Tribesmen run in 11 tries in facile win over Meath visitors

Tribesmen 66

Fighting Irish 18

The Galway Tribesmen Rugby League team hosted the Athboy ‘Fighting Irish’ at South Park, Claddagh last Saturday, fresh on the back of victory against the current All Ireland champions the previous week.

The Athboy team who consisted mainly of a younger group of players then their Galway counterparts travelled West with high hopes, having ran them close the last time they met.

The game, which was played in warm conditions, began with the Tribesmen kicking off, and the visitors completed their first set and kicked on the sixth tackle from their 40-metre line deep into the Tribesmen half.

The Galway men worked their way up the field and a quick play the ball resulted in Athboy being penalised for being offside. The Tribesmen gained a good field position with the next set of plays but knocked the ball forward, two metres from Athboy’s line.

In the subsequent set, Galway were then deemed to be offside which resulted in a penalty for Athboy, and the Meath men quickly made their way down the field, but again had to kick possession away on the sixth tackle.

The Tribesmen gathered the ball from the kick and hard running from front rowers Mata Fifita and Abdulhaq Abayomi gained them considerable distance. Team captain, Matthew Towey, broke through a tackle and offloaded to Barry Walsh, who ran in to open the scoring, and also converted his own try to give the Tribesmen a 6-0 lead.

Athboy restarted the game with a long kick again which was returned by the Tribesmen with interest. Ryan Guilfoyle made good metres from acting half back and set up Seosamh McDonagh to register another score, and Walsh converted again to put the Tribesmen 12 points to the good after 15 minutes.

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