Dungannon ran out comfortable winners in this pre-season friendly match at Stevenson Park on Tuesday night.
The game was played in four quarters with both sides giving their full squads plenty of game time.
Dungannon dominated the opening quarter with two tries from impressive scrum half Jason Bloomfield. He scored his first with an outrageous dummy in the middle of the park wrong footing the Ballymena defence to allow him to run clear to score under the posts. Michael Lawton converted.
His second score came from a charge down near the Ballymena line with Bloomfield winning the race to the ball. The try went unconverted leaving the score 12 – 0 at the end of the first quarter.
Ballymena turned things around in the second quarter with their out half showing some nice touches. A silky break by the 10 followed by an inside pass to their charging winger gave Ballymena their first score of the night. This was converted by 10.
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