Letterkenny edged this hard-fought contest as the two heavyweights of Kukri Qualifying 3 battled out the Gordon West Final in 100 minutes of pulsating rugby. With neither side prepared to admit defeat the game went down to the closing seconds of extra time with the Donegal side holding on to claim the win by 20 points to 18.
Letterkenny started the game strongly coming out on top in the opening exchanges. An early penalty by wing Brian Peoples edged them into the lead and things looked ominous for Larne when the Donegal side mauled their way up field for, impressive centre, Andrew Gibson to cross the line for an unconverted try taking the score to 8 – 0.
Larne eventually worked out how to counter the driving maul and . . .
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