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12 Wednesday <strong>July</strong> <strong>24</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Darfield look to end Coleman Shield drought<br />
• By Gordon Findlater and<br />
Jacob Page<br />
DARFIELD WILL have a chance<br />
to end a 113-year wait for the<br />
Coleman Shield after a converted<br />
try with the final play of the<br />
game saw them break Springston<br />
hearts 22-21 on Saturday.<br />
Scott McIlroy scored his third<br />
try of the game after a line-out<br />
and with Sean Carston landing<br />
the conversion from a handy<br />
range in tough underfoot conditions,<br />
Darfield booked their<br />
spot against Southbridge in the<br />
decider in spite of trailing 21-3 at<br />
one stage.<br />
They will meet Southbridge<br />
in this weekend’s final after<br />
cruising past Lincoln 33-14 with<br />
200-game midfielder Peni Manumanuniliwa<br />
scoring twice.<br />
Darfield president McIlroy<br />
scored all three of his side’s<br />
comeback. He had hoped to sign<br />
off in style when Darfield played<br />
Southbridge in the 2017 final.<br />
However, Darfield were denied<br />
their first Ellesmere title and<br />
McIlroy concentrated on his new<br />
role as president while playing<br />
for the club’s division three side.<br />
This year he’s been back to his<br />
best and is averaging nearly a try<br />
a game for the premier side. A<br />
key part to his return has been<br />
strengthening the knee which<br />
saw him first hang up the boots.<br />
“I spent lots of time on the bike<br />
in the off-season and have done a<br />
lot of work strengthening it which<br />
SLUSH: Both Darfield and Springston battled with the<br />
conditions at Springston Domain on Saturday. <br />
means I’ve been able to play 80<br />
minutes of rugby for the first time<br />
in a while,” said McIlroy.<br />
The deciding moment of the<br />
game came when Darfield won<br />
a line-out and worked their way<br />
towards the Springston line<br />
with time expired. McIlroy was<br />
handed the ball off a breakdown<br />
and powered over the line under<br />
the posts by his teammates, including<br />
his twin brother Blair.<br />
The winning conversion was<br />
made by Sean Carston who has<br />
spent most of the year playing in<br />
the colts grade.<br />
Darfield co-coach Kris Rodgers<br />
said it was a great show of<br />
tenacity from his team.<br />
“It was jubilation, it wasn’t<br />
relief. We were dominant in that<br />
second half, we had a try disallowed<br />
and one knocked-on over<br />
the line so it was a good feeling,”<br />
said Rodgers.<br />
“We were playing all the footy,<br />
just the points weren’t coming.<br />
That was a clutch final line-out<br />
for us.”<br />
He said his team would be<br />
keen to reverse the 27-12 defeat<br />
they suffered at home when the<br />
two teams met last month.<br />
“That was a bit of a towel-up<br />
but we have the chance to return<br />
the favour,” he said.<br />
It will be Darfield’s third<br />
straight final, having lost<br />
to Southbridge in 2017 and<br />
Waihora last year.<br />
Springston’s Sam Cottam scores a try.<br />
SELWYN TIMES<br />
Darfield’s Richard Catherwood about to be tackled by George<br />
Dunshea.<br />
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