Lisburn cruise to victory to ease relegation fears

Lisburn RFC in action against Ballymoney. Pic by Gary Barlow.

At Blaris last Saturday the Smiley Monroe Lisburn 1st XV eventually turned a corner in Kukri Qualifying League 2 when putting Ballymoney to the sword in an excellent display of rugby that the visitors had no answer to.

Played in good conditions, after the deluges of the last few months, Lisburn knew that this was a game that they had to win in order to stave off the threat of relegation.

While this is still a possibility in the dogfight now arising at the foot of the table, they have put themselves in with a fighting chance of survival.

Lisburn went into a 5-0 lead after just five minutes when the ball was moved left through the backs and full back Andy Cardosi joined the line to go in at the corner.

Ten minutes later a similar flowing movement saw the ball blocked down by the Ballymoney defence but alert winger Ross Reaney was on hand to pick it up and score.

His opposite winger, Scott Hughes kicked an excellent conversion to put Lisburn into a 12-0 lead.

Ballymoney were determined not to go down without a fight and started a period of sustained pressure through their front five but it was Lisburn who again came up with the next score.