Rugby results: Douglas secure promotion

Douglas secured promotion to North One West by the narrowest of margins at Port-e-Chee on Saturday, beating De La Salle 15-14.

Douglas led 15-0 at half-time after first-half tries from Max Singer and Lance Wyllie, plus a penalty and a conversion from Bryn Snellgrove.

A stiff breeze blowing down the pitch gave De La Salle some assistance in the second half and with five minutes to play wing Rob Foxton earned his side a penalty try which was converted by Chris Petrou to leave the deficit at 15-7. In the closing stages Ryan Worthy powered over for the Salford outfit and Petrou’s second conversion made it 15-14 and a tense finish for the Douglas faithful.

The nerve held, however, and when Carl Murray kicked the ball dead two minutes later the cheers were a mixture of joy and relief.

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