AIL Champions: Lansdowne FC
Jun 03, 2010
The First Squad finished up their fantastic season with a hard fought win against Bruff in Anglesea Road on Saturday afternoon.
Having secured promotion back in February the squad showed their intent on gaining silverware with a demolition of DLSP in the semi 3 weeks ago.
Saturday saw Bruff, who are also promoted to Division 1 next season come to Dublin to compete – and compete is what they did.
Following some early pressure Matt Healy scored another fantastic try converted by Andrew Geraghty who had an invaluable 100% record with the boot leaving the scoreline 7 points to nil on 10 minutes.
Bruff struck back with a try following a loose kick inside our 22 to bring the scores to 7 – 5.
However, just before half time following double digit phases David Hewitt ran over for a well taken try to give us some breathing space going into the break.
The Second half was a frantic affair with Lansdowne having to defend the onslaught from Bruff, a fine penalty from Geraghty left us 17 – 5 up but Bruff came back to 17 – 10 making us all suffer in the closing minutes.
17 – 10 the final scoreline – and silverware in the AIL for Lansdowne at last.
What a season for the squad:
Promotion – tick,
AIL Div 2 Trophy – tick,
Metropolitan Cup – tick,
J1 League – tick,
Enjoyment – tick,
Enjoy the summer & thanks for coming.
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