Saturday 27th February Report and photography from John McMurtry. Friends School’s cup run ended in heartbreak in this quarter-final replay against Ballymena Academy. Leading 10 – 6 with time running out Friends were denied a trip to Ravenhill with a dramatic try from Ballymena’s No 8 Andrew with the final play of the match. Patterson […]
Friends School Lisburn served up another exciting game in this Northern Bank Schools Cup quarter-final against Ballymena Academy on Tuesday afternoon at Ballymena Rugby Club. Leading 11 – 3 going into the last quarter Friends looked the likely winners but a controversial yellow carding of Friends talismanic No. 8 David McGuigan allowed Academy to snatch […]
Saturday 6th February 2010 Friends School Lisburn staged a dramatic fightback to win this exciting encounter against Sullivan Upper School in the 4th round of the Northern Bank Schools Cup. This match was easily my favourite encounter in a weekend packed with rugby. Quite simply, it had it all, thrills, spills, a little argy bargy, […]
There is certainly an air of expectation around Friends School Lisburn as they prepare for this Saturday’s fourth round match in the Northern Bank Schools Cup against Sullivan Upper School. KO 10:30am. Despite losing to the Holywood based side earlier in the season, 1st XV Coach Stephen Robinson is looking forward to the game and […]
Larne Grammar lost this third round Northern Bank Schools Cup tie against a powerful Friends School Lisburn by a score of 0 – 15. Despite the scoreline it was a closely contested game throughout with both sides creating chances in this bruising encounter. Larne Grammar started strongly in bright sunlight and put Friends under pressure […]