Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Round Up Saturday 18th October 2025.
Some fixtures were played midweek in the lead up to a full list of Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Group Stage games played on Saturday 18th October.
On Tuesday 14th October, in the last of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ U16 Plate games, Limavady Grammar School played Belfast High School in a game the Belfast High School team won by 27-17.
On Wednesday 15th October, Campbell College, Belfast travelled to play Terenure College in Dublin in a game the Terenure College team won by 30-10.
The Terenure College team scored five tries with Geoff O’Sullivan running in for two and John Mooney, Rowan Balamash and Cathal Martin touching down for one try each.
Geoff O’Sullivan was successful with one conversion kick as well as one penalty goal.
The Campbell College, Belfast team points came from a David Nelson try, which was converted by Jack Best, who was also successful with one penalty goal.
On Thursday 16th October, one Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Group Stage game took place when Enniskillen Royal Grammar School hosted Foyle and Londonderry College in their Group D game.
The Enniskillen Royal Grammar School team emerged from this game as 17-3 winners.
The Enniskillen Royal Grammar School points came through tries from Ben Wallace, John Hinchcliffe and Adam Little, one of which was successfully converted by Sam Paton.
The Foyle and Londonderry College points came through a penalty from Niall Kelly early in the game.
On Saturday 18th October, the rest of the second series of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Group Stage games took place.
In the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Group A, Bangor Grammar School played Belfast High School and recorded a 40-0 win against the very spirited Belfast High School team.
The Bangor Grammar School team points came through tries from Cal Banyard, with a hattrick, Bruce McClure, Paddy McClure and Luke McKenzie.
Ryan Gowdy added the extras to five of the Bangor Grammar School tries.
Omagh Academy played Regent House School at the Campsie playing fields and won the game by 24-14.
Isaac Crawford, Matthew Brady and Joshua Orr scored the Omagh Academy tries to which Sam Harper added three successful conversion kicks as well as one penalty goal.
Tom Bell and Jack Heron each scored a try for the Regent House School team to which Tom added both conversions.
In the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Group B, Down High School played Cambridge House Grammar School and won the game by 47-5.
The Down High School team scored seven tries with Lewis Connolly touching down for two and Alex Watson, Freddie Harris, Joe Bailie, Matthew Horner and Monty Jackson touching down for one try apiece.
Josh McCaughey was successful with six of his conversion kicks.
The Cambridge House Grammar School team contributed a lot to the game and got some reward for their hard work when Kyle Collier crashed over for an unconverted try.
Dromore High School played Rainey Endowed School in a game the Rainey Endowed School team recorded a 35-0 victory.
Eli Orr, Lorcan McLarnon, Jude Cleary McPuffin and Matthew Chambers, with two, were the Rainey Endowed School try scorers.
Adrian Martin was successful with all five of his conversion kicks.
In the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Group C, Portadown College hosted Dalriada School and won the very closely contested game by 31-28.
The Portadown College team points came through ties from Sammy Walsh, with two, Callum Doak, Charlie Rodgers and Thomas Hall.
Charlie was also successful with three of his conversion kicks.
The Dalriada School team scored four tries through Noah McMullan, Matthew Nicholl, Archie Graham and Chris Finney.
Chris was also successful with all four of his conversion kicks.
Royal School, Dungannon recorded a five-bonus point walkover against Bangor Academy
In the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Group D, Friends’ School, Lisburn entertained Coleraine Grammar School and came out on top with a hard earned 19-14 victory at the no side whistle.
Hero of the game for the Friends’ School, Lisburn team was Scott Henderson whose power and pace caused major problems for the Coleraine Grammar School defence.
Scott scored a hattrick of tries, two of which were converted by Ross Glover.
The Coleraine Grammar School team brought a lot to the game and, despite finding themselves 19-0 going into the final quarter of the game, they scored two late tries through Joel Milford and Lewis Marshall.
Ben Todd was successful with both conversion kicks.
As well as the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Group Stage games played on Saturday 18th October, a number of 1stxv friendly games took place.
Lurgan College played Antrim Grammar School in an exciting game that ended as a 15-15 draw with both teams scoring two tries, one conversion and one penalty.
The Lurgan College team tries came from Will Cunningham and Seth Martin to which Ben Maxwell added one conversion as well as one penalty.
The Antrim Grammar School tries came from Jonah Woolley and Declan McDonnell to which Isaac Lynn added one conversion as well as one penalty.
Grosvenor Grammar School hosted Banbridge Academy in a game the Banbridge Academy team won by 31-5.
The Grosvenor Grammar School points came from an unconverted try scored by Sam Ferguson.
The Banbridge Academy team tries were scored by Ethan Houston, Alex Martin, Sam Leslie, Dawson Knox and Conor Comiskey.
Daniel Byrne added three successful conversion kicks.
Royal Belfast Academical Institution played Methodist College, Belfast in a game the Royal Belfast Academical Institution team won by 34-24.
Sebastian Clarke, Dylan Gray, Reuben Gibson, with two, and Ross Dillon were the try scorers for the Royal Belfast Academical Institution team.
Charlie O’Connor added the extras to three of the tries as well as converting one penalty kick.
The Methodist College, Belfast team scored three tries through Luca Vericat, Isaac Bell and Alex Turkington.
Louis Curran added three successful conversion kicks as well as one successful penalty goal.
Wallace High School hosted Sullivan Upper School in a game which saw the Sullivan Upper School team emerge as 5-0 winners.
Jacob McKeown scored the only points of the game when he touched down for the unconverted try for the Sullivan Upper School team.
