The Front Row Union
Report and images by Bob Given. On a very sunny and warm Saturday morning Belfast Met met Malone U18 in an U18 League East match at the Castlereagh Campus. Hot on the heels of their resounding victory last week over Banbridge, Malone hit the ground running, with ruthless determination. By half time they had wracked […]
Belfast High School ran out convincing 42 – 15 winners against Belfast Metropolitan College on Saturday morning at the school’s Coast Road grounds in an early season hit out. James Wilson crosses for Belfast Met early in the game. The Met back line looked sharp when they ran through their pre-match routines but when it […]
Belfast Metropolitan College claimed the CE Bowman Cup on Saturday afternoon at Ravenhill after beating Randalstown 24 – 7 in the final. The teams had met at the end of March in the league play off finals with the Belfast side edging that game by a point but the students put a bit more distance […]
Belfast Met hold on to top spot on the Ulster Carpets U18 east League with a six try win against Banbridge U18 keeping them ahead of Malone. Stuart Wightman stole the show with four tries, James Wilson and Jack Rouget also crossing. Rhys Cobain added four conversions. Banbridge responded through a Jack Kelly try with […]
Belfast Met entertained very near neighbours Malone U18 in a top of the table Ulster Carpets U18 South league game at the Castlereagh Campus on Saturday morning. Following a break down the right wing and a quickly recycled ball, Curtis Henry scored an unconverted try to give Belfast Met the lead. Malone enjoyed most of […]
RBAI romped to a ten try win over Belfast Met yesterday morning. The home side dominated the opening minutes before breaking the deadlock through outhalf Bradley McNamara. RBAI loosehead, Stuart Cameron was sent to the bin but that didn’t stop the home side from adding to their score. Marco Manso made a break from scrum […]
The Guinness Carrick 7’s kicked off on Friday evening with eight teams competing in the Kukri Under 18’s Tournament at the Woodlawn Grounds. The tournament was won by Belfast Met U18 after a tense final against BRA’s Pink Panthers. A late try from captain Sam Cardwell secured the 19 – 17 win after an early […]
With a midweek Schools Cup game, last week, and another one today (Monday) we decided to catch up with the Club U18 League on Saturday morning with Larne U18 entertaining league leaders Belfast Met at the Glynn. The Met’s unbeaten run came to an end with Larne staging a second half fightback to secure a […]