Schools: Day 1 of the Methodist College 150 Tournament.

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Day One of Methodist College Belfast’s 150 Anniversary Rugby Tournament tool place yesterday at Pirrie Park with 16 teams competing in the group stages for the Eric Lindsay Memorial Trophy.

The competing schools ranged from all over Ireland with a guest sides from both England and Wales. the groups for Day 1 were broken down as follows.

POOL APOOL B
Ballymena AcademyBelfast Royal Academy
Clongowes WoodCrescent College
Glenstal AbbeyRBAI
Methodist CollegeSt Michael’s College
POOL CPOOL D
Blackrock CollegeBelvedere College
Campbell CollegeCBC Cork
Mount St Mary’sCymoedd College
Rockwell CollegeWallace High School

The results from Day 1 Matches are shown below.

Round 1. 

Methodist College58Clongowes Wood
BRA715Crescent College
Rockwell College30Mount St Mary’s
Belvedere College00Wallace High School
Glenstal Abbey 70Ballymena Academy
St Michael’s College217RBAI
Blackrock College120Campbell College
CBC Cork1312Cymoedd College

Round 2. 

BRA1017RBAI
Belvedere College2115CBC Cork
Ballymena Academy017Methodist College
Blackrock college240Rockwell College
St Michael’s College177Crescent College
Wallace High School717Cymoedd College
Clongowes Wood100Glenstal Abbey
Campbell College107Mount St Mary’s

Round 3. 

Blackrock College430Mount St Mary’s
Campbell College1214Rockwell College
BRA714St Michael’s College
RBAI120Crescent College
Wallace High Schools140CBC Cork
Clongowes Wood2111Ballymena Academy
Belvedere College715Cymoedd College
Methodist College313Glenstal Abbey

Match galleries from all the rounds can be found here.

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The Day 2 running schedule is shown below.

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