{"id":590259,"date":"2023-09-18T14:40:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T13:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/?p=590259"},"modified":"2023-09-18T14:40:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T13:40:16","slug":"senior-friendly-larne-grammar-14-banbridge-academy-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.thefrontrowunion.com\/frusport\/?p=590259","title":{"rendered":"Senior Friendly: Larne Grammar 14 Banbridge Academy 26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">It was a quick dash from the hockey to capture the schools senior friendly between Larne and Banbridge at Upper Cairncastle Road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">There was no score when I arrived part way through the first half but Banbridge were applying pressure on the Larne line.  The visitors got the scoreboard up and running minutes later with <strong>Noah Bell<\/strong> driving over from a lineout maul. <strong>Andrew Jackson<\/strong> added the conversion to give Banbridge a 0 &#8211; 7 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\/09\/20230916-Larne-v-Banbridge-John-McMurtry-014-1-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-590261\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Banbridge&#8217;s Noah Bell comes up with the ball after scoring the opening try against Larne. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Larne hit back five minutes later with <strong>Ryan McDowell<\/strong> picking a good line to score close to the posts. <strong>Ethan Duncan<\/strong> hit the conversion to take the score to 7 &#8211; 7 and that&#8217;s how it remained until half time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230916-Larne-v-Banbridge-John-McMurtry-022-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-590262\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Larne&#8217;s Ryan McDowell crosses against Banbridge. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">The home team were caught napping at the start of the second half with Banbridge&#8217;s <strong>Luke Charmen<\/strong> running one in from the half way line, converted by Jackson, to take the score to 7 &#8211; 14. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">The grammar team responded nine minutes alter as <strong>Charlie Patterson<\/strong> chased down a chip from Duncan to dive on the ball in the in-goal area. Duncan added the extras to pull it back to 14 &#8211; 14 mid way through the second half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230916-Larne-v-Banbridge-John-McMurtry-076-1-800x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-590263\" style=\"width:800px;height:640px\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charlie Patterson is congratulated after pulling back a score for Larne. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Banbridge found that something extra in the closing quarter with hooker <strong>Callum Little <\/strong>finding the line after a period of pressure in the Larne 22. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230916-Larne-v-Banbridge-John-McMurtry-121-1-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-590264\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Banbridge&#8217;s Callum Little finds the line to put the visitors back in front. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Five minutes later Charmen picked up his second try and the Academy&#8217;s fourth after finding some space on the right. Jackson converted to take the score to 14 &#8211; 26 with five minutes left. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230916-Larne-v-Banbridge-John-McMurtry-130-1-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-590265\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Luke Charmen dives over for his second try for Banbridge Academy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Larne finished the game on the attack but they were unable to break down the Banbridge defence, the game ending with out further score. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Match Gallery<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>[foogallery id=&#8221;589781&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a quick dash from the hockey to capture the schools senior friendly between Larne and Banbridge at Upper Cairncastle Road. 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