The Front Row Union Sport - Championship 1: Cooke 34 Portadown 31

Championship 1: Cooke 34 Portadown 31

Dec 2, 2024

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We caught up with the Championship 1 clash between Cooke and Portadown at Shaw’s Bridge on Saturday afternoon.

In an entertaining encounter Cooke took the early initiative and they were rewarded with a try from Ben Pentland after 5 minutes. Andrew Hanna added the conversion for a 7 – 0 lead.

Ben Pentland picked up an early brace for Cooke.

Pentland went over for his second a few minutes later and with Hanna once again converting it was 14 – 0 to Cooke with less than 10 mins played.

Portadown got into the game with a nice chip and chase from fullback Niall Davison for his first points of the day, adding his own conversion to take the score to 14 – 7.