1st Year Rugby vs Templecarrig

On Friday the 9th of November St. David’s first years lined out in a local derby versus Templecarrig Greystones in their first match of the season. Both teams knew coming into this match that they would be faced with very tough conditions due to the harsh weather on the day. For some players on the David’s team it was their first rugby match ever, let alone first match together as a year group. However, this fact would seem hard to believe to a spectator of this match as the tremendous effort  that St. David’s put into this match portrayed a much more experienced outfit. They showed incredible heart to fight through the tough conditions and to put two tries on the scoresheet. Templecarrig, however, were the more experienced side which proved to be the deciding factor in this match as they managed to score three tries David’s over the course of the game. Our 1st Year’s performance done the school and their coaches proud and there is certainly more to come from this particular group of students. Final score 15-10 to Templecarrig Greystones. Tries for David’s came from James Browner and Mike O’Neill.