After the disappointment of losing in the final Letterkenny 18s headed away to face Enniskillen RFC in the first round of the Cup.
This was a big test to see if the boys could recover from their recent disappointment and also because Enniskillen have been playing in the Provincial league all season.
Letterkenny started off well again moving the ball over and back across the pitch, controlling the game and looking dangerous when they ran the ball wide. Both wingers Tiernan McFadden and Callum Orsi had some great runs and finally after Callum had a break, he fed the ball inside for the ever present Finn Duffy to score the opening try. David Henry slotted a tough kick to go 7-0.
Yet again Letterkenny were guilty of falling in to the trap of playing the opposition game and making unnecessary contact but every time they went back to the gameplan it worked and soon after Callum Orsi went over in the corner for another team try to put. 12-0 points on the board. Letterkenny really stepped up the defence and the intensity to try and take the game away from Enniskillen and it paid off with a another try by Finn Duffy to leave the score 17-0 on half time.

In the break we knew it was far from over and we knew we needed to score first and we didn't have to wait long!
Ultan McGuinness in his first full game went on a devastating run, breaking through 5 seperate tackles and ran over half the field to score under the poles to make it 24-0.
A momentary lapse in concentration allowed Enniskillen in to score a very soft try giving them their first points on the board at 24-5.
The highlight of the game definitely had to be the next try which went almost the length of the field and must have been handled 20 or 30 times to finally be scored by Ultan McGuinness 31-5. When this team runs the ball and keeps it alive like that they are simply unstoppable and all the work they do on their skills shines through. There is not a man in the team that can't be relied on handling the ball and they are beautiful to watch playing this kind of rugby.
The game finished with another try by Finn Duffy and a consolation try by Enniskillen to end 38-12.
Once again there were so many good performances but a few mentions must go to Jayden Friel, Ryan Orsi and David Henry. Cuan Brophy and Matthew Gibson were brilliant playing out of positions at 1st and 2nd centres. They really distributed the ball that allowed the boys to play such an expansive game. Ultan McGuinness really came alive in the second half and is great to see him thundering up the field again. David Illie and Connor Gibson for some huge tackles at the end but the 2 men who really stole the show...
Men of the match- Finn Duffy and Isaac McIlwaine for huge performance all over the field.
Well done today guys. First Provincial league scalp in the bag and hopefully more to come