County Results From Sat 24th Nov

County U16’s V Omagh

The County U16’s had an improved performance against a very strong Omagh side on Saturday. With over 25 players involved in the Donegal side it was about getting game time for some new players to the suad an also some playing in new positions. The final score was 27-0 to the home team with the majority of the scores coming from Donegal errors. The main performances from the Donegal side came from Fintan Culhane (Letterkenny), Kevin Doherty (Cranna College) and Ronan Haughey (Donegal Town).

Squad - Adam Mc Connell, Kevin Doherty, Paul Toland, Peter Howard, Daniel Gildea, Darragh Farragher, Padraig Birmingham, Keelan Gallagher, Johnny Kennedy, Fintan Culhane, Donagh O Callaghan, Rory Ward, Padraig Doherty, Luke Dalton, Ara Devine, Niall O Gorman, Ndoda Malolo, Ronan Haughey, Connor Patton, Matthew Mc Nutt, John Joe Barr, Michael Mc Fadden, Lawrence Lynch, Paul Mc Carroll, Happymore Mutyoro, Oliver Gallagher, John Mc Lintock,

County U18's defeat Omagh RFC
Report By Francois Badenhorst

The Donegal County U18 development squad travelled down to Omagh for their game against Omagh Academicals on Saturday .The game was played in wet and blustery conditions that was always going to make the going tough. Donegal County played into the wind in the first half and a spirited Omagh team put them under pressure in the opening fifteen minutes. As you would expect of a team that does not regularly play together, Donegal County struggled to find their feet initially. Donegal County tried to play a passing game without establishing a solid platform and was unable to cross the gain line effectively. This and the aggressive Omagh defence led to turnovers at critical times. The pressure Omagh exerted was soon rewarded by a converted try, giving them a 7-0 lead. Donegal County started to settle after the initial period and started to claw their way back into the game. Good runs by forwards and backs were starting to make inroads and an improved defence stopped Omagh from scoring, leaving the half time score 7-0 in Omagh’s favour.
After the brake Donegal County wisely went about gaining some forward dominance and strong runs by the likes of Jaryd Bennett started to put the Omagh defence under pressure. This positive play was eventually rewarded with a converted try by Anthony O’Callaghan. Getting good “go forward” ball brought the Donegal County backline more into play culminating in a converted try by John Anthony McFadden.
The final score was 14-7 for the Donegal county Squad, winning a tough sometimes robust game against a good and determined Omagh side.

The Donegal County U18 development squad for this game was :
1. Francois Badenhorst 2. Chris Blockley 3. Grant Wattleworth 4.Shaun Dunleavy 5.James Gallagher 6.Ian Scott 7.Anthony O’Callaghan (capt.) 8. Jaryd Bennett 9.Conal Sheridan 10 Packie Kennedy 11.Brian Mac Rory 12.Okan Ozsleker 13.John Anthony McFadden 14.Tony Mc Bride 15.Shane Roper.
Subs : Gary Cunningham, Phillip Heaps, Connor Dunleavy

County U17’s V Enniskillen
Report By Rory Boyle

Donegal kicked off this game with a strong wind at their backs and immediately put the 'Skins under pressure. For the first ten minutes of the match both teams were attacking but neither could put points on the board with the chances they had. With ten minutes left of the first half, the Enniskillen Full-Back capitalised on some missed tackles from the Donegal defence and touched down near the posts. The Try was converted to leave the score 7-0 in Enniskillen's favour. They scored again a few minutes later and this was also converted and the half-ended with the score 14-0 to Enniskillen. Donegal started brightly in the second half against the now swirling wind but unfortunately were caught unawares as a quick line-out was taken by the Enniskillen men and a try followed. The conversion was missed but the game was slipping away as the score-line now read 19-0. Donegal fought back bravely though and were rewarded with a try in the last ten minutes. The conversion was agonisingly dragged to the left but the score-line looked a little better for Donegal at 19-5. Enniskillen once again attacked and scored with a few minutes left. A lack of numbers out wide was the reason. At the final whistle the scoreline read 24-5 in Enniskillen's favour. Full marks to Enniskillen as they put in a solid performance and came away worthy winners against a Donegal side who played well and showed an improvement since their last game. Donegal deserved more credit than the score suggests as Michael Keyes and Conor Gallagher in the Forwards and Brian Mulhern and David King in the Backs all had great games. The team can certainly learn from this performance and take a lot of good from it.

U17’s Squad
Pete Rogers, Conor Collins, Conor Gallagher, Nathan Noone, Kealan Kelly, James Gallagher, Nathan Noone, Daire Nolan, Michael Gallagher, Bryan Mulhern, Rory Boyle, Ciaran Clarke, Michael Keys, Thomas Scott,

Donegal U’18 Girls V Enniskillen
Report by Kelly Mc Girr

Saturday saw the Donegal u’18 girls travel to Enniskillen for their match against the home side. Donegal got off to a quiet start with Enniskillen putting pressure on and pushing back the defence. But the Donegal girls held strong and it wasn’t long until they made their mark on the score board with a try from Kerri-Lee Murray. Some great offloads saw Janet Kerr take the ball over the try line and a conversion from Elaine Melaugh left the score 12-0 at half time.
Enniskillen came back hard in the second half with a few good plays, but were unsuccessful in reaching the try line. Donegal regained possession and made their way to the try line but were forced to the corners with both tries (Nicola Mc Ginley and Laura Feely) by a strong Enniskillen defence. The game ended 22-0 to the Donegal girls with strong play from Enniskillen.

Squad
Megan Moore, Sinead Doherty, Laura Feeley, Titorija Vasileuska, Tatjana Vasileuska, Kerri-Lee Murray, Kelly Mc Girr, Donna Mc Ginley, Nicola Mc Ginley, Larissa Muldoon, Elaine Melaugh, Leona Russell, Ciara Gallen, Janet Kerr, Christine Mc Cann, Donna Redmond, Sarah Valkensburgs, Nicola Mc Ginley, Ashley Vago, Amy Coll, Amy Mc Bride Danielle Gavigan, Marie Mc Kelvey.