{"id":12702,"date":"2011-05-02T12:10:53","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T12:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=12702"},"modified":"2011-05-02T12:10:53","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T12:10:53","slug":"banbridge-rugby-a-great-season-joy-for-the-iii-xv-u17s-but-the-u15s-taste-defeat-the-i-xv-feel-the-force-of-a-last-minute-drop-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/banbridge-rugby-a-great-season-joy-for-the-iii-xv-u17s-but-the-u15s-taste-defeat-the-i-xv-feel-the-force-of-a-last-minute-drop-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Banbridge Rugby: A Great Season ~ Joy For The III XV & U17s, But the U15s taste defeat & The I XV feel the force of a last minute Drop Goal"},"content":{"rendered":"

These boys compete fiercely at all levels and Saturday was a nerve racking day for Banbridge Rugby who came within a drop goal and 30 seconds or so of AIL promotion – we can only imagine the sheer emotional impact of that, but look forward to supporting this proud Ulster Club into next season.<\/p>\n

It was a day of mixed emotions for Banbridge RFC with the delight for U17s and 3rds with their cup victories tempered by the defeats for the 1st XV and U15s.<\/p>\n

A late drop goal for Old Crescent denied Banbridge in their promotion playoff losing 16-15 in Limerick, while two late tries for City of Derry saw off the U15s cup challenge in the final at Ravenhill.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile at Rifle Park, the 3rds emphatically defeated Harden Cup favourites Armagh 2nds 46-20 to progress into the semi-final.
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\nThe biggest celebrations of the day were enjoyed by the U17s at Ravenhill where they defeated Ballynahinch 20-17 to complete a fantastic Ulster League and Cup double.<\/p>\n

Full reports to follow for all matches to follow on www.banbridgerfc.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These boys compete fiercely at all levels and Saturday was a nerve racking day for Banbridge Rugby who came within a drop goal and 30 seconds or so of AIL promotion – we can only imagine the sheer emotional impact of that, but look forward to supporting this proud Ulster Club into next season. It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[189],"tags":[190],"class_list":["post-12702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-banbridge","tag-banbridge-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12704,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12702\/revisions\/12704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}