On Saturday Kingspan Stadium hosted a triple header of Youth Cup Finals. The weather was not kind. It rained and a cold wind blew. Only the intensity of the rain varied.
First up was The U14 Development Cup between Ballynahinch and Virginia.
Nerves and weather conditions played their part in a scrappy 1st half. A plethora of knock on scrums, coupled with ruck offence penalties punctuated the game, destroying continuity.
The 1st score came after 20 minutes, when Eoin Clarke broke tackles in a run from the Ballynahinch 22 to touch down to give Virginia a 5-0 lead. On 25 minutes, on the stroke of halftime, a cross field kick was gathered, and the ball passed on to Cillian Walsh to . . .
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