{"id":673864,"date":"2022-12-22T15:11:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T15:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=673864"},"modified":"2022-12-22T15:11:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T15:11:21","slug":"danske-bank-ulster-schools-round-up-saturday-24-th-december-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/danske-bank-ulster-schools-round-up-saturday-24-th-december-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Round Up Saturday 24 th December 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Round Up Saturday 24 th December 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Monday 19 th December three of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Group Stage Cup
\npreviously postponed fixtures, as well as two previously postponed Danske Bank Ulster
\nSchools\u2019 2ndxv Cup Round 3 games and one Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 3rdxv Cup
\nmatch, took place.
\nDromore High School and Larne Grammar School met in their Group B previously
\npostponed Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Cup game.
\nThe Dromore High School team finished the game as 41-0 winners and their bonus point
\nwin ensures that the Dromore High School team finishes as Danske Bank Ulster
\nSchools\u2019 Cup Group B winners.
\nLevi Naga and Matthew Heasley both scored a brace of tries for the Dromore High
\nSchool team with Ethan Dickson, Sam McIlroy and Ethan Mount each touching down for
\none try. Ethan Mount added two conversions while Nathan Hook was successful with
\none.
\nThe Larne Grammar School team displayed great commitment throughout the game.
\nPlayers such as Ethan Anderson, Ethan Duncan, Jonathan Dallas and Jack Hill all
\nimpressed with their performances.
\nIn the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Cup Round of 16 competition the Dromore High
\nSchool team will host Down High School on\/before Saturday 28 th January 2023.
\nEnniskillen Royal Grammar School hosted Grosvenor Grammar School and recorded a
\nwell-deserved 52-12 victory. This victory ensures that the Enniskillen Royal Grammar
\nSchool team will now host the Royal Belfast Academical Institution team in the Danske
\nBank Ulster Schools\u2019 Cup Round of 16 tie on\/before Saturday 28 th January 2023.
\nThe Enniskillen Royal Grammar School team scored eight tries during this game. Harry
\nKerr, Aaron Seaman, Darragh Love, Karl Bothwell, Ben McLaren, Alex Hetherington,
\nClarke Balfour and James Trotter each scored one try. Tadhg Hambly was successful
\nwith six of his conversion kicks.
\nThe Grosvenor Grammar School team provided spirited opposition for the Enniskillen
\nRoyal Grammar School team. They got some reward for their hard work with an
\nunconverted try from Adam Lowey early in the game and a try through Charles
\nCampbell, which was converted by Ross Millar, with almost the final play of the game.
\nConor Allen was another Grosvenor Grammar School player who impressed with his
\nperformance throughout the game.
\nOn the same afternoon Portadown College hosted Royal School, Dungannon in their
\npreviously postponed Group D Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Cup game.
\nThe Royal School, Dungannon team recorded a 43-5 victory in this game.<\/p>\n

The Royal School, Dungannon team controlled both territory and possession for large
\nparts of the game. They had built up a 24-5 lead by the break with tries from Jacob
\nClarke, John Carrol, who touched down twice, and Reuben Gibson. Jacob Clarke was
\nsuccessful with two of his first half conversion kicks.
\nThe Portadown College team got some reward for their endeavours in the first half of
\nthe game when Sam Ward touched down for an unconverted try.
\nIt was more of the same for the Royal School, Dungannon team in the second half. John
\nCarroll completed his hat trick of tries with Cameron Cummings and Ben Doyle each
\nrunning in for one try. Two further successful conversions from Jacob Clarke secured
\nthe 43-5 victory for the Royal School, Dungannon team.
\nThat result ensured that the Royal School, Dungannon team finished top of the Danske
\nBank Ulster Schools\u2019 Cup Group D. Royal School, Dungannon will now host Ballyclare High
\nSchool in the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Cup Round of 16 competition in a game to be
\nplayed on\/before Saturday 28 th January 2023.
\nIn the 3 rd Round of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 2ndxv Cup Friends\u2019 School, Lisburn
\nhosted Sullivan Upper School in a game the Sullivan Upper School team won by 43-5.
\nIn the same competition Wallace High School travelled to play Omagh Academy and
\nreturned home with a 41-10 victory to their credit.
\nIn the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 3rdxv Cup Belfast Royal Academy 3rdxv hosted
\nCampbell College, Belfast 3rdxv in the 2 nd Round of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019
\n3rdxv Cup. The final outcome of the game was a 40-0 win for the Campbell College,
\nBelfast 3rdxv team
\nLater that evening two Foyle and Londonderry College teams played against the Ulster
\nU17 and Ulster U18 Clubs\u2019 teams at the Meadowbank Stadium in Magherafelt.
\nThe Foyle College U16 team played against the Ulster Clubs\u2019 U17 team in a closely
\ncontested game. Despite building up a 14-12 lead by the break the Foyle College team
\nsaw the Ulster Clubs\u2019 U17 team put in an impressive 2 nd half performance and eventually
\nrun out as 19-14 winners.
\nAdam Woods and Ryan Anthony scored the Foyle College U16 team tries with Thomas
\nWilliamson adding the extras to both.
\nThe Ulster U17 Clubs\u2019 team scored their points through tries from Fiontan Bradley,
\nLachlan Maguire and Dan Macabhaird. Darcy Clarke was successful with two of his
\nconversion kicks.
\nThe Foyle and Londonderry College 1stxv team put in an impressive performance against
\nthe Ulster Clubs\u2019 U18 team and won the game by 14-0. James McKillop and Robbie
\nPatterson scored one try apiece with Adam Killeen adding the conversions to both tries.<\/p>\n

At the end of their warm weather training camp in Portugal, the Methodist College,
\nBelfast team played the Portugal Rugby Football Union National U20 team.
\nThe Portugal U20 team won the entertaining game by 34-17. The Methodist College,
\nBelfast points came through tries from Lewis Doherty, Ryan Kidd and Oliver Neill.
\nDavid Armstrong was successful with one of the conversion kicks.
\nOn Tuesday 20 th December Royal Belfast Academical Institution 2ndxv played Belfast
\nRoyal Academy 2ndxv in their previously postponed 3 rd Round game in the Danske Bank
\nUlster Schools\u2019 2ndxv Cup.
\nThe Royal Belfast Academical Institution 2ndxv team won the game, superbly refereed
\nby Chris Busby, by 47-19.
\nOn Wednesday 21 st December Lurgan College hosted Limavady Grammar School in their
\nfinal previously postponed Group A Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Group game.
\nThe game, which was played in front of a good crowd of enthusiastic supporters, was
\nwon by the Limavady Grammar School with a score line of 32-7.
\nThe Lurgan College points were scored through a Peter Bird try which was converted by
\nDaniel Parker.
\nThe Limavady Grammar School team scored five tries during the game. Matthew
\nArmstrong scored two tries as did Ben Nutt. Joe Caldwell dotted down for the fifth
\nLimavady Grammar School try. Benjamin Howe weighed in with two successful
\nconversions as well as a penalty goal.
\nThis bonus point victory ensures that Limavady Grammar School have secured top spot
\nin the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Cup Group A. As winners of Group A the Limavady
\nGrammar School team will now travel to play Coleraine Grammar School in the Danske
\nBank Ulster Schools\u2019 Cup Round of 16 game on\/before Saturday 28 th January 2023.
\nDanske Bank Schools&#39; Cup Round of 16
\nBallymena Academy\u00a0v\u00a0Campbell College, Belfast
\nDromore High School v\u00a0Down High School
\nRoyal School, Dungannon v\u00a0Ballyclare High School
\nColeraine Grammar School\u00a0v Limavady Grammar School
\nSullivan Upper School\u00a0v\u00a0Royal School, Armagh
\nBelfast Royal Academy\u00a0v\u00a0Methodist College, Belfast
\nWallace High School\u00a0v Best Group Stage Runner Up
\nEnniskillen Royal Grammar School v\u00a0Royal Belfast Academical Institution<\/p>\n

All fixtures must be played on or before Sat 28th January 2023.
\nOn the same day Ballymena Academy 2ndxv played Royal School, Armagh 2ndxv in their
\npreviously postponed 3 rd Round game in the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 2ndxv Cup.
\nThe young Ballymena Academy 2ndxv team defeated the more experienced Royal
\nSchool, Armagh 2ndxv team by 24-14.
\nOn Thursday 22 nd December Wallace High School played Sullivan Upper School in a
\ngame where both teams used extended squads.
\nThis game, which the Sullivan Upper School team won by 12-0, proved to be a very
\nuseful exercise in giving all the players involved positive game time.
\nNathan Noble scored a try for the Sullivan Upper School team, which was converted by
\nHarry McKeown. Harry then secured the 12-0 victory for his team when he touched
\ndown for an unconverted try.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Round Up Saturday 24 th December 2022 On Monday 19 th December three of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Group Stage Cup previously postponed fixtures, as well as two previously postponed Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 2ndxv Cup Round 3 games and one Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 3rdxv Cup match, took place. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":673865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-673864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ulster-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673864","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=673864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}