Medallion Shield: Ballymena Academy 7 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 10 Final

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Bob Given

Tuesday afternoon saw the Medallion Shield Final between Ballymena Academy and Royal Belfast Academical Institution, staged at the Kingspan Stadium.

Inst had run up some big scores over the course of the season and, in many people’s minds, were the odds on favourites. Ballymena thought otherwise!

Under the pile of bodies Joshua Patterson opened the scoring for Ballymena

They rocked Inst back in the opening minutes, through a series of forward drives. A gap opened and Joshua Patterson drove over for the opening try. Ben Collins converted for Ballymena to lead 7-0 after 4 minutes.

Ballymena continued to press but couldn’t take advantage of their possession.

In the end the game turned on the 3 minutes of play before halftime.

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