Club Men: Academy II 3 Ballyclare IV 15 (Forster Cup)

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Ballyclare 4th XV won the Forster Cup following a 15 – 3 win against Academy 2nd XV on Saturday afternoon at Ravenhill.

Academy look for an early score against Ballyclare.

Academy opened the scoring with a penalty but Ballyclare bossed the remainder of the first half with two tries, one converted, taking the score to 12 – 3 in Ballyclare’s favour at the break.

Ballyclare celebrate scoring against Academy.

The second half was a bit of a stalemate, the only score coming from a Ballyclare penalty to take the score to 15 – 3 at the whistle.

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Photo credit – Bob Given Photography and John McMurtry

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