Club Men: Queen’s University 19 Ballyclare 28 U20 Friendly

Ballyclare U20/21 travelled to Queens Arena to play against Queen’s University U20/21 in a friendly on Wednesday evening.

The game was played over 4 x 20 minute quarters to give coaches a chance to look at players and try combinations, early in the season.

Ballyclare hit Queen’s cold racing to a 12-0 lead after only, after only 11 minutes, through tries by and Harry Mawhinney, one converted by . Queen’s struggled to contain Ballyclare, but there was no other scoring in the 1st quarter.

Ballyclare continued to dominate in the 2nd quarter and a pair of unconverted tries on the 35th and 40th minutes, took Ballyclare to a half time lead of 0 – 22.

Queen’s University came storming back in the second quarter.

Queen’s rejigged at half time and came out a different team. Tries by and after 43 and 47 minutes respectively, both converted by Danny O’Regan, changed the momentum of the match and when latched on to a cross kick for an unconverted try, it was game on with the score now reading 19 – 22 in Ballyclare’s favour.

A late try from Phys Cobain settled the game in Ballyclare’s favour.

Eventually a very even 4th quarter was settled by an unconverted try for Ballyclare on 72 minutes to give a final score of Queen’s University 19 Ballyclare 27.

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