Medallion Shield: Friends School 7 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 38 Final

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Bob Given

On a sunny but cool Tuesday afternoon Friends School met Royal Belfast Academical Institution in the Medallion Shield Final at the Kingspan Stadium.

Dylan Gray’s 1st minute try opened the scoring for Inat

The crowd had barely settled after kick off when Dylan Gray intercepted the ball and sprinted 80 metres to score under the posts. Rocco Steen’s conversion had Inst 7-0 up in under a minute of play.

Inst had more flashes before the game settled into a war of attrition in midfield. Both sides failed to take opportunities.

Archie Kennedy added Inst’s 2nd try

When Inst regained possession from a Friends attack, Archie Kennedy scythed through the Friends defence to run in from 70 . . .

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