{"id":582159,"date":"2023-08-28T12:49:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T11:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/?p=582159"},"modified":"2023-08-28T12:49:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T11:49:49","slug":"ulster-premiership-malone-38-ballymena-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.thefrontrowunion.com\/frusport\/?p=582159","title":{"rendered":"Ulster Premiership: Malone 38 Ballymena 18"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">On Saturday afternoon Ballymena travelled to Gibson Park, to face Malone in an Ulster Premiership Division One Group B fixture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Malone started the brighter, coming away with an <strong>Adam Keating<\/strong> penalty goal after only 2 minutes. In Ballymena&#8217;s first meaningful attack <strong>Rhys Ervine<\/strong> forced his way over under the posts. <strong>Tristan Ferguson<\/strong>\u2019s conversion gave Ballymena a 7-3 lead after 9 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Malone-38-Ballymena-18-51-800x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-582164\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rhys Ervine added a brace of tries for Ballymena<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\"><strong>Daryl Maxwell<\/strong> scored for Malone to move them to 8-7, after 17 minutes, only for Ervine to reply for Ballymena after 22 minutes to put them on 12-8. A Ferguson penalty after 25 minutes gave Ballymena a 15-8 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Malone-38-Ballymena-18-24-800x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-582166\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ben Halliday grabbed two close range tries for Malone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">From a rolling maul <strong>Ben Halliday<\/strong> touched down for, on 30 minutes, before a Keating penalty goal after 39 minutes gave Malone a slender 16-15 halftime lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Malone moved up a gear, after the break. Halliday rumbled over, after 50 minutes and Keating\u2019s conversion put Malone 23-15 ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Ferguson\u2019s 60<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;minute penalty goal, which would prove to be their only second half score, brought Ballymena back to 18-23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\"><strong>Andy Bryans&#8217;<\/strong> 64<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;minute try, far out on the left, followed by another Keating penalty goal, put Malone 31-18 up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Malone-38-Ballymena-18-116-800x320.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-582167\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Matthew Neill&#8217;s try completed the scoring for Malone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Malone had the last say, when <strong>Matthew Neill<\/strong>, squeezed over beside the posts, after 75 minutes, for <strong>Matty Rae<\/strong> to convert, to give Malone a comprehensive bonus point victory.<\/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 Saturday afternoon Ballymena travelled to Gibson Park, to face Malone in an Ulster Premiership Division One Group B fixture. 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