Ballymena came out second best to Armagh at this stage last year but with only one loss this season and at home you’d have to feel they were favourites for this quarter final clash between two of the favourites to lift the Schools cup.
The sleet was slicing across the pitch as Ballymena got us started and Armagh battled back into the wind with a tight game in pods, two or three players with each ball carrier.
Ballymena attempted to suppress any Armagh gains by kicking downfield but the beefy wind dragged the ball beyond the try line several times giving Armagh an easy out.
Armagh clearly had a plan for this half, protecting the ball , keeping possession and after 8 minutes found themselves in the Ballymena 22. Penalised for not rolling away Armagh’s 10, Romain Morrow, had a successful shot at goal and Armagh had the lead.
This was short lived as Ballymena had exactly the same reward after Armagh infringed from . . .
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