Academy kicked of their season with a big win in the Junior Shield Group 3 match against Donaghadee at Roughfort on Friday night.
With the nights starting to draw in I only covered the first half of this game but there was plenty of action as Academy racked up a 26 – 0 lead in an impressive performance.
The home team got off to a good start with No 8 Stuart Martin crashing over for an early try, converted by Michael Wilson, for a 7 – 0 lead.
Dee looked to regroup and applied some pressure in the Academy half but the home side’s defence held firm and after licking their way upfield they added a second try nine minutes later as Zac Burton sprinted clear to finish under the posts. Wilson’s conversion took the score to 14 – 0 on the quarter hour mark.
Dee contributed well to an entertaining first half but they coughed up the ball too often in the Academy red zone and a late burst from the home side decided the game.
Conor Spence crossed for Academy ten minutes before the break as he finished off a charge from Adam Keed and with Wilson adding the extras the score now read 21 – 0.
Just before half time a break down the right ended with Aaron Heatley squeezing over in the corner to take the score to 26 – 0 as the teams changed ends.
The light dropped rapidly after half time and with the ISO shooting up I called it a day about five minutes in to the second half.
Academy went over for another try just as I left and it appears that it was one way traffic as they added six in total in the second half, five converted, for a final score of Academy 66 Donaghadee 0
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