Wanderers v Instonians at Merrion Rd KO 2:30 Semi Final of the AIL Division 3
15/04/2007
Wanderers take on Instonians in the Semi Final of the AIL Division 3 League at Merrion Rd next Saturday at 2:30 .
This will be our last 1st Team home match of the season so lets all come along and support!
It should be a great day.
There will be Bouncing castle and games for the younger members kindly arranged by Ian Grogan.
AIB LEAGUE DIVISION THREE
CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFFS Date: Sat. 21 / 04 / 07
Idle: No Club Table Position: --
FIRST SEMI-FINAL WANDERERS V INSTONIANS
Referee: Dermot Moloney ( Limerick )
Previous League Games Between Clubs:
All Matches: WANDERERS P: 9 W: 5 D: 0 L: 4
At Lansdowne Road WANDERERS P: 5 W: 3 D: 0 L: 2
At Neutral Venue:
P:
W:
D:
L:
Last Season: (At Lansdowne Rd ) WANDERERS 20 INSTONIANS 0 Sat. 16 / 12 / 07
Form Guide:
WANDERERS - Last Five AIB League Games: W W W W W
- Last Five HOME AIB League Games: W W W W W
INSTONIANS - Last FIVE AIB League Games: W W L L L
- Last Five AWAY AIB League Games: W L L W L
most recent game on the left hand side W
Statistics/Notes:
WANDERERS
Record against: Ulster clubs P 71 W 38 D 2 L 31 55 % success
Record at home
to: Ulster clubs P 37 W 21 D 1 L 15 58 % success
Finished 1st in table;
the sixth home to an Ulster club this season ;
the story at home in Div. Three this season : P – 8, W – 8, D – 0, L – 0 ;
have previously played 37 AIBL fixtures at home to clubs from Ulster and won 21 of these games ;
have conceded the least ( 14 ) tries in all three League divisions this season ;
are today on a hat-trick of victories over Instonians ;
en route to the 2002 / 03 Championship title, beat Instonians 16-14 away in Belfast in the semi-final ;
played eight Ulster clubs in Div. Two this season and won all five games at home in Dublin 4 ;
have made the play-offs twice before : beat Waterpark 51-5 in the 2002 / 03 Championship Final but were not promoted and lost 10-23 away to Suttonians in last season’s semi-finals ;
today’s game is most probably going ahead at Merrion Road.
MOST POINTS: 113 Billy Treacy, 65 Daithi Fitzgerald
MOST TRIES : 6 Mark Culhane, Daithi Fitzgerald, Kolo Kiripati, Jim Ferris
Corrections please to desdaly@gofree.indigo.ie
INSTONIANS
Record against: Leinster clubs P 83 W 35 D 2 L 46 43 % success
Record away to: Leinster clubs P 39 W 10 D 2 L 27 28 % success
Finished 4th in table;
the club’s second visit to Leinster this season;
the story on the road in Div. Three this season : P – 7, W – 3, D – 0, L – 4 ;
have previously played 39 AIBL games away in Leinster and won ten of these games ;
have previously played Wanderers once in Div. One, twice in Div. Two and six times in Div. Three of the AIBL ;
still talk about their 39-10 victory over Wanderers in Dublin back in March 2005 ;
have won three and lost three of their last six AIBL games at away venues in Leinster over the past three seasons ;
have just completed nine seasons in Div. Three without gaining promotion ;
have made the play-offs twice before : in 2002 / 03 lost 14-16 at home to Wanderers in the semis and in 2004 / 05 beat Clonakilty 16-14 in West Cork before losing the Championship Final 20-39 to Greystones .
MOST POINTS: 108 Owen McMurray, 43 Niall Malone
MOST TRIES : 6 Adam Telford, 5 Mark Wilson
Corrections please to desdaly@gofree.indigo.ie
Bob Wynne.