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This is the Athletic grounds in Armagh. It is a bit quiet frontier. | :00:11. | :00:21. | |
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This is a bit more like it. It is a busy Athletic grounds. Welcome to | :00:28. | :00:34. | |
the showpiece afternoon of Ulster colleges' Gaelic football. It is | :00:34. | :00:35. | |
colleges' Gaelic football. It is the Beattie McGrory Cup final in | :00:35. | :00:41. | |
Armagh between St Michael's College of Enniskillen and St Patrick's | :00:41. | :00:44. | |
College of Maghera. And it is live College of Maghera. And it is live | :00:44. | :00:47. | |
on the BBC at 1:15pm. It is a big year for college football because | :00:47. | :00:54. | |
there is a revamp of the four main competitions. Earlier, Cormac | :00:54. | :01:04. | |
O'Hagan listed a brand new trophy. And a short time ago today, at the | :01:04. | :01:09. | |
Athletic grounds, Michael Murphy led St Paul's to their first ever | :01:09. | :01:13. | |
neckline and Cup title. They will be in the McRory Cup in 2013. The | :01:13. | :01:19. | |
question is, who will lift this beauty, the newly revamped McGrory | :01:19. | :01:23. | |
Cup for 2012? Would be St Patrick's or St Michael's? The first of the | :01:23. | :01:29. | |
finalists are about to take the field. Ruairi Brennan is leading | :01:29. | :01:38. | |
out St Michael's. What a day it is for these young footballers. The | :01:38. | :01:43. | |
county team are going well. Don't Corrigan is hoping that he can lead | :01:43. | :01:51. | |
these players to a 5th McRory Cup title in 2012. This week, these | :01:51. | :02:01. | |
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footballers have been the star OK, boys, take a run-out. We were | :02:09. | :02:12. | |
back at school on Tuesday. The rest of the week, the boys will not hear | :02:12. | :02:20. | |
me because I will be horse. I will be sitting there. I will be so | :02:20. | :02:30. | |
proud of the boys. I cannot wait. There is a great buzz around the | :02:30. | :02:40. | |
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school. You try to blackout the hype, and focus on the final. -- | :02:41. | :02:51. | |
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blank out. Who is to? Shane. Lee. It is very difficult to tell them | :02:58. | :03:05. | |
apart. Off the field, they can tell us apart but it is difficult on the | :03:05. | :03:15. | |
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field. They are very competitive or on and off the pitch. They drive | :03:17. | :03:24. | |
each other on. How confusing is it for the opposite team? It works to | :03:24. | :03:32. | |
her advantage. They don't even know if there are two of us. I have had | :03:32. | :03:38. | |
his markers come up to me a few times. The twins and the 29 others | :03:38. | :03:41. | |
are great workers, great ambassadors for St Michael's. | :03:41. | :03:45. | |
Hopefully they will do themselves justice. Any mannerisms off the | :03:45. | :03:52. | |
field that are different? We have mostly the same friends. He is | :03:52. | :04:00. | |
better at chatting up the women. would disagree. They are modest | :04:00. | :04:05. | |
young fellows. Here is another modest man. Synonymous with St | :04:05. | :04:10. | |
Michael's College and Fermanagh in general, Peter McGarrity. It is a | :04:10. | :04:15. | |
lovely afternoon. The hair on the back of my neck is standing up at | :04:15. | :04:18. | |
the thought of it, looking over there. This team was not favoured | :04:18. | :04:23. | |
at the beginning of the year. But the coaches have done serious work | :04:23. | :04:32. | |
with them and the boys have grown in confidence. We're hoping for big | :04:32. | :04:38. | |
things. So is it a pleasant surprise to be here? It is. I'm not | :04:38. | :04:41. | |
putting them down in that respect but they would not have thought at | :04:41. | :04:44. | |
the beginning of the year that they would be here. They knew they were | :04:44. | :04:47. | |
a good group but there were outstanding teams, or mark and | :04:47. | :04:55. | |
Armagh, so for us to get here is a bonus. Our St Michael's going to | :04:55. | :05:03. | |
emulate the success of the county teams? I hope so. We can show you | :05:03. | :05:09. | |
pictures of who they will be facing, the St Patrick team taking the | :05:09. | :05:19. | |
field here. They will come out in just a moment, let out by a, | :05:19. | :05:26. | |
McAtamney. Looking for their 13th title. You they are, taking their | :05:26. | :05:33. | |
field. -- here they are, taking the field. Great colour in the crowd. | :05:34. | :05:39. | |
Wonderful support. The school is synonymous with McGrory Cup | :05:39. | :05:49. | |
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Everybody is talking about it. Just everybody. I have been here eight | :06:05. | :06:09. | |
years and we have not been in the cup for that length of time. Some | :06:09. | :06:14. | |
would say that I have put a curse on the thing. But we are back and | :06:14. | :06:24. | |
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we are excited. You have to dream. You have that feeling inside of you. | :06:26. | :06:33. | |
You want to experience it. Overran back, let's go. Would you put on | :06:33. | :06:38. | |
the jersey, you will die for the jersey. The fellas really want to | :06:38. | :06:45. | |
play for the jersey. It is a privilege to play in the final. | :06:45. | :06:53. | |
the day, it will be the team that wants to win it more. What matters | :06:53. | :07:00. | |
is the result at the end of the game. Yes, it is difference -- it | :07:00. | :07:04. | |
is different, but it is probably more enjoyable playing than it is | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
being a manager. At the sight line, you are pulling out your hair. It | :07:08. | :07:18. | |
is tough going. -- sideline. don't think there is that much | :07:18. | :07:25. | |
pressure on the players. But you do look at the past, and look at | :07:25. | :07:31. | |
players like Sean Murray. You just have to look at those players and | :07:31. | :07:41. | |
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see what they have done and get inspiration from them. | :07:47. | :07:50. | |
It took them a while to get that banner up but they got there | :07:50. | :07:53. | |
eventually. What may, one of the most famous pupils from the school | :07:53. | :07:59. | |
recently, Gerrard O'Kane, who led Maghera to their last success nine | :07:59. | :08:05. | |
years ago. Does it feel that long ago? Being back here brings back | :08:05. | :08:09. | |
memories. If you were here, you can really feel the hemisphere. There | :08:09. | :08:18. | |
is a great atmosphere. It brings back memories. I remember watching | :08:18. | :08:22. | |
you in 2003 in Belfast. You were stretchered off, injured, but you | :08:22. | :08:27. | |
came back on to lead the team and lift the cup. It was one of those | :08:27. | :08:36. | |
things. It was not going that well in the first half. Later, the whole | :08:36. | :08:40. | |
team came out rejuvenated. It is probably one of the best memories | :08:41. | :08:45. | |
of football that I have. These memories stay with you. They do. If | :08:45. | :08:49. | |
you ask anyone that played no Cory Cup -- McRory Cup football, they | :08:49. | :08:55. | |
would say it is one of their favourite memories. 10 years on, | :08:55. | :08:59. | |
chatting to the other boys at university, it is the one memory | :08:59. | :09:04. | |
that the other boys regret not having. Enjoy the final today. Like | :09:04. | :09:08. | |
Gerard and so many other families, there are a lot of the important | :09:08. | :09:13. | |
family connections today. Thomas Kane is here with a few of them. | :09:13. | :09:17. | |
This is not just a nerve-wracking day for the players, spare a | :09:17. | :09:21. | |
thought for the families who have to watch their sons play. Probably | :09:21. | :09:26. | |
the biggest game of their lives. This is the Enniskillen contingent. | :09:26. | :09:36. | |
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On the left of May, the Maghera team. Patsy, your son is the | :09:37. | :09:41. | |
captain. What is it like in the build up? I am very proud. They are | :09:41. | :09:46. | |
such a good team. What was it like this morning? It was very hectic | :09:46. | :09:51. | |
this morning. I thought they would have been up a delight but they | :09:51. | :09:56. | |
still had to be called to to get the breakfast. What about your | :09:56. | :10:04. | |
house? Very quiet this morning. Football is maybe not our priority. | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
It is a football priority -- football family but there is no | :10:08. | :10:14. | |
bigger emphasis put on it, it is just for enjoyment. Karen, what is | :10:14. | :10:19. | |
it like for you sitting watching in the stands? I do a lot to every | :10:19. | :10:24. | |
game and I am very nervous. I do not know how they are but I, my | :10:24. | :10:29. | |
stomach is in knots. Sean, what about you? It is not just about the | :10:29. | :10:38. | |
players, it is about a whole school. My son plays on the team and I am | :10:38. | :10:41. | |
very excited to be here today. There were nerds this morning when | :10:41. | :10:46. | |
he got up but he's very focused and looking forward to the game. Thank | :10:46. | :10:56. | |
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St Patrick are breaking from the Hubble, getting ready to get down | :11:03. | :11:09. | |
to business. It is time to bring you the McRory Cup final live here | :11:09. | :11:18. | |
on BBC Northern Ireland. The match on BBC Northern Ireland. The match | :11:18. | :11:26. | |
commentary team, a sheen McConville. That you very much. I know you had | :11:26. | :11:30. | |
a busy day a couple of days ago, but this comes -- it does not come | :11:30. | :11:35. | |
any bigger than this. You have been tipping them? I don't know what it | :11:35. | :11:38. | |
is about Enniskillen. They are a good unit and there is something | :11:38. | :11:43. | |
refreshing about McRory Cup football. There is not a lot of | :11:43. | :11:49. | |
tactics. Enniskillen or the bigger it fits. Looking at both captains, | :11:49. | :11:59. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :11:59. | :12:54. | |
Dominic Corrigan handing out the instructions. His seven for McGrory | :12:54. | :13:04. | |
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Cup final. -- 7th. There is a huge amount of tradition. Lockhart asked | :13:12. | :13:20. | |
me to remind you about 1994. He was in opposition there. There is a | :13:20. | :13:25. | |
huge tradition. These teams have produced a phenomenal mind of | :13:25. | :13:31. | |
players through the years. That is the colour of St Michael's in a | :13:31. | :13:37. | |
skin on. They have brought 29 busloads today. -- Enniskillen. | :13:37. | :13:43. | |
Royle looked after, we were. Best of luck to both. Best of luck to | :13:43. | :13:53. | |
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Dominic Corrigan and Mark McConnell. We will await the rendition... Joe | :13:57. | :14:07. | |
McQuillan is the match referee. He had the proud owner of refereeing | :14:07. | :14:11. | |
the all-Ireland -- All Ireland final last year. Kieran Brannigan | :14:11. | :14:21. | |
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is the standby referee. 29 of the busloads... By the way, there are | :14:26. | :14:34. | |
twins in the Enniskillen team. The first identical twins to play. We | :14:34. | :14:40. | |
will take a look at them a little later. I know you have played with | :14:40. | :14:50. | |
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# A ta faoi gheall ag Eirinn. # Buion dar slua. | :14:54. | :15:04. | |
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# Thar toinn do rainig chughainn. # Faoi mhoid bheith soar. | :15:05. | :15:11. | |
# Sean tir ar sinsear feasta. # Ni fhagfar faoin tioran na faoin | :15:11. | :15:21. | |
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traill. # Anocht a theam sa bhearna baoil. | :15:23. | :15:25. | |
# Le gean ar Ghaeil chun bais no saoil. | :15:25. | :15:27. | |
# Le gunna screach, faoi lamhach na bpilear. | :15:27. | :15:37. | |
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# Seo libh canaig amhran na bhFiann fitness, preparations, St Pat's won | :15:59. | :16:06. | |
the toss and will play right to left. Joe McQuillan, the match | :16:07. | :16:12. | |
official. A few late handshake, both the midfield partnership for | :16:12. | :16:18. | |
St Michael's have played in opposition, Ruairi Brennan, we are | :16:18. | :16:28. | |
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looking at McAleer, so Ruairi Brennan is, there he is. He said I | :16:31. | :16:38. | |
am six foot five and they call my dinosaur, but please call me T-Rex. | :16:38. | :16:44. | |
They will want to get on with it. Yes, you can see Maghera, they have | :16:44. | :16:49. | |
gone to centre half forward. Before the throw in. Number Ten has gone | :16:49. | :16:57. | |
to the middle of the field. The BT 2012 MacRory Cup final is about to | :16:57. | :17:07. | |
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get under way. Off that go. A big the forwards. There is a slight | :17:25. | :17:29. | |
breeze. That is probably a good enough tactic to let it in. Maghera | :17:29. | :17:34. | |
look better, you know, in their full forward line than the | :17:34. | :17:44. | |
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Enniskillen line so they might let joint management, again from the | :17:49. | :17:57. | |
kick out. It has been won and comes off the boot of Brendan Rodgers. | :17:57. | :18:07. | |
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Looking for the first free. McCaffrey is surround and hounded | :18:34. | :18:43. | |
but has done well to keep it under control. A fair enough decision. | :18:43. | :18:48. | |
favour the forwards any way. Understandably. A minute-and-a-half | :18:48. | :18:53. | |
gone in this 2012 MacRory Cup final. They have met only once this year | :18:53. | :19:00. | |
and it was a Challenge game. This is the captain giving it to Murphy. | :19:00. | :19:05. | |
This time, he has blown and this will be a first opportunity for the | :19:05. | :19:10. | |
first score of this 2012 final. Take another look at it? I thought | :19:10. | :19:15. | |
he was very direct Murphy. He was dragged down. He probably deserved | :19:15. | :19:19. | |
the free. It's a good opportunity for Enniskillen to get off the | :19:19. | :19:23. | |
market. It is not the most difficult free. It is usually | :19:23. | :19:31. | |
famous last words. Courtney then. His dad... Philip was in a final. | :19:31. | :19:36. | |
Courtney has the distinction and honour of opening the scoring in | :19:36. | :19:41. | |
the 2012 MacRory Cup. That will steady Enniskillen, steady Eddie | :19:41. | :19:48. | |
Courtney early and it is a lovely free to get. I saw you miss one at | :19:48. | :19:53. | |
Croke Park like that on Saturday. Thank you for reminding me. | :19:53. | :20:03. | |
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Corrigan, seventh final what a going on and in the end the whistle | :20:33. | :20:39. | |
sounds and McCaffrey has won the free. Enniskillen seem to have | :20:40. | :20:45. | |
settled that bit better in the early stages. Lee Cullen is driving | :20:45. | :20:55. | |
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them on and he looks impressive. boot of Beggan. And well... Maybe a | :21:09. | :21:19. | |
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bit ambitious. He is probably entitled to have a shot, it is | :21:21. | :21:28. | |
unfortunate it wept wide. Second consecutive final here, in theal le | :21:28. | :21:38. | |
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-- Athletic Grounds of Armagh. Well won indeed by Maguire, there. He | :21:39. | :21:44. | |
will leave it. It is going to be taken by Eddie Courtney. That is a | :21:44. | :21:48. | |
good ball. They have men over the overlap. Beggan gives it outside to | :21:48. | :21:53. | |
the captain and gets a second snap at it does Ruairi Brennan and it | :21:53. | :21:59. | |
has gone wide. It was good football right up until that, but as you say | :22:00. | :22:04. | |
they closed it down. Got a good block in and forced the shot off | :22:04. | :22:09. | |
the left foot and he didn't look comfortable. But good football from | :22:09. | :22:12. | |
both teams. That maybe why Bradley was brought in. That was the knock | :22:12. | :22:22. | |
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score board is smieblg's two points should only read one point. With | :22:27. | :22:32. | |
five minutes on the clock. So it is one point to no score. We will | :22:32. | :22:42. | |
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amend that in a second. Whistle has sounded. So McAtamney, third year | :22:44. | :22:51. | |
consecutive of MacRory Cup, as theylike for their first score. | :22:51. | :22:57. | |
That is O'Hara and Stephen O'Hara sticks it over the top and they are | :22:57. | :23:04. | |
level and she knows it and appreciates it. A text book score. | :23:04. | :23:07. | |
Stephen O'Hara just coming off, a lovely score off his left foot. I | :23:07. | :23:12. | |
think, you know, early signs are Maghera are going to be very direct | :23:12. | :23:17. | |
in that full forward. It is drum roll time but there is a long, long | :23:17. | :23:27. | |
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way to go. Maghera often running replacement. Missed the semifinal | :23:34. | :23:39. | |
due to an ankle injury and was outstanding in the quarterfinal. I | :23:39. | :23:43. | |
think the tackle came in from that Niall Maguire. It is going to go | :23:43. | :23:49. | |
the way of St Patrick's Maghera, looking for a 13th title today. | :23:49. | :23:59. | |
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That is Conor Murphy we are looking at. Now the sideline ball. Whatever | :24:00. | :24:05. | |
breeze there is it came off the foot of demor Murphy. Well picked | :24:05. | :24:14. | |
up by Kearney. It is going to tail wide. It has tail wide. Maybe | :24:14. | :24:18. | |
nerves, maybe a little hur rid. Maybe a bit of hurry I think once | :24:18. | :24:22. | |
you come on the end line you are only one option to try and fist it | :24:22. | :24:27. | |
over the bar. In fairness, to Maghera, they have settled there as | :24:27. | :24:32. | |
well. Both teams are in the game. It is right there for both teams, | :24:32. | :24:36. | |
whoever wants it that bit more. Someone is getting a licking today! | :24:36. | :24:45. | |
It might be level on the field but it is a lovely lolly. That is a | :24:45. | :24:55. | |
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to be too nice. He should have bent his back. I think in the middle of | :25:11. | :25:17. | |
the field we had five or six dispossession, the tackling was | :25:17. | :25:27. | |
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brilliant. A hunger of these two opposite team. A divided household | :25:31. | :25:41. | |
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as we often get. Brother Noel in move like that deserved a score. It | :26:03. | :26:11. | |
was really scintillating football. You know it's a strong run for | :26:11. | :26:17. | |
Conor McAtamney down the middle. That all came from McCloskey, and | :26:17. | :26:22. | |
he didn't just stop, he wasn't just happy with breaking the play up. He | :26:22. | :26:32. | |
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Not high scoring. This is the win, he says you can tell them apart | :26:38. | :26:45. | |
because he, Leigh, that is, he is better with the women. Laid off by | :26:45. | :26:55. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :26:55. | :27:52. | |
Well got to by Ruairi Brennan. -- bring you in in a second. This is | :27:52. | :28:02. | |
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McQuillan has seen it. That will be a free. Should this have been... | :28:28. | :28:34. | |
Look, I am thinking of a player missing out on the final. We are on | :28:34. | :28:40. | |
the blind side. The hand was raised. It was. He is lucky he got away | :28:40. | :28:44. | |
without a yellow card. 12 minutes gone, we are having difficulty with | :28:44. | :28:51. | |
the score bar, I apologise for that. It is one point apiece. This would | :28:51. | :28:57. | |
put St Pat's Maghera into the lead. The ground is behind them. Stephen | :28:57. | :29:04. | |
O'Hara who was look for his second and he has got it. He is very | :29:04. | :29:10. | |
composed isn't he. That is another one that gets nice and settled. He | :29:10. | :29:16. | |
is with the wind and an excellent score. As I say, that came from | :29:16. | :29:26. | |
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very direct play. We will bring you rugby schools' Cup Final, from | :29:26. | :29:36. | |
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Ravenhill. Meantime it is St Michael's Enniskillen one point, St | :29:38. | :29:48. | |
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room. Obviously, but was not the way to do it, but if you can get a | :30:07. | :30:12. | |
neater, you can get damage. Paddy Sweeney has been the keeper for six | :30:12. | :30:17. | |
years. He has made the jersey his own. He had an outstanding semi- | :30:17. | :30:27. | |
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Bradley was given the nod at the start. It was a neat little passage | :30:49. | :30:53. | |
of play. The first goal of the final. For the record, he becomes | :30:53. | :30:58. | |
the first Maghera man to have scored a goal in a cup final for | :30:58. | :31:04. | |
quite some time. It was a textbook finish. He saw the keeper coming | :31:04. | :31:12. | |
out. It is a crucial goal at a crucial stage. He has played in | :31:12. | :31:16. | |
every game they have had, by are missing out the semi-final because | :31:16. | :31:26. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :31:26. | :32:14. | |
of injury. -- except for missing kick. He seemed to pick up a knock | :32:14. | :32:19. | |
to the kidney. They need to compose themselves, St Michael's. They had | :32:19. | :32:25. | |
an opportunity to get back into the game. They just fell short. On this | :32:25. | :32:28. | |
occasion, they might have -- he might have got trampled on a little | :32:28. | :32:35. | |
that. But purely accidental. think it was the momentum of Steven | :32:35. | :32:43. | |
O'Hara. Nothing sinister about it. Che Cullen's mother, a teacher, is | :32:43. | :32:53. | |
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in the crowds today. One of the a good -- the benefits of being an | :32:58. | :33:08. | |
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identical twin is very often you're Niall Beckham, it was badly needed. | :33:26. | :33:34. | |
That is 14 p to McGarrity's old club. He was not shirking | :33:34. | :33:38. | |
responsibility, he had a go. That is exactly what Enniskillen needed | :33:38. | :33:44. | |
at this point. Perfect football from a perfect student. He is doing | :33:44. | :33:51. | |
four A levels. Neat football from a man destined for big things | :33:51. | :34:01. | |
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football. In fairness to Maghera up, they are very tight. When | :34:14. | :34:22. | |
Enniskillen get the ball, the marking is very good. He forced | :34:22. | :34:32. | |
:34:32. | :34:32. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :34:32. | :35:19. | |
something you would never have done. If you can get away with it, you | :35:19. | :35:29. | |
:35:29. | :35:38. | ||
the college. And that is a black mark against him. It was a rush of | :35:38. | :35:46. | |
blood to the head. You can see that Maghera are now playing with two | :35:46. | :35:56. | |
:35:56. | :36:13. | ||
defender coming at him. Niall Geggan did just enough, Oisin. | :36:13. | :36:20. | |
think he should have put it over the bar. It would have given | :36:20. | :36:29. | |
Maghera up a four point lead. The defender did well. Niall Biden was | :36:29. | :36:34. | |
coming across him. I have not is that about the defence. Whenever | :36:34. | :36:39. | |
the shot is on, there is a lot of hassle. There is pressure on the | :36:39. | :36:45. | |
kicker. I'm not surprised. Maghera have probably the best cornerback | :36:45. | :36:55. | |
:36:55. | :36:55. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :36:55. | :37:48. | |
that has ever played a game. But He is coming to the game more in | :37:48. | :37:57. | |
the last five minutes. He has been causing some problems. It is not as | :37:57. | :38:00. | |
frantic as we might have anticipated. 21 minutes played, | :38:00. | :38:10. | |
:38:10. | :38:10. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :38:10. | :39:28. | |
wrong option. -- matter earlier. was a very ambitious shot. Eight | :39:28. | :39:38. | |
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minutes remaining. St Michael's are chasing a first title since 2003. | :39:39. | :39:49. | |
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St Patrick's chasing a first since hit to the year. It was a shoulder. | :40:11. | :40:18. | |
It was high enough. Again, it was accidental. His momentum probably | :40:18. | :40:26. | |
to come in. No cards. Next time, it will be yellow for Ryan Doogan. He | :40:26. | :40:36. | |
:40:36. | :40:58. | ||
kept in. The goal scorer is looking to embellish that. Very effective | :40:58. | :41:05. | |
football. Bradley, he looks comfortable on the ball. He is | :41:05. | :41:15. | |
always going to take the right option. It was a great score. | :41:15. | :41:25. | |
:41:25. | :41:40. | ||
the go to man. -- he is the go to pulled back. The referee could have | :41:40. | :41:50. | |
:41:50. | :41:55. | ||
played advantage there. There was a pool at the back. McKinless is | :41:55. | :42:00. | |
looking like he is getting a booking. He missed the quarters and | :42:00. | :42:10. | |
:42:10. | :42:14. | ||
the semis. He has been booked. is only right that he'd pick up a | :42:14. | :42:21. | |
booking. Into the final five minutes of the opening half. | :42:21. | :42:26. | |
Courtney, it is just not his day. That is probably a little outside | :42:26. | :42:36. | |
:42:36. | :42:36. | ||
of his range. He was only a foot wide. For Enniskillen to get back | :42:36. | :42:41. | |
into the game, they have to take the right options. So far, Maghera | :42:41. | :42:51. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :42:51. | :44:03. | |
saying about No. 5? I think that is the third time they have had those | :44:03. | :44:12. | |
worried shots. The players in the forward line, McNicol, Murphy and | :44:12. | :44:18. | |
Steven O'Hara, they all have good hands. That was the management team | :44:18. | :44:28. | |
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in 2003. Plenty of experience on that bench. Worth mentioning that | :44:32. | :44:38. | |
this is the first final that Maghera have been in. There will be | :44:38. | :44:48. | |
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a begin here. It is for a late challenge. -- a booking here. | :44:52. | :45:02. | |
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MacRory Cup opening, kick off the boot of Paddy Sweeney, and St | :45:15. | :45:21. | |
Michael's wrestle for possession. Maghera will retreat and | :45:21. | :45:25. | |
Enniskillen will come looking for a score. There will be one minute of | :45:25. | :45:28. | |
injury time. This is McCaffrey, he has won the sideline. Will probably | :45:28. | :45:37. | |
take it himself. There is not a great deal of immediacy. Possession | :45:37. | :45:47. | |
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being carved up cheaply. He did well to take that. He is a box of | :45:50. | :45:58. | |
tricks isn't he Oisin? That is what we see from both teams. He was | :45:58. | :46:08. | |
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out for me. Whenever Enniskillen go forward, it is not too often that | :46:37. | :46:40. | |
it stick, whereas Maghera seem more fiscal. They have better hands in | :46:40. | :46:45. | |
there, as I say, they are able to win their own ball. There is the | :46:45. | :46:51. | |
difference between the teams. not high in quality, and you know, | :46:51. | :46:54. | |
there is only a half gone and I don't fault them for that. The | :46:54. | :46:58. | |
occasion can sometimes get to you. I won't matter to which side win, | :46:58. | :47:02. | |
but we have seen so many classics through the years we have come to | :47:02. | :47:07. | |
expect them: That is true. I think, you know, in fairness to both teams | :47:07. | :47:11. | |
they will probably settle at half- time. This is another game of | :47:11. | :47:21. | |
:47:21. | :47:33. | ||
football. That is wide number nine and one smile, one worries: It was | :47:33. | :47:38. | |
a great run from Conor McAtamney. But in fairness, in fairness to Che | :47:38. | :47:43. | |
Cullen he did well to get back. He got a hand in there. And between | :47:43. | :47:47. | |
Shannon and Cullen he did enough. It is Ryan Hyde who has won that in | :47:47. | :47:57. | |
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high on talking points but there is the height light o/highlight of | :48:11. | :48:16. | |
that first half, the goal. That has been the difference. He has shown a | :48:16. | :48:20. | |
lot of huge amount of quality, I think it is no suprise he has been | :48:20. | :48:24. | |
put in there from the start. He looks the most composed on the ball. | :48:24. | :48:30. | |
They seem to look to him. In fairness the forward line is moving | :48:30. | :48:35. | |
that bit better than Enniskillen, whereas Enniskillen will be playing | :48:35. | :48:41. | |
with the breeze, and that might help them. Corrigan keeping his | :48:41. | :48:51. | |
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Still to come we have rugby schools Cup Final between Methodist College | :48:59. | :49:05. | |
Belfast, and Ballyclare High School, we will be live to Ravenhill about | :49:05. | :49:09. | |
quarter to three. Stay with us for that. Here in Armagh Martin is with | :49:09. | :49:16. | |
me to reflect on first a half of the Cup Final. Martin the St Pat's | :49:16. | :49:23. | |
Maghera fan, they their favourite chant is ooh ah Maghera. It looks | :49:23. | :49:25. | |
comfortable enough. They are playing against the breeze. It | :49:25. | :49:30. | |
looks like a bit of rain coming down. That might change things. | :49:30. | :49:33. | |
Enniskillen will be dispointed. They looked nervous. Maghera are | :49:33. | :49:36. | |
the better side. They are working the ball quickly out of defence and | :49:37. | :49:43. | |
kicking the ball. They are playing like Crossmaglen. They are kicking | :49:43. | :49:47. | |
diagonal ball and they have big men inside, and the other thing about | :49:47. | :49:50. | |
them is their ability to interchange player, particularly | :49:50. | :49:54. | |
the full forward. It is hard for defenders to cope with that, | :49:54. | :49:59. | |
especially at this level and this age. You say do you go or stay, can | :49:59. | :50:03. | |
you get word out to the sidelinement Maghera are the better | :50:03. | :50:09. | |
side. It has been a low scoring Cup Final by Ulster college's standards, | :50:09. | :50:12. | |
why is that? Maybe a bit of nerve, there is a big crowd, first time | :50:12. | :50:18. | |
for a lot of them to play in front of a big crowd. Looking at it, | :50:18. | :50:23. | |
Maghera have kicked nine wides and one into the keeper's hands and | :50:23. | :50:28. | |
that is the way I happens. The players you expect to perform well | :50:28. | :50:32. | |
is the ones that don't normally perform well. If you are able to | :50:33. | :50:40. | |
play the match after, I was asking about the goal chance, he said I | :50:40. | :50:45. | |
got caught in two minds. For experienced player, these things | :50:45. | :50:51. | |
happen. If it remains a low scoring final goals will be crucial. How | :50:51. | :50:57. | |
month do you think that finish is Not only the Bradley finish. We see | :50:58. | :51:03. | |
the movement up to field. It is a great sign of a team that can vary | :51:03. | :51:07. | |
the ball. The two wing half backs were involved in that. It goes into | :51:07. | :51:12. | |
Bradley. He started today, even though he wears the number 20 and | :51:12. | :51:17. | |
fin finished it well. A good sign of a player able to finish. They | :51:17. | :51:21. | |
get the runners off the shoulder. The big thing in the first half is | :51:21. | :51:29. | |
what I said, is ability of them to vary their game. This man Bradley | :51:29. | :51:34. | |
again, proving his ability, it is important for them to have him. He | :51:34. | :51:37. | |
scored in the quarterfinal. He got three points in play in the second | :51:37. | :51:41. | |
half in that match. He scored the winning point in the final. I I | :51:41. | :51:44. | |
know he is important. They are physically stronger than St | :51:44. | :51:47. | |
Michael's and the conditions makes a difference. On that point | :51:48. | :51:53. | |
television doesn't show how big these guys are in if flesh. We have | :51:53. | :51:57. | |
been watching Conor McAtamney, he is a young guy but a big fella. | :51:57. | :52:00. | |
gets round the pitch and he is working hard. The ability to put in | :52:01. | :52:08. | |
the ball in, that is a quality ball. That is a dream paz for a forward. | :52:09. | :52:14. | |
Very well coached team, you can see it in their play so far. That is | :52:14. | :52:22. | |
the ability where we see it there. Conor Murphy in the forward line. | :52:22. | :52:26. | |
Their ability to do that, I think two big player, we see him again, | :52:26. | :52:31. | |
leading by example an the other thing they are two wing halfs have | :52:31. | :52:35. | |
forward when they move that. The way they play, you see the fiscal | :52:35. | :52:40. | |
strength bust goorgd. He has that ability. They are a physically big | :52:40. | :52:46. | |
team. Derry are favour Ritz, glep have won the Ulster minor club, so | :52:46. | :52:51. | |
Derry football son up the what we have watched here today. If you | :52:51. | :52:55. | |
were Corrigan in the changing room, what is, how can you repair the | :52:55. | :52:58. | |
damage do you think in That is a good question. I wouldn't like to | :52:58. | :53:02. | |
be him. You are playing against elements in the second half. It is | :53:02. | :53:06. | |
hard when you can't win the ball in the midfield area, and Courtney was | :53:06. | :53:12. | |
a big player, he has been well marshaled. What do you do? You have | :53:12. | :53:17. | |
to change your game and maybe run the game more, rather than getting | :53:17. | :53:22. | |
quality ball, maybe use the running game and get the runner, say, you | :53:22. | :53:26. | |
have nothing loose. The first ten minutes, it is going to be | :53:26. | :53:29. | |
important. Some times in Gaelic football teams play better against | :53:29. | :53:34. | |
the breeze, particularly forwards. The ball is dropping in front of | :53:34. | :53:39. | |
them. Maghera kick add lot of silly balls in the first half. Maybe it | :53:39. | :53:45. | |
is easier to play against the breeze. The breeze is picking up so | :53:45. | :53:51. | |
it will have an effect in the second half. Let us show you | :53:52. | :54:00. | |
highlights of the first final played here today. The decider | :54:00. | :54:08. | |
between St Paul's and saint Callums. St Paul's had unfinished business | :54:08. | :54:12. | |
with regard to the McClarnon, beaten finalist last year, but | :54:12. | :54:17. | |
their opponents were up for the challenge, having battled hard in a | :54:17. | :54:21. | |
replay against St Patrick's to book their place in the final. They | :54:21. | :54:26. | |
opened the scoring with a free, opened the scoring with a free, | :54:26. | :54:29. | |
from McBride P -- only a minute passed before they struck again. | :54:29. | :54:39. | |
Another free. This time from the boot of Maclay. The only goal of | :54:39. | :54:43. | |
the game came courtesy of St Paul's. Conor Sloan's well taken free fell | :54:44. | :54:48. | |
for McCabe, who found the net. The keeper tried his best to keep it | :54:49. | :54:55. | |
out but to no avail. A further goal chance followed. McCabe setting up | :54:55. | :55:05. | |
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O'Hanlon four minutes later. Sloan was impressive throughout. This | :55:06. | :55:13. | |
open play effort gave them the lead. The Derry school levelled | :55:13. | :55:19. | |
proceedings thanks to confident free taking mechanic brine. One of | :55:19. | :55:23. | |
the best came from Murphy, showing confidence and skill beyond his | :55:23. | :55:32. | |
years to make it 1 -3 to four points. Maclay was denied a goal | :55:32. | :55:38. | |
bay super block. But McBride kept them in contest with a free just | :55:38. | :55:44. | |
before the whistle. One free to five points at half-time. Nine | :55:44. | :55:49. | |
minutes pasted in the second half, before either school registered a | :55:49. | :55:58. | |
score. O hon lon's free put St Paul's in front. O'Hanlon showed | :55:59. | :56:04. | |
his versatility with this effort. They fought hard for the goal, | :56:04. | :56:12. | |
Moore's attempt buzz r was blocked but Brennan salvaged a point. And | :56:12. | :56:22. | |
:56:22. | :56:25. | ||
his team-mate was unlikey not to find the net moments later. The | :56:25. | :56:32. | |
best this was converted for a lead. Saint Callum's last frantic | :56:32. | :56:41. | |
scramble for a goal saw time running out for them. St Paul's | :56:41. | :56:47. | |
introduced a new player for the final few minutes. This point put | :56:47. | :56:54. | |
the game beyond the Derry school. How fitting that Conor Sloan had | :56:54. | :57:03. | |
the final touch of the game. Just look at how many it meant to him. | :57:03. | :57:06. | |
Last year's beaten finalist St Paul's get their hand on the | :57:06. | :57:13. | |
Paul's get their hand on the Mclarnon cup. That was Michael | :57:13. | :57:17. | |
Murphy lifting the cup early on. This is a brand-new Mclarnon cup | :57:17. | :57:25. | |
and it is going back to St Paul's. Michael, what does it mean to bring | :57:25. | :57:28. | |
that trophy back? It's a great honour for the players, management | :57:29. | :57:33. | |
and school. Everyone has been working on it to get to the top. | :57:33. | :57:37. | |
Moving in the McCrory it is a great honour. What was the difference | :57:37. | :57:41. | |
today? Just the work rate, that bit more, getting beat last year, | :57:41. | :57:48. | |
everyone had a bit more grit. Rafferty was the manager. How much | :57:48. | :57:53. | |
of a bearing did last year have? The fellas have reacted positively | :57:53. | :57:57. | |
to last year. When we come back in September we let the dust settle, | :57:58. | :58:04. | |
and they have worked very hard. There are days when the school was | :58:04. | :58:10. | |
empty and they were in doing... Occasionally very tough training | :58:10. | :58:15. | |
sessions but they didn't stop working, they kept going, and | :58:15. | :58:18. | |
instil add be bit of belief in themselvess they were missing this | :58:18. | :58:23. | |
time last year, but very very proud school today. I have to ask you, | :58:23. | :58:28. | |
you have managed tat highest level, club level, you have been part of | :58:28. | :58:31. | |
interCounty team, what makes it special managing a school? I think | :58:32. | :58:35. | |
the key to the whole thing is when we come into the colleges some | :58:35. | :58:41. | |
people raised an eyebrow we were in it, now they are saying when people | :58:41. | :58:44. | |
come in to give us a game they know they will have to play well to beat | :58:44. | :58:49. | |
us. What we make up for in finesse, we have add on a wee bit of hard | :58:49. | :58:55. | |
work for it. Michael, describe this squad. You are surrounded by them, | :58:55. | :59:01. | |
describe them. There is not much to describe, their face tells it all. | :59:01. | :59:09. | |
A bunch of idiots. They are. Gentleman enjoy tonight. Austin, | :59:09. | :59:18. | |
they are just a bunch of idiots, I am sure they will take a portion of | :59:18. | :59:23. | |
the credit, Martin, that is some victory, some weekend for the | :59:23. | :59:29. | |
manager, who assists the manager in Kildare of. He has had a good 24- | :59:29. | :59:38. | |
hours. They have a lot of good people involved in Armagh, we | :59:38. | :59:44. | |
sometimes think in the likes of Donegal we see the school teams | :59:44. | :59:52. | |
going out with good managers. You have enda Kilpatrick involved, so a | :59:52. | :59:56. | |
lot of work and quality work, the children don't really know how | :59:56. | :00:00. | |
lucky they have to are have the quality of people involved with | :00:00. | :00:05. | |
them, to give them that type of coaching and experience, that is | :00:05. | :00:09. | |
why it is an important, the schools are important, but this is a very | :00:09. | :00:14. | |
big part, to help from the point of view, but to have that quality a | :00:14. | :00:17. | |
person, telling you how to play the game that the level. That has to be | :00:17. | :00:22. | |
a big advantage. Paul cease is one of the schools knocking on the | :00:22. | :00:29. | |
MacRory Cup and they are there now. Yes. This young lad was playing | :00:29. | :00:34. | |
today, it is great for the likes of them, he was very excited before | :00:34. | :00:38. | |
the match. It is great to site and great tho see the Armagh schools | :00:38. | :00:41. | |
getting up there, competing, the more of them get in there competing | :00:41. | :00:46. | |
with the Derrys and the Downs and of this world. It is great to see. | :00:46. | :00:53. | |
Again, it helps the school. It is a big help to the, the from the point | :00:53. | :01:03. | |
:01:03. | :01:06. | ||
of view, it does the world of good They were deserving winners of the | :01:07. | :01:14. | |
MacRory Cup. We're getting ready for the second half. St Patrick's | :01:14. | :01:21. | |
are leading St Michaels. Can Enniskillen turn this around? | :01:21. | :01:26. | |
interesting, when we were watching that, the breeze is moving around, | :01:26. | :01:31. | |
at you do not know it will help. It is blowing into the left corner. It | :01:31. | :01:36. | |
is good help for St Michaels in the second half. They will need a very | :01:36. | :01:42. | |
good start. You have to say that say Patrick's are the better | :01:42. | :01:51. | |
players. They will need a good start. -- St Patrick's. They take | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
the field for the start of the second half. They are leading by | :01:55. | :02:05. | |
:02:05. | :02:15. | ||
named in the original starting line-up. He was drafted in for the | :02:16. | :02:25. | |
:02:26. | :02:28. | ||
second half. Paul Gunning has gone out. No, it is not. I thought it | :02:28. | :02:38. | |
:02:38. | :02:48. | ||
made a change as well. We will confirm the substitutions but Conor | :02:48. | :02:58. | |
:02:58. | :03:27. | ||
Convery is in. It is time for music St Michael's question mac they need | :03:27. | :03:37. | |
:03:37. | :03:37. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :03:37. | :04:47. | |
to hold onto the ball a little bit introduced Lee Jones. -- second | :04:47. | :04:52. | |
have substitute. He did well, he got on the ball and got a free kick | :04:52. | :05:02. | |
:05:02. | :05:05. | ||
in front of the goals. Even those St Patrick's Maghera have been very | :05:05. | :05:15. | |
:05:15. | :05:16. | ||
dominant, Enniskillen have a chance. They will determine what course of | :05:16. | :05:26. | |
:05:26. | :06:03. | ||
have been dominant in the middle of the field but there is still two | :06:03. | :06:13. | |
:06:13. | :06:13. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :06:13. | :06:59. | |
of the net but it went wide. The final touch might have come from | :06:59. | :07:04. | |
Neil McNicholl but it went wide. It was terrific skill from Gerald | :07:04. | :07:14. | |
:07:14. | :07:14. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :07:14. | :08:48. | |
Bradley. To be fair to the keeper, McNicholl. His brother kept goal | :08:48. | :08:58. | |
:08:58. | :08:58. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :08:58. | :09:53. | |
back there. They probably deserve in the game but he got it onto his | :09:53. | :10:03. | |
:10:03. | :10:03. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :10:03. | :10:47. | |
required distance. They are very much in it with the wind at their | :10:47. | :10:57. | |
:10:57. | :10:57. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :10:57. | :11:40. | |
it was really ambitious. Probably better trying to get some want for | :11:40. | :11:50. | |
:11:50. | :11:50. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :11:50. | :12:37. | |
words -- get someone forward into Enniskillen have needed to be good | :12:37. | :12:47. | |
:12:47. | :12:47. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :12:47. | :14:26. | |
their possession. This time, they how strong the wind is to people at | :14:26. | :14:36. | |
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home. On that occasion, he was quite unlucky, but playing into | :14:38. | :14:43. | |
that reason it is certainly -- playing into that breeze is | :14:43. | :14:53. | |
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certainly difficult. That is 11 wide. Unlucky great ball in. Broken | :15:13. | :15:18. | |
down, it was another great chance for Leigh, but unfortunately he | :15:18. | :15:28. | |
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knocked it wide. As forwards we tend to kick wide. Off camera one | :15:29. | :15:39. | |
of the subs is warming up. Every year they have used the full | :15:39. | :15:43. | |
complement of 20 players. Kick out has been taken. Contested in | :15:43. | :15:53. | |
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cross-country runner, you can tell, they are so full of running. They | :16:13. | :16:19. | |
are very athletic. They are quick at getting a hand in. Along with | :16:19. | :16:24. | |
Maghera's best player Conor McAtamney who is playing centre | :16:24. | :16:30. | |
half back. Bradley has been there but I know you like to pick a | :16:30. | :16:36. | |
defender. This is Stephen O'Hara's ball. I think. Has it gone out for | :16:36. | :16:44. | |
a 45? It had gone wide. That is a poor kick out, given straight to | :16:44. | :16:48. | |
Stephen O'Hara and the ball over the top for the full forward. He | :16:48. | :16:54. | |
couldn't hold on to it. McNicholl had a goal opportunity there for a | :16:54. | :16:57. | |
minute. That is two goal opportunities that St Pat's Maghera | :16:57. | :17:01. | |
have had in the second half. This wasn't as clear-cut. We are rooking | :17:01. | :17:06. | |
at the referee, but here Oisin, from the kick out, I I thought | :17:06. | :17:11. | |
there was a sniff of a chance for the full forward. He took his eye | :17:11. | :17:17. | |
off the ball at the last minute. Paddy caught it. To be fair to him, | :17:17. | :17:23. | |
if you saw 16 or 17 stone coming at you... Maybe a good decison to have | :17:23. | :17:33. | |
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a second look. He has a backside on And McFall has been introduced. St | :17:44. | :17:54. | |
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Big tackle there. Lovely hit by the captain. It is Ruairi Brennan who | :18:21. | :18:27. | |
comes off the worse of the two. It was an indication Oisin, of how | :18:27. | :18:31. | |
hungry both sides remain. One point between them. A decent passage of | :18:31. | :18:40. | |
play. A big hit coming in. It is competitive. Lee Lennon is only 15. | :18:40. | :18:45. | |
-- Brennan. It is a big hit but you can see how strong Conor Tam is and | :18:45. | :18:50. | |
how determined he is to try and get his team over. Lyme Martin is about | :18:50. | :18:56. | |
to pick up a card. He has a yellow. He this will be a red. He has gone. | :18:56. | :19:02. | |
He is gone. That was for the foot trip I think. It is a horrible day | :19:03. | :19:10. | |
for anyone, not least in a college's final. Let us look again, | :19:10. | :19:15. | |
Oisin, here, that was a foot trip. If he was sent off for that that is | :19:15. | :19:21. | |
very harsh. I think we look back at the booking, it was slightly harsh | :19:21. | :19:28. | |
as well. Enskill ben up against it. This is St Pat's Maghera. Dougan | :19:28. | :19:38. | |
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will hang there. Keeper just fumbled it ever so slightly, and | :19:47. | :19:51. | |
did well to recover. He is very much the character on this team | :19:51. | :20:01. | |
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is lucky, Oisin, to have bought the free.. As a forward you want that | :20:18. | :20:22. | |
free-kick. He was quite lucky. It was a great run, one, two all the | :20:22. | :20:27. | |
way. I want to tell you a story. I know his auntie. She said do not | :20:27. | :20:31. | |
mention at five years of age, I took him to see Santa in Lapland | :20:31. | :20:39. | |
and there was a long queue and he went up to the front. He said hello | :20:39. | :20:48. | |
Santa, I'm Niall and give me a pair of boots. Your auntie send her love | :20:48. | :20:55. | |
and these guys... Just anxious, I think he will feel hard done by. | :20:55. | :21:01. | |
Think Liam Martin was unfortunate to see two yellows. It hasn't been | :21:01. | :21:05. | |
a dirty game. It has been a great atmosphere. In fairness to both | :21:05. | :21:13. | |
teams, they have just got on with the game. This is ed -- Eddie | :21:13. | :21:18. | |
Courtney to bring them level. And he has done it. That is his third | :21:18. | :21:24. | |
score and that is them level for the first time since the fifth | :21:24. | :21:32. | |
minute. It is smen smen -- St Michael's Enniskillen six points. | :21:32. | :21:36. | |
This was the first booking. And that was a bit harsh. This is the | :21:36. | :21:41. | |
second one. He just caught his foot. I mean... It looks as if it may | :21:41. | :21:46. | |
have been accidental. I don't know, that is up for the referee. | :21:46. | :21:53. | |
that have been rugby, stick him in the sin-bin but in GA, that is | :21:53. | :21:57. | |
different. It is not a dirty game. There was a hand raise in the first | :21:57. | :22:02. | |
half and nothing was done. To pick up a card for that is severely | :22:02. | :22:12. | |
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Courtney to take the lead. This is another yellow card here. Eddie | :22:27. | :22:37. | |
Courtney. To put them ahead. It's over and they lead for the first | :22:37. | :22:42. | |
time since the first minute. Five second half scores. St Michael's | :22:42. | :22:50. | |
Enniskillen seven points. Here comes the bouncy. In fairness, | :22:50. | :22:55. | |
Courtney kicked the free as well. That is a crucial free, and a bit | :22:55. | :23:00. | |
of pressure on him. Fairness to him. Up goes the finger, and up went the | :23:01. | :23:10. | |
white flag and there goes the Congo bongo. Now then, Maghera come | :23:10. | :23:15. | |
looking for the first goal of the second half through James Kearney, | :23:15. | :23:21. | |
he is well held up. What a Dane's role. He kicked out at him and | :23:21. | :23:29. | |
fouled him. This will be a yellow card if he is consistent. What a | :23:29. | :23:39. | |
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turn over of possession there from the captain Ruairi Brennan. Gag ger | :23:40. | :23:45. | |
needs to be careful. I would love to see that again. How can you send | :23:45. | :23:50. | |
a guy off with a yellow card and that one, where there was a kick | :23:50. | :23:55. | |
and not, not admonish? Consistency doesn't seem to be there. But | :23:55. | :24:01. | |
unfortunately that is referee, we will have to put up with it. Just a | :24:01. | :24:04. | |
bit frustrating. And it must be. it is frustrating to look at you | :24:04. | :24:09. | |
can imagine what it is like for players. This is Eddie Courtney who | :24:09. | :24:14. | |
has come out, this is a long way out but he has the breeze Oisin. | :24:14. | :24:21. | |
is ambitious though. So is he. He has ice in his veins and radar in | :24:21. | :24:26. | |
his boot. I had a great chat with him, he is cheeky in the nicest | :24:26. | :24:31. | |
sense of the world, a keebgy smile and cocky and confidence-of- | :24:32. | :24:37. | |
confident -- a cheeky Chile. He has kicked four points already, he has | :24:37. | :24:42. | |
that confidence up. What an excellent kick from all of 55 yards. | :24:42. | :24:46. | |
You know, certainly, there only seems to be one team in the game. | :24:46. | :24:50. | |
They are owning the ball. They look dangerous up front. If you foul | :24:50. | :24:55. | |
them, Courtney will kick the ball over the ball bar. He has kicked | :24:55. | :25:05. | |
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O'Hara. This is still Stephen O'Hara. They really need to raise a | :25:16. | :25:21. | |
white flag, second half is 21 minutes old and they have not | :25:21. | :25:24. | |
scored. It has been all St Michael's Enniskillen and it is | :25:24. | :25:27. | |
tough tackling. I think he threw the ball away. St Michael's | :25:27. | :25:36. | |
Enniskillen get it any way. I think he was stood on just then. The | :25:37. | :25:39. | |
referee, he has been told by the lines man something has happened. | :25:39. | :25:49. | |
He is going to have a word with Stephen O'Hara. It is obvious. Let | :25:49. | :25:58. | |
us just see. Down he goes. Nothing there. Nothing there. And nothing | :25:58. | :26:08. | |
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there. So, there was nothing I could see. I I think they are going | :26:08. | :26:18. | |
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to get on be the game, thank God. - - on with the game. Maghera are | :26:20. | :26:25. | |
struggling to get the scores. He is having a word with James Kearney, | :26:25. | :26:34. | |
it looks like he will be on a yellow. He is safe to stay on. | :26:34. | :26:44. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :26:44. | :27:34. | |
say, Maghera really need to raise a foul. Dispossessed Joe McQuillan. | :27:34. | :27:39. | |
He is refereeing not me. That looked like a pull back. He has to | :27:39. | :27:44. | |
give a decision. It was overcarrying or a foul. He didn't | :27:44. | :27:47. | |
give anything. Listen to the protest. I thought there was a hand | :27:47. | :27:52. | |
came into pull back, because he is remonstrating with the referee, it | :27:52. | :27:56. | |
looks like Stephen O'Hara is going to pick up a yellow card. Now, I | :27:56. | :28:01. | |
have a sympathy for Stephen O'Hara here, because I think there was a | :28:01. | :28:08. | |
foul, twice on him in the build up to this. Just look here. Now, oh, | :28:08. | :28:15. | |
right. Hold on. That is what he was, that is what he got the yellow card, | :28:15. | :28:20. | |
apologies to Joe McQuillan for that. I thought the player was fouled | :28:20. | :28:25. | |
earlier on, the yellow card justified. That was a push in the | :28:25. | :28:31. | |
back and he spotted it. Push in the back from Lee Cullen. But it was | :28:31. | :28:36. | |
the incident prior to that where I thought the Maghera forward was | :28:36. | :28:40. | |
fouled and it wasn't blown. There was probably a foul but Joe didn't | :28:40. | :28:46. | |
give it. So play ensureed and Stephen O'Hara ended up with an | :28:46. | :28:56. | |
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O'Hara sticks it over the top for what is only their first score of | :29:17. | :29:27. | |
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the second half, St Michael's Enniskillen eight points, St | :29:29. | :29:36. | |
Patrick's Maghera one goal four points. Great score, gets them | :29:36. | :29:46. | |
:29:46. | :29:50. | ||
draw the replay will be here on Wednesday evening, 7.30 in the | :29:50. | :29:55. | |
Athletic Grounds. I still feel that the winning of it is with St | :29:55. | :30:05. | |
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time will be added on. It was a for my money, Enniskillen have | :30:42. | :30:50. | |
really stepped it up in the second half. Eddie Courtney, his ball | :30:50. | :30:58. | |
distribution. This was the trip for the a la carte. He kicked out. What | :30:58. | :31:08. | |
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is the difference? I do not know. withdrawn role. He has got into the | :31:15. | :31:25. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :31:25. | :32:28. | |
game. They lead by nine points to plus whatever is added on. Keep | :32:28. | :32:38. | |
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possession, from a St Michael's Enniskillen point of view. Three | :32:38. | :32:48. | |
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This will be a free kick. We are into the last minute of play. Two | :33:00. | :33:10. | |
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into the last minute of play. Two of the first have, but the stats | :33:19. | :33:29. | |
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for the second half... They are leading by two points. They have | :33:29. | :33:36. | |
stopped Gerald Bradley. They got their tactics right. The manager | :33:36. | :33:46. | |
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withdrew Eddie Courtney, they have was not much momentum in it, but | :34:04. | :34:14. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :34:14. | :35:04. | |
Conor Carville lifted his hand and shot. He may have tried it, but it | :35:04. | :35:14. | |
was not the right option. Watch this, that is a punch. It is | :35:14. | :35:24. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :35:24. | :36:44. | |
incidents, and it is all about who it, the referee calls for the ball. | :36:44. | :36:51. | |
St Michael's Enniskillen have done it. Dominic Corrigan has | :36:51. | :36:55. | |
masterminded yet another MacRory Cup. It will bring back memories, | :36:55. | :37:01. | |
you were on the losing team. Look at Niall Maguire in tears. What a | :37:02. | :37:09. | |
remarkable day. You must hand it to Dominic Corrigan, they got it right | :37:09. | :37:19. | |
:37:19. | :37:24. | ||
free kicks, they took their chances, there were more economic goal in | :37:24. | :37:32. | |
front of goal and Maghera were. Maghera had more than 14 shots | :37:32. | :37:42. | |
:37:42. | :37:57. | ||
going wide. When you have days like was immense. They deserve this. | :37:57. | :38:02. | |
They do, in fairness, their attitude, work rate, they never | :38:02. | :38:09. | |
drop their heads. They were down by four, five points at one stage. | :38:09. | :38:19. | |
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They never stopped believing. They manager of St Michael's Enniskillen. | :38:24. | :38:29. | |
How did you turn that around? first half was not good, but we | :38:29. | :38:35. | |
were happy to warn the be four down at half-time. We deserve to be | :38:35. | :38:40. | |
seven points down. I told the boys we were in a better position than | :38:40. | :38:46. | |
this lot. I put on the four words at half-time which helped. Full | :38:46. | :38:50. | |
credit, these boys never know when they are beaten and we absolutely | :38:50. | :38:54. | |
delighted. We thought you were in trouble at half-time but clearly, | :38:54. | :39:04. | |
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you did not. You keep going until the end. We should have been | :39:07. | :39:10. | |
playing better and we came ride in the second path and played some | :39:10. | :39:20. | |
:39:20. | :39:22. | ||
credit to the players, who were absolutely magnificent. It was a | :39:22. | :39:29. | |
tremendous game, we are delighted to win. What are you putting in the | :39:29. | :39:38. | |
water, with a MacRory Cup and other titles to come? It is all just hard | :39:38. | :39:48. | |
:39:48. | :39:48. | ||
work. We will savour this victory but we cannot say bread for too | :39:48. | :39:56. | |
long, we need to get back to work tomorrow. | :39:56. | :40:03. | |
Eddie Courtney, man of the match. Some this up. I cannot. | :40:03. | :40:13. | |
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Unbelievable. We worked so hard all year. Everyone was working hard. It | :40:14. | :40:24. | |
:40:24. | :40:25. | ||
is a good day when you can do that. Look at the supporters, take one | :40:25. | :40:35. | |
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look at them. The invaginations. -- taken with Peter Morrison. Now the | :41:05. | :41:13. | |
new MacRory Cup is about to be presented to Rory Bremner. -- Rory | :41:13. | :41:23. | |
:41:23. | :41:33. | ||
piece of history. I would like to thank all the sponsors. He is just | :41:33. | :41:43. | |
:41:43. | :41:44. | ||
banking people. -- thanking people. It has been an outstanding | :41:44. | :41:54. | |
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achievement, Dominic Corrigan's 7th final. Peter Morrison raises a | :41:54. | :42:04. | |
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laugh the silverware, -- raises the silverware, and Rory Brennan! He is | :42:08. | :42:11. | |
the first man from St Michael's Enniskillen to raise the silverware | :42:11. | :42:21. | |
:42:21. | :42:37. | ||
for a long time. Eddie Courtney, Hip hip! Hooray! I would like to | :42:37. | :42:47. | |
:42:47. | :42:51. | ||
thank the fans that have come to I would like to thank some people. | :42:51. | :42:58. | |
Their first title came in 1973, they won again in 1992, 1999, 2002, | :42:58. | :43:08. | |
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and 20 today in 2012. Do they deserve it? Yes. It is one of the | :43:10. | :43:18. | |
best second have performances I have seen in a long time. St | :43:18. | :43:22. | |
Michael's Enniskillen were brilliant, even when they lost a | :43:22. | :43:32. | |
:43:32. | :43:39. | ||
man. Brilliantly done by Dominic Eddie Courtney was great, they did | :43:39. | :43:49. | |
:43:49. | :43:53. | ||
not have a good first path, but brilliant in the second. | :43:53. | :44:01. | |
Thank you very much. They will play a semi-final next weekend in the | :44:01. | :44:11. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :44:11. | :45:03. | |
Hogan Cup. We are going to join And well done to St Michael's | :45:03. | :45:06. | |
Enniskillen on their MacRory Cup success, now we are moving from | :45:06. | :45:12. | |
Gaelic football to rugby. Here at Ravenhill it is Ballyclare High | :45:13. | :45:15. | |
School against Methodist College Belfast in the 136th schools Cup | :45:15. | :45:24. | |
Final. Yes, welcome, it is Ballyclare against Methody. Town | :45:24. | :45:28. | |
against country. Ballyclare have won the trophy once and they are up | :45:28. | :45:32. | |
against Methody who have a record number of 32 minutes. Along side me | :45:32. | :45:37. | |
this afternoon two former Ulster stalwarts. Both know what it is | :45:37. | :45:45. | |
like to play in this final. 93, against who? 93 against cam be. | :45:45. | :45:51. | |
Unfortunately we were not the winners on the day, but enjoyed the | :45:51. | :45:55. | |
experience and schools cup rugby, is the real highlight. | :45:55. | :46:00. | |
atmosphere, you must have experienced it as well. 95 for | :46:00. | :46:08. | |
Bangor. Sadly losing. We lost to the master race, and 17 years on | :46:08. | :46:13. | |
and a few boys still give me grief. To be honest my memory was the | :46:13. | :46:17. | |
weather condition, they were shocking sh, we didn't have | :46:17. | :46:23. | |
anything under our Jerseys, they didn't have climate control tops, | :46:23. | :46:26. | |
so all the other guys were wearing bin liner, so they were warm and | :46:26. | :46:30. | |
cosy. I am sure that is why they won. Excuses! Let us hear from | :46:30. | :46:34. | |
Ballyclare. They look forward to only their second school's Cup | :46:34. | :46:39. | |
Final. On the first occasion in 1973 they beat Belfast to win the | :46:39. | :46:42. | |
trophy and believe it or not, two of the young men who played that | :46:42. | :46:52. | |
:46:52. | :47:07. | ||
day are still at the school. After Frank and I have been here a long | :47:07. | :47:13. | |
time. Went to the school and came back at teachers. Frank, he is in | :47:13. | :47:17. | |
the chemistry dfpt. I am the geography department. As a team, | :47:17. | :47:23. | |
you vied to try and keep in touch, it is interesting when we meet up, | :47:23. | :47:31. | |
you know the crack and the banter, it is still there, as it always was. | :47:31. | :47:36. | |
It feels like 39 years ago, but remember the score going to 10-8. | :47:36. | :47:39. | |
They scored and they had a difficult conversion and thinking, | :47:39. | :47:43. | |
if this goes over and the score goes to ten each we will be in | :47:43. | :47:47. | |
difficulty but he missed the kick, we scored another penalty and won | :47:47. | :47:54. | |
13-8. It is nice to have been the first on the first team to have won | :47:54. | :47:59. | |
the cup, but not the first and only. It is time we had another team to | :47:59. | :48:09. | |
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share that success with. We know it has been a long time without | :48:10. | :48:16. | |
success, and we hope that we can, when we get to the 19th we can did | :48:16. | :48:21. | |
what the 73 team did. We rely on relationships through the games, | :48:21. | :48:24. | |
and especially through the Fourth Round and semifinal. We had tough | :48:24. | :48:29. | |
games, we rely on the relationships we have and we have built since we | :48:29. | :48:34. | |
were first year and most of us have been together all that time. We are | :48:34. | :48:39. | |
best mates. They are a tight group. We went on tour to New Zealand in | :48:39. | :48:44. | |
town 10 with these guys, and that moulded them together as an | :48:44. | :48:48. | |
ambitious group and group that get on well. They all want to be | :48:48. | :48:53. | |
successful. The school is buzzing. The junior school, everyone is | :48:54. | :48:59. | |
picking you up and saying there is Andrew, Grant, it is ridiculous, we | :48:59. | :49:03. | |
are like mini celebritys in the school. Everyone is willing us on, | :49:03. | :49:13. | |
:49:13. | :49:15. | ||
the support has been great, from Ballyclare are ready. Ravenhill is | :49:15. | :49:20. | |
ready. Look that the crowd already, and we are what, about ten minutes | :49:20. | :49:24. | |
away from kickoff. It's a day off school but it is a day these | :49:24. | :49:29. | |
youngsters will remember, boys and girls alike and the players | :49:29. | :49:33. | |
certainly will never forget their school Cup Final at Ravenhill. It | :49:33. | :49:37. | |
really is a memorable memorable occasion for these young men. It | :49:37. | :49:42. | |
has been a big year for sport in Ballyclare. The boys are in this | :49:42. | :49:47. | |
Cup Final while the girls hockey team they have lifted the senior | :49:47. | :49:52. | |
schools cup trophy a couple of weeks ago. One of those girls has a | :49:52. | :49:57. | |
twin brother playing in the final. Yes. Fantastic atmosphere. The | :49:57. | :50:01. | |
Ballyclare team has made their way into the changing room. Joining me | :50:01. | :50:06. | |
are two special people. Laura Douglas who is holding the fancy | :50:06. | :50:11. | |
ladies hockey Ulster champions and a proud mummy indeed. Laura, what | :50:11. | :50:14. | |
has the school been like. You have won the hockey, your brother is | :50:14. | :50:19. | |
playing in the final what is special? It has been great. The | :50:19. | :50:23. | |
atmosphere has been good. Everyone happy, all the teachers and pupils | :50:23. | :50:26. | |
are congratulating us so much. We are so excited for the boys and | :50:26. | :50:31. | |
hope they can go all the way and do it. Heather, a proud mummy, you | :50:31. | :50:37. | |
have a head girl, an up Ulster champion and son that is hoping to | :50:37. | :50:40. | |
be the same I must be crazy in your house. We are proud of both | :50:40. | :50:44. | |
children. It had been wonderful to see how they have develop. This is | :50:45. | :50:47. | |
worth all those many days of standing on the sidelines cheering | :50:47. | :50:52. | |
on our children, so it has been wonderful. Thank you folks. You | :50:52. | :50:57. | |
will be wishing Ballyclare all the best. Back to you Jackie. It's a | :50:57. | :51:03. | |
big trophy the girls have won. We can get the views from Methody and | :51:03. | :51:06. | |
their tradition and history will make them favourites to lift this | :51:06. | :51:11. | |
trophy for a record 33rd time. Tradition now is a great thing and | :51:11. | :51:21. | |
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I think there is added pressure. It's a good thing because you learn | :51:29. | :51:36. | |
to play with it. I think sometimes the tradition helps, because you | :51:36. | :51:41. | |
have an added psychological edge before you go on the pitch. THAT | :51:41. | :51:44. | |
Ballyclare will be prepared for this game and ready to go, like we | :51:44. | :51:54. | |
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will. We are already pumped for it. We are all training really hard. | :52:02. | :52:08. | |
Our boys will have the heart to push all the way. I think we will | :52:09. | :52:17. | |
go full and hopefully get it. semifinal was a real step up in | :52:17. | :52:21. | |
intensity, it was a real traditional Belfast Derby. Two | :52:21. | :52:25. | |
traditional sides playing real good rugby and we came out on top. So | :52:25. | :52:35. | |
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look forward to the final now. is the Methody mind set? Win. It is | :52:35. | :52:39. | |
pressure on them. It is pressure on the coaching staff. But it is, we | :52:39. | :52:45. | |
are all about winning here. It is about winning the schools' cup. | :52:45. | :52:48. | |
Methodist College in Belfast. The most successful side in the history | :52:48. | :52:53. | |
of the competition. I feel personally there is no better place | :52:53. | :52:58. | |
to come and learn how to be a professional rugby player or enjoy | :52:58. | :53:08. | |
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your rugby than here at Methodist College. MCB is ready. More from | :53:10. | :53:16. | |
Thomas and he is joined by two young Ulster players. Thomas. That | :53:16. | :53:22. | |
is right. Paul Marshall came on for the last two minutes a few years | :53:22. | :53:29. | |
ago. Lewis Stephenson, you said you played at Wembley. You have played | :53:29. | :53:33. | |
at Twickenham yet nothing matches the special atmosphere of the | :53:33. | :53:37. | |
schools Cup Final. Why is that? can feel the atmosphere from here. | :53:37. | :53:41. | |
It is pretty electric. Pretty much the whole of the town has come tout | :53:41. | :53:45. | |
support the boys from. That point of view it is so well supported and | :53:45. | :53:49. | |
for these guys it is the combination of years of training | :53:49. | :53:52. | |
and a lot of the guys won't get the opportunity to play at a venue like | :53:52. | :53:56. | |
this again, so it is a massive event for them. It is really | :53:56. | :54:02. | |
special. Paul, I know you and some of the other Methody boys met them | :54:02. | :54:07. | |
this morning. There is a pressure on them to deliver. When you go to | :54:07. | :54:12. | |
Methody, we are brought up to win the schools cup. Calling in earlier | :54:12. | :54:18. | |
on, the guys are excited. There is a few nerves but Mr Wells senior | :54:18. | :54:24. | |
gave them a pep talk. You have to who is going to win this game? | :54:24. | :54:29. | |
Methody. Ballyclare have a big pack so they will have to move the ball | :54:29. | :54:35. | |
well. You are the under doings. Can they deliver the goods. I think | :54:35. | :54:40. | |
they will win by seven. To win by seven. Paul and Lewis are | :54:40. | :54:43. | |
supporting and backing different teams. All will be revealed over | :54:43. | :54:48. | |
the next hour-and-a-half or so. Thank you. No suprise at all. Yes, | :54:48. | :54:53. | |
the atmosphere really is building. The boys are beside me. And, it is | :54:53. | :54:58. | |
fair to say, most people will have Methody as strong favourites. | :54:58. | :55:03. | |
Possibly. I think, one thing that Ballyclare will take into this. | :55:03. | :55:07. | |
They have ten back from the semifinal. They have a set of | :55:07. | :55:11. | |
forward where there isn't one man under six foot tall. That is big | :55:11. | :55:15. | |
never mind at schoolboy level. Ballyclare have nothing to lose. As | :55:15. | :55:20. | |
Paul said you come with an air of expectation. They know they really | :55:20. | :55:24. | |
have to win, Ballyclare have a chance today, nothing to loose. I | :55:24. | :55:28. | |
think they may work in their favour. I would love to see as a country | :55:28. | :55:33. | |
boy myself to see Ballyclare come through and win it: A lot of people | :55:33. | :55:39. | |
would love to see the underdog winning. The fact that method yi | :55:39. | :55:48. | |
have the -- Methody have the -- Methody have the tradition. They | :55:48. | :55:57. | |
have add a good team. All the guys, are starting to come through. The | :55:57. | :56:00. | |
young boys out there will see that as an opportunity for them to | :56:00. | :56:04. | |
produce the goods out in the field. We have seen some very impressive | :56:04. | :56:08. | |
individual performance, over the past number of years and I think as | :56:08. | :56:12. | |
well the way Ulster are playing they play an open brand of rugby. | :56:12. | :56:17. | |
They are in the top 12. The teams will watch that and want to emulate | :56:17. | :56:23. | |
it. They will want to play an open brand of rugbyment. This is a | :56:23. | :56:29. | |
showcase for the young guy, you can make a name for yourself, you can | :56:29. | :56:33. | |
get yourself into certainly Irish contention and Ulster stuff as well. | :56:33. | :56:37. | |
So let us hope for a good game. will remember how the boys are | :56:37. | :56:41. | |
feeling at this moment. As they await to make their entrance. The | :56:41. | :56:47. | |
crowd are ready. Just look at that. Young, old, plenty of memory, we | :56:47. | :56:54. | |
have got pipers here. So, time now to join our commentary team, former | :56:54. | :57:00. | |
Ulster and Ireland centre Johnny Bell. Who could for get him. He has | :57:00. | :57:08. | |
played in the final in the past but pick it up our very own Jim Neilly. | :57:08. | :57:11. | |
Thank you. St Patrick hasn't managed to turn up the warm side of | :57:11. | :57:15. | |
the stone. There was a strong wind blowing just up and down the length | :57:15. | :57:20. | |
of this pitch from the war memorial end. It has eased up a bit we seem | :57:20. | :57:24. | |
to have a windy St Patrick's Day and that is a factor both sides | :57:24. | :57:30. | |
have to take into account. always seem to get a windy | :57:30. | :57:37. | |
Ravenhill. It is kustry conditions. It is a great spectacle. It is the | :57:37. | :57:40. | |
pinnacle of every schoolboy's rugby career and these guys will be | :57:40. | :57:45. | |
nervous, but will be hugely motivated to make this a huge game. | :57:45. | :57:50. | |
The pitch is in fantastic nick. Let us hope it will be fantastic game | :57:50. | :57:54. | |
of rugby. I had a walk on the pitch. It's a wee bit sparse in terms of | :57:54. | :57:58. | |
grass here and there but otherwise in very good condition. A nice | :57:58. | :58:02. | |
mixture of sand and soil, it will support the weight of these | :58:02. | :58:08. | |
youngsters out there. Nervous times and here they come. It will be | :58:08. | :58:15. | |
Methodist College first, led by the skip errorry Winters. Stkpwhre | :58:15. | :58:25. | |
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skipper. Rory Winters. They have Good natured booing I am sure from | :58:29. | :58:33. | |
everybody in County Antrim for this Methody side. Rory Winters is | :58:33. | :58:37. | |
unfazed by it all. You can see the strength of the wind there ruffling | :58:38. | :58:47. | |
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the hair of the players as they Final words from the Methody | :59:19. | :59:23. | |
skipper Rory Winters. Telling his sides about the schools tradition | :59:23. | :59:28. | |
as if they need a remierpd. It has been good to see a decent clutch of | :59:28. | :59:31. | |
young men from Methodist College who may not have gone on to do very | :59:31. | :59:38. | |
much, but as the chance mentioned, we have had Craig Gilroy and | :59:38. | :59:48. | |
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It has been nearly 30 years since these navy and red colours took the | :59:52. | :59:59. | |
field. It is the second oldest competition in rugby union football | :59:59. | :00:07. | |
in the entire world. Ali care making their way out of | :00:07. | :00:17. | |
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the centre of the field. -- Bally The key men could be in the back | :00:23. | :00:29. | |
The key men could be in the back row, Jonny Darling. Grant Bartley | :00:29. | :00:39. | |
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is the skipper. There is a lot of The referee incidentally refereed | :00:56. | :01:06. | |
:01:06. | :01:09. | ||
and under 18 final between England The nurse will have dissipated now, | :01:09. | :01:18. | |
getting down to the serious business. Top two Eneas player -- | :01:18. | :01:23. | |
speak to any player and it is the pinnacle of their school career. | :01:23. | :01:33. | |
:01:33. | :02:08. | ||
pinnacle of their school career. away. Good start from the kick-off. | :02:08. | :02:18. | |
:02:18. | :02:30. | ||
The initial cross was by James big brother. Good strong driving | :02:30. | :02:40. | |
:02:40. | :03:15. | ||
Methody, Ross said Guerra has tried Ballyclare High School. This could | :03:15. | :03:24. | |
be interesting. Good covering defence. It is a lively start. | :03:24. | :03:34. | |
:03:34. | :03:39. | ||
Harrison getting on the ball early. Ballyclare High School showing that | :03:39. | :03:49. | |
:03:49. | :04:24. | ||
even at this early stage they will ground. Taken on yet again by the | :04:24. | :04:34. | |
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Methody second row. This is a Grant Bartley. The breakdown will | :04:43. | :04:51. | |
be crucial today. You can see that modern defences are happy to stand- | :04:51. | :05:01. | |
:05:01. | :05:03. | ||
off and wait for the attacking team to get isolated. We will see the | :05:03. | :05:08. | |
strength of the wind for a second, somebody might have just gone off | :05:08. | :05:12. | |
their feet and the penalty was given. They have not made that much | :05:12. | :05:16. | |
in the way of ground, Ballyclare High School just hope to do again | :05:16. | :05:26. | |
:05:26. | :05:47. | ||
and try to do something with the scrum half. They might have forced | :05:47. | :05:57. | |
:05:57. | :06:32. | ||
the first tackle. Good support from Connor McKee. The referee is having | :06:32. | :06:39. | |
a look to see where the ballet clear defences. -- Ballyclare High | :06:39. | :06:49. | |
:06:49. | :07:25. | ||
Patients staff from met the date -- far, getting a lot of wind speed, | :07:25. | :07:35. | |
:07:35. | :07:35. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :07:35. | :08:16. | |
closing down. Both teams are trying banning the ball into the wind. | :08:16. | :08:26. | |
:08:26. | :08:39. | ||
That is sensible. Jonny Douglas He has scored a try in each of the | :08:39. | :08:49. | |
:08:49. | :09:02. | ||
Methody Games. That was Chris is a way. Recovering tackle, that | :09:02. | :09:09. | |
was so close to being the first try. Paddy Colhoun was close to being | :09:09. | :09:12. | |
replaced for the final but you can see why he has justified the faith | :09:12. | :09:22. | |
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gets any time and space he will be School. But that was the first bit | :09:33. | :09:39. | |
of genuine excitement. Methody played wonderfully. Great pace on | :09:39. | :09:43. | |
the outside. Eventually the cover got to him. Ferguson put in a good | :09:44. | :09:53. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :09:54. | :10:36. | |
referee checks with the back line. prop. The strong man slipped away | :10:36. | :10:46. | |
:10:46. | :11:01. | ||
Methody at the moment. They are not asking a huge number of questions | :11:01. | :11:06. | |
of disorientation towards the defence. They are standing off, not | :11:06. | :11:10. | |
committing too many numbers to breakdowns, marshalling both sides | :11:10. | :11:17. | |
of the breakdowns very well. You can see he gets himself isolated | :11:17. | :11:23. | |
and the assist tackler is straight onto the ball. With the when did | :11:23. | :11:27. | |
you back you would expect the site to use the ball, Methody have not | :11:27. | :11:37. | |
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have another go at it. Jonny Douglas is first receiver. The | :11:54. | :12:04. | |
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into the wider channels. Slightly over runs it. He is still on his | :12:12. | :12:19. | |
feet. The referee gave the scrum because the advantage was with them. | :12:19. | :12:23. | |
Because they ran into the referee, there was no advantage. So this is | :12:23. | :12:33. | |
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the first scrum of the game. This schoolboys. -- big. They are very | :12:53. | :12:59. | |
strong, they based a lot of their game along that. There are | :12:59. | :13:09. | |
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the outside, but it takes confidence. We do not want a | :13:20. | :13:25. | |
spectacle similar to what we had in Twickenham. They will want to get | :13:25. | :13:33. | |
on top of the straight away, tell them to behave themselves. Third | :13:33. | :13:43. | |
:13:43. | :13:58. | ||
that will result in at Methody scrummage. No, he has not. This | :13:58. | :14:01. | |
first scrum is very important, they will want one up against the City | :14:01. | :14:11. | |
:14:11. | :14:16. | ||
Darling, but he got himself well cot. He needs help from his tight | :14:16. | :14:26. | |
:14:26. | :14:36. | ||
by Mark Gribben. No way past for Andrew Butler. Mark Gribben is a | :14:36. | :14:43. | |
very strong customer. He has been in contention. He is a former | :14:43. | :14:51. | |
winner, strong, and quick. He deals with Andrew Butler very well. If he | :14:51. | :15:01. | |
:15:01. | :15:12. | ||
could manage to stay in play, they Good drive by Mark Funnell from | :15:12. | :15:19. | |
Methodist College. David McElhinney. Manages to get this away to Connor | :15:19. | :15:26. | |
McKee. This is Mark Gribben. Jonny Douglas had to work hard to bring | :15:26. | :15:34. | |
him Down. Harrison likes to take that short ball from the breakdown. | :15:34. | :15:40. | |
Here is James Callaghan. Another danger man. David McElhinney. Looks | :15:40. | :15:46. | |
much more promising. The blind-side flanker. A way they come. This is | :15:46. | :15:51. | |
Mark Gribben. It is all about the past. Good solid defending from | :15:51. | :16:00. | |
Ballyclare. Can they be stretched? That was a powerhouse drive. The | :16:00. | :16:10. | |
:16:10. | :16:10. | ||
chance for Methody. He goes again. Only two metres away. David | :16:10. | :16:16. | |
McElhinney. He needs the runner. All of that pledge -- pressure | :16:16. | :16:24. | |
coming from the men in white. Harrison, again, white line fever. | :16:24. | :16:29. | |
He has a chance of getting in there and he gets isolated and Ballyclare | :16:29. | :16:34. | |
win the turnover. He is having a word with Jordan McKinstry. Has he | :16:34. | :16:44. | |
:16:44. | :16:45. | ||
done something silly? Be very careful, I will reverse the penalty. | :16:45. | :16:50. | |
Jordan McKinstry might lament that. The referee has a word with them. | :16:50. | :16:56. | |
The penalty had gone against James Harrison but Jordan McKinstry | :16:56. | :17:01. | |
applied just a touch of the slipper. You don't want to see that. | :17:01. | :17:06. | |
Decision time for Methody. The corner or the scrum? I think it is | :17:06. | :17:12. | |
the corner. I would imagine so. They will fancy putting this ball | :17:12. | :17:18. | |
five metres out, catch and drive. Try to get around the side and get | :17:18. | :17:23. | |
over, they pride themselves on that. Nicky Wells... You can see Jordan | :17:24. | :17:27. | |
McKinstry getting just a little bit too emotional in these early stages. | :17:27. | :17:33. | |
He must control his temper. That was an opportunity for Ballyclare | :17:33. | :17:42. | |
to get out of their own 22. That was a great drive. James Harrison, | :17:42. | :17:50. | |
well taken on by Mark Campbell. The secondary drive. That little thrust | :17:50. | :17:55. | |
to the corner produced a penalty. Methody have done what was on the | :17:55. | :18:02. | |
10, but it into the corner and had the five-metre line-out. Well taken | :18:02. | :18:09. | |
by Methody, the catch, can they apply the drive? The referee is in | :18:09. | :18:13. | |
the right position. They just had - - just have to get it Down and he | :18:13. | :18:20. | |
has given a try! Methody have scored! I think it was the skipper, | :18:20. | :18:30. | |
:18:30. | :18:31. | ||
Mark Winters? It was Mark Winters, getting all the applause from his | :18:31. | :18:37. | |
team-mates and what more can the captain did not score for his team | :18:37. | :18:41. | |
just after St Patrick's Day? That was a great drive, taken by Mark | :18:41. | :18:45. | |
Campbell and they get that early drive, forward momentum and players | :18:45. | :18:50. | |
on the ball, they get that great drive over and again, Rory Winters | :18:50. | :18:56. | |
managing the touchdown. And that really is a lot of pressure earlier | :18:56. | :19:02. | |
on. And I am delighted for Methody. He is an exceptional Young man and | :19:02. | :19:07. | |
a great captain. He will be delighted with that. Mark Winters. | :19:07. | :19:14. | |
I don't know where I got that from, he was a former boxer! And Paul | :19:14. | :19:23. | |
Douglas was a very useful amateur heavyweight. And the conversion. So, | :19:23. | :19:28. | |
the try from Rory Winters has given Methody the lead and stayed Down, | :19:28. | :19:33. | |
Jordan McKinstry will regret that rather silly error which produced | :19:33. | :19:38. | |
the penalty which led to the try. Absolutely, discipline has to be | :19:38. | :19:43. | |
good, you do not want to allow this Methody side to get into your own | :19:43. | :19:47. | |
22, keep them in your own half and it has unsettled Ballyclare just a | :19:47. | :19:54. | |
little bit and give an Methody that breathing space. 17 minutes played. | :19:54. | :19:59. | |
The first time Ballyclare have been inside the Methody have. Edgar. | :19:59. | :20:05. | |
That was a terrific kick. Not the kindest of bounces. The ball goes | :20:05. | :20:10. | |
backwards. Jonny Holmes. This is enterprising. He needs somebody | :20:10. | :20:18. | |
with him. Just nudged forward. I am sure that despite the occasion I'm | :20:19. | :20:23. | |
going five points Down, they have the composure to recover? | :20:24. | :20:29. | |
Absolutely. Very ambitious from Young Jonny Holmes. He shows that | :20:29. | :20:32. | |
little dummy and unfortunately there was the knock on by Grant | :20:32. | :20:38. | |
Bartley. It is difficult. When you're not used to playing at this | :20:38. | :20:44. | |
level in the Schools' Cup Final, you must do the basics very well. | :20:44. | :20:49. | |
That was a good squeeze from Ballyclare. The scrums days solid. | :20:49. | :20:56. | |
Nicely done. Elliott Mooney. Again, Ballyclare and the first tackle is | :20:56. | :21:00. | |
good and they concede the penalty. This is with the wind at their | :21:00. | :21:07. | |
backs. Eminently kickable from Methody. I think Jack Irvine was | :21:07. | :21:11. | |
guilty of just going off his feet. And the little back play from | :21:11. | :21:19. | |
Methody, trying to put away the flying winger. Again, lovely pass, | :21:19. | :21:23. | |
trying to put somebody through the hole. That was a great tackle from | :21:23. | :21:28. | |
Jonny Douglas. Straight onto the ball but just off his feet. And the | :21:28. | :21:33. | |
referee will not tolerate that kind of Mr dinner at the breakdown. -- | :21:33. | :21:43. | |
:21:43. | :21:44. | ||
misdemeanour. And he was a former player with the bulls and the | :21:44. | :21:51. | |
Sharks at Treviso, in his 5th year, 36 plays in the Cup so far. Will he | :21:51. | :21:58. | |
extend the lead? He will not. That was a genuine chance. That would | :21:58. | :22:02. | |
have made it very difficult for Ballyclare because five points Down | :22:02. | :22:07. | |
and eight points Down and maybe 10 points possibly, but we have been | :22:07. | :22:11. | |
at this stage at the interval before. That was not a great kick. | :22:12. | :22:16. | |
Jack will be getting him out on to the practice field next week! You | :22:16. | :22:23. | |
must take those opportunities. was a good start. Taken in by | :22:23. | :22:28. | |
Methody. Good, strong run by the second row, Mark Campbell. That | :22:28. | :22:36. | |
came off the Ballyclare player. Play on, says the referee. That is | :22:36. | :22:43. | |
the second Methody try! Would you believe it, the front Yow -- front | :22:44. | :22:50. | |
row will be delighted. Everybody at Methodist College. James Harrison. | :22:50. | :22:55. | |
Looking to do what his Big Brother did and won the Cup. And he has | :22:55. | :23:00. | |
certainly added an extra spice to this game. The initial thrust was | :23:00. | :23:10. | |
:23:10. | :23:10. | ||
terrific. You had the proper pass into the prop. That was magnificent. | :23:10. | :23:14. | |
Fortuitous into his hands. He catches the Ballyclare defence cold | :23:14. | :23:18. | |
on the back foot and James Harrison is quite mobile for the front-row | :23:18. | :23:28. | |
:23:28. | :23:29. | ||
forward, let us just say. mistake with that one. And we have | :23:29. | :23:34. | |
played just over 20 minutes. 35 minutes each way in the Schools' | :23:34. | :23:37. | |
Cup Final and Methodist College have scored two tries without reply | :23:37. | :23:47. | |
:23:47. | :23:48. | ||
and they lead by 12 points. This is the finish. He is a big lump of a | :23:48. | :23:52. | |
fellow. I remember his father being a very useful prop forward for | :23:52. | :23:59. | |
Queen's University and he was a solicitor by trade. An expensive | :23:59. | :24:04. | |
one. He is a good solicitor. I saw him in Donegal at the weekend and | :24:04. | :24:10. | |
he was in good form. But it's wouldn't have been in a hostelry?! | :24:10. | :24:17. | |
How dare you! He has done well to make that available. Ballyclare | :24:17. | :24:23. | |
need to dig in. They have another 30 minutes or so with the wind at | :24:23. | :24:33. | |
:24:33. | :24:34. | ||
their backs. Darling. He has been subdued by a Methody. Chris Millar. | :24:34. | :24:42. | |
Good work from Ballyclare. Matt Daly took that on. There is another | :24:42. | :24:50. | |
mistake and that could be costly. Good control of the ball from | :24:50. | :24:55. | |
Methody. That was a clever little kick. Ferguson has to go all the | :24:55. | :25:01. | |
way back and you might have to play this one. Left with no option. And | :25:01. | :25:05. | |
this is a fair idea of just how strong that windows. We it is | :25:05. | :25:09. | |
important, particularly into the wind, to secure possession and | :25:09. | :25:14. | |
Ballyclare have not been able to hold onto the ball. If you turn it | :25:14. | :25:17. | |
over at half-way, Ross Edgar is happy to put you back into the 22. | :25:17. | :25:21. | |
With the strong wind, that is difficult. They have given that | :25:21. | :25:30. | |
Methody another opportunity. line-up under pressure. They will | :25:30. | :25:35. | |
try to drive on. Another try, I am pretty certain, would just about | :25:35. | :25:44. | |
secure the Cup for them. Nicely laid up and taken back by Gallagher. | :25:45. | :25:54. | |
He is immensely strong. Edgar. Mark Gribben. He is a real worker in the | :25:54. | :26:04. | |
:26:04. | :26:06. | ||
centre. Gallagher. Great tackling from Ballyclare. David McElhinney | :26:06. | :26:10. | |
tries to get it away to James Harrison. Looking for that second | :26:10. | :26:16. | |
try. Huge pressure coming from Methody. What a first half. Rory | :26:16. | :26:20. | |
Winters, the skipper, scored the first try. This is going to be very | :26:20. | :26:26. | |
close. Desperate times for Ballyclare. Let there be one metre | :26:26. | :26:34. | |
away. Harrison again. Good support from the hooker. The captain is in. | :26:34. | :26:41. | |
Back on the loose head. He set up the second try. Some of running. | :26:41. | :26:51. | |
:26:51. | :26:58. | ||
And that is the penalty. Possibly harsh on Young Oliver McGoldrick. | :26:58. | :27:02. | |
Just some obstruction. There was a let-off from Ballyclare but you can | :27:02. | :27:06. | |
see how dangerous Methody are from line-outs, shifting the ball, | :27:06. | :27:13. | |
getting numbers and momentum. Again, Mark Gribben carrying the ball into | :27:13. | :27:19. | |
contact, very strong, probing both sides. Very strong from the second | :27:19. | :27:25. | |
row, Mark Campbell, who has been very prominent. Ballyclare have | :27:25. | :27:31. | |
made it secure from the line-out. They really needed to. They have | :27:31. | :27:37. | |
about 10.5 minutes to go to hang on. They will be happy with 5 - 0, not | :27:37. | :27:47. | |
:27:47. | :27:48. | ||
12 - 0. Chris Millar looking for somebody to do some running. There | :27:48. | :27:53. | |
is a chance of Ballyclare can shift this. That is good work from Jordan | :27:53. | :28:03. | |
:28:03. | :28:05. | ||
McKinstry. No point in trying to get this, they have to drive it or | :28:05. | :28:12. | |
one it into this wind. Chris Millar. Gathered in by the skipper. Kicked | :28:12. | :28:21. | |
through by Methody. A legally so. Difficult when playing into such a | :28:21. | :28:25. | |
strong wind, you need to have some width, you need to stretch the | :28:25. | :28:29. | |
Methody defence. They're quite compact and happy to deal with | :28:29. | :28:34. | |
Ballyclare. Who bar exchanging confrontations up the middle. | :28:34. | :28:37. | |
Somebody penalised for coming into the side and putting the boot into | :28:37. | :28:43. | |
the ball. Yes, you can see that Ballyclare have been rattled with | :28:43. | :28:47. | |
two quick scores. That has upset their rhythm. That was a good | :28:47. | :28:57. | |
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strike from Jonny Holmes. He has scored 18 Cup points and a try. | :29:00. | :29:03. | |
Ballyclare have gone for five men on the line, six of them, I should | :29:03. | :29:12. | |
be. Well taken in by David McElhinney for Methodist College. | :29:12. | :29:19. | |
Get it away nicely, this is the captain, Rory Winters. That was a | :29:19. | :29:25. | |
good call on the narrow side from Mark Lagan. Connor McKee. There is | :29:25. | :29:31. | |
a good chance if Methody can move this. Two men on the outside. | :29:31. | :29:37. | |
Gallagher! He has got serious pace. He manages to get away. What a | :29:37. | :29:46. | |
fabulous piece of bombing. Patrick Cavan. -- Paddy Colhoun. Methody | :29:46. | :29:52. | |
must score quickly and they will score! And it is, Mickey! He gets | :29:52. | :30:01. | |
in. The third try for Methody. And it will be difficult to see how | :30:01. | :30:07. | |
Ballyclare can come back? And so that it. They get the offload. -- | :30:08. | :30:16. | |
absolutely. That scintillating full-back running from Young Paddy | :30:16. | :30:21. | |
Colhoun. And that was a great, elusive piece of play. Lovely | :30:21. | :30:26. | |
footwork. He gets tackled short. Methody had the numbers. And they | :30:26. | :30:36. | |
:30:36. | :30:39. | ||
taking their foot off the gas. They'll be playing into the wind in | :30:39. | :30:43. | |
the second path and they will want to control the ball, but it is | :30:43. | :30:50. | |
difficult see how Ballyclare will come back from this. It is | :30:50. | :30:59. | |
territory, get back into the game. That is what they will need. | :30:59. | :31:06. | |
gets underneath that. It did not quite make it. Three tries for | :31:06. | :31:12. | |
Methodist College, one of them converted. Good finish by Connor | :31:12. | :31:16. | |
McKee, whose older brother played in the Schools' Cup Final three | :31:16. | :31:26. | |
:31:26. | :32:00. | ||
round. Good angle by Andrew Butler, inspirational, Grant Bartley. This | :32:00. | :32:10. | |
:32:10. | :32:10. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :32:10. | :32:58. | |
park at 6 ft 5. Chris Millar, Jonny Chris Mellor again. This is | :32:58. | :33:08. | |
:33:08. | :33:42. | ||
came from it. They are putting Ballyclare carriers under a little | :33:42. | :33:49. | |
bit of pressure. Ballyclare will be looking to come in with some points | :33:49. | :33:56. | |
on the scoreboard before half-time to give them some chance. I do not | :33:56. | :33:59. | |
want to make things worse for Ballyclare, but we think the wind | :33:59. | :34:05. | |
may have dropped ever-so-slightly. We will need to make sure and see. | :34:05. | :34:10. | |
Nicky Wells, who has already taken Methody to three victories. He | :34:10. | :34:17. | |
hopes to win a 4th. Lovely switch, here comes Mark | :34:17. | :34:27. | |
:34:27. | :34:27. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :34:27. | :35:29. | |
Gribben. With a quick ball from saw a direct kick to touch might | :35:29. | :35:39. | |
:35:39. | :35:40. | ||
not happen. The referee is happy. They go down to ground. Jonny | :35:40. | :35:50. | |
:35:50. | :36:12. | ||
game as a ball-carrier. Penalty to late to the breakdown. Another | :36:12. | :36:16. | |
great kick to touch. Another chance to get some possession and finish | :36:16. | :36:20. | |
this strongly. If they can get a bit of a drive on, get some | :36:20. | :36:30. | |
:36:30. | :37:04. | ||
character here, though when at Methody are at this stage. Their | :37:04. | :37:08. | |
mindset changed when they got the tries. They applied more pressure, | :37:08. | :37:13. | |
happy to take the scrum now, the have Connor McKee and Mark Gribben | :37:13. | :37:23. | |
:37:23. | :37:36. | ||
pass. The referee decided there was an advantage to Ballyclare. Jonny | :37:36. | :37:41. | |
Holmes struck that nicely into a very difficult when. He has | :37:41. | :37:51. | |
justified his selection. Great run by Paddy Colhoun. How could they | :37:51. | :38:01. | |
:38:01. | :38:05. | ||
have contemplated not playing him alive, another try would really put | :38:05. | :38:15. | |
:38:15. | :38:30. | ||
Gribben... Good support play. Here is Paddy Colhoun. There is an | :38:31. | :38:40. | |
:38:41. | :38:45. | ||
overlap if they can get us away. This is a chance for Ballyclare. | :38:45. | :38:51. | |
Methody are determined to hang on to this lead. The referee was | :38:51. | :39:01. | |
:39:01. | :39:18. | ||
Ballyclare will lead to do a lot of soul-searching. The manager needs | :39:18. | :39:21. | |
to give them some confidence. They have a lot of wind in the second | :39:21. | :39:25. | |
Bath, they need to get some turbulence, apply some sustained | :39:25. | :39:35. | |
:39:35. | :39:48. | ||
pressure. You would put your money scored by Connor McKee. Ballyclare | :39:48. | :39:54. | |
are struggling, because Methodist College and leading 17-0. | :39:54. | :40:02. | |
Ballyclare are struggling a bed, three tries. There they are, Rory | :40:02. | :40:10. | |
Winters, James Harrison, corner Ricky. Rudolph Benade eight kicked | :40:10. | :40:18. | |
a conversion. Ballyclare have not got off the mark. Tony, it has been | :40:18. | :40:24. | |
one way. Very much so. The conditions dictated it from the | :40:24. | :40:28. | |
start. Methody have had their foot on Ballyclare's throat from the | :40:28. | :40:35. | |
first minute. Ballyclare had been clinging onto shirt tails. 17-0 is | :40:35. | :40:42. | |
not quite a fair reflection in terms of the amount of possession. | :40:42. | :40:48. | |
It has not been easy for Ballyclare. It has been very difficult, but I | :40:48. | :40:52. | |
think Methody gave a masterclass there of how to play with the wind. | :40:52. | :40:59. | |
They controlled things very well. They used the wind, kicked into the | :40:59. | :41:04. | |
corners, that is what is very impressive, I patiently work with | :41:04. | :41:14. | |
:41:14. | :41:14. | ||
the ball. 15 minutes, we had the first try for Methody. It was a | :41:14. | :41:24. | |
:41:24. | :41:25. | ||
really nice try. Rory Winters's first try of the campaign. | :41:25. | :41:30. | |
Methody got the ball, held on, happy to set. I have been very | :41:30. | :41:40. | |
:41:40. | :41:42. | ||
impressed with their scrum half, like the unfortunate, they got the | :41:42. | :41:49. | |
penalty. They trotted down, controlled it, the forwards turned | :41:49. | :41:59. | |
:41:59. | :42:05. | ||
did not help Ballyclare. -- that bit of indiscipline. They were | :42:05. | :42:11. | |
guilty of that there, and it did not help. Ballyclare did try to run | :42:11. | :42:17. | |
the ball at every opportunity, the back three were all was involved. | :42:17. | :42:21. | |
We spoke right at the beginning about the gaps appearing in that | :42:21. | :42:31. | |
Ballyclare defence. That is what Methody have exploited. James | :42:31. | :42:41. | |
:42:41. | :42:42. | ||
Harrison scored and he was very the right hand side. They picked | :42:42. | :42:52. | |
:42:52. | :42:55. | ||
that up early. We do not often seek props to props. Methody have been | :42:55. | :43:00. | |
very effective. They made very few unforced errors, and that has been | :43:00. | :43:07. | |
crucial. Ballyclare have not had a chance to get into the game at all. | :43:07. | :43:14. | |
We can see it a second time, it shows you the wind as well. It does. | :43:14. | :43:22. | |
Ballyclare struggled kicking the ball. He fell off the tackle. They | :43:22. | :43:32. | |
:43:32. | :43:44. | ||
missed it. Prop forward to prop two eyes that stood out at the | :43:44. | :43:52. | |
Paddy Colhoun and Mark Gribben in the centre. They looked very | :43:52. | :43:58. | |
dangerous in attack. You must have like the first try from the centre, | :43:58. | :44:07. | |
by Connor McKee. Paddy Colhoun shows great footwork. He stays up, | :44:07. | :44:11. | |
takes the ball on, shows a bit of strength. The Methody eyes are all | :44:11. | :44:21. | |
:44:21. | :44:23. | ||
there. He does not lose patience. He throws a lovely pass. Great run | :44:23. | :44:29. | |
from the fill back. It was a great run. There is a tackle coming up | :44:29. | :44:33. | |
here from Jonny Douglas, and really, he has no option. He needs to make | :44:33. | :44:38. | |
a tackle. He defended very well in the first staff, but as you can see, | :44:38. | :44:46. | |
it could have been any one of three or four to score that. It is | :44:46. | :44:56. | |
:44:56. | :45:00. | ||
Paul Marshall would be more happy than Lewis Stephenson. This is the | :45:00. | :45:06. | |
team programme and it says that Paddy Colhoun would be wearing 23 | :45:06. | :45:10. | |
and would not start, he has started and put in a very impressive | :45:10. | :45:15. | |
performance. I am not sure about that, looking at the programme, I | :45:15. | :45:20. | |
did not expect him to start. He has come end and he is having a great | :45:20. | :45:25. | |
game and has been a great driving force. To you still fancy Methody? | :45:26. | :45:31. | |
That is a stupid question. Yes, he has been fantastic and Mark Gribben | :45:31. | :45:35. | |
also along with some of the forwards. James Harrison and James | :45:35. | :45:39. | |
Callaghan. They will have to hope their -- up their game into the | :45:39. | :45:44. | |
wind. Still a chance for Ballyclare? Yes, there is a stiff | :45:44. | :45:49. | |
breeze and you could see their difficulty. If Ballyclare gets on | :45:49. | :45:53. | |
territory and some possession, they could confident because problems. | :45:53. | :46:03. | |
:46:03. | :46:11. | ||
Thank you both very much. Back to anybody in recent years coming back | :46:11. | :46:15. | |
from a deficit. But they are made of stern stuff in the county of | :46:15. | :46:19. | |
Antrim. One man to look at is the Ulster vice-president, he will | :46:19. | :46:28. | |
present the trophy. The second President to come from Ballyclare. | :46:28. | :46:33. | |
The first was Tommy Lenzie many years ago. He eventually got | :46:33. | :46:43. | |
Ravenhill to put in floodlighting. So, Methodist College, led by their | :46:43. | :46:49. | |
skipper, trying to set this up. James Harrison has had a storming | :46:49. | :46:57. | |
game. And his fellow prop, who helped with that second try, set | :46:57. | :47:03. | |
this up. David McElhinney. Edgar. Ballyclare continue to make the | :47:03. | :47:13. | |
:47:13. | :47:15. | ||
first of tackles. Moving forward. And this is the first penalty. This | :47:15. | :47:20. | |
will be meat and drink for Ballyclare. Absolutely. If | :47:20. | :47:25. | |
Ballyclare are going to do anything at this stage, they need to defend | :47:25. | :47:29. | |
aggressively. Methody have no chance but to play into those areas | :47:29. | :47:36. | |
and bring up that Ballyclare back three. He just gets isolated, he | :47:36. | :47:40. | |
has had a good game. Ballyclare quickly on to the ball. Posing a | :47:40. | :47:45. | |
chance to get some much-needed points on the board. The comeback | :47:45. | :47:55. | |
:47:55. | :47:58. | ||
begins. We shall see. The man in charge of the Ulster Academy. And | :47:58. | :48:05. | |
the European Cup winner. All those wonderful years ago. Will this be | :48:05. | :48:12. | |
the start of a Ballyclare revival? Let's hope so. Jonny Holmes | :48:12. | :48:18. | |
replaces the ball. Does he need somewhere to hold it for him? -- | :48:19. | :48:24. | |
somebody. Huge pressure. And... Jonny Holmes relieving the | :48:24. | :48:32. | |
pressure! They conceded 17 first- half points and the gap is Down to | :48:32. | :48:39. | |
14 points. Sure, that is only two converted tries? Absolutely. That | :48:39. | :48:44. | |
was a nice kick from Jonny Holmes. We can see Jonny Holmes getting a | :48:44. | :48:50. | |
chance to open his legs a little at this point. He just has not had a | :48:50. | :48:58. | |
chance, he has not had much ball yet. Ballyclare will want to play | :48:58. | :49:02. | |
this well away from their own 22. This is closer to the Ballyclare | :49:02. | :49:12. | |
line. That is a good kick. He just has to spill it. They have come | :49:12. | :49:22. | |
:49:22. | :49:30. | ||
wind is. It is quite gusty out there. That was quite a good kick, | :49:30. | :49:34. | |
he had to travel quite a fair bet to come to the ball. And pressure | :49:34. | :49:38. | |
from the upcoming Ballyclare defence. Jonny Douglas was barely | :49:38. | :49:43. | |
able to pick that ball up. And go under the sticks. Good play, the | :49:43. | :49:46. | |
tackling was right and this is another opportunity to try to get | :49:46. | :49:52. | |
the ball behind this Methody midfield. And there is a problem | :49:52. | :49:57. | |
with the official communications. Somewhere up in the old stand are | :49:57. | :50:01. | |
members of the RBAI and Belfast Royal Academy Schools' Cup teams of | :50:01. | :50:08. | |
exactly 50 years ago, 1962. Captained by Stuart MacRory. And | :50:08. | :50:11. | |
Arthur Esprit. They had dinner on Saturday night, those who could | :50:11. | :50:20. | |
make it. Jonny Holmes might be thinking about this, or will he go | :50:20. | :50:27. | |
for the corner? Decision time, Jonnie Bell. He will try to put it | :50:27. | :50:32. | |
Down into the 22. That is a great start to that second half from | :50:32. | :50:38. | |
Ballyclare. Sustained pressure. Well, Jonny Holmes would not be | :50:38. | :50:42. | |
altogether happy with that. He got it into touch but he just needed to | :50:42. | :50:46. | |
get it a little bit longer. Ballyclare decide to shorten the | :50:46. | :50:51. | |
line-out and it has been successful. That was a lovely dummy from the | :50:51. | :50:57. | |
tight-head prop. Well picked up by Ballyclare. Good driving from Scott | :50:57. | :51:06. | |
Brown. Here come the boys in red and white. Jordan McKinstry. Now, | :51:06. | :51:12. | |
Methody's turn to tackle. Douglas. Some obstruction, play on, says the | :51:12. | :51:17. | |
referee. Ballyclare have one man injured, no, he has only lost his | :51:17. | :51:27. | |
:51:27. | :51:29. | ||
boot. Darling, up to the 22. Chris Millar gets it away. He has been | :51:29. | :51:38. | |
impressive. Taking the ball forward. That is good covering defence from | :51:38. | :51:43. | |
Methodist College. All the McGoldrick. Jack Irvine did not get | :51:43. | :51:49. | |
very much in the way of ground. And Ballyclare concede the penalty. | :51:49. | :51:56. | |
Well, now. What do you make of this? The Methodist defence stood | :51:56. | :52:00. | |
up well. The Haka judged to have held onto the ball on the ground | :52:00. | :52:05. | |
but Ballyclare will be pleased. Before the game, the coach said he | :52:05. | :52:10. | |
was worried that the boys would overcook this. And after that first | :52:10. | :52:14. | |
try, they lost confidence and some of that structure and discipline | :52:14. | :52:18. | |
that they had. Hopefully, he has had a word with them at half-time | :52:18. | :52:23. | |
and they have started this second half much better. The line-out for | :52:23. | :52:30. | |
Methody. Just the five men. Looking for Chris Gracey. And they have | :52:30. | :52:35. | |
found him. Oh, that is a well organised Methodist College drive. | :52:35. | :52:41. | |
Rory Winters, the skipper, coming in behind his like her. Here is | :52:41. | :52:51. | |
:52:51. | :52:52. | ||
Gallagher. Harrison. Into his safe hands. That was a shrill blast of | :52:52. | :52:56. | |
the whistle from the referee. Will he have a word with somebody? It | :52:56. | :53:01. | |
looks like Chris Gracey might have some cramp. It does not look like | :53:01. | :53:06. | |
anything serious, he probably let a scream I didn't because cramp is | :53:06. | :53:11. | |
pretty horrible. It comes with fatigue early in the second half. | :53:11. | :53:18. | |
You can see what that drive, Methody are so good, technically. | :53:18. | :53:22. | |
Here is the first one. This was Rory Winters. Classic line-out and | :53:22. | :53:28. | |
a very good drive. That was what started the whole thing off. | :53:28. | :53:32. | |
Technically, to do good. You can see the footwork, able to get over | :53:32. | :53:40. | |
the line. Good, clean, and the ball presented very well. You can see | :53:41. | :53:47. | |
James Harrison, straight under the sticks. Again, well done from Ross | :53:47. | :53:52. | |
Edgar. He deviance the tackle. Three very well-worked tries. Great | :53:52. | :54:00. | |
structure and patience. They will dine out on that for the rest of | :54:00. | :54:06. | |
their lives. In 20 years, they will still be talking about this. | :54:06. | :54:11. | |
Remember when we took the ball inside of her own 22 and to pass to | :54:11. | :54:16. | |
me and I took it on and be sold a dummy. Dear me! It will go on and | :54:16. | :54:26. | |
on. They will be insufferable. Here comes Gallagher. Great tackle. What | :54:26. | :54:31. | |
are thrust from the skipper. That was a very significant piece of | :54:31. | :54:35. | |
defending from Grant Bartley. And Methody have gone back 10 metres. | :54:35. | :54:43. | |
But they have kept possession, crucially. Asking for hands to be | :54:43. | :54:50. | |
taken out of it. Whingers, waiting to assist. Taken on by Harrison. | :54:50. | :54:59. | |
Edgar. Mark Gribben. He is built like a prop forward. And that was | :54:59. | :55:06. | |
clever stuff from Methody. Harrison, gets away and he has gone Down. He | :55:06. | :55:11. | |
has hurt his leg. The referee has gone straight to him. This isn't | :55:11. | :55:17. | |
good. He just made contact. Perhaps one leg was planted in the ground | :55:17. | :55:21. | |
when he made the tackle. He has pulled something at the back at his | :55:21. | :55:26. | |
knee. This is the tackle. He just went Down and started clutching his | :55:26. | :55:35. | |
left leg. What a great tackle that was. In if you are going to stop | :55:35. | :55:39. | |
this Methody juggernaut, you need to make those first tackles well. | :55:39. | :55:46. | |
Grant Bartley, that was a great tackle on James Gallagher. That is | :55:46. | :55:49. | |
the type of defensive play that Ballyclare did not have in the | :55:49. | :55:53. | |
first half. Methody were able to get over the line far too easily, | :55:53. | :55:57. | |
meaning it was the quick ball and that would serve Edgar well and | :55:57. | :56:05. | |
also get Paddy Colhoun. Yes, much better from Ballyclare. Thankfully, | :56:05. | :56:11. | |
that Young man has come through. Yes, he seems to be fine. He will | :56:11. | :56:16. | |
take his place in the second row. Beside Matt Brolly, his great | :56:16. | :56:23. | |
friend. He scored a try against Armagh in the early stages. We have | :56:23. | :56:31. | |
played 7.5 minutes. In the second half. Good, solid Methody scrum. | :56:31. | :56:36. | |
Well-protected. Again, Berkeley taking Gallagher out of things. | :56:36. | :56:42. | |
Harrison. That was clever hands from the prop. This is better from | :56:42. | :56:47. | |
Methody. Easier to run the ball into the breeze. That is what they | :56:47. | :56:53. | |
are doing., Mickey, he scored the third try in the first half. | :56:53. | :57:03. | |
Harrison is popping up everywhere. Whingers. That was a nice sidestep | :57:03. | :57:10. | |
from the captain. This is the turnover, this could be interesting. | :57:10. | :57:16. | |
If they can shift this... Wonderful tackling from Methodist College. | :57:16. | :57:20. | |
That was really good work from Elliott Mooney, who came in off his | :57:20. | :57:30. | |
:57:30. | :57:40. | ||
wing. He takes the first tackle. Jonny Douglas. You just feel that | :57:40. | :57:44. | |
Ballyclare do not want to play too much rugby around the halfway line. | :57:44. | :57:54. | |
:57:54. | :57:54. | ||
They want to put it Down in the 22. Enterprising. Well done, Rudolf Ben | :57:54. | :58:04. | |
:58:04. | :58:05. | ||
Ando. Still there for Ballyclare. The skipper. And again. Darling. | :58:06. | :58:13. | |
Mark Campbell, he made the initial tackle. Can they shift this to the | :58:13. | :58:17. | |
far side? They bring it inside. The referee has his hand out for the | :58:17. | :58:22. | |
penalty. I am certain that Ballyclare might look for the posts | :58:22. | :58:28. | |
just to close that gap. I would say so. You want to take territory but | :58:28. | :58:32. | |
that was a lovely floated pass over the top that puts Young Peter | :58:32. | :58:36. | |
Ferguson a way into the right wing. Methody have been judged to be | :58:36. | :58:43. | |
offside. Again, Ballyclare With the wind at their backs, able to just | :58:43. | :58:48. | |
keep the ball going through phases and yes, I am not sure what the | :58:48. | :58:56. | |
decision was. Again, offside. Lovely floated pass. On the outside. | :58:56. | :59:05. | |
Great tackle. He just slips off. Another injury. Scott bar. He is | :59:05. | :59:10. | |
having trouble with his left leg. And another penalty attempt from | :59:10. | :59:20. | |
:59:20. | :59:37. | ||
talented full-back from Ballyclare High School, Jonny Holmes. He has | :59:37. | :59:41. | |
added a second penalty and there is only 11 points between them. Scott | :59:41. | :59:46. | |
will have to go off. That means that David Allen welcome on. Very | :59:46. | :59:52. | |
unfortunate. He recovered from a very nasty shoulder injury to start | :59:52. | :59:58. | |
this final. But he has got problems with his left leg. And he will | :59:58. | :00:08. | |
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leave the field. Ballyclare might be making two changes. David Allen | :00:12. | :00:22. | |
:00:22. | :00:22. | ||
is coming on. Jordan McKinstry has come off. Kelly has come on. | :00:22. | :00:32. | |
:00:32. | :00:38. | ||
Worrying number 18. It just holds up in the wind. Ballyclare will | :00:38. | :00:42. | |
take the scrum in the middle. They have the option of taking the kick | :00:42. | :00:46. | |
but the scrum is probably the more likely option. A of though they | :00:46. | :00:52. | |
have lost the big second-row forward. Jordan McKinstry has come | :00:52. | :01:02. | |
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Johnny Holmes into space down the tackling like a veteran. It is an | :01:28. | :01:34. | |
illegal turnover by Methodist College. Is the pendulum swinging | :01:34. | :01:39. | |
in their direction? The momentum has turned towards Barry clear. | :01:39. | :01:46. | |
They managed to control the ball. - - Ballyclare. Possibly they were | :01:46. | :01:53. | |
lucky there. Mark Gribben was straight onto the ball. Good pace, | :01:53. | :02:00. | |
good feet. I think Methodist College could feel harshly done to | :02:00. | :02:08. | |
there. He has penalised the Methodist number six. The number | :02:08. | :02:13. | |
eight may have just got off his feet. He will meet to talk to | :02:13. | :02:21. | |
winters about that. -- need to talk. That a made a nonsense of | :02:21. | :02:31. | |
:02:31. | :03:09. | ||
that little bit of ground at the far side. I don't think there was | :03:09. | :03:12. | |
anything to malicious in that exchange. I think the referee is | :03:12. | :03:19. | |
asking the touch judge if there was anything malicious. Hopefully, the | :03:19. | :03:24. | |
young man will be back on his feet. I think he is just relax in a | :03:24. | :03:31. | |
little bit. Is he just winded? -- relaxing. The bounce was untidy. | :03:31. | :03:34. | |
One of his own players went in there. I don't think there was | :03:34. | :03:44. | |
:03:44. | :03:44. | ||
anything untoward. No offence taken and no offence meant. Patrick | :03:44. | :03:54. | |
:03:54. | :03:54. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :03:54. | :04:48. | |
Kelvin, who has been on splendid be a card. Mark Campbell went in | :04:48. | :04:52. | |
far too high with his forearm. The referee is going to have a word | :04:52. | :05:01. | |
with them. It is not nice to see in a Schools Cup final. But he is | :05:01. | :05:06. | |
judged to have not used his arms, just using his shoulders. No | :05:06. | :05:13. | |
attempt at a proper tackle. Rightly penalised. Again, another | :05:13. | :05:20. | |
opportunity to push the Methodist team back into the 22. He went | :05:20. | :05:25. | |
straighten with a forearm. The penalty has been given. Johnny | :05:25. | :05:33. | |
Holmes has put in his best kick to touch so far. Stephen Lindsay with | :05:33. | :05:38. | |
the man sin-binned. It was rather high and rather unnecessary. | :05:38. | :05:48. | |
:05:48. | :06:00. | ||
of six points against your opponents when they have a man in | :06:00. | :06:10. | |
:06:10. | :06:36. | ||
the bin. That could change the Paddy Reid has had a very good game. | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
He carries well, he's very strong. I fear he felt there was something | :06:41. | :06:44. | |
that should not have been going on in that break down, but the referee | :06:44. | :06:54. | |
:06:54. | :06:54. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :06:54. | :07:52. | |
did not say it, so he allowed the again. Nicky Wells and Stephen | :07:52. | :07:59. | |
Lindsay, and David Wells, in charge of Methodist College were so many | :07:59. | :08:03. | |
years, will be impressed by that piece of defending. -- for so many | :08:03. | :08:10. | |
years. Well away by Ross Edgar. Ballyclare will be disappointed to | :08:10. | :08:15. | |
have not held on to that ball. They needed to be patient and to get | :08:15. | :08:22. | |
numbers to the ball. Great work in the tackle. Methodist College, so | :08:22. | :08:26. | |
strong in this department, physical, technically good. Very, very proud. | :08:26. | :08:36. | |
:08:36. | :08:37. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :08:37. | :09:53. | |
They don't want the Ballyclare side Good hands. That was a terrific run | :09:53. | :10:01. | |
by Dan Bingham. They don't go far from their main carriers. James | :10:01. | :10:06. | |
Harrison could have been playing 10 today. Obviously, Mark Gribben, | :10:06. | :10:11. | |
giving them what to go forward. It is a very strong performance from | :10:11. | :10:17. | |
this team. David Rae has come on for Methodist College. James | :10:17. | :10:20. | |
Gallagher has gone off. There is a bit of a stoppage because someone | :10:20. | :10:27. | |
has a bit of cramp. Peter Ferguson has done a lot of running for | :10:27. | :10:37. | |
:10:37. | :10:46. | ||
Ballyclare, he is the man getting basic errors if you are chasing an | :10:46. | :10:50. | |
11 point deficit. Time is not on your side. We have played 10 | :10:50. | :11:00. | |
:11:00. | :11:00. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :11:00. | :12:13. | |
minutes of the second half, 20 they have got the penalty. Some | :12:13. | :12:18. | |
treatment for a key. But it might just be triumphal -- it might just | :12:18. | :12:23. | |
be cramp. Is this weather conducive to producing a cramp? To you would | :12:23. | :12:31. | |
have to ask the groundsman. I would not dare ex-could not imagine you | :12:31. | :12:36. | |
are having got Cram but any stage of your career? Absolutely not. -- | :12:36. | :12:46. | |
:12:46. | :12:55. | ||
a second, we will wait for a while. It is interesting, you talked about | :12:55. | :13:01. | |
the fine margins. Ballyclare had an opportunity to get into the | :13:01. | :13:06. | |
Methodist 22. Some moments of indiscipline, and some mistakes | :13:06. | :13:16. | |
:13:16. | :13:38. | ||
coming into their game, giving them leading the field. -- leading the | :13:38. | :13:48. | |
:13:48. | :13:48. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :13:48. | :14:51. | |
Here they come again. Jonny Darling setting this up. That has been | :14:51. | :15:01. | |
stolen by Methody. Cleared by Ross Edgar. Not by far. Not foreword by | :15:01. | :15:05. | |
Methodist College and the scrum to Ballyclare. Nearly 16 minutes | :15:05. | :15:15. | |
:15:15. | :15:16. | ||
played and only 10 of them to go. Another replacement. It looks like | :15:16. | :15:22. | |
Calder Mickey is being replaced. Richard is coming on. Calder Mickey | :15:22. | :15:29. | |
is going off. He cannot fault Ballyclare's Endeavour but just a | :15:29. | :15:39. | |
:15:39. | :15:41. | ||
little bit too predictable. That was good support from Jonny Douglas. | :15:41. | :15:45. | |
Ballyclare needed this quickly and they are being denied that. This is | :15:45. | :15:49. | |
the sidestep from the hooker. What great defending from Methodist | :15:49. | :15:59. | |
:15:59. | :16:01. | ||
College. Coming in from the side. The referee is letting that go. Set | :16:01. | :16:11. | |
:16:11. | :16:13. | ||
up by Jonny Darling. Chris Millar. Berkeley. Methody need men to the | :16:13. | :16:19. | |
far side. That is good stuff. Douglas. Surely, if they move this, | :16:19. | :16:25. | |
they can get in. That was a great tackle from Elliott Mooney. Methody | :16:25. | :16:30. | |
determined not to have their line crossed, if they can help it. | :16:30. | :16:33. | |
Ballyclare throwing everything into this and that was terrific Methody | :16:33. | :16:43. | |
:16:43. | :16:43. | ||
defence. Absolutely. We talked about trying to get that offload | :16:43. | :16:48. | |
and again, Ballyclare get the ball and the offload, through the tackle, | :16:48. | :16:54. | |
lovely play from Jonny Douglas. He stands his man up but Methody, you | :16:54. | :16:59. | |
can see the numbers, desperate not to concede. Lovely line from Jonny | :16:59. | :17:06. | |
Holmes. And great support from Jonny Douglas. Unfortunately, | :17:06. | :17:12. | |
unable to reveal that last tackle. Mickey might have been too close to | :17:12. | :17:20. | |
Douglas. But Methody have done the right thing. They have given it | :17:20. | :17:30. | |
:17:30. | :17:34. | ||
away. That is good discipline. Harrison rumbles forward. The prop | :17:35. | :17:44. | |
:17:45. | :17:51. | ||
forward. Set up once again from Methody. And they would just be | :17:51. | :17:55. | |
content to try to pick up and drive and rumble. Just eight minutes | :17:55. | :18:04. | |
remaining. Methody are Masters at this type of game, running Down the | :18:04. | :18:12. | |
clock, getting numbers to the ball. They do not move the ball very past | :18:12. | :18:21. | |
-- very much past nine or 10. They are big carriers. Patience, | :18:21. | :18:31. | |
:18:31. | :18:41. | ||
patience, patience. That was a good Methody scrum, well puck-out -- | :18:41. | :18:51. | |
:18:51. | :18:51. | ||
will pick up. -- well picked up. That was good work from Mark | :18:51. | :19:01. | |
:19:01. | :19:03. | ||
Campbell. He spent some time in the sin-bin. He just hurtles across 22. | :19:03. | :19:09. | |
Dan Bingham, who has put himself about a bit. Oh dear, there is the | :19:09. | :19:13. | |
collision. There is a Ballyclare player, absolutely prone. That | :19:13. | :19:18. | |
isn't looking good at all. They need to get some medical staff. | :19:18. | :19:28. | |
:19:28. | :19:37. | ||
head prop, Jonny Craig. It is hard to see from this angle. It was very | :19:37. | :19:45. | |
unfortunate. At any level, but when schoolboys are involved. The | :19:45. | :19:50. | |
referee has called for a stretcher. And they are bringing on the | :19:50. | :20:00. | |
:20:00. | :20:01. | ||
paramedics. I am just trying to look at his feet to save there is | :20:02. | :20:11. | |
:20:12. | :20:22. | ||
any movement. There has not been any movement so far. I suppose, at | :20:22. | :20:26. | |
schoolboy level... This is the tackle. He just got his head on to | :20:26. | :20:34. | |
the wrong side. It was Jonny Craig. And he tried to take Mark Gribben, | :20:34. | :20:40. | |
who is quite hefty, and he tried to ride the tackle. Unfortunately, | :20:40. | :20:43. | |
Jonny Craig got his head on to the wrong side and he might have hit | :20:44. | :20:53. | |
:20:54. | :20:54. | ||
his head into Mark Gribben. Hopefully, just precautionary. They | :20:55. | :20:58. | |
need to make sure that everything has stabilised and they will take | :20:58. | :21:03. | |
no chances with Young men. He just got his head into the wrong place. | :21:03. | :21:08. | |
Mark Gribben isn't a small man and when he builds up a head of steam, | :21:08. | :21:14. | |
he is difficult to stop. Anxious looks on every face. Here at | :21:14. | :21:21. | |
Ravenhill. Terrific support from Ballyclare. There will not be too | :21:21. | :21:25. | |
many places open in the town today and given the record of Methody in | :21:25. | :21:34. | |
the Schools' Cup, this is their 61st final. Behind on inst. Then | :21:34. | :21:40. | |
Campbell College. And those three big Belfast schools between them | :21:40. | :21:44. | |
have won the cup outright on 84 occasions, which has twice as many | :21:44. | :21:49. | |
as the rest of the schools put together. They are greedy. Very | :21:49. | :21:54. | |
greedy. Nicky Wells and everybody at Methody will be delighted to see | :21:54. | :21:58. | |
the Schools' Cup coming back. They really feel they have a spiritual | :21:58. | :22:02. | |
bite to it. And there has been some dust gathering in the trophy | :22:02. | :22:08. | |
Cabinet. You cannot take anything away from Ballyclare, they came | :22:08. | :22:13. | |
here with hugely high hopes. But again, a very strong performance | :22:13. | :22:21. | |
from Methody, particularly up front. To pave the way for what possibly | :22:21. | :22:27. | |
will be a win. Anxious looks on the faces of the Ballyclare support. | :22:27. | :22:32. | |
Some of the schoolgirls in the picture. He is in the very best of | :22:32. | :22:42. | |
:22:42. | :22:45. | ||
hands. He is a former consultant in the Royal Hospital. Nobody better | :22:45. | :22:55. | |
:22:55. | :22:58. | ||
in the world, if you have any injury. He has looked after me on | :22:58. | :23:04. | |
many occasions. Hopefully that Young man is talking and conscious. | :23:04. | :23:13. | |
Nobody wants to see any injury in this. Ballyclare will bring on | :23:13. | :23:20. | |
James Beattie on the back of this. And the hooker, Matt Brolly, is | :23:20. | :23:26. | |
already on a failed to take over from the unfortunate Jonny Craig. | :23:26. | :23:30. | |
James Beattie is quite highly rated in Ballyclare circles. He is only | :23:30. | :23:37. | |
in his 5th year. Even at this level, they do not hold back at all. | :23:37. | :23:42. | |
has been strong running and equally strong defence of work and there is | :23:42. | :23:46. | |
a fine example, the Methody skipper, Rory Winters, picking his man up | :23:46. | :23:52. | |
and having the good sense to let him Down legally. Good driving work | :23:52. | :23:57. | |
from big Paddy Reid. You have to be very careful about how you tackle. | :23:57. | :24:03. | |
It has been a day for the props. Paddy Reid has had a great day. He | :24:03. | :24:10. | |
has put his best foot forward. And James Harrison has been very good, | :24:10. | :24:15. | |
at the centre of everything that bet they have been doing. Great to | :24:15. | :24:20. | |
see these Young men getting a chance to put their name forward to | :24:20. | :24:24. | |
represent their school on such an occasion, it is fantastic and | :24:24. | :24:27. | |
everybody can be very proud of what they have done. Ballyclare have had | :24:27. | :24:31. | |
to wait for a very long time to get here and although they will be | :24:31. | :24:35. | |
better disappointed, they certainly have not stopped fighting for the | :24:35. | :24:39. | |
whole game. What is encouraging is if you look at both teams, the | :24:39. | :24:43. | |
number of representative players, Ulster underrating, Schools' Cup, | :24:43. | :24:48. | |
underrate teens and under 17 s clubs, they can ply their trade | :24:48. | :24:52. | |
professionally but a lot of these Young men on not give up rugby | :24:52. | :24:57. | |
after St Patrick's Day? And that is crucial. You have the interview | :24:57. | :25:04. | |
before the game, talking about how this team, they have been together | :25:04. | :25:08. | |
and they toured in New Zealand in 2010 and they are very tight. You | :25:08. | :25:13. | |
make friendships that will last for a lifetime. I certainly know from | :25:13. | :25:20. | |
my experiences and Tony will say the same, the moment they have had | :25:20. | :25:24. | |
in schools rugby has stuck with them all these years. Yes, it is a | :25:24. | :25:27. | |
special thing to get to the St Patrick's Day final. Not many | :25:27. | :25:32. | |
people get the opportunity to lift the Cup and it is a great occasion | :25:32. | :25:36. | |
but you certainly have to take their hats off. Ballyclare worked | :25:36. | :25:42. | |
their socks off. Dan has done a fantastic job with this team. | :25:42. | :25:46. | |
having lost your very first Schools' Cup College, to come back | :25:46. | :25:50. | |
the next year with other fellows with experience of that, to come | :25:50. | :25:56. | |
back and when, that would have made that all the sweeter? Absolutely. | :25:56. | :26:01. | |
We played in the Dalian Shield final and we kept that go together. | :26:02. | :26:07. | |
We were in experienced in the lower 6th here. But we took that | :26:07. | :26:12. | |
experience in to the following season. Still anxious faces. It has | :26:12. | :26:22. | |
:26:22. | :26:23. | ||
not been a bad afternoon weather Wise. There is a cloud over this | :26:23. | :26:27. | |
game, and it is over the health and safety of Jonny Craig. Leading the | :26:27. | :26:34. | |
field on a stretcher, complete with paramedics. And Lawrence Rockwell, | :26:34. | :26:39. | |
off to a very warm and sincere round of applause. From a very | :26:39. | :26:44. | |
caring and concerned and knowledgeable Ravenhill public. | :26:44. | :26:54. | |
:26:54. | :26:54. | ||
Just a couple of a replacement. Also on his James Beattie. Here, | :26:54. | :27:00. | |
Ballyclare, have they got anything left? They have some time. They | :27:00. | :27:03. | |
have six minutes but an 11 point deficit. They may well get three | :27:03. | :27:08. | |
points from here. Retaken quickly. Good driving from the prop forward. | :27:08. | :27:13. | |
This is clever. Ballyclare on the front foot, Methody defending. But | :27:13. | :27:23. | |
:27:23. | :27:30. | ||
they have defended magnificently all the way through. If anybody | :27:31. | :27:38. | |
deserved a try, it is this man. Harrison gets away with it. A way | :27:38. | :27:47. | |
they go. This man has been fantastic, Paddy Colhoun. The final | :27:47. | :27:56. | |
flourish might lie with Methody. This is a great chance for Methody | :27:56. | :28:06. | |
:28:06. | :28:07. | ||
to run with it. Rudolph Benade. Well taken Down. Still there. The | :28:07. | :28:10. | |
closest they have been to the Ballyclare line in the entire | :28:10. | :28:14. | |
second half. They finished with a flourish in the semi-final against | :28:14. | :28:19. | |
Campbell College, can they do it again against Ballyclare? If they | :28:19. | :28:25. | |
move this, they must be in. Wonderful stuff. The little offload | :28:25. | :28:31. | |
and its bills forward. That will give Ballyclare at the scrum. | :28:31. | :28:36. | |
Connor McKee had the ball. He was not far away. What a thrilling | :28:36. | :28:41. | |
passage of play. Unfortunately, Ballyclare have another man Down. | :28:41. | :28:46. | |
This fellow, who made that initial movement, Paddy Reid. That was a | :28:46. | :28:52. | |
fantastic read -- fantastic run along the touchline. Able to put | :28:52. | :28:56. | |
this from one side of the pitch to the other. That was a lovely pass | :28:57. | :29:02. | |
from Mark Gribben. Had he played the inside ball, he uses his feet, | :29:02. | :29:08. | |
that was great cover tackling... Desperate not to concede at this | :29:08. | :29:13. | |
late stage. Unfortunately, that was the late knock on from Mark Gribben. | :29:13. | :29:19. | |
Again, you can see how dangerous this side are. Back in their own 22. | :29:19. | :29:26. | |
Great defence, fantastic attack. David Lawther coming on to play for | :29:26. | :29:31. | |
Ballyclare in the front row. Paddy Reid has gone off. He has had a | :29:31. | :29:40. | |
fantastic day. He can look back on this with great pride. The bardic | :29:40. | :29:45. | |
their scrummage. I am sure that Methody will really attack this. To | :29:45. | :29:50. | |
save they can squeeze the turnover. And they have done just that. That | :29:50. | :29:55. | |
was a good steal from Methody. This time, all they have to do is move | :29:55. | :30:04. | |
this. The referee says that went forward. Paddy Colhoun has been | :30:04. | :30:14. | |
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worthy of a tried all day and he will be denied. Again, they came | :30:14. | :30:18. | |
blind. Great defence from James Beattie. He just applied enough | :30:18. | :30:28. | |
:30:28. | :30:35. | ||
another scrummage to turn the screw? Ballyclare have lost both | :30:35. | :30:40. | |
prop forwards. We wish Johnny Craig the very best. And Paddy Reid has | :30:40. | :30:50. | |
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says the referee. There may be another twist in this tale. Basic | :31:04. | :31:07. | |
errors are letting them down. If you have the confidence to go deep, | :31:07. | :31:12. | |
and you have the skill level tabooed those passes away, you can. | :31:12. | :31:22. | |
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Methodist College have squeezed over. That is the 4th try. It was | :31:53. | :31:56. | |
Chris Christie, who has made it absolutely certain for Methodist | :31:56. | :32:06. | |
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College. -- Gracey. Ballyclare, simply eased out of it. The | :32:07. | :32:11. | |
stewards have allowed so many kids to come onto the field, but the | :32:11. | :32:14. | |
game is not finished. No stewarding whatsoever, which is pretty | :32:14. | :32:19. | |
dreadful. You cannot blame the Methodist College youngsters for | :32:19. | :32:28. | |
wanting to come on and applaud their heroes. Somebody managed to | :32:28. | :32:34. | |
open the gate, and they ran through. No marks for the man in the orange | :32:34. | :32:44. | |
and yellow coat. It was a fantastic try. Well deserved. I have been | :32:44. | :32:47. | |
task with the job of picking a man of the match. There have been a lot | :32:47. | :32:55. | |
of noticeable performances this morning. By Paddy Colhoun, | :32:55. | :32:59. | |
unbelievably good. James Harrison, and Gallagher. But the man who as | :32:59. | :33:01. | |
epitomised everything that Methodist College has done well | :33:02. | :33:08. | |
today, carrying well in difficult circumstances, James Harrison. The | :33:08. | :33:18. | |
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tight roll forward, he has had an outstanding game. It is all over | :33:19. | :33:27. | |
now. Now they can celebrate. 70 nil at the interval, Ballyclare came | :33:27. | :33:33. | |
back. -- 17-0. Penalties by Johnny Holmes closed the gap but it was | :33:33. | :33:43. | |
:33:43. | :33:45. | ||
not enough. Methodist College have won the cup in pretty impressive | :33:45. | :33:50. | |
style. Ballyclare did their best. Some fundamental errors, and an | :33:50. | :33:55. | |
early mistakes that probably cost them dear. Try as they did in the | :33:55. | :33:59. | |
second half, they had to give second best to the side who were | :33:59. | :34:02. | |
from the outset going to be favourites for this great | :34:02. | :34:12. | |
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competition. Scenes of jubilation. But the owners of the pitch will | :34:15. | :34:18. | |
not be happy about the pitch invasion. But there is little that | :34:18. | :34:23. | |
can be done about that. How can you stop delirious teenagers from | :34:23. | :34:33. | |
coming on and celebrating a victory? It has been an exciting | :34:33. | :34:38. | |
final. The winds did not have the effect of spoiling the game as it | :34:38. | :34:43. | |
had in previous years. There is no doubt that Methodist College have | :34:43. | :34:48. | |
been worthy winners. The final score here, for the 2012 Schools' | :34:48. | :34:55. | |
Cup, Ballyclare High School, Methodist College, 22. Rory winters | :34:55. | :35:03. | |
has got his name -- Rory winters is with Thomas. An extremely happy man. | :35:03. | :35:07. | |
The Campton of Methodist College. Scored the first try of the final. | :35:07. | :35:12. | |
Are you feeling? It has not really Are you feeling? It has not really | :35:12. | :35:14. | |
sunk in. So many emotions. someone back home who does not | :35:14. | :35:19. | |
understand rugby, how much work did you put in to get here? It all | :35:19. | :35:23. | |
starts at the end of the last season. You are right in at the | :35:23. | :35:28. | |
German, early mornings, all way through, doing pre-season through | :35:28. | :35:32. | |
the summer, in the gym, a new are on the pitch doing running, and | :35:32. | :35:39. | |
then it is Monday-night, early mornings, and it comes together so | :35:39. | :35:44. | |
well. They the entire student population of Methodist College is | :35:44. | :35:48. | |
on the feet right now. How does it make you feel? They're waiting for | :35:48. | :35:52. | |
you to lift the trophy. They are proud. You dream about these | :35:52. | :35:56. | |
moments when you are going through that first and second year of the | :35:56. | :36:02. | |
school. To be here is a bit surreal, to be honest. Go on lift the trophy. | :36:02. | :36:12. | |
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Congratulations. Just a quick update on Jonathan Craig. There we | :36:14. | :36:19. | |
are. The men in the white shirts are in there somewhere, trust me. | :36:19. | :36:26. | |
They will be celebrating, but his appointment for Ballyclare. Let us | :36:26. | :36:31. | |
hope that the young man, Johnny Craig, who went off with an injury, | :36:31. | :36:39. | |
let us hope that he is OK. James Harrison, man-of-the-match, the | :36:39. | :36:43. | |
prop from Methodist College. Despite Ballyclare in the second | :36:43. | :36:50. | |
half, huffing and puffing, they could not knock the house down. | :36:50. | :36:55. | |
awful lot of credit should go to Ballyclare. It would have been very | :36:55. | :37:04. | |
easy at half-time to roll over. But Ballyclare stood up, manfully. We | :37:04. | :37:09. | |
were -- they were very impressive. If a knock-on had not occurred, | :37:09. | :37:12. | |
that try might have come to put them back within one score. But | :37:12. | :37:16. | |
Methodist College had enough of the end to finish the job. You can see | :37:16. | :37:21. | |
the difference in the faces. The smiles belong to the white shirts | :37:21. | :37:27. | |
and the glum faces belong to the red and navy shirts. If they had | :37:27. | :37:31. | |
got a try after those two penalties, they could have been on the brink | :37:31. | :37:36. | |
of a great comeback. They should not be too despondent. Obviously, | :37:36. | :37:40. | |
they will be disappointed, but I thought that Ballyclare were | :37:40. | :37:45. | |
fantastic. The scoreline may not fully reflect the game. Ballyclare | :37:45. | :37:51. | |
squandered a couple of chances. Had they been more patient, they could | :37:51. | :37:55. | |
have converted the Os. But we should not get away from the fact | :37:55. | :37:59. | |
that it was a Schools' Cup match that was thoroughly enjoyable to | :37:59. | :38:03. | |
watch. There was a lot of skill and enterprise and commitment. They | :38:03. | :38:11. | |
should be very proud. You're not in your head in agreement, Tony. | :38:11. | :38:14. | |
cannot understand how difficult the conditions were. There is a very | :38:14. | :38:22. | |
strong wind blowing. An awful lot of skill shown by both sets of | :38:22. | :38:27. | |
teams. Desire and courage, taken for granted, but the skill level | :38:27. | :38:30. | |
cannot be underestimated. Both teams were prepared to try | :38:30. | :38:36. | |
something. It was not just reflected by the team's playing, | :38:36. | :38:42. | |
kicking the ball a way round the lake. We are looking at the losers | :38:42. | :38:47. | |
getting their medals. Sadly, both of you played in losing finals. | :38:47. | :38:51. | |
What would you say to those lads today, in the midst of the | :38:51. | :38:56. | |
disappointment? It will be hard to pick up initially, but it will look | :38:56. | :39:00. | |
back and reflect and have fond memories of playing here. It was a | :39:00. | :39:04. | |
packed crowd and a great atmosphere. They will take that with them. It | :39:04. | :39:07. | |
will be the pinnacle of their career for many of them. Hopefully | :39:07. | :39:11. | |
some of them will move on. I thought some of the intervals -- | :39:11. | :39:15. | |
individuals were very impressive. Ferguson on the wing showed very | :39:16. | :39:25. | |
kid's footwork. Lots of pace. -- very good footwork. I thought the | :39:25. | :39:30. | |
captain came out well. Patrick weeds -- Patrick Read and Johnny | :39:30. | :39:35. | |
Douglas. All of the Ballyclare guys answered the question put to them | :39:35. | :39:42. | |
at half-time. For the moment, gentlemen, thank you very much. Mr | :39:42. | :39:48. | |
Winters and his team are on their way for the trophy. | :39:49. | :39:52. | |
The medal will be presented by the wife of that the Northern Bank | :39:52. | :39:58. | |
Chief Executive, the sponsor of the Ulster Schools' Cup, dating back to | :39:58. | :40:08. | |
:40:08. | :40:15. | ||
1876. He is going to introduce his side. Roaring double Winters, -- | :40:15. | :40:25. | |
:40:25. | :40:27. | ||
Rory winters, talking them through. Methodist College's first final, | :40:28. | :40:32. | |
the following year, they lost to Armagh and began a wonderful | :40:32. | :40:37. | |
sequence back in 1878, beating the Royal School in Dungannon to win | :40:37. | :40:43. | |
their first trophy. Many familiar faces there. I saw Stephen Reid, | :40:43. | :40:48. | |
the younger brother of the former Chief Executive, Michael Reid, and | :40:48. | :40:54. | |
son of Ken Read. Clapping pretty generously, is the man who has had | :40:54. | :41:02. | |
a great season as President, Lawrence Colwell. And it will be a | :41:02. | :41:06. | |
pleasant task, I'm sure, to hand over this magnificent trophy. The | :41:06. | :41:10. | |
second oldest rugby trophy in the world, second only to the London | :41:10. | :41:14. | |
Hospitals Cup, presented to the victorious skipper of Methodist | :41:14. | :41:21. | |
College. A's and Methodist College, once again, are the Schools Cup | :41:21. | :41:29. | |
winners. Rory Winters, who started it off with his try in the first | :41:29. | :41:34. | |
half, is the man who will have the final say. And this will go back to | :41:34. | :41:40. | |
the bottom of the Malone Road. A few of these boys may well be back | :41:40. | :41:44. | |
next year to see if they can extend this remarkable Schools' Cup | :41:44. | :41:51. | |
winning sequence. It will be a wonderful way to round off what has | :41:51. | :41:57. | |
been a fantastic rugby-playing career. They have won the Schools' | :41:57. | :42:07. | |
Cup. Here is the skipper. another day, they could have been | :42:07. | :42:13. | |
lifting the trophy. Well done, boys. Words for the defeated Ballyclare | :42:13. | :42:20. | |
side. Luger does smiling faces. would like to thank Northern Bank, | :42:20. | :42:26. | |
the sponsors, who make it what it is with the money they provide and | :42:26. | :42:31. | |
the backing they give it. Along with the Ulster Bank, everyone here | :42:32. | :42:35. | |
at Ravenhill, the referees and linesmen. They are the unseen | :42:36. | :42:45. | |
:42:46. | :42:46. | ||
people who really make this competition what it is for us. | :42:46. | :42:56. | |
think we can go to Thomas Kane. coach of Methodist College joins me | :42:56. | :43:03. | |
now. There is almost a Tia Rigg your eye. It is great. I know it is | :43:03. | :43:06. | |
an old cliche but I'm really pleased for the boys. They are a | :43:06. | :43:16. | |
:43:16. | :43:17. | ||
great grip. They are complex, but they have been great fun to be with. | :43:17. | :43:22. | |
For the first half today, they were phenomenal. A result was some | :43:22. | :43:26. | |
pressure for at Methodist College, because it is your 7th year taking | :43:26. | :43:31. | |
the senior team to championships. Not bad. A lot of it goes down to | :43:31. | :43:36. | |
the staff we have at the school, working at junior level. Colin | :43:36. | :43:40. | |
Martin won the medallion Shield's this year. Hopefully they will come | :43:41. | :43:45. | |
into the cycle next year. It is the product of hard work -- hard work. | :43:45. | :43:55. | |
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Congratulations. There we are. Great scenes, good | :43:57. | :44:01. | |
words from Nicky Wells. His father will be here, of course, a winner | :44:01. | :44:11. | |
:44:11. | :44:12. | ||
of this trophy. Extending their record number of wins to 233. And | :44:12. | :44:17. | |
it has to be said, when Barry clear were trying to get back into the | :44:17. | :44:21. | |
game, we have to say something about the Methodist offence. -- | :44:21. | :44:26. | |
Ballyclare. Very sound. It never looked as if it was going to be | :44:26. | :44:30. | |
breached. That is testament to the way that these guys are coached and | :44:30. | :44:35. | |
the way that a play for each other. Good commitments. And will all lot | :44:35. | :44:42. | |
of organisation. Very professional. -- an awful lot of organisation. | :44:42. | :44:47. | |
There will be great celebrations around marriage -- a Methodist | :44:47. | :44:50. | |
College and elsewhere tonight. We College and elsewhere tonight. We | :44:50. | :44:54. | |
can see the 4th try, right at the end. I think this is probably the | :44:54. | :44:58. | |
difference between the two sites. Methodist College got one | :44:58. | :45:02. | |
opportunity in the Ballyclare 22 and a ticket. They were very | :45:02. | :45:06. | |
clinical. They retained possession particularly well. You can see them | :45:06. | :45:10. | |
driving through, making sure that Ballyclare cannot steal the ball. | :45:10. | :45:14. | |
It is just powerful playing on It is just powerful playing on | :45:14. | :45:17. | |
behalf of the forwards. It was well deserved, and I think they showed | :45:17. | :45:21. | |
that all day long today, how clinical they were. It was akin to | :45:21. | :45:31. | |
:45:31. | :45:32. | ||
Ballyclare had given everything in the second half and that they came | :45:32. | :45:37. | |
out of the blocks so quickly in the first half, aided by that very | :45:37. | :45:43. | |
strong wind but very professional. That was the foundation for quite a | :45:43. | :45:48. | |
comprehensive victory. What was impressive for Methody is they had | :45:48. | :45:53. | |
never over-committed to the ruck. They are very clever at spacing and | :45:53. | :45:57. | |
getting numbers out. When Ballyclare won the ball, you felt | :45:57. | :46:01. | |
there was something may be on for them but Methody did not over | :46:01. | :46:06. | |
connect and they soon had more numbers and Ballyclare. As a result, | :46:06. | :46:10. | |
they were very solid. It is fair to say that as Ballyclare enjoyed | :46:10. | :46:19. | |
their moment, the last five years, they have been in three semi-finals, | :46:19. | :46:25. | |
that quarter-final and today, the final. They are on the move? Very | :46:25. | :46:29. | |
much so. Sometimes the coaching staff do not quite get the credit | :46:29. | :46:33. | |
that they deserve. This is hopefully something for Ballyclare, | :46:33. | :46:39. | |
to percolate Down through the years. To see them getting back to the | :46:39. | :46:45. | |
final again. They are all on the up. Every one of those individuals can | :46:45. | :46:51. | |
hold their head up high. Today, it has been a great advertisement for | :46:51. | :46:58. | |
schools rugby. For fantastic. ago, we saw some of the finals at a | :46:58. | :47:02. | |
slightly predictable. Very one- dimensional. Almost like | :47:02. | :47:10. | |
professional rugby. We are seeing that evolve and we are seeing sides | :47:10. | :47:14. | |
winning by playing a very exciting brand of rugby and that is what we | :47:14. | :47:20. | |
want to see. Yes, some big futures here. Let us tell you about | :47:20. | :47:26. | |
something we have coming up. You can see Ulster's next Pro12 game | :47:26. | :47:31. | |
against Treviso in Italy on Saturday. That is on the Red Button. | :47:31. | :47:37. | |
And the kick-off is at 3:15pm as Ulster try to stay in contention to | :47:37. | :47:41. | |
finish in the top four. There we are, it has been a very interesting | :47:41. | :47:46. | |
final today, it was a game of two hands with the very strong breeze | :47:46. | :47:54. | |
and with four tries, Methody have won by 22 - 6. It could have been | :47:54. | :47:58. | |
different, Ballyclare tried so hard in the second half, they needed an | :47:58. | :48:03. | |
early try but could not get it. Methody, tremendous defence, they | :48:03. | :48:06. |