Despite the onset of a well-deserved half term break in the schools there was still a number of games played on Saturday 29th October. Ballymena Academy hosted Down High School. The Down High School team made the Ballymena team, without Matthew Rea who was at the Ireland U19 camp in Dublin; work hard for their […]
First half bright start by MCB failed to capitalize by turning early pressure into points. BM came into the game and took lead on 13mins with Darren Geddis pen 3-0 Remainder of half even – full back Rudolph Benade 20mins and DG 31 swapped pens HT 6-3 Despite heavy rain MCB took control of territory […]
With all the age grade Interprovincial series of games involving schoolboy players finished, most school teams were back to full strength for their games this week. There was a number of midweek games played in the lead up to a full list of fixtures on Saturday 1st October. Banbridge Academy hosted a Portora Royal team […]
Saturday 24th September was the last weekend of the age grade Interprovincial series of games involving schoolboy players. Quite a number of schools were missing their Inter Pro players but this did not prevent their teams from putting on good performances. Grosvenor Grammar School and Royal School, Dungannon both had players away with age grade […]
With two Ulster U19 teams away to Limerick to compete in the U19 Inter Provincial Championship, a number of schools were missing front line players when a full list of schools’ fixtures was played on Saturday 17th September. The Ulster U19 “A” team travelled to Limerick to play Munster U19 “A”s in a game that […]
Ballymena Academy entertained Wallace High School on Saturday morning with both teams missing several players involved with representative squads. From start to finish, the game was completely dominated by the referee’s whistle, with neither side able to establish any sort of pattern or dominance. Not surprisingly, it was a penalty that led to the opening […]
With two U19 Inter Provincial games being played against Leinster U19’s at Dungannon Rugby Club a number of schools were without some front line players when their teams took the field on Saturday 10th. The U19 “A” team lost by 36-6 to a strong Leinster team despite the best efforts of players such as Stuart […]
The Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ season got underway on Saturday 3rd September with a number of teams involved in tournaments, some teams played controlled game scenarios whilst others played full games. At Grosvenor Grammar School the I H Graham Invitation Tournament took place with Grosvenor Grammar School, Banbridge Academy, Rainey Endowed School and Campbell College […]