 20 minutes added to the fact that Colin Nolan is also on the injured list, the regular second row is under serious pressure.

        Thurles were holding their own until Peter Kinane went off then allowed Thomond in for a handy enough try by Dean McGinn which they failed to convert . Thurles showed great spirit  in getting back into the match when Paddy McGrath scored a penalty on the stroke of half time to leave the score 5:3 at the break

Thurles regrouped in the second half and went ahead when Mark Cummins got in under the sticks for a great try after some exciting back line running.  But as anyone that has ever played Thomond knows, you are always in a battle down there and they went ahead again when Kealan McMahon got in for a try. And Conor Lipper extended their lead  which Eoghan Sherlock converted.

As the game went on, Thurles showed the true grit that is prevalent in the team all season and Matthew Kelly finished off a good move which Paddy McGrath converted. Thurles finished the game well, but were unfortunate not to get the crucial score that was needed, All of the team played well and but for a little bit of luck Thurles could have succeeded,  Best for Thurles in the backs, were Sonny Dwyer, Eoghan O and Eamon Connolly who was good at outside half., while the forwards were dominant for much of the game, through Sam Quinlan, Mark Cummins, and the ever young Ger McCormack all did well, and its great to see Ciaran Ryan back in to full fitness doing what he does best and letting nothing pass him.

While the result didn’t work out, the team showed great heart and they can see the makings of a good run within themselves as it is only a matter of getting things to click and all will be ok.

  The fixture for next weekend is still uncertain so keep an eye on the social media for updates,

Team. Eoghan O’Dwyer,, Paddy McGrath, Sonny Dwyer, Owen Byrne, Eamon Connolly, James Maher, Ger McCormack, Shane Nugent, John Shaw, Donnacha Ryan, Peter Kinnane, Sam Quinlan, Mark Cummins, Ciaran Ryan, Subs Jack Kavanagh, Darragh Sweeney, Rob O’Donovan, Seamie Houlihan, , Matthew Kelly Dylan O’Shaughnessy. Richie Houlihan.