Royal Belfast Academical Institution Sports
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Prior Shield: Friends School 2XI 0 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 2XI 4 Final
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On Wednesday afternoon Friends School 2XI faced Royal Belfast Academical Institution 2XI in the final of the Prior Shield at the Dub. The game was switched at short notice from Shawsbridge, where concerns over a Floodlight stanchion damaged in the winds, meant it was unsafe to host the final there. Charlie White kept Inst at
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McCullough Cup: Banbridge Academy 1 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 3 Final
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On Wednesday afternoon Banbridge Academy faced Royal Belfast Academical Institution in the McCullough Cup Final at Havelock Park. Both sides set out their stall early playing fast, skilful attacking hockey. Inst struck first. Josh Gill converted a 7th minute penalty corner for a 1-0 lead, which they retained at the end of the 1st quarter. Most of
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Adam Boyd, Charlie O’Connor, Conor Patton, Joshua Crawford, Nathan Hamilton, Ross Dillon, Tom KennedySchools Friendly: Royal Belfast Academical Institution 21 Royal School Armagh 17
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On a cold Saturday morning The Royal School Armagh were the visitors to Osborne to face Royal Belfast Academical Institution in a Schools Friendly. Conor Patton opens Inst’s account After an intense opening exchange, Inst took the lead when Conor Patton sprinted in from distance to score in the corner. Charlie O’Connor’s conversion from the
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Schools Rugby: Royal Belfast Academical Institution 12 Campbell College 29 Medallion Friendly
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On a misty Saturday morning Royal Belfast Academical Institution played Campbell College in a Medallion Friendly at Osborne. Theo Adair opened Campbell’s account From kick off Campbell were deep in the Inst 22. They drove back a maul and when the clearance kick was charged down Theo Adair was fastest to react and claim the
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McCullough Cup: Royal Belfast Academical Institution 3 Wallace High School 0 Semi Final
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On a very cold Wednesday afternoon, Royal Belfast Academical Institution faced Wallace High School, at Havelock Park, in the first McCullough Cup Semi Final. Though Inst had most of the play and created a lot of chances, they couldn’t break a very well drilled Wallace defence. With RBAI controlling midfield, the Wallace forwards survived on
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Adrian Martin, Conor Davis, Conor Patton, Emmett McNulty, Jonah Power, Matthew Elliott, Ross Dillon, Sebastian ClarkeSchools Friendly: Royal Belfast Academical Institution 43 Rainey Endowed 14
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On Saturday Morning Royal Belfast Academical Institution hosted Rainey Endowed in a Schools Friendly at Osborne. Inst showed several changes from the side fielded last week. Ross Dillon had a brace of tries for Inst Inst took control early on, driving a lineout maul over the Rainey line for Ross Dillon to claim the try,
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Schools Friendly: Royal Belfast Academical Institution 12 St Mary’s College 14
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On Saturday morning, St Mary’s College, from Dublin, were the visitors to Osborne to play Royal Belfast Academical Institution in a Schools Friendly. It was obvious from kick off that defences would dominate play. Both sides tackled fiercely with no quarter asked nor given. Donal Mazoor opened the scoring for St Mary’s Eventually a defensive
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Benjamin McCarten, Bernard White, Charlie O’Connor, Dylan Gray, Harry O’Neill, Louis Magee, Luke Coffey, Ross DillonSchools Friendly: Royal Belfast Academical Institution 22 Blackrock College 29
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On Saturday morning, Blackrock College were the southeast Dublin visitors to Osborne to face Royal Belfast Academical Institution in a Schools Friendly. The game started at pace. Inst took the lead after 5 minutes, through a Charlie O’Connor penalty goal to lead 3-0. In a sweeping move Harry O’Neill replied for the visitors with a
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Alex Turkington, Charlie O’Connor, Dylan Gray, Harry Doherty, Isaac Bell, Louis Curran, Luca Vericat, Reuben Gibson, Ross Dillon, Sebastian ClarkeSchools Friendly: Royal Belfast Academical Institution 34 Methodist College 25
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On Saturday, the eagerly awaited heavyweight clash between arch South Belfast rivals, Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Methodist College was played at Osborne. A slightly subdued Inst allowed Methody to be on the front foot in early exchanges. Louis Curran’s 5th minute penalty goal gave Methody a 3-0 lead. Luca Vericat got over on the right
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Broland O’Dougherty, Bryson McCallum, Callum Warwick, Evan Stuart, George Kilpatrick, George McClure, Harry Greer, Sam Mathers, Travis BaileyMedallion Friendly: Royal Belfast Academical Institution 48 Sullivan Upper 12
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We caught up with the Medallion friendly between Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Sullivan Upper on Saturday morning at Osborne Park. Sullivan’s George McClure stretches for the line for the opening try Sullivan were quick out of the blocks for this one with a try after 4 minutes as George McClure stretched over for the
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Adam Boyd, Andrew Purcell, Charlie O’Connor, Cian McClean, Jacob Casson, James McMillan, Sebastian ClarkeSchools Friendly: Royal Belfast Academical Institution 47 Ballymena Academy 7
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On Monday afternoon, a schools friendly, rescheduled from Saturday, between Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Ballymena Academy was played at Osborne. Adam Boyd scored a hat trick of tries for Inst After a short period of Ballymena pressure, Inst intercepted and ran the ball out. From a ruck Adam Boyd forced himself over. Charlie O’Connor’s
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Adam Millar, Andrew Purcell, Charles Dowse, Dylan Lord, Harry Goslin, Jonah Power, Jonathan Garrihy, Rory O’Farrell, Ross DillonSchools Rugby: Royal Belfast Academical Institution 33 Belvedere College 28 Senior Friendly
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Royal Belfast Academical Institution hosted Belvedere College, Dublin and got their season of to a positive start with a 33-28 victory. The visitors were first on the scoresheet with Jonathan Garrihy running over to score and then convert his own try. Jonathan Garrihy opened the scoring for Belvo. It didn’t take RBAI long to respond
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Burney Cup: Royal Belfast Academical Institution 4 Campbell College 1 Final
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We caught up with the Ulster Hockey Schoolboys Burney Cup Final between Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Campbell College At Havelock Park on Thursday evening. The teams battled out a tight first quarter though Campbell’s keeper Thomas Costelloe was the busier of the two keepers. Inst finally got past Costelloe in the final minute with
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Archie Kennedy, Dylan Gray, Harry Brady, John Hall, Matthew Watkins, Oli Cooke, Reuben McCullough, Rocco Steen, Ruairi IronsMedallion Shield: Friends School 7 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 38 Final
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On a sunny but cool Tuesday afternoon Friends School met Royal Belfast Academical Institution in the Medallion Shield Final at the Kingspan Stadium. Dylan Gray’s 1st minute try opened the scoring for Inat The crowd had barely settled after kick off when Dylan Gray intercepted the ball and sprinted 80 metres to score under the
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Burney Cup: Sullivan Upper 0 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 2 Semi Final
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We caught up with the the Burney Cup semi finals played at Havelock Park on Thursday afternoon. The second match featured Sullivan Upper School and Royal Belfast Academical Institution in a match that saw the arrival of the rain in the second half. Sullivan on the attack in the first half. It was a fairly
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Medallion Shield: Campbell College 0 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 15 Semi Final
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I had a fraught journey over from Campbell College to Pirrie Park, the neutral venue for the Medallion Shield semi final between Campbell College and Royal Belfast Academical Institution. I was caught behind a road traffic accident, and it took some time to get both vehicles on to the hard shoulder. I arrived midway through