Mallow 14 - Abbeyfeale 5

Mallow moved to 5th position in the Munster Junior League Division Two table with a 14-5 home win against Abbeyfeale on Sunday 17th February. Abbeyfeale had an early chance to open the scoring but a missed penalty left Mallow off the hook for an infringement from the opening kickoff. Mallow soon settled and began to dominate the game up front. Andrew Cashman opened Mallow's account with a well taken penalty after a strong break from No.8 Cliff Cahill. Mallow's front row of Tadgh Carroll, Jerry Cronin and Jason Sheehan dominated the scrums and allowed the Mallow backs to cause huge problems for the opposition. Cashman further extended Mallow lead to 6 points with another penalty, but to Abbeyfeale's credit they continued to battle and were rewarded with a try before the break to setup an interesting second half. Half time score Mallow 6 - Abbeyfeale 5. Directly from the second half kick off Mallow capitalised on some poor defence and Andrew Cashman tagged on a further three points with another penalty. Mallow's lineout functioned extremely well with hooker Jerry Cronin and jumpers Dan McCarthy and Gavin Lynch in total control of this set piece. Midway through the second half Mallow's Michael O'Connor touched down after an excellent drive from the lineout forced the Mallow pack over the Abbeyfeale line. Cashman narrowly missed the resulting conversion but Mallow took 4 points from this game and now have 23 points with two games remaining against Ennis and old rivals Ballincollig. Mallow Team Tadgh Carroll, Jerry Cronin, Jason Sheehan, Daniel McCarthy, Gavin Lynch, Michael O'Connor, Micheal Lynch, Cliff Cahill, Kevin Twomey, Neil McSherry, Brendan O'Brien, John singleton, Andrew Cashman, Leonard Brown, Kieran O Gorman.(Subs: Donal Lucey, Liam Leahy, Ivan Bolster, Rory McSherry, George Richard)
Many thanks to the continued support that cheers on the team every Sunday.