Category: Schools Rugby
-
Schools Friendly: Bangor Grammar 21 The Royal School Armagh 19
The Royal School Armagh were the visitors to Bangor Grammar School for an early season Friendly. The effects of the hot sun were dissipated by a deceptive breeze, blowing straight down the pitch. The opening minutes were punctuated by handing errors, as players sought to ease out the early season rustiness. Training pitch moves were…
-
Senior Friendly: Larne Grammar 52 Carrickfergus Grammar 0
Larne Grammar welcomed Carrickfergus Grammar to Lower Cairncastle Road late Wednesday afternoon for an early season squad hit out. Larne had the advantage of an extended practice session before Carrick arrived and the home team were quick off the mark in the first period. Charlie Patterson opened the scoring with a long distance run in…
-
Schools Friendly: Ballymena Academy 33 Ballyclare High 0
We caught up with an early season squad hit out between Ballymena Academy and Ballyclare High at Galgorm Road on saturday morning. The game was played over three 20 minute periods as both teams had a good look at their squads. Ballymena scored the only try of the first 20 minutes with hooker Ben Millar…
-
Schools Rugby: Banbridge Academy win Graham Cup.
We caught up with one of our featured schools on Saturday morning as Banbridge Academy competed in the Graham Cup, hosted and organised by Grosvenor Grammar School. The competition featured four schools; Grosvenor Grammar, Antrim Grammar, Banbridge Academy and Rainey Endowed. The teams played each other in a round robin of 6 games with each…