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This Sunday, 21st December sees the Bank of Ireland Reid Cup and Senior Cup Finals in Dexcom Stadium. The Bank of Ireland Reid Cup Final will take place at 3:00 PM followed by the Bank of Ireland Senior Cup Final at 5:30 PM.
Corinthians and Galwegians will both make the short journey down the road to Dexcom Stadium this Sunday, the 20th December for the Bank of Ireland Reid Cup Final and the Senior Cup Final. These two clubs will be facing off in both finals with the Reid Cup being a brand new final in the Bank of Ireland Finals series.
In the first match of the day, the Bank of Ireland Reid Cup Final, it will be Corinthians RFC 2nds against Galwegians RFC 2nds. Corinthians 2nds were top of the table in the Reid Cup campaign going undefeated and storming into their place in the final. Galwegians 2nds also have had a good campaign with their only loss being against Corinthians 2nds. Their closeset match in their pool matches was against the Galwegians 2nds side where Corinthians won 24-12. Galwegians will be looking to swap this result to see themselves the ones coming out with the win and it's either side's to win.
In the road to the Bank of Ireland Senior Cup Final, Corinthians and Galwegians met in Round 2 of the Senior League back in early September where Corinthians came away with a 27-19 win. Both teams have had very impressive starts to their respective AIL campaigns as well with Corinthians 5th in the 2A table and Galwegians top of the 2B table, so this Senior Cup Final was always going to be a great clash between the two sides.
Last season saw Galwegians in the final against a strong Sligo Rugby side who just edged out the Galway team in the closing minutes of the match. Galwegians will surely be looking to take the trophy home to Crowley Park after last year's defeat and have not shown signs of slowing down in their matches.
However, it won't be that easy with an impressive Corinthians side between them and the trophy. Corinthians had a few close losses in last year's Senior League with two narrow defeats to Sligo and Buccaneers but started the league campaign off with a 3 point win over Galwegians. While they may have missed out on a place in the Cup final last year, they will be rearing to take the pitch against their city rivals on Sunday, 21st December.
