{"id":690020,"date":"2025-11-16T07:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T07:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=690020"},"modified":"2025-11-16T19:23:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T19:23:11","slug":"danske-bank-ulster-schools-round-up-saturday-15th-november-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/danske-bank-ulster-schools-round-up-saturday-15th-november-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Round Up Saturday 15th November 2025."},"content":{"rendered":"

Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Round Up Saturday 15th November 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There were five Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 1stxv friendly games played during the week in the lead up to fixtures played on Saturday 15th November.
\nOn Wednesday 12th November Cambridge House Grammar School played Antrim Grammar School with extended squads giving some twenty-five players from each school the opportunity for a run out.
\nThe Cambridge House Grammar School team won the game by 26-14.
\nBen Smith, Harry Campbell and Henri Kyle, with two, were the Cambridge House Grammar School try scorers.
\nThomas Moorehead added the extras to three of the Cambridge House Grammar School tries.
\nThe Antrim Grammar School points came through tries from Ethan Lucas and Tom McNeilly to which Isaac Lynn and Harry Smith each added one successful conversion kick.
\nMeanwhile, at the Ballyquin Road venue, Limavady Grammar School played Omagh Academy in a game the Limavady Grammar School team won by 19-14.
\nAntoni Zietala, James Mackey and Alex Martin each scored one try for the Limavady Grammar School team with Alexander Howe adding two successful conversion kicks.
\nRyan Mitchell and Matthew McClung scored the Omagh Academy tries with Sam Harper adding both successful conversion kicks.
\nOn the same afternoon, Royal School, Dungannon hosted Enniskillen Royal Grammar School in a game the Royal School, Dungannon team won by 47-5.
\nThe Royal School, Dungannon team scored seven tries in the course of the game, six of which were converted.
\nAdam Nixon, with a brace, Matus Slajus, Blake Gibson, Stephen Wylie alongside James Gibson, with two, were the Royal School, Dungannon try scorers.
\nJames capped a fine personal performance with six successful conversion kicks.
\nThe consolation Enniskillen Royal Grammar School unconverted try was touched down by Jake Hinchcliffe.
\nOn Friday 14th November, Eaton Park in Ballymena was the venue when Ballymena Academy entertained Larne Grammar School in a floodlit game the Ballymena Academy team won by 43-7.
\nJacob Casson, with a hattrick, Zak Topping, Oliver Shaw, Ollie Collins and Joshua Patterson were the Ballymena Academy try scorers with James McMillan adding four successful conversion kicks.
\nThe Larne Grammar School team, with players such as Corbin Marsden and Sam Boyd to the fore, scored their points through a Ryan McDowell try which was converted by Jonnie Kennedy.
\nBoth teams, their coaches and supporters, would like to thank Ballymena RFC for the provision of facilities and. hosting the game.
\nEarlier, on the same afternoon, Methodist College, Belfast played Sullivan Upper School in a game which the Methodist College, Belfast team won by 26-12.
\nPlayed in very difficult overhead, as well as underfoot, conditions both teams attempted to play a positive style of rugby with the ball in hand.
\nThe Methodist College, Belfast team ran in four tries through Oliver Gartley, Sam Nixon, Luca Vericat and Alex O\u2019Hagan.
\nLouis Curran added the extras to three of the Methodist College, Belfast tries.
\nThe Sullivan Upper School team contributed a lot to the game and got some reward for their endeavours when Sebby Gorman and Finn McGrath touched down for one try apiece.
\nHenry Calvert was successful with one conversion kick.
\nOn Saturday 15th November, one Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Medallion Shield result came through when Limavady Grammar School recorded a walkover against Lurgan College.
\nOn the same morning, a number of Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 1stxv friendly games took place.
\nBallyclare High School played Coleraine Grammar School in a three-session training game scenario which saw both sets of coaches using extended groups of players.
\nLaunch plays from scrums and lineouts, set piece practices, attacking and defensive options, alongside a twenty-minute end of session game, gave the coaching staff from both schools the opportunity to combine and work with all the players involved.
\nBallyclare High School players such as Austin Adair, James Woodside, Josh McColgan and Zach Thompson found the end of session game particularly useful while Coleraine Grammar School players such as Austin Henry, Joshua Hawe, Oliver McLean and Ben Todd felt likewise.
\nBelfast Royal Academy played Campbell College, Belfast, at the JC Picken Playing Fields at Roughfort, in a game which saw the Campbell College, Belfast team emerge as 28-16 winners.
\nHarrison McMahon scored a try for the Belfast Royal Academy team with Connor McVicker adding one successful conversion kick as well as three successful penalty goals.
\nDylan Armstrong, David Nelson, Caelan Doy Dolan and Charlie Best each scored a try for the Campbell College, Belfast team.
\nThe talented Jack Best and Isaac Hatch each added two successful conversion kicks.
\nFriends\u2019 School, Lisburn 2nd xv hosted Lurgan College 1stxv in a very early kick off game which the Lurgan College 1stxv won by 22-14.
\nThe Friends\u2019 School, Lisburn team points came through tries from Ben Gracey and Will Smith to which Matthew Hare added both successful conversion kicks.
\nThe Lurgan College 1stxv team scored their points through tries from Daniel Wilson, Ben Maxwell, Pedro Melo and Andrew Bird.
\nBen Maxwell added one successful conversion kick.
\nThe game, played in difficult conditions, was refereed by that doyen of USRFR referees, Norman Gamble, who encouraged positive play from both teams throughout the game.
\nRoyal Belfast Academical Institution played Rainey Endowed School in a game the Royal Belfast Academical Institution team won by 43-14.
\nConnor Davis, Benjamin McCarten, Connor Patton, Matthew Elliott, Sebastian Clarke and Ross Dillon, with two, were the Royal Belfast Academical Institution try scorers.
\nJonah Power was successful with four of his conversion kicks.
\nThe Rainey Endowed School points came through one try apiece from Adrian Martin and Emmett McNulty to which Adrian added one successful conversion kick.
\nMeanwhile, on an adjacent pitch, Royal Belfast Academical Institution played a \u201cSelect\u201d xv v Bangor Grammar School 1stxv.
\nThe Royal Belfast Academical Institution team won this game by 38-5.
\nOliver Stewart and Jack Surphliss each scored two tries for the Royal Belfast Academical Institution team with Ross Montgomery and Adam Middleby each running in for one try.
\nOllie Taylor added four successful conversion kicks.
\nThe Bangor Grammar School points came through a try from Adam Bickerstaff which was converted by Ryan Gowdy.
\nThe draw for the first-round games in the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 2ndxv Cup took place recently.
\nThe results of the draw are as follows;
\n1\/Antrim Grammar School v Belfast High School
\n2\/Foyle and Londonderry College v Portadown College
\n3\/Larne Grammar School v Limavady Grammar School
\nThese Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 2ndxv Cup Round 1 games are scheduled to be played on\/before Saturday 22nd November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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