Match Report from Seamus Grealy

With so many away on school tours, an under strength Killarney travelled to Tralee on Sunday to play in their second outing of the season to take on the combined strength of Tralee and Listowel.

Killarney started with precision and within 5 mins James Kennelly ran over the whitewash to finish off a try that went through the hands of no less than 8 players.

Killarney also had to defend exceptionally well against a strong Tralee/Listowel forward division that had a lot of strength and ran direct testing lines. However Killarney broke through again with the tigerish Dan Twomey finishing off for their second try of the day. Before half time a similar pattern resulted with Cormac Rowe scoring his debut u16 try. Outhalf Donnchadh Grealy converted.

Tralee resumed the second half very powerfully and scored under the Killarney posts for a seven pointer. A crucial penalty from the Killarney outhalf put light between the teams and Killarney finished the more dominant team. Following probing attacks from the likes of Peter Walsh, John McCarthy and  Padraic Talbot. Liam Randles scorched over in the corner for a converted try that sealed the victory. The controlled attacking and defensive tackling of the players was something that particularly  pleased the Killarney coaching team.

Lining out on the day were Rob Nealon, Brendie O' Donoghue, Cormac Rowe, John McCarthy, Bailey O'Sullivan, Shane McAllister, Padraic Talbot, Peter Walsh (c), Donnchadh Grealy, Liam Randles, Mikey Moriarty, Dan Twomey and James Kenneally.

A special word of thanks to Tralee RFC for hosting us - we are always assured of a great welcome when we visit.  

Training continuous 7.30 Thursday evenings. All new members welcome to attend.

Next game is home against Abbeyfeale on the 27th. All support is welcome.

Seamus

Action from today's U16 game in Tralee.

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Photos from John O'Connell.