It was a quick dash from the hockey to capture the schools senior friendly between Larne and Banbridge at Upper Cairncastle Road.

There was no score when I arrived part way through the first half but Banbridge were applying pressure on the Larne line. The visitors got the scoreboard up and running minutes later with Noah Bell driving over from a lineout maul. Andrew Jackson added the conversion to give Banbridge a 0 – 7 lead.

Larne hit back five minutes later with Ryan McDowell picking a good line to score close to the posts. Ethan Duncan hit the conversion to take the score to 7 – 7 and that’s how it remained until half time.