Photographed at Eaton Park complex last Saturday were Ballymena RFC President Guy McCullough, with Shannon RFC President Tague Crowe, at the pre-match luncheon. Included are Ballymena and Shannon officials Derek Montgomery, Tom Wiggins, Tim O’Donahugh, John Leahy, Vinnie McMahon and John Sheernan. INBT 48-901H
Ballymena Rugby Club First XV returned to winning form on Saturday with a crushing 43-15 win over Shannon in the All-Ireland League.
On a perfect day for Rugby at Eaton Park, Ballymena scored six tries against a Shannon side which quite early on was reduced to fourteen players’ when second row Ruari O’Donnell was dismissed for a tip tackle.
The home side got off to the perfect start when a series of drives by the pack set up a perfect position for scrum half Glenn Baillie to move the ball quickly to McMaster who threw out a long pass which took the Shannon defence out of the game and released Tim Small to go in at the corner…………… see more at :- http://www.ballymenatimes.com/sport/local-sport/braidmen-return-to-winning-form-against-shannon-1-6437050
