The Front Row Union Sport - Gordon West Plate: NI Civil Service 3 Belfast High School Former Pupils 34

Gordon West Plate: NI Civil Service 3 Belfast High School Former Pupils 34

Jan 9, 2024

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I caught up with the Gordon West Plate semi final first leg between Civil Service and BHSFP at Stormont on Saturday afternoon.

The game had a fast start, with BHSFP getting an early penalty, for Ryan Duddy to convert, to give BHSFP a 0 – 3 lead.

Civil service were under the cosh for most of the game against BHSFP

Despite temporarily losing a player for a high tackle the visitors continued to attack and scrumhalf Scott McFarland dotted down just left of the posts, for Jordan Frampton to convert, to push the score out to 0 – 10.

BHSFP finished off the first half with Kyle Hetherington crashing over for an unconverted try taking the score to 0-15 at half time.

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