Omagh Academy defeated Down High School On Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Omagh Academy made the journey to play Down High School in a game the Omagh Academy team won by 20-18. The Omagh team took some time to settle into the game and found themselves 8-0 down early on. Despite losing two players to Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ duty, the home team made effective use of their line out to score an unconverted try which was followed closely by a successful penalty kick. The Omagh Academy team then started to grow into the game with their set piece starting to get the upper hand at scrum time. Year 12 player, Glenn McKinley, took advantage of a well-organised set piece lineout and touched down for an unconverted try to reduce the deficit to 8-5 at the break.
Omagh got off to the best possible start early in the second half. James Longwell drove through would be tacklers to touch down for a try. Kyle Beattie converted the try to put the Omagh team into a 12-8 lead. Ryan Gibson then took advantage of good work from Neil Logan and Matthew Clyde to run in for a try in the corner. The try was not converted but the Omagh Academy lead was now 17-8. Kyle Beattie extended this to 20-8 when he converted a penalty opportunity with a drop kick having unsuccessfully tried to place the ball twice on the kicking tee! Down High School finished the game strongly and scored a converted try following a well-organised driven maul after a lineout. A penalty shortly after this took the scoreboard to 20-18 but it a case of “too little, too late” for the Down High School team as it was the Omagh Academy team that celebrated their hard earned 20-18 victory after the final whistle.