{"id":690911,"date":"2026-01-19T01:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T01:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=690911"},"modified":"2026-01-19T10:41:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T10:41:28","slug":"danske-bank-ulster-schools-round-up-saturday-17th-january-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/danske-bank-ulster-schools-round-up-saturday-17th-january-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Round Up Saturday 17th January 2026."},"content":{"rendered":"

Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Round Up Saturday 17th January 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Monday 12th January, Larne Grammar School played the Ulster Clubs\u2019 U18 team at the Meadowbank Arena in Magherafelt.
\nThe Larne Grammar School team emerged as 21-19 winners at the end of this close encounter.
\nConor Frazer, Malone RFC, Ayrton Pienaar, Virginia RFC and Alex Courtney, Dungannon FC, scored the Ulster Clubs\u2019 tries with Conor Frazer adding two successful conversion kicks.
\nRyan McDowell, Ralph Wilson and the impressive Corbin Marsden scored the Larne Grammar School tries with Jonnie Kennedy adding all three successful conversion kicks.
\nOn Tuesday 13th January, Foyle and Londonderry College 3rdxv hosted Enniskillen Royal Grammar School 3rdxv in a Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 3rdxv Round of Sixteen Trophy game.
\nThe Foyle College team won this game by 22-15.
\nOn Wednesday 14th January, Royal School, Armagh played Enniskillen Royal Grammar School in their previously postponed 1stxv friendly game.
\nThe Royal School, Armagh team recorded a 42-0 victory with tries from Charlie Reaney, Nathan Hamilton, Finlay Starrett, Ryan Hamilton and Sam Grey.
\nTom Kennedy was successful with all his conversion kicks.
\nWallace High School travelled to play Cistercian College, Roscrea at Castleknock College in Dublin.
\nThe Cistercian College, Roscrea team won the game by 34-10.
\nThe Wallace High School team scored one try through Bailie Reid with Alex Stevenson adding the successful conversion kick as well as one penalty goal.
\nThe Cistercian College, Roscrea points came through tries from Ronan O\u2019Neill, with two, Jack Hayes, Harry Finlay, with two and James Miller.
\nAaron Moloney was successful with two of his conversion kicks.
\nBoth teams, and their coaches, would like to thank Castleknock College, Dublin for the provision of facilities and hosting the game.
\nOn the same afternoon, Friends\u2019 School, Lisburn and Ballyclare High School played out a controlled 3 x 20 minutes training game which both teams found useful in preparation for forthcoming Danske Bank competition games.
\nPlayers such as Lewis Flynn, Josh McColgan, Tom Falls and Jude Semple impressed all the coaches with their performances for the Ballyclare High School team as did players such as Adrian Lough, Ollie Louge, Daniel Kerr and Will Smyth with their performances for the Friends\u2019 School, Lisburn team.
\nAlso, on the same afternoon, two Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 3rdxv Cup games took place.
\nMethodist College, Belfast 3rdxv played Royal School, Armagh 3rdxv in the 1\/4 Final of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 3rdxv Cup.
\nThe Methodist College, Belfast 3rdxv won this game by 43-19.
\nAt the same stage of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 3rdxv Cup, Campbell College, Belfast 3rdxv hosted Royal Belfast Academical Institution 3rdxv in a game which finished as a 17-17 draw.
\nOn Thursday 15th January, Omagh Academy 2ndxv played Belfast High School 2ndxv in the 1\/4 Final of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 2ndxv Trophy.
\nThe Omagh Academy 2ndxv won this game by 40-0.
\nOn Saturday 17th January, Ballyclare High School 2ndxv hosted Campbell College, Belfast 2ndxv in the 1\/4 Final Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 2ndxv Cup.
\nThe final score in this game was Ballyclare High School 7 Campbell College, Belfast 19
\nIn the same competition, Rainey Endowed School 2ndxv played Ballymena Academy 2ndxv in a game the Ballymena Academy won by 21-10.
\nRoyal School, Armagh 2ndxv hosted Methodist College, Belfast 2ndxv in a game the Methodist College, Belfast team won by 38-10.
\nWallace High School 2ndxv played Royal Belfast Academical Institution 2ndxv in a game the Royal Belfast Academical Institution team won by 43-3.
\nIn the 1\/4 Finals of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 2ndxv Plate, three games took place
\nDown High School 2ndxv played Belfast Royal Academy 2ndxv in a game the Belfast Royal Academy team won by 50-7.
\nRoyal School, Dungannon 2ndxv played Friends\u2019 School, Lisburn 2ndxv and won the game by 27-8.
\nRegent House School 2ndxv played Enniskillen Royal Grammar School 2ndxv and recorded a 27-13 victory.
\nIn the 1\/4 Finals of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 2ndxv Trophy, the remaining three games took place.
\nBangor Grammar School 2ndxv played Dalriada School 2ndxv and won the game by 40-0.
\nLimavady Grammar School 2ndxv played Banbridge Academy 2ndxv and won the closely contested game by 8-7.
\nFoyle and Londonderry College 2ndxv played Portadown College 2ndxv and recorded a 19-10 victory.
\nIn the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Medallion Shield Round of Sixteen, all eight games took place on Saturday 17th January.
\nBallyclare High School hosted Methodist College, Belfast in a game the Methodist College, Belfast team won by 26-0.
\nBallymena Academy played Royal Belfast Academical Institution in a game the Royal Belfast Academical Institution team won by 31-10.
\nCampbell College, Belfast played Coleraine Grammar School in a late kick off game the Coleraine Grammar School team won by 19-12.
\nGrosvenor Grammar School played Enniskillen Royal Grammar School in a game the Enniskillen Royal Grammar School team won by 7-3.
\nOmagh Academy played Rainey Endowed School and recorded a 31-7 victory.
\nRoyal School, Armagh played Regent House School and won the game by 19-17.
\nSullivan Upper School entertained Banbridge Academy and won the game by 25-0.
\nWallace High School hosted Larne Grammar School and recorded a 41-5 win.
\nIn the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Medallion Bowl, Belfast Royal Academy played Portadown College and recorded a 22-5 victory.
\nDown High School played Friends\u2019 School, Lisburn in a game the Friends\u2019 School, Lisburn team won by 29-19.
\nLimavady Grammar School played Bangor Grammar School and won the game by 13-7.
\nRoyal School, Dungannon played Antrim Grammar School and won the game by 52-14.
\nThe remaining three games in the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Medallion Trophy 1\/4 Finals took place on Saturday 17th January.
\nBelfast High School played Dromore High School and recorded a 22-14 victory.
\nDalriada School played Cambridge House Grammar School in a game the Cambridge House Grammar School team won by 38-7.
\nFoyle and Londonderry College had a \u201cwalkover\u201d result against Bangor Academy.
\nAs well as all the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Medallion Shield, Bowl and Trophy games and the Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 2ndxv Cup, Plate and Trophy games, a number of 1stxv friendly games took place on Saturday 17th January.
\nBelfast Royal Academy played Dromore High School in a game the Belfast Royal Academy won by 49-7.
\nCaleb McWhinney, Connor McVicker, Daniel Bell, Ben Forsythe-Horan, Blake McCloskey, Harry O\u2019Kane and James Murray were the Belfast Royal Academy try scorers with Connor McVicker successfully adding all the conversion kicks.
\nThe Dromore High School team, for whom players such as Andrew Waugh and Alfie Clarke impressed, gained their points through a penalty try.
\nLurgan College played Omagh Academy in a game the Omagh Academy team won by 29-19.
\nThe Lurgan College points came through tries from Daniel Wilson, Seth Martin and Andrew Bird to which Ben Maxwell added two successful conversion kicks.
\nThe Omagh Academy points came through tries from Ryan Mitchell, Sam Harper, with two, Lewis Mc Ivor and Joshua Orr.
\nThe talented Sam Harper was also successful with two of his conversion kicks.
\nBanbridge Academy and Down High School played out a 3 x 20 minutes controlled training game which both teams found useful in preparation for their forthcoming Danske Bank competition games.
\nPlayers such as Sam Leslie, Luke Wills, Max Ireland and Patrick McElroy impressed all the coaches with their performances for the Banbridge Academy squad as did players such as Matthew Horner, Ruben Watson, Paddy Dooley and Joe Bailie with their performances for the Down High School team.
\nRainey Endowed School and Coleraine Grammar School played out a 3 x 20 minutes controlled training game which both teams found useful in preparation for their forthcoming Danske Bank competition games.
\nPlayers such as Eli Culbertson, Adrian Martin, James Fullerton and James Bell impressed all the coaches with their performances for the Rainey Endowed School team as did players such as Joshua Hawe, Richie Smyth, Joshua Chambers and James Coates with their performances for the Coleraine Grammar School team.
\nRoyal School, Dungannon and Friends\u2019 School, Lisburn out a 3 x 20 minutes controlled training game which both teams found useful in preparation for their forthcoming Danske Bank competition games.
\nPlayers such as James Gibson, Blake Redmond, Matthew Smith and Joel Clarke impressed all the coaches with their performances for the Royal School, Dungannon team as did players such as Harry Brady, Scott Henderson, Zac Wilson and Oliver Logue with their performances for the Friends\u2019 School, Lisburn team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Danske Bank Ulster Schools\u2019 Round Up Saturday 17th January 2026. On Monday 12th January, Larne Grammar School played the Ulster Clubs\u2019 U18 team at the Meadowbank Arena in Magherafelt. The Larne Grammar School team emerged as 21-19 winners at the end of this close encounter. Conor Frazer, Malone RFC, Ayrton Pienaar, Virginia RFC and Alex […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":690912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-690911","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\/690911","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=690911"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":690913,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690911\/revisions\/690913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}