The Galway Panteras hosted the first of 2 Regional League playoff days
last Saturday. The second will be in Cork on March 15th (tbc).
Lashing rain and lashings of pints on Friday evening was followed by
endless sunshine and a few sore heads on Saturday morning.
About 20 players - UCC failed to field a team :-( - benefitted from an
excellent coaching session led by Dominick who drove over from Dublin
at the crack of dawn (that man should be paid!). We worked on a bunch
of Offensive issues with various drills and mini-games that got
everyones' hangovers sweated out. As there was only one match to be
played instead of three the coaching session was very long and
detailed. A hearty thanks to Dom was voiced by all present.
The UL Limerick vs NUIG Galway match was a tight and very hard fought
affair with perhaps more turnovers, from hopeful hucks, than better
teams would have made. With the game tied and capped two huge O
layouts and pressure D saw the Panteras claw the victory.
I'm sure that Limerick will agree that the presence on the Galway line
of 3 Cork players made no difference ;-)
Results RL Day 1
Galway 13 - 0 Cork
Limerick 13 - 0 Cork
Galway 7 - 5 Limerick