GOLDSBOROUGH TROPHY: 2023 U21 CLUB RUGBY COMPETITION

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John McMurtry

We caught up with Ireland’s oldest U21 tournament for the second successive year as Instonians hosted the Goldsborough Trophy at Shaw’s Bridge on Easter Monday.

There was a bit of rejigging required due to the late withdrawal of Ballymena U21 which left the competition with a pool of three and a pool of four sides.

POOL A

Belfast HarlequinsEnniskillen Suttonians

POOL B

Academy BangorCity of ArmaghInstonians

Pool A teams played 2 games each the time extended to 18 minutes each way and Pool B played three 12 minutes each way games.

The results from the round robin games were as follows.

POOLTEAM 1PTSTEAM 2PTSPITCHBInstonians19Academy 0Pitch 1ABelfast Harlequins12Enniskillen 19Pitch 2BBangor5City of Armagh 5Pitch 1AEnniskillen26Suttonians 7Pitch 1BInstonians17Bangor0Pitch 2BAcademy 0City of Armagh 14Pitch 2BInstonians 0City of Armagh 20Pitch 1ASuttonians 0Belfast . . .

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