Roscrea claim title in anti-climactic fashion

RUGBY: Leinster League Division 3

 

Passion, pride, resilience, determination, respect and an indomitable will to win. After a season of hard yards, fighting the elements, unfortunate points deductions and a series of euphoric victories.

The Roscrea senior team were crowned Leinster League Division 3 champions without even kicking a ball on the last weekend of the season.

With one game to play and four points ahead, Swords conceded the game and in turn the points in their scheduled fixture and immediately made Roscrea de facto winners of the league.

Perhaps a touch anti-climactic, but in truth the accolade was all but mathematically secured already, as the Roscrea senior team have performed what many veteran club members have considered to be the perfect season!

When Roscrea senior team head coach John Maher started to plan for the 2019/20 season as far back as last summer he had one primary focus, to build a squad to win the league. It seems like a simple plan, but to achieve the objective, there were a lot of variables that had to come together.

John Maher is the type of coach who concentrates on the little details, the small percentages that can accumulatively influence a game in a huge way. Getting the small things right, fine tuning them in training and subsequently applying them in a game situation is something that all coaches aspire to.

 

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