Nenagh Ormond under 18s played Shannon in Coonagh last Sunday. It was a cold brisk morning with conditions perfect for a game. Shannon kicked the game off and Nenagh settled well playing into the breeze. However it was Shannon who scored first, after some ill discipline Shannon had a 5 metre lineout in which they won, Nenagh did well to stop the initial drive, but a deft offload in midfield created an opening for them to score under the posts. That scored seemed to spur Nenagh on, we were rewarded with a penalty from a turnover by Dara Gaynor and after a couple of phases we found ourselves in the opposition 22. From a penalty Oisin Ryan carried well and then Aidan Steed got us closer to the 5m line. Dara Corish carried next and then the ball was moved to Alex Monko who popped to Oisin Ryan who broke the tackle and scored under the posts, Charlie Talbot added the extras. The next 15 mins was played between both 22’s with both teams struggling to gain possession in either 22. Then Shannon got a break and scored again out wide to leave score 14/7. Nenagh came back at Shannon again and we’re getting good rewards in attack with a string of penalties. With a penalty inside the 22 a kick to the corner was selected and from the lineout Nenagh created the perfect maul and drove from half way inside the 22 to over the line with Luke Slattery dotting down. Charlie Talbot added the extras to leave it 14 all at half time. Shannon kicked off the second half and we kept the momentum from end of first half for into the second half. We got the first score in the second half. We had a lineout inside the opposition 22 and a brilliant 50/22 from Charlie Talbot. After winning the lineout we went into phase play, looking for an opening. Just on the 22 Cody O Connor received the ball and put in a deft chip to the corner with Cian Murphy in hot pursuit. As the ball reached the dead ball line Cian reached out and scored in the corner. The difficult conversion was just wide of the posts. Shannon came back at us and were rewarded a penalty in midfield and after further indiscipline we found ourselves inside our own 10. From this Shannon kicked for the corner and mauled to score in the corner and added the 2 extra points. That left the score 21-19 to them. Nenagh showed real energy to try and retrieve the ball and forced a knock on. From a resulting scrum a training ground move released Charlie Talbot out wide who ran 25 yards untouched to score and then added the conversion to leave it 26-21 to us. Shannon scored again with 3 mins to go and added the conversion to leave the score 28/26 to them. From the kick off Nenagh showed great character and aggression to get the ball back quickly. Once we had the ball we went through multiple phases and were rewarded a penalty just outside kicking range. We scrummed it down to try and create an opening and were rewarded with a penalty within kicking range. But unfortunately the kick was inches wide of the post. Final score 28/26. Training continues Tuesday and Thursday with Young Munster at home next Sunday at 12