Match reports for 2006/2007 Season

Saturday 26^th August

Newport V’s Castlebar

A pre-season friendly which Newport won.

Sunday 03^rd September

Newport V’s Carrick on Suir

The first competitive game of the new season for Newport was in the Mansergh Cup. Newport won well on the day. A great start to the new season.

Result : Newport 45 Carrick on Suir 7

Sunday 10^th September

Newport V’s St Marys

Newport narrowly lost to St Marys by the minimum of margins in an eight try thriller. Newport were ahead by 2 points in the dying minutes when a 50 meter penalty for St Marys was converted by their out-half and gave them a lead of 1 point which Newport tried in vain to turn around.

Result: Newport 27 St Marys 28

Saturday 16^th September

Newport 2^nd XV V’s Scarriff

A win for Newport 2^nd XV on their first outing of the season

Sunday 17^th September

Galbally V’s Newport

A friendly for Newport in Galbally in which Newport knuckled down and won.

Sunday 24^th September

Shannon 2^nd XV V’s Newport

Newport came away from Coonagh with a great victory in this friendly with Shannon 2^nd XV which included 3 of Shannons 1^st team players from last season. A good win.

Sunday 01^st October

Cashel V’s Newport

Mansergh Cup Semi-Final

Newport got off to a great start in the opening minutes of this game with a drop goal from Shane Ryan, putting them 3 – 0 up. In the next 20 minutes, Newport put Cashel under huge pressure and reaped 3 penalties as reward. These were converted and this put Newport 12 – 0 ahead. Cashel managed to get a try around 30mins into the first half, not converted 12 – 5 to Newport. Once again Newport’s pressure on Cashel was rewarded when Michael Ryan Bawn scored a try just before half time, 17 – 5 to Newport. The Second half got off to a miserable start with the rain coming down. Newport kept the pressure on Cashel who defended very will against the Newport attack. Cashel converted two penalties in the second half but Newport defended well to the final whistle and the match finished 17 – 11 to Newport. Great result with a great performance by the team as a whole.

Sunday 8^th October

Newport V’s Abbeyfeale

Munster Junior League

Newport opened their league campaign at home to Abbeyfeale on a wet Sunday afternoon at the Freigh field in Newport. Newport put the first points on the board with a Shane Ryan converted penalty. Tom Ryan scored next with a try set up by a great break from Dave August, Shane Ryan added the conversion. Newport led 10-0 after 20 minutes. The next try was one of the best seen in Newport, Shane Ryan chipped the ball through the Abbeyfeale defence for Michael Ryan Bawn to sheppard it over the tryline and touch it down. 15-0 to Newport. Abbeyfeale were next to score when they converted a penalty just a half time. Half time score 15-3. Midway through the second half after Abbeyfeale fumbled the ball, SuperSub Cian O’Toole collected the ball, sprinted and dived under the posts to score Newports third try of the day, converted by Shane Ryan. A stout Abbeyfeale defence prevented Newport from gaining the bonus point. Final score 22-3. Credit is due to Newport on their defence which held Abbeyfeale to only 3 points and prevented them from scoring trys.

Sunday 15^th October

Muskerry 2^nd XV V’s Newport 2^nd XV

Friendly

Newport win 19-12

Sunday 15^th October

Muskerry V’s Newport

Munster Junior League

Newport and Muskerry end the match in a draw 10-10.

Sunday 22^nd October

Newport V’s Tralee

Munster Junior League

In a low scoring but evenly matched encounter Newport won 5-3 against Tralee. Tralee put the first points on the board by converting a penalty and Newport’s only score came in the first half with a break by Dave August who passed the ball to Philly O’Brien, who controlled the ball with his head to dive over the line for the touchdown. This win sees Newport climb to the top of the Division Two Table.

Sunday 29^th October

Newport V’s Clanwilliam

Mansergh Cup Final

Newport R.F.C won the Mansergh Cup on Sunday 29th October with a outstanding performance against Clanwilliam F.C., one of the powerhouses of Munster Junior Rugby. Newport opened the scoring with a try from second row David O'Gorman in the early stages of the match.  Shane Ryan converted to give Newport 7-0 advantage.  Clanwilliam returned it to level with a converted try, which was answered by David Hickey grounding the ball for Newports second try from a well developed maul 12-7. After some great mid field play by both teams, Clanwilliam touched down for their second try which was converted 12-14. In the last minutes of the first half Clanwilliam converted a penalty.  Half time score Newport 12 Clanwilliam 17.

Second half scoring was kicked off by a wonderful try from Michael Ban, this drew the sides level 17-17.  Newport and Clanwilliam traded penalties to bring the score to 20-20. Deeply encamped in Clanwilliam territory Shane Ryan dropped back into the pocket and put over a well directed drop goal. Advantage Newport 23-20. Clanwillam threw everything they had at the Newport defence but to no avail and failed to convert the penalties they had been awarded.  In response to this pressure Newport forged their way back to the Clanwilliam try line thanks to a Brian Healy clearance which was chased by Daragh Ryan and Michael Ban and grounded by Michael Ban. This was the final score in the match which Newport won 28-20.

The Cup was presented to Captain Tom Ryan by Pat Flynn former Chairman of the Munster Junior Committee.  Congratulations to Newport on such a fine performance by each member of the squad, Team Manager Paul O’Gorman and Coach James Hallessey.

Sunday 5^th November

St Marys V’s Newport

Munster Junior League

Sunday 5^th November will be a day not to be forgotten by Newport R.F.C, when the Mansergh Cup winning team, went to Grove Island in Limerick to play St Mary’s R.F.C. and came away with a 72 – 0 victory. This phenomenal result was due to 12 tries and 6 conversions.

The game started well for Newport, who went to Corbally expecting a tough battle from St Mary’s. After 10 minutes of play the first try was scored, 5 minutes later the second was scored and when the third try was touched down there was hope of a bonus point. Not only did Newport get the bonus point next, but there were 6 tries in total in the first half. These were scored by Darragh Ryan, Philip O’Brien, Michael Ryan, Tom Ryan (2) Capt and Brian Healy (not listed in correct order), Shane Ryan added to this with two conversions. Half time score 34 - 0

St Marys competed well for the first 10 minutes of the second half, but when Newport ran in the first try of the second half the flood gates were opened for another 5 tries. St Marys just had no response for these scores. Michael Ryan kicked 3 conversions and Shane O’Connor converted the last kick of the game. The tries in the Second half were scored by Donnie O’Connell, Brian Healy, Darragh Ryan, Philip O’Brien (2), and Cian O’Toole (not listed in correct order). The final score recorded by the referee was 72 – 0.

This was another fine display by Newport as a whole team, the forwards played very well all round and did very well in line outs and scrums, the backs passing was wonderful as was their running and ability to see gaps in the opponents defense.

Sunday 12^th November

Newport V’s Bandon

Munster Junior League

Newport were up against the holders of second place in Division 2 of the Munster Junior League, Bandon, this weekend and they knew they would be playing against a team with as much to loose as themselves, their unbeaten record. The first half was kicked off by Bandon and it was easy to see that the game was going to be a battle of the front eight. Newport gained an advantage when they were awarded a penalty which was converted by Dave August to give them a 3-0 lead. Bandon got off the mark shortly after this with a converted penalty 3-3. Newport made it 6-3 for the half time score when Shane Ryan converted the second penalty. The second half saw Bandon gain the edge over Newport when they scored two penalties and a converted try, this brought the score to 16-6. Just when Bandon had the advantage, Newport dug deep and threw their all at Bandon. This resulted in the scoring of a try by Philip O’Brien and a conversion by Dave August, it brought the score to 16-13, two missed penalties by Newport meant the match ended 16-13 to Bandon. Newport however gained a bonus point and remain top of the league table.

Sunday 19^th November

Nenagh 3^rd XV V’s Newport 2^nd XV

Friendly

Newport traveled to Nenagh on a wet and windy Sunday. Nenagh won this encounter with a final score of 17-12.

Sunday 26^th November

Ballincollig V’s Newport

Munster Junior League

Newport travelled the long journey to Ballincollig last Sunday hoping to win and stay top of the Junior League and so they did with a final score of 11-3. This was due to two drop goals by Shane Ryan, one in each half of the match, with the second drop goal being scored from the half way line. Ballincollig converted a penalty in the second half and a try was added to Newport’s tally by Ray Ryan, in the last play of the match. This win holds Newport at the top of the league on points difference.

Sunday 3^rd December

Newport V’s Old Christians

Munster Junior League

This match was postponed due to the bad weather. Re fixed for Sunday 31^st December 2006

Sunday 10^th December

Mallow V’s Newport

Munster Junior League

Newport lost away to Mallow. Final score 27- 20

Sunday 17^th December

Bruff 2^nd XV V’s Newport

Friendly

Newport won this friendly against Bruff

Saturday 30^th December

Newport V’s Old Christians

Munster Junior League

Newport won this match at home against tough opposition. Old Christians put up a good fight to try and win the match but Newport held in there till the final whistle. Final score 12-10.

Sunday 7^th January

Newport V’s Douglas

Munster Junior League

Match postponed. Will be refixed for later date.

Sunday 7^th January

Sacrriff V’s Newport 2^nd XV

Evans League Cup

Newport lost to Scarriff in the first round of the Evans League 18-3. Christopher O’Connor kicked Newports only points of the game, in which Scarriff scored 3 tried and a penalty.

Sunday 14^th January

Castleisland V’s Newport

Munster Junior League

Newport had to travel to Castleisland last weekend for their second last league match of the season. The game started well with Shane Ryan converting two penalties for Newport in the first half to have Newport leading 6 – 0 at half time. Castleisland were awarded a penalty try which they converted to put them 7 – 6 ahead. But Shane Ryan soon converted a penalty which gave Newport a two point lead. Castleisland missed a drop goal in the final seconds of the game thanks to the magic fingers of Michael Bawn who got a touch to the ball as it headed for the posts. Newport won 9 – 7.

Sunday 28^th January

Shannon 3^rd XV V’s Newport

Friendly

Newport played Shannon in a friendly in Coonagh. Shannon came out winners but it was a very positive performance from Newport who were short many first team players due to injury. Newport dominated Shannon in the second half, but unfortunately did not convert the pressure into points.

Sunday 4^th February

Richmond V’s Newport

Munster Junior Cup

Newport travelled to Richmond in the second round of the Munster Junior Cup. After 80 minutes the game was drawn at 18 – 18, so extra time was played. The final score was 21 – 18 to Richmond. A disappointing result, but none the less a good team performance by Newport.

Sunday 11^th February

St Marys V’s Newport

Friendly

Newport travelled to Corbally to take on St Marys in a friendly. Newport came away winners with the final score 27 – 6.

Sunday 18^th February

St Sennans V’s Newport

Munster Junior Plate

Newport travelled to Shannon town to play St Sennans in the Junior Plate, but unfortunately lost by one point in a match which showed a very strong performance by the Newport Team. Final score 17 - 16

Sunday 25^th February

Newport V’s Douglan

Munster Junior League

Newport played Douglas in their last game of the Munster Junior League at home in Newport. It was a game with great pressure on Newport to win to secure promotion to Division 1 of the League and Newport did not fail to deliver the win. They came out on top 13 – 0. In the first half Newport put massive pressure on Douglas and scored two tries, Dave August touched down and Capt Tom Ryan added the second following a great break through a gap in the Douglas defence from Ray Ryan. The second half had tough defending by Newport which kept Douglas scoreless. A penalty was converted by Dave August to give Newport 3 points which led to the final score of 13 – 0. It was a great performance by the team, Mylie Shinners, Jack Coffey, Gerry O’Malley, Shane O’Connor, Ray Ryan, Ciaran O’Connell, David Hickey, Capt Tom Ryan, Darragh Ryan, Shane Ryan, Michael Bawn, Dave August, David Bourke, Philip O’Brien, Donnie O’Connell and all the subs on the side line.

Congratulations.