The Front Row Union Sport - Ulster Schools’ Cup 2015: Round 3 Results & Draws

Ulster Schools’ Cup 2015: Round 3 Results & Draws

Feb 7, 2015

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There was plenty of action in the Cup this morning as a number of teams survived through tight matches while others scored a bagful of points; in the game between Down HS and Coleraine AI we even had both:

1stXV Cup, Round 3 – Sat 7th Feb
Ballyclare HS 17-5 Bangor GS
Ballymena Academy 10-18 Methodist College
Carrickfergus GS 7-26 Omagh Academy
Down HS 28-34 Coleraine AI
Limavady GS 12-14 RS Armagh
Portora RS 0-30 Wallace HS
RBAI 36-0 Regent House
Sullivan Upper 0-13 Campbell College

Limavady GS very nearly pulled off another great win this morning, but were just pipped by RS Armagh in what was the tightest game of the round, while Wallace HS and RBAI look in good form after easing home to their respective victories.

Later in the day, the draw for the Cup & Plate Quarterfinals was made by Ulster Branch and panned out as follows:

1stXV Cup, QF – Sat 21st Feb
Ballyclare HS v  Wallace HS
Campbell College v  Methodist College
Coleraine AI v  Omagh Academy
RBAI v  RS Armagh

1stXV Plate, QF – Sat 21st Feb
Down HS v  Bangor GS
Limavady GS v  Portora RS
Regent House v  Carrickfergus GS
Sullivan Upper v  Ballymena Academy

Old rivals Campbell College and Methodist College meet in a Cup QF once again, in what is probably the tie of the round while an intriguing fixture between Coleraine AI and Omagh Academy means that one is guaranteed to go through to the semis and provide the competition with a ‘dark-horse’ in the closing stages.

The respective quarterfinals and semifinals of the Bowl and Trophy competitions also took place this morning, Larne GS featuring in the latter after winning a midweek replay 42-11 against Antrim GS:

1stXV Bowl, QF – Sat 7th Feb
Banbridge Academy 19-9 Portadown College
Dalriada 17-12 Grosvenor GS
Foyle College 19-14 Belfast HS
Rainey ES 30-10 BRA

1stXV Trophy, SF – Sat 7th Feb
Friends’ SL 7-10 Lurgan College
RS Dungannon 50-0 Larne GS

These results mean that the 1stXV competitions have their first final of the year, with Lurgan College to play RS Dungannon in the Trophy decider, the date and venue of which is yet to be announced.

The draw for the Bowl was also made this morning, the semifinals coming out as follows: