Schools Cup: Larne Grammar 3 Royal School Armagh 10

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It was truly a game of two halves as Larne and Armagh went head to head in difficult conditions in the opening round of the Danske Bank Schools Cup.

Armagh come out on top with two second half tries but a gutsy Larne side can count themselves unlucky that a first half kick and chase from Jonny Hyndman was disallowed by the referee, a score, under the posts, which would likely have given the home side a ten point lead going into the break.

Up until then the match had been pretty even. Larne started strongly and were on the scoreboard in the 5th minute when Hyndman slotted over their opening penalty. The big Armagh pack eventually got their game into gear but, in extremely difficult conditions, the ball was frequently dropped or turned over when they got into the red zone. Larne prospered from these mistakes and with the rain lashing down they appeared to have more composure with ball in hand.

It looked as though they had made . . .

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