ARDS TRAVELLED TO NEWRY WITH A VERY YOUNG SQUAD TO TAKE ON A STRONG WELL ORGANISED NEWRY TEAM. AFTER 40 MINS THE SCORE WAS 8-3 TO NEWRY BUT ARDS HAD BATTLED WELL AND WERE VERY MUCH STILL IN THE GAME. AT TIMES THEY HAD PRODUCED SOME EXCELLENT RUGBY AND HAD SHOWN THERE IS A LOT OF POTENTIAL TO LOOK FORWARD TO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON. AFTER THE BREAK ARDS REDUCED THE SCORE TO 8-6 AND WERE WELL ON TOP. UNFORTUNATELY AT THIS TIME THE MORE EXPERIENCED NEWRY STARTED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE GAME AND EVENTUALLY RAN OUT WINNERS BY A MARGIN WHICH WAS WAS ROUGH JUSTICE FOR ARDS.

THE MANY YOUNG PLAYERS ON SHOW DID THEMSELVES NO HARM FOR THEIR FUTURE PROSPECTS AT ARDS WITH MANY ENCOURAGING PERFORMANCES. HOWEVER RUGBY IS ALL ABOUT BASICS AND DISCIPLINE AND PLAYERS NEED TO GET DOWN TRAINING TO GET THIS PART OF THEIR GAME SORTED OUT.