Leinster U18 League

Carlow u18,s took on a very fancied Navan side in the premier Leinster League away in Navan, the Carlow side were looking for revenge for the defeat last seasons league final. Carlow started the game at a blistering pace taking the game to Navan, from the kick off the carlow pack hunted down the Navan players over turning the ball.and with some excellent off loads and fluid passing the carlow side pushed Navan back into their own 22 and forced a penalty which captain mark Mcdermett converted. From the restart they attacked the Navan defence again pushing the opposition back into their own half, Navan struggled to cope with the pace of the game and with about 15 minutes gone Carlow worked the ball across the pitch with some slick passing to give the final pass to winger Jody Murphy who finished the move jonah lomu style running  out over the winger to score in the corner. With the score at 8 nil carlow continued to bring the game to Navan and with carlows scrum and lineout performing well it gave Carlow’s backs plenty chances to break the Navan defence. In the dying moments of the first half scrumhalf Daniel Crotty moved the ball quickly from a ruck passing across the back line to centre Caomhan Brennan who drew his man and passed the ball to 2nd row martin mullins who crashed over for Carlow’s second try, leaving the half time score 13 nil to Carlow.