{"id":689666,"date":"2025-10-20T06:52:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T05:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=689666"},"modified":"2025-10-20T10:55:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T09:55:32","slug":"danske-bank-ulster-schools-round-up-saturday-18th-october-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/danske-bank-ulster-schools-round-up-saturday-18th-october-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Round Up Saturday 18th October 2025."},"content":{"rendered":"

Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Round Up Saturday 18th October 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some fixtures were played midweek in the lead up to a full list of Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Cup Group Stage games played on Saturday 18th October.
\nOn Tuesday 14th October, in the last of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 U16 Plate games, Limavady Grammar School played Belfast High School in a game the Belfast High School team won by 27-17.
\nOn Wednesday 15th October, Campbell College, Belfast travelled to play Terenure College in Dublin in a game the Terenure College team won by 30-10.
\nThe Terenure College team scored five tries with Geoff O\u2019Sullivan running in for two and John Mooney, Rowan Balamash and Cathal Martin touching down for one try each.
\nGeoff O\u2019Sullivan was successful with one conversion kick as well as one penalty goal.
\nThe Campbell College, Belfast team points came from a David Nelson try, which was converted by Jack Best, who was also successful with one penalty goal.
\nOn Thursday 16th October, one Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Cup Group Stage game took place when Enniskillen Royal Grammar School hosted Foyle and Londonderry College in their Group D game.
\nThe Enniskillen Royal Grammar School team emerged from this game as 17-3 winners.
\nThe Enniskillen Royal Grammar School points came through tries from Ben Wallace, John Hinchcliffe and Adam Little, one of which was successfully converted by Sam Paton.
\nThe Foyle and Londonderry College points came through a penalty from Niall Kelly early in the game.
\nOn Saturday 18th October, the rest of the second series of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Cup Group Stage games took place.
\nIn the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Cup Group A, Bangor Grammar School played Belfast High School and recorded a 40-0 win against the very spirited Belfast High School team.
\nThe Bangor Grammar School team points came through tries from Cal Banyard, with a hattrick, Bruce McClure, Paddy McClure and Luke McKenzie.
\nRyan Gowdy added the extras to five of the Bangor Grammar School tries.
\nOmagh Academy played Regent House School at the Campsie playing fields and won the game by 24-14.
\nIsaac Crawford, Matthew Brady and Joshua Orr scored the Omagh Academy tries to which Sam Harper added three successful conversion kicks as well as one penalty goal.
\nTom Bell and Jack Heron each scored a try for the Regent House School team to which Tom added both conversions.
\nIn the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Cup Group B, Down High School played Cambridge House Grammar School and won the game by 47-5.
\nThe Down High School team scored seven tries with Lewis Connolly touching down for two and Alex Watson, Freddie Harris, Joe Bailie, Matthew Horner and Monty Jackson touching down for one try apiece.
\nJosh McCaughey was successful with six of his conversion kicks.
\nThe Cambridge House Grammar School team contributed a lot to the game and got some reward for their hard work when Kyle Collier crashed over for an unconverted try.
\nDromore High School played Rainey Endowed School in a game the Rainey Endowed School team recorded a 35-0 victory.
\nEli Orr, Lorcan McLarnon, Jude Cleary McPuffin and Matthew Chambers, with two, were the Rainey Endowed School try scorers.
\nAdrian Martin was successful with all five of his conversion kicks.
\nIn the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Cup Group C, Portadown College hosted Dalriada School and won the very closely contested game by 31-28.
\nThe Portadown College team points came through ties from Sammy Walsh, with two, Callum Doak, Charlie Rodgers and Thomas Hall.
\nCharlie was also successful with three of his conversion kicks.
\nThe Dalriada School team scored four tries through Noah McMullan, Matthew Nicholl, Archie Graham and Chris Finney.
\nChris was also successful with all four of his conversion kicks.
\nRoyal School, Dungannon recorded a five-bonus point walkover against Bangor Academy
\nIn the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Cup Group D, Friends\u2019 School, Lisburn entertained Coleraine Grammar School and came out on top with a hard earned 19-14 victory at the no side whistle.
\nHero of the game for the Friends\u2019 School, Lisburn team was Scott Henderson whose power and pace caused major problems for the Coleraine Grammar School defence.
\nScott scored a hattrick of tries, two of which were converted by Ross Glover.
\nThe Coleraine Grammar School team brought a lot to the game and, despite finding themselves 19-0 going into the final quarter of the game, they scored two late tries through Joel Milford and Lewis Marshall.
\nBen Todd was successful with both conversion kicks.
\nAs well as the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Cup Group Stage games played on Saturday 18th October, a number of 1stxv friendly games took place.
\nLurgan College played Antrim Grammar School in an exciting game that ended as a 15-15 draw with both teams scoring two tries, one conversion and one penalty.
\nThe Lurgan College team tries came from Will Cunningham and Seth Martin to which Ben Maxwell added one conversion as well as one penalty.
\nThe Antrim Grammar School tries came from Jonah Woolley and Declan McDonnell to which Isaac Lynn added one conversion as well as one penalty.
\nGrosvenor Grammar School hosted Banbridge Academy in a game the Banbridge Academy team won by 31-5.
\nThe Grosvenor Grammar School points came from an unconverted try scored by Sam Ferguson.
\nThe Banbridge Academy team tries were scored by Ethan Houston, Alex Martin, Sam Leslie, Dawson Knox and Conor Comiskey.
\nDaniel Byrne added three successful conversion kicks.
\nRoyal Belfast Academical Institution played Methodist College, Belfast in a game the Royal Belfast Academical Institution team won by 34-24.
\nSebastian Clarke, Dylan Gray, Reuben Gibson, with two, and Ross Dillon were the try scorers for the Royal Belfast Academical Institution team.
\nCharlie O\u2019Connor added the extras to three of the tries as well as converting one penalty kick.
\nThe Methodist College, Belfast team scored three tries through Luca Vericat, Isaac Bell and Alex Turkington.
\nLouis Curran added three successful conversion kicks as well as one successful penalty goal.
\nWallace High School hosted Sullivan Upper School in a game which saw the Sullivan Upper School team emerge as 5-0 winners.
\nJacob McKeown scored the only points of the game when he touched down for the unconverted try for the Sullivan Upper School team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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