The Front Row Union Sport - 2021-09-17 NI Civil Service 2 Portadown 2 Premiership Men

2021-09-17 NI Civil Service 2 Portadown 2 Premiership Men

Sep 19, 2021

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Northern Ireland Civil Service entertained Portadown at the Stormont Estate on Friday night in an Ulster Premiership league fixture with the game ending in a 2 – 2 draw.

The game started a little after is scheduled 2:00pm kick off and it took the teams a while to get up to speed in a cagey opening quarter. Portadown enjoyed the bulk of territory and possession but service looked dangerous on the break albeit some of their final passes were a touch ambitious.

Portadown’s Stephen Johnston opened the scoring as NICS and Portadown battle out a draw in the Ulster Premiership on Friday Night at Stormont.

Portadown broke the deadlock towards the end of the first quarter with Stephen Johnstone finding the net.

Service came more into the game in the second quarter and with a bit more composure in the final third they carved out a series of chances before Chris Barnes netted directly from a well worked penalty corner to take the score to 1 – 1 as the teams changed ends.

Chris Barnes fires in a penalty corner as NICS and Portadown battle out a draw in the Ulster Premiership on Friday Night at Stormont.

In a busy and sometimes feisty third quarter Service took the lead from a penalty stroke by Barnes but, despite going down a player after a reckless challenge, Portadown’s hard working Johnstone pulled it back to 2 – 2, from a penalty corner, with the final play of the quarter.

Despite an entertaining final quarter, with both sides having chances to claim the win, the game ended without further score and honours shared in the 2 all draw.