Instonians Team Announcement

Old rivals from the top junior league in Ulster come together once again on Saturday as Omagh Accies 1XV take on Instonians 1XV in Division 2C of the All Ireland League. Newly promoted Instonians have taken the league by storm and have a flawless record of eight bonus point wins so far this season...can the Accies do anything to halt their progress?

 

In the 2016-2017 season when Omagh got promoted to the AIL it could easily have been Instonians who made the step up to senior rugby as their two clashes that season saw Omagh scrape together 2 single point victories. Omagh won early in the season at Shaws Bridge with a backs against the wall performance where they somehow came out on the right side of the result and then, when it was obvious it was a three horse race for the title between Omagh, Instonians and Ballyclare, they hosted the Belfast side in February 2017.

 

With the elements in the first half Omagh went into the break 10-0 up but were losing 17-13 in added time after around 10 minutes of pressure in the opposition 22. Strong play from Omagh's forwards created quick ball for Lee Murphy to throw a long pass to Alistair Beckett who finished in the corner sparking wild celebrations at the Thomas Mellon with a huge crowd in attendance.

 

Hopefully it will be another exciting clash tomorrow with a large crowd in attendance and a strong sponsor presence at our popular prematch meal.

 

Instonians RFC 1XV (1-20)

Anton Lupari

Neil Saulters

Alan Whitten

James Welling

Eoghan Murphy

Max Preston

Paul Pritchard

Mark Mairs

Rhys O'Donnell

Ruairi O'Farrell

Matthew Kilpatrick

Bevan Prinsloo

Mark Keane

Daniel Keane

Jonathon Milliken

Conor Gallagher

Schalk Van Der Merwe

Ryan Hanson

Andrew Keane

Rhys Davidson