{"id":591210,"date":"2023-09-19T09:52:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T08:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/?p=591210"},"modified":"2023-09-19T09:52:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T08:52:58","slug":"championship-2-academy-39-donaghadee-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.thefrontrowunion.com\/frusport\/?p=591210","title":{"rendered":"Championship 2: Academy 39 Donaghadee 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I caught up with Academy and Donaghadee at Roughfort on Saturday afternoon in an Ulster Rugby Championship 2 match. I had covered these two teams at the start of the season in a Junior Shield match<\/a> where Academy had run out comfortable winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This game was a much stiffer challenge for the home team as Donaghadee put up strong resistance in the opening quarter. However, a break out by Academy led to an Aaron Heatley <\/strong>try in the corner, converted by Michael Wilson<\/strong> to give Academy a 7 – 0 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ray Dobson crossed of Dee in the first half. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Donaghadee hit back seven minutes later with Ray Dobson <\/strong>crashing over to take the score to 7 – 5. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilson added a penalty for the home side four minutes later to push the score along to 10 – 5 and Heatley added his second score with a spectacular dive into the corner to take the score to 15 – 5 at the break. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aaron Heatley scored a first half brace for Academy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A try from Wilson at the start of the second half pushed the score out to 20 – 5 but Donaghadee were still in the game and they enjoyed an extended period of possession over the next 15 minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael wilson added a try, penalty and three conversions to Academy’s total. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately they were unable to break down the Academy defence and a try from Daniel Logan<\/strong>, converted by Conor Spence <\/strong>at the start of the final quarter wrapped up the try bonus point for the home team with the score now a 27 – 7. <\/p>\n\n\n\n