It was a successful weekend for all the Ulster sides in the Ulster Bank All Ireland League 1B with all four sides recording a win. Ballymena and Ballynahinch notched up good wins on the road with ‘Hinch securing a winning bonus despite losing James Lash for much of the game, Belfast Harlequins edged a tight contest at Deramore park and Dungannon went top of the league with a five try win at Stevenson Park.
U.C.C. 6 – 8 Ballymena
Ballymena scorers. Try: Alasdair Frazer. Pen: Blane McIlroy
Ballymena Team: Ricky Andrew, Alasdair Frazer, Alan Smyth, Richard Aingworth, Caolan Fitzpatrick, Martin Irwin, Blane McIlroy; James Carson, Jonathan Burns, Adrian Cundell, Joel Christie, Adie Graham, Mike McComish, Paul Pritchard, Stephen Mulholland.
Galwegians 17 – 33 Ballynahinch
Ballynahinch Scorers. Tries: James Thompson 2, Stuart Morrow, Robin Harte. Cons: Harry McAleese 2. Pens: James Lash 3
Ballynahinch Team: David Nicholson; Aaron Ferris, Stuart Morrow, James Thompson, Robin Harte, James Lash, Harry McAleese, Kyle McCall, Matthew Nelson, Fergal Lynch, Chris Napier, James Simpson, John Madden, Josh Donaldson, David McGuigan, Aaron Cairns, James Kirk, Mark McCormack, Johnny Simpson, Andrew Harper.
Belfast Harlequins 14 – 12 UL Bohs
Belfast Harlequins Scorers. Try: Rory Scholes. Pens: Michael Heaney 3
Belfast Harlequins Team: Rory Blake-Knox, Rory Scholes, Michael Allen, Willie Stewart, Matthew Holmes, Owen McMurray, Michael Heaney, Robert Logan, Niall Annett, Mark McGrath, Michael Ferguson, Gareth Rourke, Paul Rea, Danny Annett, Neil McComb, Paul Greenaway, Alistair Heatlie, Lawrence Babe, David Creighton.
Dungannon 35 – 13 UCD
Dungannon Scorers. Tries: Chris Cochrane, Peter Nelson, Derek Hall 2, Mark O’Shea; Cons: Peter Nelson 2; Pens: Peter Nelson 2
Dungannon Team. Peter Nelson, Chris Farrell, Paul McKenzie, Stuart McCloskey, Chris Cochrane, Jarrod Bennett, Jason Bloomfield, Glen Sinnamon, Adam Duhig, Mark Farquhar, Craig Miller, Mark Jenkinson, Derek Hall, Rowan Halsall, Timmy Smith, Phil Whyte, Ben Howard, Calum Threlfall, Paul Magee, Mark O’Shea.
In the other match in the league Buccaneers beat Bruff 17 – 11 at home leaving the table as follows.
| Pos | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | TB | LB | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dungannon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Ballynahinch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Buccaneers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Ballymena | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Belfast Harlequins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | U.C.C. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | U.L. Bohemian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Bruff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Galwegians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 33 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | UCD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 35 | -22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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