Royal Belfast Academical Institution Sports
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Schools: RBAI 17 Blackrock 15
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Royal Belfast Academical Institution recovered from their midweek defeat by Larne Grammar 😆 to record an impressive win against Blackrock College. The Belfast boys outscored their Dublin rivals by three tries to two in the 17 – 15 win. The first half was a tense affair with defenses’ dominating. Jude Postlewaite opened the scoring with
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Ben Heath, Cameron Beacom-Hurle, Dylan Branker, Josh Patterson, Philip Jackson, Tom Dolaghan, Vicky IrwinSchools Friendly: Dromore High 24 RBAI 0
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We called into Dromore on Saturday morning, on our way down to Dublin, to record the official hand over of their new training kit, with The Front Row Union being one of the sponsors. We were represented at the handover by team FRU member Vicky Irwin, pictured below with some of the Dromore players. We
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Alexander Clarke, Azur Allison, Bruce Houston, David McCann, James Hume, Niall Armstrong, Yasser Omar, Zac DavidsonUlster Schools Cup Semi Final: RBAI 41 Ballymena Academy 8
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Royal Belfast Academical Institution pulled away in a dominant second half to record a 41 – 8 win against Ballymena Academy in the Danske Bank Schools Cup Semi Final at Ravenhill on Monday afternoon. Ballymena enjoyed territory and possession for the bulk of the first half but they were unable to break through the determined
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RBAI progress to last four in Danske Bank Schools Cup
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Inst won 10 – 3 against near neighbours Campbell College in this hard fought Danske Bank Schools Cup quarter final at Foxes Field. Will Davis opened the scoring with a penalty for Campbell before Joe Finnegan crossed for an unconverted try for the hosts to give RBAI a 5 – 3 lead at the break.
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Schools: RBAI 26 Methody 5
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Belfast’s big two clashed at Osborne Park on Saturday morning with, the hosts, Royal Belfast Academical Institution, coming out on top with a 26 – 5 win against Methodist College. The damage was caused in the first half as Ethan Field, Simon Jackson, Joe Finnegan and David Lyttle all crossed in a dominant display. Michael Lowry converted
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Schools: RBAI 25 Dromore High 7
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No report in for this one, but our featured school’s side for this season, Dromore High went down 25 – 7 at the weekend to RBAI 2nd XV at Cranmore Park on Saturday morning. It was a difficult game for the team who are going to be competing in the senior Schools Cup for the
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Schools Cup: RBAI 13 Campbell College 3
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Royal Belfast Academical Institution (6) 13TRY: James Hume. CON: James Hume. PEN: James Hume (2).Campbell College (3) 3PEN: John Crowther RBAI completed a smash and grab raid at Ravenhill on St Patrick’s afternoon coming away with the Ulster Schools Cup for the second year in succession. It’s been quite a season for the boys at
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Bruce Houston, Christopher McLeister, Conor Field, David Forsythe, David Whitten, James Hume, Mark Keane, Mark Thompson, Michael LowrySchools Cup: Ballymena 19 RBAI 27
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Schools’ Cup holders RBAI progressed to the St Patrick’s Day final after a 19 – 27 win over Ballymena Academy at Ravenhill on Monday afternoon. [su_note note_color=”#eee” text_color=”#000″]Ballymena Academy (7) 19TRY: David Forsythe, Mark Thompson, Christopher McLeister. CON: Bruce Houston (2).Royal Belfast Academical Institution (19) 27TRY: David Whitten, Conor Field, Michael Lowry, Mark Keane. CON: James Hume
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Schools’ Cup: RBAI 38 Sullivan Upper 0
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1st Half // 2nd Half // Gallery Most competitive fixtures on Saturday were just that: close fought encounters decided within the last 10 minutes; unfortunately this Cup quarterfinal was not one of them as an in-form RBAI and under-performing Sullivan made for a one-sided affair. Sullivan actually started the brighter of the two sides, keeping
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Schools: RBAI 6 Campbell College 10
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Saturday’s schools’ friendly between RBAI & Campbell College was a tense, low scoring affair. Campbell turned around 3 nil down but 2 second half tries secured a 10 – 6 victory to the visitors. Images below courtesy of Bob Given Photography. We now have print, download and gift option here.
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Schools’ Friendly: Methodist College 7 RBAI 8
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Whether it be on Shakespeare’s stage or Spielberg’s screen,dramatists have often used the elements of weather to set a scene and heighten the mood of a performance. On Saturday morning it appeared that Mother Nature herself was getting in on the act as the theatre of Pirrie Park played host to a Belfast derby whose
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Adam Curry, Andrew McGregor, Jack Conlin, Michael Lowry, Patrick Dolaghan, Ryan McComiskey, TJ MorrisSchools Cup: RBAI 36 Regent House 0
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RBAI powered to a five try win against Regent House in the third round of the Schools Cup on Saturday afternoon. It was always going to be a difficult afternoon for the Newtownards side and their cause wasn’t helped by a few of the squad recovering from the flu as well as their captain, Adam
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Ben Alexander, Chris Farrell, John Creighton, Mark Best, Matthew McGuigan, Moss Rogers, Patrick Anderson, Rory Scholes, Ulster Schools CUpSchools Cup Final: Campbell College 18-11 RBAI
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Pre-match favourites Campbell College eventually pulled clear to win this closely contested Schools Cup final 18 – 11 thanks to second half tries from Chris Farrell and Rob Haldane. The first half was a tense affair with both defences dominating. Inst went into an early lead thanks to the boot of their talented full back
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Adam Dysart, David McIntyre, Gareth Lawlor, Matthew Madill, Matthew McGuigan, Nathan Brown, Patrick Farrell, Stephen BestSchools Cup: Coleraine AI 8 RBAI 20
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With a lot of noise and colour, the first Schools’ Cup semi-final of 2011 took place at Ravenhill. In what was a ‘battle of the Insts’, Coleraine brought a great wealth of support in order to prove that they were, as one of their own banners put it, “The real Inst”; but at the full-time