Armagh Seconds In Comfortable Win Over Omagh
The seconds played Omagh seconds in a second xv league game on Friday night and after a competitive first 40 minutes they pulled clear in the second half to win comfortably. The game started with a lively Omagh eight showing their intentions straight from the kick off, putting in some crunching tackles and not giving the home forwards any time on the ball. With Clarke, Jack Treanor and Lutton in the front row and Kennedy and Martin in the second, the scrums were steady giving Millar and Gerard Treanor the platform to move quick ball. Working their way up field with the backs looking sharp, a penalty was quickly tapped with Stuart Lester crossing for an early try. Kyle Faloon converted and Armagh were up and running. Omagh replied with a penalty to peg the score back to 7-3. Faloon replied with a penalty of his own before Omagh took a scrum ball against the head and quick ball was touched down in the corner for an unconverted try, 10-8 to Armagh. With Nathan Rodgers playing at 10, Matthew Steenson and John Faloon were receiving quality ball and after play was brought into the Omagh 22, Matthew Reaney was on the end of some sharp passing to score in the far corner. By now the home forwards were warming to the task and after a line out on the visitor’s 22, Jack Treanor was on the end of a great 20 metre maul for a good forwards try. Kyle Faloon added the points and Omagh converted a penalty to bring the half time score to 22-11 to Armagh. With club coach Willie Faloon now entering the fray, the second half was brought to life early on with John Faloon making a break through the centre. When Omagh managed to stop the attack, Gerard Treanor popped the ball to Willie Faloon who drove over for a good try. Omagh added yet another penalty and after the restart, Kyle Faloon collected a kick in his own half and after showing great pace and footwork scored a great converted try under the posts, 34-14 to Armagh. Another lineout maul led to another try for Jack Treanor, and shortly after with Omagh pressing up the pitch, Kyle Faloon picked up a loose ball on his 10 metre line setting the backline in motion. Lester burst down the wing into the Omagh half with Willie Faloon collecting the offload and when tackled short of the line he popped the ball up for Steenson to crash over for a fantastic team try. With the appreciation of the watching crowd still ringing out, Omagh retorted with a try and conversion of their own on the restart when their outhalf stepped inside the cover for converted try. The referee blew up early with the final score 48-21 in a very entertaining game.