Despite schools being closed for a fortnight over the Christmas and New Year holiday period, a few games were played in the lead up to potentially a full range of fixtures on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th January 2026.
\nOn Saturday 27th December, Royal Belfast Academical Institution played Down High School in a game the Royal Belfast Academical Institution team won by 29-19.
\nThe Royal Belfast Academical Institution team scored five tries through Reuben McIlrath, Luke Holland, Sebastian Clarke, Jack Coulter and Matthew Elliott.
\nOllie Taylor was successful with two of his conversion kicks.
\nDown High School scored three tries through Joe Bailie, Ethan Whyte and Matthew Horner with Josh McCaughey adding two successful conversion kicks.
\nOn Saturday 3rd January, only one of the five previously scheduled games took place when Dalriada School hosted Cambridge House Grammar School in a Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Medallion Trophy 1\/4 Final game.
\nThe Cambridge House Grammar School Medallion team won this game by 38-6.
\nOn Tuesday 6th January, the Regent House School Medallion team hosted the Friends\u2019 School, Lisburn Medallion team in the last of the Round 3 Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Medallion Shield games.
\nThe Regent House School Medallion team won the game by 23-10.
\nOn Wednesday 7th January, Enniskillen Royal Grammar School 2ndxv played Wallace High School 2ndxv in their previously postponed Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 2ndxv Cup game.
\nThe Wallace High School 2ndxv team won this game by 33-7.
\nMeanwhile, in Holywood, Sullivan Upper School 3rdxv played Methodist College, Belfast 3rdxv in their Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 3rdxv Cup game.
\nThe Methodist College, Belfast 3rdxv team won this game by 48-17.
\nOn the same afternoon, Methodist College, Belfast 1stxv hosted Wesley College, Dublin on the Paddock Pitch at Pirrie Park.
\nThis was a very closely contested game which the Methodist College, Belfast team won by 32-28 with a last play of the game try.
\nAlex Turkington, with two, Peter Molloy, Ruairi Kennedy, Isaac Ball and Rhys Hill scored the Methodist College, Belfast tries.
\nLouis Curran was successful with one of his conversion kicks.
\nThe Wesley College, Dublin team scored four tries through Nathan Heatley, Max Colbert, Rhys Dixon and Ollie Gaynor.
\nThe impressive Johnny Woods was successful with all four of his conversion kicks.
\nOn Friday 9th January, Limavady Grammar School played Dalriada School at the Ballyquin Road venue.
\nThis game finished as a 12-12 draw with both teams scoring two tries alongside one conversion.
\nThe Limavady Grammar School tries came through Alex Martin and Ewan Brennan with Alexander Howe adding one successful conversion.
\nBoth the Dalriada School tries were scored by Chris Finney with Matthew McCamphill adding one successful conversion.
\nOn the same afternoon, Royal Belfast Academical Institution travelled to Ashbourne RFC in Co Meath where they played St Gerard\u2019s School, Bray, Co Wicklow.
\nThe Royal Belfast Academical Institution team came away having won the game by 33-14.
\nThe St Gerard\u2019s School points came through tries from Ronan Kelly and Malachy Kenny with Luca Montenuovo adding two successful conversion kicks.
\nThe Royal Belfast Academical Institution points came through tries from Conor Patton, Ross Dillon, Jack Coulter, with two, and Benjamin McCarten.
\nCharlie O\u2019Connor was successful with four of his conversion kicks.
\nBoth teams took advantage of the wide-open spaces provided on the main pitch at Ashbourne RFC with the final result in doubt until the Royal Belfast Academical Institution team scored a number of times in the course of the last ten minutes of the game.
\nOn Saturday 10th January, twelve 1stxv friendly games were scheduled to have been played but most of the games fell victim to the freezing conditions prevalent at the time.
\nThe only game that did survive was the Campbell College, Belfast game against Clongowes Wood College from Clane, Co Kildare.
\nThe game finished as a 21-21 draw with both teams scoring three goals.
\nThe Campbell College, Belfast points came through three tries from Paul Henry, with a brace and Harry Wells.
\nThe trusty boot of Jack Best was successful with all three of his conversion kicks.
\nThe Clongowes Wood College points came through three tries from Ollie Worth, Tom English and Michael O\u2019Sullivan.
\nThe trusty boot of Ollie Worth was successful with all three of his conversion kicks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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