IrishRugby

The sides had last met in the 2021/22 Men's Division 2A Promotion Play-Off Final, but Buccaneers captain Martin Staunton was the only man on the pitch who'd ...

A yellow card to Samuel Arundel made life harder for the visitors and Buccs made the extra man count after 26 minutes. Queen’s were pinned in their own half for much of the opening quarter and were 5-0 down after five minutes from Harry Balisger’s well taken try. I told them to just relax and do what we practised. We told them to go out and relax. Queen’s for their part were playing with a squad with an average age of just under 20. I was delighted with the performance.”