I had hoped to catch the 2nd half of Cooke 2 v Ards 2 in the Forster Cup, but the light levels had dropped so much that I retreated to the AIL2A tie between Instonians and Banbridge, under the lights of the main pitch.

Instonians led 26-7 at halftime through tries from Bevan Prinsloo, Glen Faloon, Ruairi O’Farrell and David Whitten. Josh Eagleson added 3 conversions. Banbridge replied with a try by Josh Cromie, converted by Jack Harte.

Banbridge had reduced the deficit after 44 minutes with a try by Robin Sinton, converted by Jack Harte to leave the score 14-26.

Though Instonians were leading it was Banbridge who had all the pressure. Inst only made occasional forays into the Banbridge half, seemingly content to soak up the pressure.

It took until the 73rd minute for Instonians to score again. A breakout, followed by . . .