Provincial Regional North 4th November
Scorers: Nugent(1*Try, 2*Conv), Murray(2*Conv), Mulholland & Devlin(1*Try), Flynn(1*Try), Bentley(1*Try), McCullough(1*Try), Oliver(2*Try), O'Hagan(1*Try)
Rainey III had an emphatic 48-25 win over Ophir at Hatrick Park on Saturday. Three first half tries, including a joint score from lock Mulholland and prop Devlin, plus scores from centre Nugent and fullback Flynn, with Nugent hitting the conversion, gave Rainey a 17-11 lead at half time. Ophir scored a try and two penalties.
Rainey really opened up in the second half, with tries from outhalf Bentley and flanker McCullough. No8 Oliver bagged a couple, and lock replacement O’Hagan rounded off the scoring. Nugent added another conversion, with Murray adding two more, while Ophir added two converted tries.