Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Round Up Saturday 13th December 2025.
Quite a few Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Shield Round 3 games, Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 2ndxv Cup Rounds 2&3 games, Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 3rdxv Cup Round 2 games and one Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 2ndxv Trophy Round 1 game took place during the week.
On Tuesday 9th December, Enniskillen Royal Grammar School was scheduled to have hosted Wallace High School in the 3rd Round of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 2ndxv Cup. Unfortunately, that game fell victim to the impact of Storm Bram.
However, later that evening two age grade games took place at the Affidea Stadium when the Ulster Clubs’ U17 team and the Ulster Schools’ U17 team played the New South Wales Raptors touring teams.
The Ulster Clubs’ U17 team won their game by 31-17 and the Ulster Schools’ U17 team won their game by 35-5.
The Ulster Clubs’ U17 points came through a try from Tom Little, Civil Service RFC, a penalty try, two tries from Josh Morrow, Finn Valley RFC, and Zach Horrow-Barrett, Civil Service RFC.
Drew Wilson, Civil Service RFC, was successful with two of his conversion kicks.
Xavier Mann, Kaelan Steele and Aidan Gould scored the New South Wales Raptors tries to which Dane Wilson added one successful conversion kick.
The Ulster Schools’ U17 team scored five tries in the course of their game.
Team captain, Isaac Crawford, Omagh Academy, touched down for a brace with Dawson Knox, Banbridge Academy, Evan Stewart, Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Senna McNulty, Rainey Endowed School, touching down for one try apiece.
Oliver Cooke, Royal Belfast Academical Institution, was successful with all five of his conversion kicks.
On Wednesday 10th December, a number of Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 2ndxv Cup games took place.
In the 2nd Round of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 2ndxv Cup, Coleraine Grammar School played Bangor Grammar School in their previously postponed game.
The Coleraine Grammar School 2ndxv team won this game by 27-5.
In the 3rd Round of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 2ndxv Cup, Ballymena Academy played Sullivan Upper School and won the game by 40-0.
In the 1st Round of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 2ndxv Trophy, Portadown College defeated Larne Grammar School by 31-10.
In the 2nd Round of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 3rdxv Cup, Ballyclare High School 3rdxv played Foyle and Londonderry College 3rdxv and won the game by 40-0.
Ballymena Academy 3rdxv played Wallace High School 3rdxv and won the high scoring game by 38-26.
Regent House School 3rdxv played Royal Belfast Academical Institution 3rdxv in a game the Royal Belfast Academical Institution team won by 40-0.
Omagh Academy 3rdxv played Campbell College, Belfast 4thxv in a game the Campbell College, Belfast 4thxv team won by 34-14.
On Thursday 11th December, Friends’ School, Lisburn played Royal Belfast Academical Institution in the 3rd Round of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 2ndxv Cup.
The Royal Belfast Academical Institution 2ndxv was made to work hard for their deserved 26-7 victory.
On Friday 12th December, Campbell College, Belfast played Methodist College, Belfast in an end of training camp game on the Algarve in Portugal.
The Campbell College, Belfast team won the game by 23-12.
The Campbell College, Belfast points came through tries from Isaac Hatch and Ranaan Potter with the accurate boot of Jack Best adding two successful conversion kicks as well as three successful penalty goals.
The Methodist College, Belfast points came through tries from Ruairi Kennedy and Callum Largey with Louis Curran adding one successful conversion kick.
On Saturday 13th December, as well as one Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 3rdxv Cup Round 2 game and five Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Shield Round 3 games, some 1stxv friendly fixtures took place as well.
In the 2nd Round of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 3rdxv Cup, Royal School, Armagh 3rdxv hosted Enniskillen Royal Grammar School 3rdxv and won the game by 31-0.
In the 3rd Round of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Shield, Banbridge Academy played Down High School and won the game by 19-5.
Belfast Royal Academy played Coleraine Grammar School in a game the Coleraine Grammar School team won by 33-3.
Enniskillen Royal Grammar School played Royal School, Dungannon and recorded an 8-5 victory.
Limavady Grammar School played Ballyclare High School in a game the Ballyclare High School team won by 29-0.
Rainey Endowed School played Bangor Grammar School and won the game by 27-5.
A number of 1stxv friendly games took place on Saturday 13th December.
Antrim Grammar School played Lurgan College in a game the Antrim Grammar School team won by 47-7.
Jonah Woolley, with a hattrick, Tom McNeilly, Cameron Molyneaux, Ethan Carr and Isaac Lynn were the Antrim Grammar School try scorers.
Isaac Lynn was successful with six of his conversion kicks.
The Lurgan College points came through a try from Andrew Bird which was converted by Ben Maxwell.
Ballymena Academy played Rainey Endowed School in a game the Ballymena Academy team won by 26-7.
Jacob Casson was the hero of the day for the Ballymena Academy team with a hattrick of tries, alongside a fourth try from Seth McCreadie.
Daniel Johnston was successful with three of his conversion kicks.
The Rainey Endowed School points came as the result of a penalty try being awarded.
Banbridge Academy played Regent House School in a game the Regent House School team won by 29-12.
Matthew Callaghan and Oliver Heasley each scored two tries for the Regent House School team with Tom Bell touching down for one try.
Zach McMinn added the extras to two of the Regent House School tries.
On the back of a fine performance from Fynn Niblock, Sam Leslie and Luke Wills each scored a try for the Banbridge Academy team.
Max Ireland was successful with one of his conversion kicks.
Belfast High School hosted Cambridge House Grammar School and Larne Grammar School in a 3 School Blitz tournament.
Belfast High School lost to Larne Grammar School by 17-14,
The Belfast High School points in this game came through tries from Ben Gardner and Will McIlveen to which Matthew McCabe added both successful conversion kicks.
Ryan McDowell scored two tries for the Larne Grammar School team with Matthew Crawford touching down for a third try.
Matthew was also successful with one of his conversion kicks.
Belfast High School then played, and defeated, Cambridge House Grammar School by 29-14.
Ben Gardner, with four and Hubert Jaszczak scored the Belfast High School tries to which Matthew McCabe added two successful conversion kicks.
The Cambridge House Grammar School points in this game came through tries from Alfie Sheeran and Shay Gill alongside two successful Thomas Moorehead conversion kicks.
The Cambridge House Grammar School game against Larne Grammar School ended with a 17-14 victory for the Larne Grammar School team.
The Cambridge House Grammar School points came through tries from Henri Kyle and Shay Gill with Thomas Moorehead adding both successful conversion kicks.
Ryan McDowell dotted down for another two tries in this game with Benjamin Sterling running in for a third Larne Grammar School try.
Matthew Crawford was successful with one of his conversion kicks.
Foyle and Londonderry College hosted Royal School, Dungannon in a high scoring, closely contested game the Royal School, Dungannon team won by 33-31.
Cian O’Leary scored four tries for the Foyle College team with Luke Wilson touching down for a fifth try.
Darwyn Nutt was successful with three of his conversion kicks.
The Royal School, Dungannon team scored five tries as well in the course of this game.
The impressive James Gibson and Blake Redmond both ran in for a brace with Matthew Smith touching down for a fifth.
Joel Clarke was successful with four of his conversion kicks.
Omagh Academy played Enniskillen Royal Grammar School in a game the Omagh Academy team won by 17-7.
Isaac Crawford, Lewis Cooke and Sam Harper scored the Omagh Academy tries to which Sam added the extras to one of the tries.
Jamie Morrow scored the Enniskillen Royal Grammar School try with Sam Paton adding the extras.
Wallace High School played Royal Belfast Academical Institution in a hard- fought encounter the Royal Belfast Academical Institution team won by 24-10.
Luke Dillon scored the Wallace High School try to which Alex Stevenson added the successful conversion kick as well as one penalty goal.
The Royal Belfast Academical Institution team scored four tries in the course of the game.
Sebastian Clarke, Matthew Watkins, Benjamin McCarten and Elliot Magowan ran in for the tries to which Charlie O’Connor added two successful conversion kicks.