Junior Cup: Ballymoney 22 Banbridge II 6

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John McMurtry

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Ballymoney go forward to the Junior Cup semi-finals with a hard fought 22 6 win against Banbridge 2nds on Saturday afternoon at Kilraughts Road.

There was no score in a tense but entertaining first quarter and it was Banbridge who took the lead at the start of the second quarter with a successful penalty kick.

However, Ballymoney’s defence was starting to get on top and a series of charge down from and led to Irwin winning the race to the line for the games opening try. added the conversion to give the home side a 7 – 3 lead at the break.

The teams swapped penalties to take the score to 10 – 6 at the start of the second half but from then on Ballymoney took control of the game.

crossed for an unconverted try to push the score to 15 – 6 and crossed in the last ten minutes to secure the game. Cleland added the conversion to his earlier penalty to give a final score of Ballymoney 22 Banbridge II 6.

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Photos – Graham Service Photography.

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