{"id":689480,"date":"2025-09-28T06:09:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T05:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=689480"},"modified":"2025-09-28T18:12:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T17:12:54","slug":"danske-bank-ulster-schools-round-up-saturday-27th-september-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/danske-bank-ulster-schools-round-up-saturday-27th-september-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Round Up Saturday 27th September 2025."},"content":{"rendered":"

Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Round Up Saturday 27th September 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Wednesday24th September, the first of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Cup group stage competition games got underway when Carrickfergus Grammar School hosted Strabane Academy in the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Cup Qualifier game at the North Road venue.
\nAt the end of this highly entertaining game, the Carrickfergus Grammar School team emerged as 38-21 winners.
\nThe Carrickfergus Grammar School team, with players such as Max Matuszewski, Joshua Oluwatula, Alex McAllister and Toby Keating to the fore, scored five tries with Alex McAllister running in for a brace and Harvey Payne, Max Matuszewski and Oliver Hill each touching down for one try.
\nAlex capped a finer personal performance with five successful penalty kicks as well as one penalty goal.
\nThe Strabane Academy team, with players such as Alex Gamble and Robert Btrne impressing, brought a lot to the game with their committed display.
\nJohnny Orr touched down for a brace of tries with Rhys Maxwell running in for a third try.
\nJohnny added the extras to two of the Strabane Academy tries with Hayden Snodgrass converting a third Strabane Academy try.
\nThe winners of this fixture will now play away to Cambridge House Grammar School in a Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Cup Group Stage Qualifier 2 game on\/before Saturday 4th October.
\nThree Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 U16 Cup games were played on Wednesday 24th September.
\nIn Section A, Ballymena Academy played Belfast Royal Academy and won the game by 38-7.
\nIn the same section, Sullivan Upper School played Ballyclare High School and recorded a 25-18 victory.
\nIn Section B, Wallace High School hosted Campbell College, Belfast in a game the Campbell College, Belfast team won by 26-8.
\nIn the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 U16 Shield competition, Enniskillen Royal Grammar School played Royal School, Armagh in a game the Royal School, Armagh team won by 22-14.
\nMeanwhile, in the same competition, Regent House School played Dalriada School and won the game by 45-5.
\nIn the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 U16 Plate competition, Limavady Grammar School was due to have hosted Bangor Academy in a game that ended as a walkover for Limavady Grammar School.
\nSullivan Upper School and Bangor Grammar School played a 1stxv friendly game which the Sullivan Upper team won by 42-7.
\nThe Sullivan Upper School points came through tries from Jacob McKeown, with two, Finn McGrath, with two and Stephen Lyons and Ross Alderdice with one try apiece.
\nHenry Calvert had an excellent afternoon off the tee when he added six successful conversion kicks.
\nCal Banyard scored the Bangor Grammar School try to which Ryan Gowdy added the successful conversion kick.
\nMeanwhile, at the Barban Hill venue, Dromore High School entertained Friends\u2019 School, Lisburn in a game the Friends\u2019 School, Lisburn team won by 40-17.
\nThe Dromore High School points came through tries from Jonny Beckett, Aaron Bell and Rob Russell.
\nAlfie Clarke added the extras to one of the Dromore High School tries.
\nThe Friends\u2019 School, Lisburn team had a hattrick try scoring hero in Joel Irwin with Max Warwick, Scott Henderson and Daniel Ball touching down for one try each.
\nRoss Glover added five successful conversion kicks.
\nOn Friday 26th September, Ballymena Academy played Enniskillen Royal Grammar School under the lights at Eaton Park where the home team recorded a well-deserved victory.
\nPlayers such as James McMillan, Jacob Casson, Ollie Shaw, Joshua Patterson, Charlie Hargy, Zak Topping and George Gamble stood out with their performances for the Ballymena Academy team.
\nBoth teams, their coaches and supporters would like to thank Ballymena Rugby Club for the use of facilities and hosting the game.
\nEarlier, on the same afternoon, Larne Grammar School hosted an extended Ballyclare High School squad.in a game the Larne Grammar School team won by 34-31.
\nThe Larne Grammar School team scored four tries through Benjamin Sterling, Elliott Bagshaw, Corbin Marsden and Jonnie Kennedy.
\nJonnie capped a fine personal performance when he added the extras to all four tries as well as kicking two successful penalty goals.
\nThe Ballyclare High School team scored five tries in the course of the game.
\nJosh McColgan ran in for two tries with Josh Tweed, Luke Beattie and Zach Thompson touching down for one try each.
\nJude Semple added three successful conversion kicks for the Ballyclare High School team.
\nOn Saturday 27th September, Belfast High School hosted Portadown College in their Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 U16 Plate game which finished up as a 15-15 draw.
\nAt 1stxv level, quite a few games were played on Saturday 27th September.
\nCambridge House Grammar School was scheduled to have played Dalriada School but the game was cancelled.
\nCampbell College, Belfast played Wallace High School in a high scoring game the Campbell College, Belfast team won by 49-14.
\nHarry Wells, with two, Zach Thompson, Dylan Armstrong, Leo Graham, Dante Noel Simmons and Ruairi Parks were the Campbell College, Belfast try scorers.
\nJack Best has a very successful morning off the tee when he hit all seven of his conversion kicks.
\nThe Wallace High School team scored two tries through Adam Crone and Thomas Moore with James Curran adding the extras to both tries.
\nFoyle and Londonderry College played Rainey Endowed School in a game the Rainey Endowed School team won by 38-24.
\nCian O\u2019Leary and Tom O\u2019Neill each scored two tries for the Foyle College team with Niall Kelly adding two successful conversion kicks.
\nThe Rainey Endowed School scored five tries through Adrian Martin, Christy McDonnell, Luke Caskey, Max Allen and Lorcan McLarnon.
\nAdrian Martin converted four of the tries and also converted one penalty kick.
\nThe remaining Rainey Endowed School points came from one Christy McDonnell conversion.
\nLurgan College hosted Antrim Grammar School in a game the Antrim Grammar School team, on the back of good performances from players such as Jonah Woolley, Alex Moss, Calum Lavery and Daniel Blair, won by 28-7.
\nTom Mc Neilly, Rio McKee, Adomas Blazauskas and Owen Magee scored the Antrim Grammar School tries.
\nIsaac Lynn was successful with all four of his conversion kicks.
\nThe Lurgan College team, contributed a lot to the pace of the game and got some reward for their endeavours with a try from Daniel Wilson which was converted by Ben Maxwell.
\nMethodist College, Belfast entertained Belfast Royal Academy in a game the Methodist College, Belfast team won by 33-15.
\nPaul Stevenson, Callum Godfrey, James Reid, Ruairi Kennedy, with a brace, were the Methodist College, Belfast try scorers.
\nLouis Curran added four successful conversion kicks for the Methodist College, Belfast team.
\nThe Belfast Royal Academy team points came through tries from Connor McVicker and James Murray with Connor adding one successful conversion kick as well as one successful penalty kick.
\nOmagh Academy played Banbridge Academy and recorded a 49-7 victory at the no-side whistle.
\nThe Omagh Academy tries were scored by Isaac Crawford, Jacob Crosbie, Harry McIlwaine, Innes Sheridan and Joshua Orr.
\nBetween them, Sam Harper and Sami Braden added the extras to all of the Omagh Academy tries.
\nThe Banbridge Academy points came through a converted try from Daniel Byrne.
\nRegent House School played Coleraine Grammar School in a closely contested the Regent House School team won by 15-12.
\nFinn McClean, with two, and Jed Pountney scored the Regent House tries.
\nThe Coleraine Grammar School points came through tries from Archie McLenaghan and Austin Henry, on the back of good work from Joshua Hawe.
\nLuke McCauley was successful with one of his conversion kicks for the Coleraine Grammar School team.
\nRoyal School, Armagh played Down High School and recorded a comprehensive 35-0 victory.
\nNathan Hamilton, Patrick Kellett, Alex Stinson, Finlay Starrett and Charlie Reaney scored the Royal School, Armagh tries.
\nTom Kennedy had a super morning of the tee with five successful conversion kicks.
\nThe Royal Belfast Academical Institution team travelled to Dublin 6 where they played Terenure College.
\nDespite the one hundred mile journey, the Royal Belfast Academical Institution team came away with a hard-earned, but ultimately well-deserved, 22-19 victory.
\nThe game was played in difficult overheard and underfoot conditions.
\nThe Terenure College points came through tries from Niall Faloon, with two, and Luke McNiff.
\nJamie Sharpe added two successful conversion kicks.
\nThe Royal Belfast Academical Institution team, on the back of very effective maul and attack options from their lineout, scored their points through tries from Ross Dillon, Sebastion Clarke and Conor Patton.
\nCharlie O\u2019Connor added two successful conversion kicks as well as one successful penalty kick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Round Up Saturday 27th September 2025. On Wednesday24th September, the first of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Cup group stage competition games got underway when Carrickfergus Grammar School hosted Strabane Academy in the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Cup Qualifier game at the North Road venue. At the end of this highly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":689481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-689480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clubs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689480","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=689480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":689482,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689480\/revisions\/689482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}