Navan go top of AIL Div 2C

Navan returned to action in the AIL Div 2C yesterday with a trip to nearby Seapoint and they moved into joint-leadership of the table following a resounding 42-10 victory.

The performance had club officials and supporters looking forward to next Saturday's home tie against Cork side Midleton as they made the journey back to Navan from Seapoint's Kilboggett Park in south Dublin.

Navan lead the way in Div 2C along with Rainey Old Boys with both Sligo and Tullamore completing the top four as the second-half of the season resumed with yesterday's action.

All the top four teams won with Rainey defeating Bruff (20-17), Sligo won away against Bangor (22-16) and Tullamore made the long trip to Midleton and won well with a 25-7 victory.

Navan played some excellent rugby on Saturday and were ahead from an early Declan Bannon penalty from about 30 metres before Roy Maloney finished off some superlative team play to touchdown for a try.

Bannon added the conversion and followed that by slotting over two more penalties for a 16-0 margin, but the hosts got on the scoreboard before the break and trailed by 13 points (3-16) at the interval.

It got better for the Meath men when Bryan McKeever went over for a try soon after the resumption and once again Bannon added the extra points.

Leading by 23-3 at that stage, Navan kept a firm grip of the game and added another converted try with 15 minutes remaining before closing out the tally in the run up to the final whistle while Seapoint also managed a converted try.

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SATURDAY 28th JANUARY
AIL Div 2C - Navan v Midleton; Sligo v Seapoint; Tullamore v Boyne; Kanturk v Rainey Old Boys; Bruff v Bangor.

NAVAN FOCUS
Remaining games: 10th February - Boyne v Navan; 18th February - Navan v Rainey Old Boys; 4th March - Bruff v Navan; 11th March - Navan v Kanturk; 24th March - Tullamore v Navan; 8th April - Bangor v Navan; 15th April - Navan v Sligo.

AIL Div 2C results - Sligo 22, Navan 26; Navan 19, Bangor 23; Navan 10, Tullamore 17; Kanturk 37, Navan 47; Navan 32, Bruff 22; Rainey Old Boys 13, Navan 17; Navan 34, Boyne 6; Midleton 9, Navan 7; Navan 50, Seapoint 3; Seapoint 10, Navan 42.

AIL DIV 2C TABLE

                   P W D L   F    A  BP Pts
Navan         10 7  0 3 284 162 8    36
Rainey        10 7  0 3 230 132 8    36
Sligo          10 6  0 4 250 174  8    32
Tullamore  10 7  0 3 209 150  4    32
Bangor      10 5  0 5 199 240  5    25
Midleton    10 4  1 5 192 188  6    24
Bruff         10 4  0 6 186 207  6    22
Kanturk     10 4  0 6 155 242  3    19
Seapoint    10 3  0 7 141 270  3    15
Boyne        10 2  1 7 166 247  4    14