Crawford Cup: Belfast Harlequins III 20 Ards II 13

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Our second Crawford Cup match on Saturday afternoon was the entertaining tussle between Belfast Harlequins 3rds and Ards 2nds at Deramore Park.

We’re still waiting for details for our match report but, at the moment, suffice to say that Harlequins came out on top 20 – 13 in a hard fought match. We’ll add more details if/when we get them.

The scores for the Crawford Cup Round 1 are shown below:

RANDALSTOWN II50 – 12C.I.Y.M.S. II
OMAGH III12 – 19GROSVENOR II
PORTADOWN II30 – 10CITY OF ARMAGH III
CLOGHER VALLEY II21 – 29BALLYMENA III
MALONE III31 – 25DROMORE II
BELFAST HARLEQUINS III20 – 13ARDS II
CARRICKFERGUS II17 – 35INSTONIANS II
BANGOR II15 – 8BANBRIDGE III
BALLYNAHINCH IV66 – 5LARNE II
BALLYNAHINCH V13 – 7ENNISKILLEN II
BALLYNAHINCH III34 – 0BALLYMONEY II
BALLYCLARE IIW – LCOLERAINE II*

* Coleraine II concede match


We’ll pick the competition up again in Round 2

GALLERY BELOW

Photography – Ian Humes Photography

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