Stillorgan RFC - 2009/10 J2s - J2 Albert O'Connell Cup 2010

J2 Albert O'Connell Cup 2010

With a bye in the first round, Stillorgan's cup campaign got off to comprehensive win over De La Salle Palmerston. Having already accounted for the South County Dublin team twice in the league it was a hat trick of victories as Stillorgan ran out easy winners and if they didn't take the foot off the pedal probably could have won by more.

The Quarter Final meeting with Bective Rangers made a 1st versus 2nd of the J2B League a match to look forward to and it lived up to expectation. With a victory each in the league neither team would underestimate the opposition and a tight game in Donnybrook was always going to be the outcome. After conceding an easy early penalty Stillorgan got their act together and through brilliant forward play from set pieces manages to push a hole through the Bective defence twice for Full-Back Mark Harnett and Second Row Daniel Shanahan to touch down and leave the half time score 15-3 to the visitors.

After 20 minutes of tough slogging where both teams had scoring chances narrowly averted Bectives pressure finally told with ten minutes to go converting a try leaving a nervous final ten minutes for Stillorgan to hang on. Hang on they did and a semi final place was assured by some stout defending and cool heads at the break down.

The reward of this great victory is a home semi-final against J2A side Blackrock College who defeated J"A league Winners Clontaf to get to this stage of the competition. This was unfortunately was the second cup semi final defeat in as many years but having gone up a division and competing against teams in a division above them this was no mean feat.

Date Home Score Away Competition
27 March 2010 DLSP 5 - 2033 Stillorgan 2nd Round Cup
10 April 2010 Bective Rangers 10 - 2015 Stillorgan J2 Cup Quarter Final
17 April 2010 Stillorgan - Blackrock College J2 Cup Semi Final

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