We caught up with the early season friendly between the Royal School Armagh and Omagh Academy Medallion Squads at College Hill on Tuesday afternoon. Action from the Medallion Friendly between Royal School Armagh and Omagh Academy at College Hill on Tuesday 9th September 2025 It was a typical hard fought contest between these two rivals and a second half try from Omagh's Logan Crawsbury was the difference between the teams as Omagh recorded a 0 - 5 win. Match Gallery

Larne Grammar and Dromore also held a Senior Squad hit out at Lower Cairncastle Road on Saturday morning. The game was also played over three 20 minute periods with Larne leading 7 - 0 thanks to a Ralph Wilson try in the first period. Ralph Wilson scored Larne's first try against Dromore It was a tight game with much of the action focused on a strong defensive display from Larne with brothers Reuben and Corbin Marsden notable in their efforts to slow down the Dromore play and create a few turnovers.

We caught up with the first period of the Medallion Squad Friendly between Larne Grammar and Dromore High early Saturday morning at Lower Cairncastle Road. The game was played over three 20 minute periods with both schools keen to test out their full squads. We caught up with the first 20 minutes of the game.

Local photographer Amy Robinson picked up the inaugural schools challenge match between Portadown College and CUS Dublin at Killicomaine Road on Saturday morning. The Dublin side traveled up for a morning of rugby and then on for some team building locally in Portadown. The return fixture will take place later this year in Dublin.

After getting held up by a few band parades on the way I eventually made it to Coleraine for the Senior squad hit out between Coleraine Grammar and Belfast Royal Academy on a damp Saturday morning. Unfortunately I was unable to get scorer details from either school before I had to leave for my next match so it's a brief report.

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We caught up with the U16 High School Trophy Final between Limavady High and Bangor Academy at Ravenhill on Wednesday afternoon. Limavady took an early 3 - 0 lead thanks to a successful penalty from Isaac Stubbs-Carton. Isaac Stubbs-Carton opened the scoring with an early penalty for Limavady Bangor hit back 8 minutes later with a try from Vlad Grebenov, converted by Thomas Rice to take the score to 3 - 7.

We caught up with the Ulster Schools Cup Final between The Royal School Armagh and Wallace High School on Monday afternoon at Ravenhill. Armagh started well and picked up an early three points from the boot of Evan Hughes on the 3rd minute.

On Wednesday afternoon Campbell College faced Methodist College in an Belfast derby in the Schools Subsidiary Shield Final at Kingspan Stadium. Rus Lovo celebrates the 1st of his brace of tries for Campbell College A charge down was seized by Campbell and a combination of forwards and backs created space for Rus Lovo to crash over. Henry Ralston’s conversion had Campbell 7-0 up in less than 90 seconds.

We caught up with the Medallion Plate Final between Down High School and Rainey Endowed School at Gibson Park on Saturday morning. Playing in front of a big, noisy crowd both teams were busy right from the start but it was Down who got on the scoreboard first when their big No 8, Matthew Horner burst across the line to open their account, Freddy Harris made the conversion for a 7 - 0 lead.

On Wednesday afternoon Ballyclare High School and Limavady Grammar School met in the Schools Bowl Final at the Kingspan Stadium. It was grey and overcast. A strong wind blew down the pitch, initially in Limavady’s favour. After some big carries by the Ballyclare pack it was Limavady who took the lead, when James Laird converted an 8th minute penalty goal for a 3-0 lead.

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.

On Wednesday afternoon Kingspan Stadium hosted the second semi final of the Schools Cup between Belfast Royal Academy and Wallace High School. Unlike the day before it was grey and overcast and rain threatened. Quinn Armstrong opened the scoring for Wallace In their first real attack of the game the large Wallace pack made ground into the BRA 22. Quinn Armstrong found a gap to score under the posts to make Josh Geddis’ conversion a formality and put Wallace 7-0 up in 4 minutes.

On Tuesday afternoon The Kingspan Stadium hosted the first semi final between Rainey Endowed School and The Royal School Armagh. The sun shone and a stiff breeze was initially in Rainey’s favour. Charlie Reaney gave Armagh and early lead Armagh gained field position early on and from a driving maul Charlie Reaney detached and dived over in the left corner to put Armagh 5-0 up in less than 2 minutes.

We caught up with the Subsidiary Shield semi final between Banbridge Academy and Methodist College on Saturday morning at Banbridge. Both teams started the game with plenty of intent, Methody coming close in the opening minutes. However Banbridge were first to trouble the scoreboard with a well worked try as Andrew Jackson chipped the ball into the hands of Ethan Houston for the winger to score out wide for a 5 - 0 lead.

We caught up with the Schools trophy semi final between Dromore High and Antrim Grammar at Barban Hill on Saturday morning. Antrim Grammar stamped their authority on the game early on with No 3, Jonah Woolley storming his way over the line giving Isaac Lynn a relatively easy kick for a 0 - 7 lead.

We caught up with the Medallion Shied semi final between Sullivan Upper and Friends School at Grosvenor Grammar on Saturday morning. Friends won the toss and elected to play with the wind on their backs. Nerves must have been jangling with a series of handling errors as both sides struggled to hang onto the ball. It took 20 minutes of fractured play before Sullivan Captain Lucas McKeown breached the friends defence and raced in under the posts easily converted by Noah Cassidy to take a 7 - 0 lead.

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.

Friends School, Lisburn was the neutral venue for the Medallion Trophy Final between Banbridge Academy and Belfast High School. A strong cold wind blew down the pitch, initially in High School’s favour. As the match kicked off Lisburn was hit with a strong squall with heavy rain and strong winds causing handling and kicking problems for both teams. With the rain and wind at their backs, High School coped with the conditions better and settled into a forward dominated game.

We caught up with the Ulster Schools Subsidiary Shield quarter final between Campbell College and Coleraine Grammar at Fox's Field on Saturday morning. Coleraine got off to the best of starts when Campbell attempted a switch play from the back of a scrum and Coleraine scrum half Ben Todd read the play, neatly intercepted the pass and raced unopposed to dot down between the posts, with the extras comfortably added by the full back for a 0 - 7 lead.

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.