{"id":599918,"date":"2023-10-09T15:20:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/?p=599918"},"modified":"2023-10-09T15:20:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:20:53","slug":"schools-cup-lurgan-college-19-strabane-academy-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.thefrontrowunion.com\/frusport\/?p=599918","title":{"rendered":"Schools Cup: Lurgan College 19 Strabane Academy 17"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">We caught up with the Ulster Schools Cup Qualifying match between Lurgan College and Strabane Academy on Saturday morning at Lough Road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Lurgan were quick out of the blocks with a try from winger <strong>Sam McCullough<\/strong> to take the score to 5 &#8211; 0 after 6 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\/10\/20231007-Lurgan-v-Strabane-009-Paul-Harvey-1-800x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-599920\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lurgan&#8217;s Sam McCullough (center) after scoring the opening try against Strabane. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">In a tight game Strabane hit back pretty quickly with <strong>Nathan Russell<\/strong> going over seven minutes later to tie the game 5 &#8211; 5. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231007-Lurgan-v-Strabane-030-Paul-Harvey-1-800x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-599921\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nathan Russell goes over for his first try for Strabane against Lurgan. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">The game was a bit of a tussle for the next 20 minutes but Lurgan got on the scoreboard again before half time with a late try from hooker <strong>Daniel Wilson<\/strong>, converted by <strong>Ben Maxwell <\/strong>gave the home side a 12 &#8211; 5 lead 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\/10\/20231007-Lurgan-v-Strabane-067-Paul-Harvey-1-800x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-599922\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Daniel Wilson (blue cap) is congratulated by his team mates after scoring at the end of the first half. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Strabane&#8217;s Russell pulled it back to 12 &#8211; 10 with his second try about 10 minutes in to the second half but Lurgan pushed it out to  a nine point lead, four minutes later, with a try from scrum half <strong>Tom Stevenson<\/strong>, and a Maxwell conversion, pushing the score out to 19 &#8211; 10. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231007-Lurgan-v-Strabane-114-Paul-Harvey-1-800x528.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-599923\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lurgan players celebrate Tom Stevenson&#8217;s try. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">As things got heated in the full on contest a player from each side saw red cards with 10 minutes remaining. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Strabane&#8217;s Russell bundled over for this hat trick try, this one converted, to take the score to 19 &#8211; 17 with minutes to go to set up a nail biting finish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231007-Lurgan-v-Strabane-128-Paul-Harvey-2-800x570.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-599925\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Strabane&#8217;s <strong>Nathan Russell<\/strong> (center) had a  big game scoring three tries fro his school <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">However, Lurgan dug deep and held on for the win and progress to the group stages of the Schools Cup later in the month. <\/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;599769&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We caught up with the Ulster Schools Cup Qualifying match between Lurgan College and Strabane Academy on Saturday morning at Lough Road. 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