Pre-match favourites Campbell College eventually pulled clear to win this closely contested Schools Cup final 18 – 11 thanks to second half tries from Chris Farrell and Rob Haldane.
The first half was a tense affair with both defences dominating. Inst went into an early lead thanks to the boot of their talented full back Matthew McGuigan who composed himself to land an early penalty attempt.
With the breeze behind them RBAI dominated territory and their pressure told with Campbell’s second row Geoffrey Crooks binned for over exuberant rucking. Roared on by their support Inst pushed hard to increase their lead but the Campbell defence worked hard to restrict them to a sweetly struck drop goal from McGuigan which took the score to 0 – 6
McGuigan fell short with a couple of penalty attempts and Inst’s failure to capitalise on their territorial advantage was punished late in the second half when Campbell’s full back Rory Scholes landed a penalty to take the half time score to 3 – 6.
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