{"id":604684,"date":"2023-10-19T14:12:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T13:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/?p=604684"},"modified":"2023-10-19T14:12:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T13:12:28","slug":"schools-cup-royal-school-armagh-36-omagh-academy-0-group-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.thefrontrowunion.com\/frusport\/?p=604684","title":{"rendered":"Schools Cup: Royal School Armagh 36 Omagh Academy 0 Group A"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">One of our Featured Schools, The Royal School Armagh kicked off this season&#8217;s Schools Cup group stages with a Pool A fixture against Omagh Academy on Wednesday afternoon at College Hill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/category\/rugby\/schools-rugby-competitions\/ulster-rugby-schools-cup\/\" style=\"border-radius:20px\">Keep up to date with the schools cup here <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Thankfully the anticipated storm didn&#8217;t arrive and the teams produced an entertaining game in front of &#8220;Rugby Royalty&#8221; Rory Best. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">It was a tightly contested first half but Armagh were able to make their chances count. The first score came 11 minutes in with <strong>Archie Johnston<\/strong> taking a crash ball up to the line for someone<sup data-fn=\"246dd9b7-6229-413b-9bb5-bc97bef5d3ba\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#246dd9b7-6229-413b-9bb5-bc97bef5d3ba\" id=\"246dd9b7-6229-413b-9bb5-bc97bef5d3ba-link\">1<\/a><\/sup> to scamper over for the opening try. <strong>Josh Lowey<\/strong> added the extras to give RSA a 7 &#8211; 0 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2023-10-18 Royal School Armagh 36 Omagh Academy 0 Schools Cup  Pool A\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LmU39y8ZVUE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Two tries and a near miss for Armagh in the first half. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">The teams battled away for the next 20 minutes, both having chances, but Armagh were able to sustain the pressure and <strong>Ballie Russell <\/strong>went over for their second try just past the half hour mark. Lowey again added the extras to give Armagh a 14 &#8211; 0 lead and that&#8217;s how it stayed until half time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The home side opened up in the second half. <strong>Jamie Rafferty<\/strong> hit the line shortly after the restart to push the score along to 19 &#8211; 0 but the game was still tight for the next 20 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\/20231018-Armagh-v-Omagh-213-John-McMurtry-1-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-604685\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jamie Rafferty hits the line for Armagh in the second half<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">It took a good trailing run from Johnston to break the deadlock as the rangy centre slid home to take it to 24 &#8211; 0 and a minute later <strong>Cameron Cummings <\/strong>broke from deep to take it to 29 &#8211; 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\/10\/20231018-Armagh-v-Omagh-319-John-McMurtry-1-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-604688\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cameron cummiongs runs one in from deep for Armagh. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Omagh looked for a response but they couldn&#8217;t find the continuity to close out their chances and the game ended shortly after Johnston stretched for the line to claim his second try. <\/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\/20231018-Armagh-v-Omagh-343-John-McMurtry-1-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-604687\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Archie Johnston scores his second try of the game. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Josh Lowey wrapped up the game with the conversion giving Royal School Armagh a 36 -0 win to top Pool A. <\/p>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-footnotes\"><li id=\"246dd9b7-6229-413b-9bb5-bc97bef5d3ba\">I had assumed that Archie Johnston had scored the first try and didn&#8217;t get the actual scorers name. Please send it in and I&#8217;ll amend the report.    <a href=\"#246dd9b7-6229-413b-9bb5-bc97bef5d3ba-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 1\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/POOL-ARd-1-1-800x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-604690\"\/><\/figure>\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;604236&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of our Featured Schools, The Royal School Armagh kicked off this season&#8217;s Schools Cup group stages with a Pool A fixture against Omagh Academy on Wednesday afternoon at College Hill. Thankfully the anticipated storm didn&#8217;t arrive and the teams produced an entertaining game in front of &#8220;Rugby Royalty&#8221; Rory Best. 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