Schools: Day 2 of the Methodist College 150 Tournament.

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The Methodist College Belfast’s 150 Anniversary Rugby Tournament continued on Saturday at Pirrie Park with the 16 teams competing in the knockout for the Eric Lindsay Memorial Trophy and three other Schools Competitions.

The graphic below shows the results throughout the day.

The finals panned out as follows.

SC3 Final: Ballymena Academy 8 Belfast Royal Academy 22

SC2 Final: Wallace High 17 Campbell College 0

SC1 Final: Belvedere College 14 Rockwell College 13

ELMT Final: Blackrock College 3 St Michael’s College 24

St Michael’s College Dublin were the Eric Lindsay Memorial Trophy winners, after beating Blackrock College 3 – 24 in the final.

Congratulations to all involved.

Pictures from elven of the Day 2 matches below. 

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