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01st Sept 2011 |
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| Civil Service 2XV (0) vs. City of Armagh 2XV (47) |
14th Jan 2012 |
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City of Armagh seconds travelled to Civil Service on Saturday to play the local 1st fifteen in a conference league game. The game which was played on an excellent playing surface was a great advert for running rugby with the Armagh forwards and backs displaying great mobility and handling skills.
There were some changes to the team this week with Jonny Steenson and James McCall coming into the side after returning from injury. Jonny Clarke... View Report |
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| Rainey OB 2XV (07) vs. City of Armagh 2XV (32) |
31st Dec 2011 |
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City of Armagh Seconds travelled to Hatrick Park to play Rainey seconds in a league game on New Year’s eve. Armagh played with the elements in the first half and soon posed a threat to Rainey with an attacking move led by Freddie Cuttle deep in Rainey’s 22 ending with the ball running dead.
Rainey put Armagh under some early pressure, however as in the previous game against Ballynahinch, the defence was well organised with numerous double hits repelling any attacks.
On 14 minutes Mathew Steenson stroked over a 40 metre penalty to put Armagh ahead... View Report |
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| City of Armagh 2XV (26) vs Ballynahinch 2XV (13) |
17th Dec 2011 |
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City of Armagh Seconds played Ballynahinch seconds in a home 2nd xv league fixture on Saturday on the thirds pitch as the first and second pitches were unplayable due to frost. The game started with the home forwards under pressure in the scrums, however good driving, mauling by the forwards and intelligent use of the ball by the backs created good field position in Ballynahinch’s 22.
After several forward drives, Willie Hill drove over at the corner post for an early score. Matty Steenson converted to put Armagh ahead 7 – 0. Hinch retaliated with a spell... View Report |
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| City of Armagh 2XV (17) vs Ballymena 2 XV (32) |
19th MOvember 2011 |
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City of Armagh Seconds played Ballymena Seconds in a top of the table clash at the Palace Grounds on Saturday. In what was a bruising encounter Ballymena came out on top late on with a final score of 06 points to 32.
At half time with Mathew Steenson converting two long range penalties the score was 06–06 with Armagh posing plenty of problems for a good Ballymena team. On 53 minutes Ballymena scored their first try to give them a lead of 06–13. View Report |
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| City of Derry 2XV (03) vs City of Armagh 2XV (42) |
12th MOvember 2011 |
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City of Armagh Seconds were on the road again last Saturday when they travelled to play city of Derry seconds in the 2nd fifteen league. There were a number of changes to the side which defeated Ards the previous week with Brian McConnell and Andrew Morton coming the front row, Willy Martin into the second row, Robbie Faloon came off the wing to play scrum half, Mark Allen and John Faloon stepped up to play on the wings.
The game kicked with Armagh playing uphill into the breeze with an early penalty chance converted by Mathew Steenson. On 8 minutes Jonny Allen... View Report |
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| Ards 2XV (06) vs City of Armagh 2XV (39) |
05th MOvember 2011 |
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City of Armagh Seconds travelled to Newtownards on Saturday to play the local second fifteen in the conference league. Not having played for 3 weeks Armagh looked very rusty early on. Dominance by the forwards in the scrums was negated by poor decision making with ball in hand.
Two early penalties by Mathew Steenson to one by Ards gave Armagh a lead of 6 points to 3. On 34 minutes Quick ball from Jeffrey Dougan and Simon Cuttle from a breakdown saw the ball flashed out to Robbie Faloon who cut back inside then out to deliver a perfectly timed pass to Josh Morton who cantered... View Report |
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| Banbridge 2XV (13) vs City of Armagh 2XV (06) |
15th Oct 2011 |
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City of Armagh 2nd XV played their Banbridge counterparts at Rifle park on Saturday in the Second Round of the Junior Cup. Despite winning comfortably in the 2nd XV League a few weeks earlier, Armagh struggled to impose themselves during the first half when they had the advantage of a stiff breeze.
The City of Armagh 2nd XV scrum had Banbridge in reverse with several balls taken against the head, however the only reward was a penalty bt Mathew Steenson and an audacious drop goal by Simon Cuttle to give Armagh a halftime lead of 0-06... View Report |
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| City of Armagh 2XV (16) vs Lisburn 1st XV (14) |
01st Oct 2011 |
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With City of Armagh gaining senior status it is now up to the 2nd XV to represent the club in the prestigious Junior Cup and Towns cup events. The team rose to the first challenge when they beat Qualifying 2 side Lisburn 1XV in a bruising encounter at the Palace Grounds on Saturday.
With the 1st XV playing their game in Cork the Junior Cup game at the Palace grounds drew a good home crowd. 3 forced changes were made to the side that beat Banbridge 2s last week. Injured Johnny Clarke was replaced by James Morton, injured Simon Cuttle was replaced by Matthew Allen... View Report |
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| Banbridge 2XV (0) vs City of Armagh 2XV (17) |
24th Sept 2011 |
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City of Armagh Seconds played Banbridge 2nd’s in a league fixture at Banbridge on Saturday. Playing with the stiff breeze in sunny conditions, Armagh were keen to move the ball from deep. Stout defence from Banbridge kept play in the Armagh half for the first fifteen minutes.
After some prompting from the sideline, outhalf Simon Cuttle and fullback Matthew Steenson started to use the elements to gain territorial advantage.
On 17 minutes Steenson crashed over... View Report |
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| Malone 2XV (16) vs City of Armagh 2XV (36) |
17th Sept 2011 |
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City of Armagh Seconds travelled to Gibson park to play Malone 2s in the Ulster 2nd XV League on Saturday past. Playing into the stiff breeze and receiving the ball from the kick off, an Armagh forward infringed at the ensuing ruck.
By putting a squeeze on the Malone eight in the following scrum, it was evident even at this stage Armagh had the upper hand through the power of Bassett, Hill and Clarke. Shortly after, the Malone out half converted a penalty... View Report |
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| City of Armagh 2XV (17) vs Instonians 2XV (17) |
03rd Sept 2011 |
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City of Armagh Seconds played Instonians Seconds in a league game at the Palace Grounds on Saturday.
The game started off at a frantic pace with the young Inst team showing their intentions from the kick off by running the ball at every opportunity. Inst scored a try wide out after 5 minutes through their pacy winger and with the added points Armagh found themselves 0-07 down.
After the team re-asserting themselves, Mathew Steenson converted a difficult penalty from 35 metres to bring the score to 7-3, however an easier chance was missed shortly after. Worse was to follow 15 minutes later when Armagh... View Report |
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| Armagh 2XV (40) vs Ards 2XV (40) |
27th Aug 2011 |
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City of Armagh Second XV made their debut in the Senior 2nd fifteen league on Saturday when they entertained Ards 2s at the Palace Grounds.
They quickly settled into the pace of playing in a higher league and after good work by the forwards, Robert Straghan scored out wide after 10 minutes to give Armagh an early lead of 05–0.
Soon after, Jeffrey Dougan playing at 10, sliced through from 25 metres to cross over at the posts. Andrew Knipe... View Report |
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