Schools’ Friendly: Methodist College 7 RBAI 8

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Whether it be on Shakespeare’s stage or Spielberg’s screen,dramatists have often used the elements of weather to set a scene and heighten the mood of a performance.

On Saturday morning it appeared that Mother Nature herself was getting in on the act as the theatre of Pirrie Park played host to a Belfast derby whose first few scenes were mainly dull, just like the overhanging clouds, but whose finale broke through brightly in the end.

Under the gaze of an average-sized crowd for such occasions, the visitors made the best start, pushing Methody back into their own half and earning a number of penalties in the process. Two of these were kicked attempts, wide-right and wide-left, but RBAI’s James Hume was unable to convert his team’s pressure into points and so it remained scoreless. This seemed to encourage the home side and, becoming aware of Inst’s frustrations, they began to find their own rhythm, but that final pass or moment of magic was still . . .

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