Dungannon’s Director of Rugby, Justin Fitzpatrick has named a strong squad for tomorrow’s Bateman All Ireland Cup Final which takes place at St Mary’s RFC, Templeville Road, Dublin. KO 2pm.
With Jackson, Gaston, Anderson and Caldwell released from Ulster duty this weekend Fitzpatrick will be pleased that Dungannon are only missing winger Craig Gliroy, who will be benching for Ulster on Sunday, and the squad will welcome the return of scrum half Jason Bloomfield and hooker Adam Duhig who were absent from the tense semi-final against Corinthians last month.
Despite Bruff finishing bottom of the AIL 1B it should be pointed out that 5th place Dungannon only won one more game than the Limerick side in a very tight league. However the Ulster side were unlucky to just fall outside the promotion places having notched up four bonus points in their campaign despite losing many players to provincial and international squads throughout the season.
The teams are one win apiece in this season’s head to heads, both winning at home, but with almost a full panel to choose from Dungannon should have the edge in what promises to be a close encounter.
Certainly Bruff will . . .
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