{"id":576272,"date":"2023-07-31T09:34:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T08:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/?p=576272"},"modified":"2023-07-31T09:34:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T08:34:53","slug":"provincial-friendly-ulster-u18-clubs-47-eira-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.thefrontrowunion.com\/frusport\/?p=576272","title":{"rendered":"Provincial Friendly: Ulster U18 Clubs 47 EIRA 14"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">On Friday, in the early afternoon, Ulster U18 Clubs faced the USA\u2019s Eagle Impact Rugby Academy, at Newforge Country Club, in South Belfast, in one of the last two games, in EIRA\u2019s tour of Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Ulster-Clubs-U18-17-EIRA-14-18-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-576275\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Conor McVicker open the scoring for Ulster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Ulster started, as though they meant business, with rucks and driving mauls sucking in EIRA defenders. <strong>Conor McVicker<\/strong> sniped round the side of a ruck to score after 5 minutes. His conversion put Ulster 7-0 up. <strong>Cameron Cummings<\/strong> try after 12 minutes moved the score along to 12-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Ulster-Clubs-U18-17-EIRA-14-108-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-576276\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ryan Hannah runs round for his try<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Occasional EIRA forays into the Ulster half were repulsed, as Ulster continued to dominate. Tries by <strong>Frank Davis<\/strong>, on 21 minutes and <strong>Ryan Hannah<\/strong>, on 29 minutes, both converted by McVicker, put Ulster up 26-0 at the break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Ulster-Clubs-U18-17-EIRA-14-129-800x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-576277\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tom McGilloway crashed over for Ulster&#8217;s opening 2nd half score<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\"><strong>Tom McGilloway<\/strong> crashed over, after 40 minutes, for a try converted by McVicker, for a 33-0 lead. <strong>Tom Bell<\/strong>\u2019s try, on 45 minutes, converted by McVicker, made it 40-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">To their credit EIRA began to find ball and territory. <strong>Devon Hyde<\/strong>\u2019s 54<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;minute try, followed by <strong>Geno McKenna<\/strong>\u2019s try on 62 minutes, both converted by Malan Graham, pulled the score back to 14-40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Ulster had the last say with <strong>Jake Woods<\/strong>\u2019 70<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;minute try, converted by <strong>Josh Colville<\/strong>, for a 47-14 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Ulster were ruthless in their victory. EIRA never gave up and their much improved second half performance yielded a couple of tries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Match Gallery<\/h2>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, in the early afternoon, Ulster U18 Clubs faced the USA\u2019s Eagle Impact Rugby Academy, at Newforge Country Club, in South Belfast, in one of the last two games, in EIRA\u2019s tour of Ireland. Ulster started, as though they meant business, with rucks and driving mauls sucking in EIRA defenders. 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