Ulster Senior League
Conditions at Deramore Park were dank and windy but Dungannon adapted better and quickly put Harlequins under pressure. Out half Michael Lawton had a good day with the boot in very tricky kicking conditions he kicked six out of six as Dungannon ran out winners by five tries to one.
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Team: Conor Gaston. Stuart Lester, Darren Simpson, Paul Magee (Capt), Glen Telford, Christopher Cochrane. Michael Lawton, Michael Kirkwood. Glen Sinnamon, Adam Duhig, Chris Knipe, Mark Farquhar, Ben Howard. Michael Rainey, Aaron Fry. Stuart McKenzie, Rowan Halsall, James McMahon, Timothy Smith. Kieran Campbell
Referee: Adrian Reavey (Portadown)
Scorers:-
Tries: James McMahon, Conor Gaston (2), Michael Kirkwood & Stuart McKenzie
Cons: Michael Lawton (5)
Pen: Michael Lawton
Drop Goal
2 XV League
There was a dogged encounter at Stevenson Park, the home side started brightly but lost their way allowing Banbridge to edge the opening quarter. Winger, Clarke McAllister fired over penalties on five and ten minutes to make it 6 – to Bann.
With twenty minutes still remaining the home side needed a try to build on the slender two point advantage. Following a five metre scrum Andrew Caddoo launched an attack with Timmy Potter acting as linkman for Chris Henderson. Alas for Dungannon the latter was bundled into touch by a tight Banbridge defence. Indeed it was the seventieth minute before Dungannon made the break literally, through Stuart Gilroy whose slick pass to Alan Cummings allowed the winger to touch down in the right hand corner. The home side looked more comfortable at 18 -11 but a late surge from Banbridge may have proved costly but the resolute Dungannon defence held to take the spoils.
Team: Robin McCleary. Alan Cummings, Stuart Gilroy, Ethan Allan, Brian Simpson. Christopher Henderson, Timothy Potter. Adam Lockhart, Simon Potter Capt, Hugh Flannigan. Declan Treanor, David Irwin. Mark Riddell, Darryl Marshall, Andrew Caddoo.
Referee: Shane Toolan (Ballyshannon)
Scorers:-
Tries: Ethan Allen & Alan Cummings
Cons: Mark Henderson
Pen: Mark Henderson (2)
Drop Goal:
Forster Cup
Dungannon IVs cleared the first hurdle in their Forster Cup campaign with a deserved, if not slightly flattering, win over Coleraine IVs at Stevenson Park. The home side started brightly with Julian Knipe setting the backs in motion at every opportunity.
Skipper Julian Knipe said afterwards, “I am very pleased with the result. Coleraine play in a higher league section than us and have some very useful players. In addition that was out first game since 27 November so we were very rusty. All in all after the lay-off it was a good game to win”.
Team: Edward Holland. Kevin McElduff, Geoffrey Blair, Clive Whylie, Ryan O’Neill. Ryan Ferry, Julian Knipe (Capt). Keith Blevins, Jeremy Baird, Kyle Thompson. Philip Murdoch, Gareth Lucas. Mark Thompson, Fergal Mallon, Lorcan Martin.
Referee: David Brown
Scorers:-
Tries: Lorcan Martin, Jeremy Baird & Kevin McElduff.
Cons:
Pen:
Drop Goal:
Northern Bank Schools Cup
RSD mastered the first hurdle in this year’s Northern Bank Schools Cup campaign with an impressive 35-0 win over Antrim Grammar at the Armstrong Field on Saturday morning. It proved to be a field day for U19 International, Peter Nelson who scored thirty of the thirty-five points on offer. Peter claimed a hat trick of tries, penalties and conversions. That said it was a great team effort amidst dreadful overhead conditions. RSD clearly benefited from their recent Italian tour and when it came to the Cup they adapted to the conditions better than their gallant visitors.
Royal School Dungannon Team: Robert McLean, Jake Finlay, Frankie Yuen, Jacob McCammon, Peter Cashel, Peter Nelson (Capt), Gary Wong, Jonny McKee, Adam Boyle, David Elliott, Peter Willis, Willie Graham, Andrew Clingan, Derek Martin, Stephen Rogers. Subs:- Mark Wright, Adam Harkness, Adam Clarke, Matthew Black, John Condy, Ross McLean, Anson Chiu, David Davidson.
Antrim GS:- Jake McClay, Caleb McCollum, Supreet Jayaprash, Andy Patterson(Capt.), Jack Dempster, Ryan Baillie, Niall McCullough, Stanley Rothwell, Adam Watt, Ian Moxen, Nathan Allen, Matthew Murray, Tom Brownlee, Andy McFadden, Callum McGrenaghan.
