The Guinness Carrick 7s – Kukri U18 Tournament.

The Guinness Carrick 7’s kicked off on Friday evening with eight teams competing in the Kukri Under 18’s Tournament at the Woodlawn Grounds.

The tournament was won by Belfast Met U18 after a tense final against BRA’s Pink Panthers.  A late try from captain Sam Cardwell secured the 19 – 17 win after an early brace from Josh Richardson.

Josh Richardson heads for the line to score for Belfast Met in their win against the Pink Panthers in the final of the Carrick 7’s U18 Tournament.

The flamboyant Pink Panthers had fought back, after Richardson’s early brace, scoring three tries to take a 17 – 12 lead going into the final minutes before Cardwell stepped up for a try and conversion to retake the lead in the dying minutes.

A tense final play saw the Panthers throw everything into getting the final score but the Met held on to claim the victory.

The results from the earlier rounds are as follows.

Group AGroup BCity of Derry 29 – 10 CarrickDungannon 5 – 22 Civil ServiceBelfast Met 25 – 7 PresidentsPink Panthers 27 – 17 BallyclareBelfast Met 40 – 10 City of DerryCivil Service 5 – 31 BallyclarePresidents 17 – 26 CarrickPresidents 7 – 31 Pink PanthersBelfast Met 50 – 14 CarrickCivil Service 0 – 21 Pink PanthersPresidents 10 – City of Derry 17Dungannon 7 – 40 Ballyclare

Carrick and Civil Service progressed to the Kukri Bowl Final with Belfast Met playing Ballyclare and the Pink Panthers facing City of Derry in the Cup semi finals.

Belfast Met and the Pink Panthers both won to progress to the Everest Cup Final with Ballyclare and City of Derry meeting in the Kukri Plate Final.

The Kukri Bowl Final 

Carrick19 – 0Civil Service

The Kukri Plate Final

Ballyclare36 – 31City of Derry

The Everest Cup Final

Belfast Met19 – 17Pink Panthers

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