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.

I had a fraught journey over from Campbell College to Pirrie Park, the neutral venue for the Medallion Shield semi final between Campbell College and Royal Belfast Academical Institution. I was caught behind a road traffic accident, and it took some time to get both vehicles on to the hard shoulder. I arrived midway through the 1st half to a 0-0 scoreline.

A large, vocal and very bipartisan crowd gathered in Lisburn on Saturday morning for the heavyweight Schools Cup Quarter Final Tie between Wallace High School and Royal Belfast Academical Institution. Inst captain, Blake McClean on the charge Inst took the game to Wallace in early encounters, pinning Wallace back into their 22. This was play for most of the 1st half.

We caught up with the Medallion Shield match between Wallace High School and Royal Belfast Academical Institution on Saturday morning in Lisburn. Dylan Gray picked up a hat- trick for RBAI against Wallace. RBAI got their account up and running with a brace from Dylan Gray. Rocco Steen converted one to give the visitors a 0 - 12 lead. Wallace hit back with a Bill Rodgers penalty to take the score to 3 - 12 but a try from Inst's Matthew Watkins, converted by Steen, gave the visitors a 3 - 19 lead at half time.

On Saturday morning a large partisan and very vocal crowd assembled a Foxes Field for the eagerly anticipated Schools Cup Round of 16 Tie between fierce rivals Campbell College and Royal Belfast Academical Institution. Strong, low sunlight filtered through the trees creating strong shadows and making for challenging photography. Jack Coulter opened the scoring for Inst An early Campbell attack was broken up and Inst countered to deep inside the Campbell 22, where the ball was turned over.

Royal School Dungannon Medallion were the visitors to Osborne Park on Saturday morning to face Royal Belfast Academical Institution Medallion in a Medallion Shield tie. Dylan Gray opened the scoring for Inst with the 1st of his brace of tries Inst came out of the blocks fast, now allowing RSD to settle and took the lead on 6 minutes when Dylan Gray scored under the posts.