At the time of writing there are three weeks of the AIL 1B competition postponed with the fourth and final week still scheduled to go ahead in mid April.
You can view the fixtures below.
The following matches have been postponed until further notice.
| Sat 14 Mar | P-P | SHANNON | BANBRIDGE |
| Sat 14 Mar | P-P | CITY OF ARMAGH | NAVAN |
| Sat 14 Mar | P-P | HIGHFIELD | ST MARY’S COLLEGE |
| Sat 14 Mar | P-P | MALONE | NAAS |
| Sat 14 Mar | P-P | OLD WESLEY | OLD BELVEDERE |
| Sat 21 Mar | P-P | BANBRIDGE | MALONE |
| Sat 21 Mar | P-P | NAAS | HIGHFIELD |
| Sat 21 Mar | P-P | NAVAN | SHANNON |
| Sat 21 Mar | P-P | OLD BELVEDERE | CITY OF ARMAGH |
| Sat 21 Mar | P-P | ST MARY’S COLLEGE | OLD WESLEY |
| Sat 28 Mar | P-P | CITY OF ARMAGH | ST MARY’S COLLEGE |
| Sat 28 Mar | P-P | HIGHFIELD | BANBRIDGE |
| Sat 28 Mar | P-P | NAVAN | OLD BELVEDERE |
| Sat 28 Mar | P-P | OLD WESLEY | NAAS |
| Sat 28 Mar | P-P | SHANNON | MALONE |
The Final Round is still scheduled for mid April, subject to change.
| Sat 18 Apr | 14:30 | BANBRIDGE | OLD WESLEY |
| Sat 18 Apr | 14:30 | MALONE | HIGHFIELD |
| Sat 18 Apr | 14:30 | NAAS | CITY OF ARMAGH |
| Sat 18 Apr | 14:30 | OLD BELVEDERE | SHANNON |
| Sat 18 Apr | 14:30 | ST MARY’S COLLEGE | NAVAN |
When things do return to normal it’s likely that cup matches and play offs will be top of the fixture priority list.
Current Standings
We really should have reviewed Week 14 of the Energia AIL 1B at the time as it really was an exciting week for the Ulster sides involved.
City of Armagh brought Shannon’s highly impressive run to a juddering halt at the Palace Grounds, Banbridge turned over Naas away from home and Malone got revenge on an earlier defeat at Gibson Park by taking the points against St Mary’s College at Templeville Road.
It was actually a good week for our predictions, with four out of five, City of Armagh’s win against Shannon being the one to throw us off.
The results, however, didn’t have a huge impact on the league placings. Old Wesley leapt back into second place at Shannon’s expense and City of Armagh leap-frogged old Belvedere to form an Ulster bridgehead ready for a challenge on the top four should the league resume.
Leading Scorers
Week 14 was the lowest scoring week this season with 120 points scored, which I believe is the lowest scoring week this season, bringing the weekly average down to 180 points. The 120 points came from 17 tries, 10 conversions and 5 penalties.
Joe Dunleavy (Malone) and Josh Pim (Old Wesley) were the Week 14 leading scorers with Cormac Fox (City of Armagh) next in line with 8 points from 2 penalties and 1 conversion.
Fox’s eight point haul sees him move into third place in the leading scorers table with Rory Stynes ( 3 conversions) and Peter Osborne (1 penalty) the only others in the top six to add to their totals.
Highfield’s Colin O’Neill was the only leading try scorer to get over the line in Week 14, his single try moving him to joint third alongside Shea O’Brien on 7 tries for the season.
Individual Scorers by Club
We’ve included all the scorers from all the clubs in the drop down below to give you something to read over this quiet period. Please check them out and let us know if there are any amendments we need to make.
You can view the individual team stats in the dropdowns below.
| BANBRIDGE | T | C | P | DG | Tot |
| Adam Doherty | 1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 58 |
| Peter Cromie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Bruce Houston | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 30 |
| Andrew Morrison | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Greg Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| John Porter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Michael Cromie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Neil Kilpatrick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Ryan Hughes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Hugo Harbinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Stevie Irvine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Penalty Try | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Callum Reid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jonny Stewart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Max Lyttle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Stuart Cromie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Aaron Kennedy | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| TOTAL | 37 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 274 |
| CITY OF ARMAGH | T | C | P | DG | Tot |
| Cormac Fox | 1 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 88 |
| Shea O’Brien | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Andrew Willis | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Andrew Smyth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Robert Whitten | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Penalty Try | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Neil Falloon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Josh Morton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Joshua McKinley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Paul Mullan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Peter Lamb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Tim McNiece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 29 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 232 |
| HIGHFIELD | T | C | P | DG | TOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane O’Riordan | 1 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 102 |
| Colin O’Neill | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Ben Murphy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Match Awarded | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Penalty Try | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| James Cronin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Mark Dorgan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Miah Cronin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Sam Burns | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Dan Healy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Kevin Slater | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Luke Kingston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Eoin Keating | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Fintan O’Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Michael Shinkwin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Paddy Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Paul Stack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Tim Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 41 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 336 |
| MALONE | T | C | P | DG | Tot |
| Jack Milligan | 0 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 52 |
| Callum Smith | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 41 |
| Peter Cooper | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Stuart Moore | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Angus Kernohan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Dave Cave | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Matthew Dalton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Ben McCaughey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Connor Spence | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Angus Curtis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Joe Dunleavy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Lewis Finlay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Ross Todd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Azur Allison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Clayton Milligan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| James McAlister | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Johnny Milliken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Scott Finlay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 36 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 271 |
| NAAS | T | C | P | DG | Tot |
| Peter Osborne | 3 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 78 |
| Fionn Higgins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Eoin Walsh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Craig Adams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Matt Stapleton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| David Benn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Niall Delahunt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Bryan Croke | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Mark Sutton | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Conor Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| James Hawkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Johnny Holmes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Paul Monaghan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ryan Casey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 29 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 220 |
| NAVAN | T | C | P | DG | Tot |
| Colm O’Reilly | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 33 |
| Riaan vd Vyer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Bryan McKeever | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Evan Dixon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Kyle Dixon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Shane Faulkener | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Penalty Try | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Christian Byrne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Colm Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Darragh Magee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Shane Faulkner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ray Moloney | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Cono Hand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ruairidh Swan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL | 19 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 137 |
| OLD BELVEDERE | T | C | P | DG | Tot |
| Steve Crosbie | 2 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 84 |
| Jack Keating | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Jack Kelly | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| James McKeown | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| John McKee | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Tommy Whittle | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Justin Leonard | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Marcus Walsh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Ryan McMahon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Tom Moloney | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Penalty Try | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Ariel Robles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Connor Owende | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| David St Ledger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| James Bollard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Peter McCague | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 32 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 259 |
| OLD WESLEY | T | C | P | DG | Tot |
| Rory Stynes | 2 | 18 | 22 | 0 | 112 |
| Ben Burns | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Penalty Try | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Tommy O’Callaghan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| David Poff | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| James O’Donovan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Josh Pim | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Conor Barry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Tom Kiersey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Josh Miller | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Craig Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ed O’Keefe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Paul Derham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Richie Walsh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Stephen Boyle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 32 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 277 |
| SHANNON | T | C | P | DG | Tot |
| Pa Ryan | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Ben Daly | 1 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 42 |
| Billy Gray | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 36 |
| Jamie McGarry | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Eathon Maloney | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Ikem Ugweru | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Kelvin Brown | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Penalty Try | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Jake Flannery | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Conor Glynn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Nathan Randles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| John Bateman | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Adam Moloney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Colin Slater | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Daragh Oxley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Lee Nicholas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Nathan Randles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ronan Coffey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Thomas Ahearn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Will Leonard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 41 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 302 |
| ST MARYS COLLEGE | T | C | P | DG | Tot |
| Ruairi Shields | 0 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 62 |
| Mick O’Gara | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 33 |
| Hugo Conway | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Penalty Try | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Craig Kennedy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Michael McCormack | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Cillian Dempsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jack Dilger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mark Fogarty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Myles Carey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Nick McCarthy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Patrick O’Driscoll | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Richard Halpin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ryan O’Loughlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 22 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 215 |
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