A late try for Regent saw the North Down side progress into the Third Round of the Schools Cup following a 14 – 13 win against Portora Royal.
Portora took a 0 – 3 lead, somewhat against the run of play when Reece Smyton nailed an early penalty chance and, despite the home side enjoying the bulk of possession, there were no further scores in a scrappy first half were defences dominated.
The game opened up somewhat in the second half when Portora’s Dylan Crawford switched his defensive duties for attack and crossed for an unconverted try to push Portora’s lead to eight points.
Regent’s captain Tom-Arthur Donnan sparked the fightback when he crossed at the front of a big pack effort for the home side’s first score and with Adam Curry converting it was a one point game with Regent trailing by seven points to eight.
Portora pushed the margin out to six points when . . .
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