| Wicklow hit a purple patch on the restart to tack on five points in nine minutes without reply and without missing a pot at goal. |
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| Within five minutes of the restart, Bees were a further five points ahead but then Keighley hit a purple patch and scored two unconverted tries. |
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| Nemo had hit a purple patch and points from Joe and Derek Kavanagh powered them two in front again as Bishopstown wilted. |
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| Rangers then hit a purple patch and with strikes from Roman Zuric, Floyd Phillips and Ian Walker denied their visitors taking all three points. |
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| Scarborough scored virtually from the kick off to the second half, then hit a purple patch to run in 30 points in the next 20 minutes. |
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| In addition, the forward lines seemed to hit a purple patch and the girls continued to puncture holes in the Monaghan side's defence. |
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| Keith Furlong had a good point before john Keogh hit a purple patch in which he scored 1-2 in three minutes. |
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| We hit a purple patch at the start of the second half and that really knocked Tullow back on their heels. |
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| To balance that, though, I think I'm going through a purple patch at the moment. |
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| It was then the turn of Offaly to hit a purple patch with Ken Casey pointing for the visitors after a foul on James Gorman. |
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| Just when they seemed to be coming apart at the seams, they struck a purple patch and put Wicklow asleep with some wonderful football. |
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| Skellig Rangers then hit a purple patch and scored four points in a row. |
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| At present, Johnson isn't so much enjoying a purple patch as a bath in the ink of a certain Mediterranean sea snail. |
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| We're living through a purple patch of amped-up military recruitment commercials. |
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| A winner over this course and distance during his purple patch two seasons ago, Smart Predator found himself too high in the ratings and failed to win a single race last term. |
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| Clearly, the economy is not going to enjoy a purple patch over the coming period. |
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| Not that the in-form finisher is getting too carried away about his purple patch. |
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| Since putting four past Independiente nearly a month ago Sand has failed to score, however, while Lopez is in the middle of a purple patch. |
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| Another three bogeys quickly followed, but then, as the rain and wind promised to relent, he hit a purple patch of two pars before returning to the order of the day. |
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| That is not to say that he will not hit a purple patch at Wimbledon but if his serve falters slightly his chances of reaching another Wimbledon final will evaporate. |
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| Mid-Way through the second half Timahoe hit a purple patch and hit three points without reply, they pressed for that all illusive goal but it never came. |
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| And having already hit 13 Bundesliga goals since his summer switch to Borussia Dortmund, a continuation of that purple patch would make his claim hard to ignore. |
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| About Kutuzov's purple patch, again we'll do as Tolstoy did. |
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| Mexico seems to be enjoying a purple patch. |
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| Trainer Karl Burke continued his purple patch when Akarem gained a second successive Listed race success in the Bovis Homes Buckhounds Stakes. |
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| What a purple patch the area had with a bluethroat found at Leasowe, Wirral, followed by a nightingale on Hilbre. |
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| It's a real purple patch for Northern Irish golf at the moment and it's a lot of fun to be part of. |
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| Their purple patch continued in the final round, where consecutive 6-0 thrashings of Paraguay and Uruguay booked Brazil's ticket to China with a game to spare. |
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| The England team hit a purple patch just after half-time, where they scored 3 goals in 10 minutes, but in the end they were lucky to escape with a 3-3 draw. |
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| But a French purple patch that produced 13 points in just seven whirlwind minutes left Wales gasping and facing a huge second half mountain to climb. |
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