The Front Row Union Sport - McCambley Cup: Academy 3XV 25 Randalstown 3XV 12

McCambley Cup: Academy 3XV 25 Randalstown 3XV 12

Jan 21, 2025

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We caught up with the McCambley Cup match between Academy 3XV and Randalstown 3XV at Roughfort on Saturday afternoon.

In a very even match, it was the home side who got off to a great start when scrum half, Chris Cooper went over early on, converting his own try to put Academy in front 7 – 0.

Chris Cooper was happy with his 16 point haul for Academy against Randalstown.

Despite Academy being held up a couple of times when threatening the try line, there was no further scoring until shortly before half time and it was the visitor’s No 2, Terry Hutchinson, who battered his way over to allow David McWhirter to take the sore to 7 – 7 at half time.