YOUTHS NEWS
Buccaneers ‘Blacks’ entertained Corrib in the Connacht U-15 League on Sunday and it proved to be a well contested game in which the visitors scored first and, although Buccs quickly replied, Corrib were leading 8-5 coming up to the break. Buccs roused themselves and scored the next four tries before Corrib got a late consolation try to leave the final score at 27-13 to the home side. Corey Kelly played his best game of the year and he was closely followed by Oisin Daly.
BUCCANEERS:- C Kilcommins, N Donohue, S Griffiths, J Heneghan, F Kelly, R Connors, C Maguire, J Costello, C Burke, L Clancy, J Monaghan, R McKenna, O Gannon, A Costello, O Killeen, C Kelly and O Daly.
Buccaneers U-13s had a much improved performance against Ballinasloe on Sunday. They competed well in all aspects of the game against a powerful east Galway squad. Although only fielding a squad of 16, Buccs kept to their task and scored 2 tries of their own. Oisin Donoghue broke from the back of a scrum and powered his way over and Ryan Bruce scored a scintillating long range effort late in the game. Best for Buccs were Eli Dullea and James Dowling in the backs and Jonna Dineen and Ollie Weldon in the forwards.
BUCCANEERS:- J Dineen, A O’Neill, T O’Faolan, O Weldon, C Gilligan, S Conlon, R Bruce, J Kelly, T Gunning, D Carroll, J Dowling, S Rafferty, E Killion, O Donoghue ©, and R Keegan.
Buccaneers ‘Yellow’ travelled the long journey to Ballinrobe on Saturday and despite showing a lack of discipline at times put in a good performance.
Outstanding for these U-15s were Leroy Boakye and Danny Murphy in the forwards and Donnacha O’Sullivan and Gonzalo Girdon in the backs.
BUCCANEERS:- R McKenna, H Dolan, Nasarullah, H McKeogh, B Feeney, L Boakye, J Murra, O Kelly, G Girdon, J Hurley, J Costello, A Webb, L Ward, T Rayner, F Kelly, D Murphy, K Maguire, A Vladimir, Ignacio Rellan, Tomi Afinkaye and N Donohue.
