AIL Round Robin: Unbeaten Sides To Clash

Unbeaten sides Naas and Nenagh Ormond clash in Tipperary next Saturday, after opening wins in the AIL Round Robin qualifiers last weekend.

Unbeaten sides Naas and Nenagh Ormond clash in Tipperary next Saturday, after opening wins in the AIL Round Robin qualifiers last weekend.

Fighting for a spot in next season’s Division Three, with Ballina already demoted, Nenagh – by virtue of their four-try 40-27 defeat of Monivea – top the table on five points alongside Rainey Old Boys.

Rainey picked up a losing bonus point in their second outing of the qualifiers – a heart-breaking 14-13 loss to Naas at Forenaughts on Saturday.

Naas fly-half Joey Moran – who was swamped by his celebrating team mates on the final whistle – struck a clinching penalty from the halfway line in the depths of injury-time.

The Kildare men led 11-0 at the break, but Rainey charged back through a Jerome McMurray try and drop goal, and Michael Glancy’s penalty and conversion.

Moran, however, had the final say.

AIB League: Saturday, April 16 Results:

Round Robin Qualifiers:

Monivea 27 Nenagh Ormond 40, Monivea
Naas 14 Rainey OB 13, Forenaughts

Round Robin Qualifiers Fixtures:

Saturday, April 23: Nenagh Ormond v Naas, Nenagh, 2.30pm

Saturday, April 30: Naas v Monivea, Forenaughts; Nenagh Ormond v Rainey Old Boys, Nenagh, both 2.30pm