IRFU Volkswagen Tag: Mengal Taggers claim Spring League.

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John McMurtry

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Members of the Mengal Taggers after their Relay for Life 10K race at Banbridge.

In all the hubbub surrounding Ulster’s Heineken Cup campaign we overlooked the success of our sponsored tag team the in the Volkswagen Tag competition at Queens University.

Jemma Jackson with Gareth Bronte, Brian O'Shaughnessy and Christine Henning after winning the Volkswagen Tag Spring League.

Mengal won four out of five league games with a depleted side losing their last league run out against, Queens side, Shy Teds, a side featuring FRU favourites and Irish Internationals and . The result left both sides level on points at the top of the league and both went through to a winner takes all final the following week.

With the Taggers welcoming back Scott Nelson from Junior Ulster duty and from GAA commitments the Taggers went on to beat the Queens side 23 – 9 in the final with player of the match going to the classy Downey.

The Taggers have also made a winning start to the Volkswagen Tag Summer League winning their first match last night 29 – 14.

Young and fit, well apart from team manager and occasional player Gareth Bronte, the Taggers also found time to take part in the Banbridge 10K earlier this week to raise money for Cancer Research. The Taggers will also be making be attempting to break a Guinness World Record for the longest continuous game of rugby ever, over 30 hours, at Banbridge Rugby Club on 9/10 June. All proceeds from their World Record attempt will be in aid of Cancer Research UK.

The Mengal Taggers would like to thank their co-sponsors, the Bronte Steak House, Banbridge, and Shoefair Sports, Banbridge.

Members of the Mengal Taggers with sponsors Bronte Steak House and Shoefair Sports, Banbridge.

We caught up with some of the Taggers last month for a photoshoot with their new kit. You can view those pictures below.

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