Sullivan Upper travelled to Ballymena Academy, Galgorm Road, Ballymena to try to advance to the next round of the Ulster Schools Medallion Shield on Saturday 22nd January 2022.

Report and pictures by Davie Hayes

It was a cold but dry Saturday morning in Ballymena, allowing for some very open rugby to thrill the large crowd of spectators.

Ballymena Academy got out off the blocks quickly scoring a try on the 8th minute after Sullivan gave away a penalty in their own half. A superb kick into the corner, allowed for a 5 metre line out and a well orchestrated maul allowed hooker Ben Millar to cross over for his first try. Reuben Allen had the challenge of converting the try from a very tight angle, narrowly missing the target to leave the score at 5 – 0 in Ballymena’s favour.

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