Ulster Senior League: Ballymena 13 Dungannon 37

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Dungannon finished off the first period of the Ulster Senior League with a bonus point win away to Ballymena. The result see’s the Stevenson Park outfit edge out Belfast Harlequins to park their Ulster League campaign at the top of the table.

With the wind behind them Dungannon went into an early lead thanks to two penalties from Michael Lawton in reply to one from Ballymena’s David O’Hara taking the score to 3 – 6.

Jaryd Bennett took full advantage of the wind with a long kick into the Ballymena twenty-two. The Dungannon pack kept pressure on their opponents and following surges by Adam Duhig and Glen Sinnamon,  Timmy Smith added the final touch with a try after twenty-three minutes. Lawton added the extras with another good kick in the tricky wind. 3 – 13

Ballymena were punished prior to halftime when their flanker was binned for foul play and Lawton knocked over the resultant penalty taking the half time score to 3 – 16

Dungannon were playing sensibly rugby against the wind but it was David O’Hara who got the score moving with a penalty for Ballymena on fifty-five minutes. 6 – 16

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