Championship 2: Academy 39 Donaghadee 5

I caught up with Academy and Donaghadee at Roughfort on Saturday afternoon in an Ulster Rugby Championship 2 match. I had covered these two teams at the start of the season in a Junior Shield match where Academy had run out comfortable winners.

This game was a much stiffer challenge for the home team as Donaghadee put up strong resistance in the opening quarter. However, a break out by Academy led to an Aaron Heatley try in the corner, converted by Michael Wilson to give Academy a 7 – 0 lead.

Donaghadee hit back seven minutes later with Ray Dobson crashing . . .