On Wednesday afternoon Ballymoney High School and Bangor Academy met at The Dub in the Under 16 High School Pollock Cup Final. Though sunny, rain threatened, and a bitingly cold wind blew across the pitch, which caused ball handling difficulties.
Both teams found the ball hard to hold in the initial minutes.
Bangor won a lineout, 5 metres out. Their lineout ploy fooled Ballymoney and Vlad Grebenov crossed for the opening try on 7 minutes to put Bangor 5-0 up.
Bangor continued to own the lion’s share of territory and possession but gradually Ballymoney worked their way back into the game.
Ballymoney were now enjoying the majority of passion and from a series of drives Jake McAuley drove over to tie the scores at 5-5 after 18 minutes.
A kick ahead was fielded by Alfie Clyde, who found space on the left to out sprint the covering Bangor defence to score midway out on the left to take the lead 10-5, after 23 minutes.
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