Buccs lose battle in Clontarf

WILD celebrations in Castle Avenue. The AIL has certainly mattered in this part of North Dublin this year. Clontarf have looked like the best team in the competition and, when the chips came down with the rain on Saturday, they proved it, beating Buccaneers 20-6

If the game had become a Battle of Clontarf, Buccaneers were fancied to cause an upset. The swirling wind and relentless drizzle meant the pitch was of the soggy type Buccs have excelled on, but Tarf weren’t to be denied.

Two Lee Turner penalties was the simple return for the Connacht side at the end of this, but they were brave in their attempt. Until the final ten minutes, they were within a try of the Dublin side, but that try was never likely to come, when two of their important players lost their heads.