Limavady book spotin cup-final

Clogher Valley...10

By John Cartwright

IT'S a time honoured cliche that football is a funny old game, but occasionally rugby can throw up scenarios that have even the most seasoned of rugby men, players and supporters alike, struggling to find words to describe just what exactly is going on.

Limavady are proving that indeed rugby is a funny old game, and the Roesiders are having a funny old season.

Rooted to the bottom of the Junior Qualifying One table three months ago, and facing what at the time was a very real prospect of relegation, Limavady are now safe in the league, and after what may have been their best performance under coach Glen Kyle, the men in black dumped Clogher Valley out of the Millar McCall and Wylie Junior Cup last Saturday to claim a final berth and an appearance at Ravenhill for the first time in a decade.

Not only did the result ensure a trip to Ravenhill on Friday, but the game was a league and cup double header, meaning that LImavady picked up vital league points which could see them in contention for an All-Ireland Cup spot.

If neighbours City of Derry beat Portadown in the All-Ireland League Playoff in Armagh, and Limavady win their last game of the season against Dromore they are there. Not bad considering at Christmas some supporters at the club were denouncing the current campaign as the worst in recent history.

Saturday’s semi-final against Clogher Valley was easily Limavady's finest display of the season.