Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Round Up Saturday 24th January 2026.
On Monday 19th January, the previously delayed Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 2ndxv Plate 1/4 Final game featuring Coleraine Grammar School 2ndxv and Sullivan Upper School 2ndxv was played at the Castlerock Road venue in Coleraine.
The Sullivan Upper School 2ndxv team won this game by 19-12.
Following the outcome of this game, the draws for the 1/2 Finals of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 2ndxv Cup, Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 2ndxv Plate and Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 2ndxv Trophy were released.
Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 2ndxv Cup 1/2 Finals.
1/Methodist College, Belfast v Ballymena Academy
2/Campbell College, Belfast v Royal Belfast Academical Institution
These Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 2ndxv Cup 1/2 Finals MUST be played on/before Saturday 31st January.
Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 2ndxv Plate 1/2 Finals
1/Belfast Royal Academy v Regent House School
2/Royal School, Dungannon v Sullivan Upper School
These Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 2ndxv Plate 1/2 Finals MUST be played on/before Saturday 31st January.
Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 2ndxv Trophy 1/2 Finals.
1/Foyle and Londonderry College v Limavady Grammar School
2/Bangor Grammar School v Omagh Academy
These Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 2ndxv Trophy 1/2 Finals MUST be played on/before Saturday 31st January.
The draws for the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Shield 1/4 Finals, Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Plate 1/4 Finals, Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Bowl 1/2 Finals and the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Trophy 1/2 Finals were released on Monday 19th January.
Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Shield 1/4 Finals.
1/Omagh Academy v Wallace High School
2/Coleraine Grammar School v Royal Belfast Academical Institution
3/Royal School, Armagh v Enniskillen Royal Grammar School
4/Sullivan Upper School v Methodist College, Belfast
The Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Shield 1/4 Final games MUST be played on/before Saturday 31st January.
Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Plate 1/4 Finals
1/Banbridge Academy v Ballymena Academy
2/Larne Grammar School v Ballyclare High School
3/Campbell College, Belfast v Grosvenor Grammar School
4/Rainey Endowed School v Regent House School
The Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Plate 1/4 Final games MUST be played on/before Saturday 31st January.
Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Bowl 1/2 Finals.
1/Belfast Royal Academy v Limavady Grammar School
2/Royal School, Dungannon v Friends’ School, Lisburn
The Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Bowl 1/2 Final games MUST be played on/before Saturday 31st January.
Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Trophy 1/2 Finals.
1/Belfast High School v Wellington College, Belfast
2/Cambridge House Grammar School v Foyle and Londonderry College
The Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Trophy 1/2 Final games MUST be played on/before Saturday 31st January.
On Wednesday 21st January, Strabane Academy hosted Dromore High School in their Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Bowl Round of Sixteen game.
At the end of this exciting game, the Dromore High School team emerged as 33-21 winners.
Jonathan Orr, Andrew McGarrigle and Harvey Shields scored the Strabane Academy tries with Jonathan Orr adding two successful conversion kicks and Hayden Snodgrass adding a third.
Lewis Mulligan, Jake McKittrick, with a brace, Aaron Bell and Alfie Clarke scored the Dromore High School tries with Alfie Clarke adding four successful conversion kicks.
On the same afternoon, Omagh Academy 3rdxv hosted Bangor Grammar School 3rdxv in their Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 3rdxv Trophy Round of Sixteen game.
The Bangor Grammar School team won this game by 24-19.
In the same competition, Royal Belfast Academical Institution 5thxv played Methodist College, Belfast 4thxv.
The Royal Belfast Academical Institution team won this game by 47-7.
The draw for the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 3rdxv Trophy 1/4 Final games is as follows:
1/Banbridge Academy 3rdxv/Royal Belfast Academical Institution 4thxv v Royal Belfast Academical Institution 5thxv.
2/Sullivan Upper School 3rdxv v Regent House School 3rdxv.
3/Bangor Grammar School 3rdxv v Wallace High School 3rdxv.
4/Foyle and Londonderry College 3rdxv v Down High School 3rdxv.
These Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 3rdxv Trophy 1/4 Final games MUST be played on/before Saturday 31st January.
On Saturday 24th January, eight Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Round of Sixteen games, as well as the seven remaining Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Bowl Round of Sixteen games, took place.
In the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup, Ballymena Academy played Portadown College and recorded an impressive 40-0 victory.
Jacob Casson, James McMillan, Seth McCready, Zak Topping, Billy Wylie, Will Coffey and James McMillan all contributed to Ballymena Academy scorers list.
Belfast Royal Academy hosted Campbell College, Belfast in a game the Campbell College, Belfast team won by 17-5.
Daniel Bell scored the consolation unconverted try for the Belfast Royal Academy team.
The Campbell College, Belfast team scored two tries through Paul Henry and David Nelson with the trusty boot of Jack Best adding two successful conversion kicks as well as one successful penalty goal.
Friends’ School, Lisburn played Methodist College, Belfast in a game that saw a spirited Friends’ School, Lisburn make the Methodist College, Belfast team work hard for their deserved 47-10 victory.
Zac Wilson scored the Friends’ School, Lisburn try with Ross Glover adding one successful conversion kick as well as one successful penalty goal.
The Methodist College, Belfast points came through tries from Peter Molloy, Zac Neill, Brody Magowan Gould, Oliver Hartley, Ruairi Kennedy, Harry Docherty and Callum Godfrey.
Louis Curran added four successful conversion kicks with Peter Molloy adding two further conversions.
Regent House School played Ballyclare High School in a very close encounter the Regent House School team won by 14-12.
Tom Bell scored both Regent House School tries with Zach McMinn adding the extras to both tries.
Zach Thompson and Joshua Tweed each scored one try for the Ballyclare High School team.
James Woodside was successful with one of his conversion kicks.
Royal Belfast Academical Institution entertained Coleraine Grammar School in a game which the Royal Belfast Academical Institution team won by 45-10.
Sebastian Clarke, with a brace, Jack Coulter, Elliott Magowan, Jonah Power, Adam Boyd and Ross Dillon were the Royal Belfast Academical Institution try scorers.
Charlie O’Connor was successful with five of his conversion kicks.
The hard-working Coleraine Grammar School team got some reward for their endeavours when Oliver McClean ran in for a try, which was converted by Bn Todd, who also added one successful penalty goal.
Royal School, Armagh played Wallace High School in a game which swung to and froe before the Wallace High School team emerged as 21-14 winners.
Alex Stinson and Charlie Reaney scored the Royal School, Armagh tries with Tom Kennedy adding both successful conversion kicks.
The Wallace High School points came through tries from Isaac Brett, with two, and Adam Crone.
James Curran was successful with all three of his conversion kicks.
Royal School, Dungannon played Rainey Endowed School in a very exciting game the Rainey Endowed School team won by 12-10.
Blake Redmond scored the Royal School, Dungannon try with James Gibson adding one successful conversion kick as well as one successful penalty goal.
The Rainey Endowed School team points came through tries from William Hunter and Jude McPuffin with one successful conversion from Adrian Martin.
Sullivan Upper School hosted Down High School and recorded a 15-0 win.
Finn McGrath scored two tries for the home team with Henry Calvert adding one successful conversion kick as well one successful penalty kick.
In the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Bowl, Antrim Grammar School played Lurgan College in a game the Antrim Grammar School team won by 12-0.
The Antrim Grammar School team, on the back of a strong performance from Rio McKee, scored two tries through Sam Barclay and Tom McNeely.
One successful conversion kick from Isaac Lynn secured the 12-0 victory for the Antrim Grammar School team.
Belfast High School played Bangor Grammar School in a game which saw the Bangor Grammar School team record a 47-7 victory.
Ben Gardner scored the Belfast High School try to which he also added the conversion.
Calvin Cousins, with three, Luke McKenzie, Rory Fulton, Paddy McClure, Noah Lack, Bruce McClure and Albie Scott scored the Bangor Grammar School tries.
Rory Fulton added the extras to one of the Bangor Grammar School tries.
Cambridge House Grammar School played Limavady Grammar School in a game the Limavady Grammar School team won by 8-0.
Alexander Howe kicked a first half penalty to give the Limavady Grammar School team a 3-0 lead at the interval.
A second half unconverted try from Joseph Murphy ensured the 8-0 win for the Limavady Grammar School team.
Dalriada School played Bangor Academy and won the game by 40-0.
Archie Graham, Matthew Nicholl, Noah McMullan and Matthew McCamphill were all among try scorers for the Dalriada School team.
Chris Finney added a number of successful conversion kicks as well as one penalty goal.
Grosvenor Grammar School played Banbridge Academy in a game the Banbridge Academy team won by 19-5.
The Grosvenor Grammar School points came through an unconverted try from William Marsh.
The Banbridge Academy points came through tries from Arturs Jonuss, Alex Andersson and Caleb Cromie.
Max Ireland was successful with two of his conversion kicks.
Larne Grammar School played Foyle and Londonderry College in a very closely contested game the Larne Grammar School team won by 14-12.
On the back of strong performances from Larne Grammar School players such as Jamie Jones and Corbin Marsden, Ryan McDowell scored an unconverted try for the Larne Grammar School with the reliable boot of Jonnie Kennedy adding three successful penalty goals.
The Foyle College points came through tries from Jaden Chen and Cian O’Leary with Niall Kelly adding one successful conversion kick.
Meanwhile, at the Campsie Playing Fields in Omagh, Omagh Academy played Enniskillen Royal Grammar School in an even more closely contested game from which the Enniskillen Royal Grammar School team emerged as 14-13 winners.
The Omagh Academy points all came in the second half of the game.
Ryan Mitchell and Harry McIlwaine each scored a try with the impressive Sam Harper adding one successful penalty goal.
Likewise, the Enniskillen Royal Grammar School points were all scored in the second half of this game.
The trusty boot of Sam Paton contributed three successful penalty kicks before an unconverted try from Jake Irwin secured the 14-13 victory for the Enniskillen Royal Grammar School team.
In what was a busy week of Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ competition games, the Ulster Schools’ Committee would like to thank the USRFR for supplying referees to all the games.
Once the results of all the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup and Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Bowl Round of Sixteen games were known, the draws for the 1/4 Finals of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup. Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Subsidiary Shield, Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Bowl and Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Trophy took place.
The draws took place at the Royal School, Dungannon and were organised by Richard Clingan, Chairman of the Ulster Schools’ Rugby Committee.
Chris Webster, Ulster Domestic Rugby Manager, was in attendance to co-ordinate all aspects of the draws.
The draws were made by the Danske Bank representative, Megan Park, Mr Mark McCullough. Principal, Rainey Endowed School and Dr David Burnett, Principal, Royal School, Dungannon.
The results of the draws are as follows:
Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup 1/4 Finals
1/Campbell College, Belfast v Regent House School
2/Wallace High School v Royal Belfast Academical Institution
3/Rainey Endowed School v Methodist College, Belfast
4/Sullivan Upper School v Ballymena Academy
These Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup 1/4 Final games MUST be played on/before Saturday 7th February.
Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Subsidiary Shield 1/4 Finals
1/Portadown College v Royal School, Armagh
2/Ballyclare High School v Down High School
3/Belfast Royal Academy v Royal School, Dungannon
4/Coleraine Grammar School v Friends’ School, Lisburn.
These Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Subsidiary Shield 1/4 Final games MUST be played on/before Saturday 7th February.
Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Bowl 1/4 Finals
1/Dromore High School v Antrim Grammar School
2/Limavady Grammar School v Larne Grammar school
3/Bangor Grammar School v Dalriada School
4/Enniskillen Royal Grammar School v Banbridge Academy
These Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Bowl 1/4 Final games MUST be played on/before Saturday 7th February.
Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Trophy 1/4 Finals
1/Foyle and Londonderry College v Cambridge House Grammar School
2/Grosvenor Grammar School v Lurgan College
3/Belfast High School v Bangor Academy
4/Omagh Academy v Strabane Academy
These Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Trophy 1/4 Final games MUST be played on/before Saturday 7th February.