2016 St Patrick's Day Schools' Finals


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It's the ultimate day in Ulster colleges football. There are the

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students, the players. They've been here just once before in the final.

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St Patrick's Maghera have been here so many times, aiming to where the

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15th cup. It is about the families and the supporters. Welcome to the

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2016 McRory cup final in the splendid sunshine of the athletic

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Grounds. St Paul's Bessbrook and St Patrick's Maghera. You may be

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watching on BBC television or right across the world on the World Wide

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Web. You can get in contact. We would love to hear your thoughts and

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opinions. It is not just about the McRory cup, there is also the

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MacLarnon Cup. Highlights at half-time. Everybody here in the

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beautiful athletics Grounds. We have Ryan McCue here. Let's talk about,

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what shall we talk about? Your suit, you are looking the part. It is a

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special occasion, isn't it? Great occasion with the sun shining. We

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had a great MacLarnon Cup final beforehand, and I am looking forward

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to this. People might think of Armagh when they think of you, and

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the 1994 cup final. I hope they don't because we were beaten on that

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day but it was a fabulous occasion. That defeat did me no harm because

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you learn a lot of lessons. Somebody will have to lose and somebody will

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have a great journey ending in winning the final. If you are

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playing colleges football, this is where you want to become a leading

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out your team and St Patrick's Maghera eight in the MacRory Cup

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final. That is the trophy they want, particularly Saint Pauls, they've

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never lifted that trophy. They have played in the competition for times

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in total and been here just once in the final in 2013. They lost on that

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day, and they lost against today's opponents.

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It was very sad to see the boys cry. Even though we lost the game on that

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day, that team inspired another generation of young fellows. Even

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though we didn't recognise it at the time it was success in that sense.

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The different year, a different thing. Key to success is the care.

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He is dreaming about winning the MacRory Cup, most of the time. We

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don't put too much pressure on ourselves. You may not play great or

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something like that but it will be special, my family will be talking

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about this. It's a really big game for me so hopefully we can do it. If

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they do it will be the man on the left lifting the precious cup. You

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might not recognise him but you probably recognise his dad. If we

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can win Paddy 's day, the first one is always the hardest one to win, so

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it will be unbelievable. It will just be another one for them but for

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us it will be very special. So, Saint Pauls ready for action but one

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of those players of St Patrick's Maghera, their supporters are

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hearing their thousands, and varies the team led by Conor Glass. They've

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been here so many times before and won the competition 14 times.

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There's the trophy they want to get their hands on. They are led by that

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man in the middle, Conor Glass. He is off to play Australian rules in

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the near future. His fourth MacRory Cup final and he is leading them

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this afternoon. The first thing I did was go to see

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the sports team. Baby faced. Lost my head a few times, especially after

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losing. Made friends with most of the players. What was it like when

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you were brought in as a fourth-year? Amazing. I watched it

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about ten times over and over again. Something to be proud of. One of the

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main things I got out of being thrown in the deep end, I have been

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able to mature as a person. Talisman in the group but carries a

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tremendous modestly as well, and a good sense of responsibility. He may

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be spoken about the same terms as Jim McKee, Darren Nicholls. How many

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games have you lost? Not many. There is a fierce rivalry between all

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those players. I was one of those people who looked up to an athlete

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from a young age. People will be looking up to me hopefully in the

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next couple of years. Just being a good role model. I've played enough

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games to understand what I have to do. It is no different. It is

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something to look forward to. He will be a massive loss to Caylib

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football when he takes up a professional contract in Australian

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rules. Dermot but Nicholl played in five MacRory Cup finals, it sounds

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incredible, but the fact that young man is playing in his fourth final

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is a staggering accomplishment. When he was only a fourth-year he looked

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very comfortable and like a grown man. He has developed into a superb

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player. It can go one of two ways, if you have too much success early

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in your career. In fairness to, glassy has kicked on and moulded

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himself into a leader of this team. He has accomplished players around

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him. At the same time you have to give it to the light, even though he

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has had so much success he still looks as hungry as ever. He

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certainly has one big game left in him for today. Let's talk about

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Saint Paul's. What they lack in pedigree probably doesn't matter

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much for this site. I imagine they will not be bound down by history as

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a new team. Will they care that their opponents have won so many and

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they've won so few? Definitely not. In schools football it is a

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different team every year, coming up against different players. They just

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need to enjoy their football and play the best they can. You made

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your championship debut for Donegal at the age of 18, in front of a big

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crowd, that must have had a big impression. For those young players,

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live on television, with a massive crowd, will they be bewildered? It

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will be tough and there will be nervous. Everyone is going to be

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nervous. There is great support here from both sides. Take it all in, and

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once it is thrown in, the first two or three minutes, the nerves will

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get underway. Thank you. Splendid sunshine here, absolutely baking,

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but the boys are looking well in their 3-piece suits. Thomas always

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dresses well and he is with a few interesting supporters. If the area

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behind the goals is dominated by Saint Paul's, the section behind me

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is all blue and white for St Patrick's Maghera. Fantastic buzz

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around the stands here, and there are number of fans, parents,

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spectators. If we come down here, two of the best seats in the house

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are dominated by a few very familiar faces. We've got the former St

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Paul's Bessbrook pupil Steve McDonald. Two years ago, how much

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will that benefit them this time? They've got the experience of being

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to the final before. It should stand them in good stead. Who will be the

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key players? You have to look at their captain, Burns. But the

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problem is he's coming up against Conor Glass. For me he is the best

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player in this age group. This is the trophy both sides are playing

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for sitting around here. Who will get their hands on that famous

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MacRory Cup? Just behind Stephen Lee of the principle of St Patrick's

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Maghera. First year at principle, what is it like to be involved in a

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MacRory Cup decider? Nerve wracking at the moment but amazing. Great

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feeling. Everybody has been getting ready for a week so we are up for it

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today. It is not just about the players or the teachers, it is about

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the pupils in the school. How have they embraced this occasion once

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again? It has been like this all week in school, our support is

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renowned across the whole area. It's not just about the players, it is

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about the school and wider community and everybody is urging everybody on

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to bring this home. You could hardly get closer to the action, how will

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you feel? If we win, immeasurable, it will be an absolute delight,

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especially in my first year as principal of the college. MacRory

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Cup is massive to the school so it is an important occasion to me

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particularly in my first year as principal. There will be a lot of

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nerves on the pitch and in the stands as well. Thank you very much.

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There is just a cacophony of noise, amazing atmosphere. Hard to think

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that someone so young, the 16 and 17-year-olds here, I will not call

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them boys but they are certainly very young man. Always a danger the

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occasion could get to them. When you look back at 2013, the first

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occasion for St Paul's in the final, you could say the occasion got to

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them. The more the game and on, the more St Paul's came into it, and

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Maghera were sort of hanging on. For the first half-hour St Paul's were

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finding their feet, today will be different. It is about coming out

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and concentrating on playing the game. It is a game of football the

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same as any other except there is a massive prize at the end of it. Who

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do you expect to win? That's a hard one to call, watching the two

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semifinals, they were both good games. Maybe the team who gets off

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to the better start will win. Maghera may make it with their

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experience. Just about Maghera. This Saint Paul's team are finding their

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feet in the competition. They have been a breath of fresh air, but I

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just think Maghera look like big physical units. We look forward to

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your thoughts through the course of this afternoon. Let's get to the

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action. COMMENTATOR: This beats the

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classroom any day of the week. The sunshine of the MacRory Cup final.

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Martin Clark was a finalist here a decade ago, man of the match on the

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day even though your school loss. Does it feel like ten years ago? It

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doesn't, but the experience from the journey was fantastic. These fellows

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are starting their careers, exciting for them. And right now moment for

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reflection as we remember a former Maghera player who passed away this

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week. A beautifully observed minute's

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silence for Sean Conway from dairy, former MacRory Cup player who passed

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away this week. This is the moment they've been

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working for. St Paul's Bessbrook may be relative newcomers but in four

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years they've reached two finals in the semifinal. In midfield, Burns

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was a substitute in the final two years ago, he is the team leader

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today. Much will depend on the scoring power of Liam Kerr, who got

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eight points in the semifinal win. As for St Patrick's Maghera, going

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for the third success in four years, if they are going to win it they may

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think their goalkeeper Shaun Cassidy who made three great semifinal saves

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in the win over Dungannon. Shea Downey continuity a proud family

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tradition. Up front they will look to Shane McGrath in, scorer 1-6 in

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their narrow victory. high standard referee, still playing

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club football with his club. And here we go. St Patrick's Maghera in

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blue. St Paul's Bessbrook in the familiar maroon and white.

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An early opportunity for Maghera to launch their attack with their

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captain, AFL man in June, Conor Glass takes it quickly. A lovely

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start by St Patrick's Maghera. Winning the free kick, and that

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finish from that angle, a phenomenal start. France's Kearney, one of the

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twins from the club in Derry. That is nice start. Almost an early

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summer 's day rather than a mid-March day on St Patrick's Day.

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Maghera look hungry, look eager. Here is the son of the school

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principal, feeds the ball neatly to Conor Clarke. An early opportunity

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for Richard Keenan, a late addition to the St Paul's team. It is a

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family day, of course, and they are enjoying themselves. Here is the

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late call-up, Richard Keenan of South Armagh. St Paul's will be

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looking for him as a source of scores in this MacRory Cup decided

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today. Glass the target, and again he is

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the recipient. That is a man that St Paul's will have to watch today as

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Maghera come forward, looking confident in the opening exchanges.

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Jack Doherty, previous MacRory Cup winner. They are the midfield

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combination for Saint Pat 's Maghera.

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Enterprising play by St Patrick's Maghera. A chance for Shane

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McGuigan! There is the goal! The start gets better and better! 1-1

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and some fans have yet to take their seats, less than three minutes

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played! France's Kearney just turned inside, went off the left shoulder,

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and the awareness to flick it across, took out three defenders. A

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relatively simple finish. He is deadly from there, it is a brilliant

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start from Maghera. You fear the worst for Bessbrook. They call him

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we Shane even though he is six foot two in height. If Maghera were

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accused of starting slowly in earlier rounds of the MacRory Cup,

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that cannot be a criticism levelled at them today.

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The tackling and carrying is ferocious from Maghera in the early

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moments. Conor Glass is central and pivotal to much of what they are

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Another chance for Shane McGuigan, thinking again about the goal. The

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movement inside from Shane McGuigan and Francis Kearney has been

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delightful. They were providing options. It was an intelligent

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option for Shane McGuigan to take his point because to go five up is a

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big score. It was a more difficult opportunity than the one he has just

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taken, very smart play. Maghera are dominating.

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Glass fouls, another free. Taken quickly. Ryan McSherry will keep the

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ball in play. This will be a scoring opportunity

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for St Paul's, and, boy, do they need it, just to steady the ship,

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settle things down. It is interesting that Conor Glass and

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Jonathan Byrd have matched up with each other. I had a feeling that,

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given their strengths lie in their attacking ability, both boys are

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doing a lot of damage going forward, so it is great to see them going

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head-to-head. First scoring opportunity from Shea

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Loye, not one of his better ones. Drifts wide. Could that be nervous?

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It wasn't the easiest free you will get, though I was down on the pitch

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beforehand and the ground was immaculate, the conditions are

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perfect, so you would expect in two kick that in. Bessbrook will just

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have to rely on their experience, they will have to try and settle,

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though Maghera have shown phenomenal start here. Two wides for St Paul's

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Bessbrook so far. He is judged to have over carried

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the ball, St Paul's have the free. Aaron Boyle is the man to take it,

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scored an important goal in their semifinal a few weeks ago.

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Plenty of composure at the back, Maharaj don't do panic. They fell

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behind to the Academy Dungannon in the semifinal but they were not

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fazed and found a way back into the game. They have started like a steam

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locomotive here. Another opportunity for Tierney. And the ball is in the

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net again! It is a dream start for St Patrick's Maghera. It is becoming

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a quarry nightmare for St Paul's. -- a MacRory nightmare. It was a fairly

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simple finish but the space they are getting, the quarterback make a

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great run up the ground, knew his limitations, David after the forward

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and before you know it is in the back of the net. It will be a long

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way back for Westbrook. 2-2 to know school. -- no score. Even with just

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eight minutes played the alarm bells now are ringing.

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At last, Bessbrook have a badly needed school. McGuinness knocked

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that one over the bar. Badly needed, and John Rafferty knows it. Into the

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ninth minute now, it was good to see him come through and feed it off, a

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lovely finish as well. No need to panic just jet, still a lot of game

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to play and hopefully that will settle this St Paul's team down. A

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mountain to climb, if not an insurmountable one, but it has

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certainly been some start by St Patrick's Maghera.

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Well intercepted by Rory McCann the St Pat's.

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Ryan Gaskin, also a member of the McCrory 2013 St Paul's panel.

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Conor Glass was not as intense, that was a fantastic school, dead centre

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but 40 metres out. He knows this ground well, being an Armagh boy. It

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is good to see St Paul's showing this courage so early in the game.

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They have steadied things with those two scores in the last few minutes.

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A bit more purpose now from St Paul's. Maybe they have decided to

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let the shackles of a bit, having conceded those two early goals.

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Lori was trying to do what he could, but his options were limited there.

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-- Loye. A lovely side footed ball and,

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almost nonchalantly, a third St Patrick's goal. Brilliant, not an

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easy path to take. He had to spin round his man, the ball in wasn't

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ideal but the way he caught it, held off his opponent, and that finish

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was absolutely brilliant. Those two boys upfront are causing absolute

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havoc. The way he won the ball, protected the space, took it in,

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strong enough to hold off the defender, and that finish is so, so

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good. He made it look easy, if it was to a good it was called us and

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calmness personified. A third St Patrick's Maghera goal and the gap

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is nine points already in this MacRory Cup decider. If the first

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two goals did not reach the Bessbrook crowd, that one certainly

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has. It is a big ask now, even at this early stage.

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You can see his influence, he pops up everywhere, little linking moves.

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Even at this early stage you wonder where the initiative to turn the

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game is going to come from for St Paul's. Still a long way to go.

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Under pressure, the shop was Holyrood. -- hurried.

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Damian O'Hagan, that is more like it, shot straight through, third

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score the St Paul's. A very clever flick down there from Aaron Boyle. A

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lovely finish, didn't try to kick it too hard, just floated it upon the

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wind. Maghera, their two semifinal and quarterfinal opponents, titanic

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struggles against them, it looks like they have freed up playing

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against a more familiar opponent, it seems as if they are playing with a

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lot of pre-med and -- freedom and sometimes that can happen if you

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have had a difficult path to the final.

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The sun in their eyes, but it has not distracted them so far.

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The Maghera team is peppered with links to the 1993 All-Ireland

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winners. Good tackling from Loye. A free out

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for St Paul's. It is about keeping their composure, too, St Paul's,

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making sure their heads don't drop. Yes, it is about not being too

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concerned with the scoreboard, sticking to the process and the game

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plan that has taken you this far, and the score will look after its

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self. It is when you start thinking about what will happen here, I will

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do something different, that is when it gets dangerous. They need to have

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the composure to do that and trust themselves they can claw this back

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one point at a time. The problem for St Paul's, however, is that all of

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Saint pats schools have come from two players. I was going to say that

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is about to change but that effort drifted to the right and wide from

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Paddy McCormack. This is Michael Murphy. His club has

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a strong representation in this MacRory Cup panel in 2016. Little

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things not working out for St Paul's in these early exchanges. Eamon

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O'Neill and Ryan Gaskill combining. Loye again. Nile McGuinness showing

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well when he gets on the ball. Maghera have plenty of numbers back.

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That was not one of his best attempts.

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St Patrick's Cavan were heading for the third MacRory Cup success,

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remember. Another chance here, and another goal! Another nail, you hate

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to say it at this early stage, but Paddy Crick has found the net for St

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Patrick's Maghera, four goals and two points for the Derry men, three

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points for St Paul's. The movement inside, it is hard to point fingers

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at the defence because the movement is such high quality, but they have

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lots of space to work in front of them to move on these passes. You

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would expect St Paul's Bessbrook to have rectified that by now, put some

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defenders back to stem the flow for a little bit, because every time

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Maghera go forward they are capable of scoring goals. Four goals in 80

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minutes. A great run around the keeper, you still have to get the

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ball onto your boot under pressure so not as easy a finish as it may

:36:55.:36:56.

have looked. A great no mistaking his influence

:36:57.:37:10.

in this match, he is causing havoc in the forward line. The Martin

:37:11.:37:16.

stretches again for Maghera. -- the margin. It's a big ask. This is Liam

:37:17.:37:28.

Kerr. Scored eight points in the semifinal win but has yet to

:37:29.:37:31.

register in this final, this is his first opportunity. And it's good.

:37:32.:37:41.

They are going to need lots more from him if they will turn this

:37:42.:37:48.

particular contest around. An accomplished free taker. His club

:37:49.:38:00.

has celebrated through the years. -- a celebrated history. Dinky kick

:38:01.:38:14.

out. Patrick Kearney. Able to mobilise free men very quickly. Time

:38:15.:38:19.

and playing with plenty of confidence on the ball. Thought he

:38:20.:38:28.

was fouled but play continues. Nice enterprising ball into McGuigan,

:38:29.:38:32.

toying with his man once again. He will try to get it on the left foot,

:38:33.:38:38.

his preferred kicking foot. On this occasion may be too much one way and

:38:39.:38:42.

then the other. The referee is going to have a word with McGuigan. , a

:38:43.:38:53.

lot better. Hard to ask players to be playing one-on-one this level. I

:38:54.:38:59.

feel sorry for the two boys in there. What should they try to do?

:39:00.:39:05.

Put a halfback in just in front. It is bouncing and they are able to get

:39:06.:39:10.

it on the turn. Just clog it up for a few minutes so they can get a

:39:11.:39:16.

foothold in the game. They are being ruthless, Maghera. I would expect

:39:17.:39:22.

them to look at that before they move completely out of this game.

:39:23.:39:27.

Trying to get Liam Kerr on the ball a bit more, St Paul's. He has been

:39:28.:39:34.

dispossessed. Swarm of blue shirts. Here they come again. Keen to get

:39:35.:39:39.

that ball forward as quick as they can. McGuigan is one of the man who

:39:40.:39:45.

has been doing much of the scoring so far. Not one of his best passes

:39:46.:39:51.

and Konta class will do well to keep it in place.

:39:52.:39:59.

He heads to Hawthorne in June after his A-levels are completed. Looking

:40:00.:40:15.

for an option inside. Shane Lowry has done well to hold onto it. Over

:40:16.:40:22.

the top. Slowly but surely they are beginning to find the range. That

:40:23.:40:25.

was a great move and he took it well. Very unlucky, just over the

:40:26.:40:35.

bar. They will take that point. And full credit for their start,

:40:36.:40:40.

Maghera. To come out of the box and score 4-2 is absolutely brilliant.

:40:41.:40:51.

Saint Pauls are struggling to get the pace of this team the minute.

:40:52.:40:55.

There is the bench of the St Paul's Bessbrook panel. Maybe a little

:40:56.:41:00.

shell-shocked but there is still a fair distance to go. More danger

:41:01.:41:07.

here from St Patrick's Maghera, and an opportunity for Williams to

:41:08.:41:10.

increased the lead. From that sort of distance he'll make no mistake.

:41:11.:41:22.

They have clearly been working on it and have corrected it today. They

:41:23.:41:30.

are determined to try to rectify it and they have certainly done that.

:41:31.:41:39.

Smart option to take the points. Aaron Boyle, whose goal in the early

:41:40.:41:44.

moments of the second half in the semifinal really swung the game

:41:45.:41:48.

decisively St Paul's way. They could do with one of those goals today.

:41:49.:41:56.

And another scoring opportunity for St Paul's, albeit from a fair

:41:57.:42:00.

distance held. Within the range of Liam Kerr. Perhaps sensibly he

:42:01.:42:06.

decides to go short. Sprinting forward, under pressure. Picks out

:42:07.:42:14.

Shane Lowry. Combination plays nicely, execution of the shop not as

:42:15.:42:22.

convincing. The chances gone. Some inexperience, tried to brush the

:42:23.:42:25.

shot before he had the ball completely under control. Of course

:42:26.:42:28.

he was under good pressure by Maghera defenders. But the shot was

:42:29.:42:39.

not the best option. He's got to be happy, Paul Hughes. Joint manager of

:42:40.:42:45.

St Patrick's Maghera. Highly experienced. He has led so many

:42:46.:42:56.

college teams over the years. His team have defending to do here. That

:42:57.:43:00.

effort from Aaron Boyle not one of his better ones. That is the worry,

:43:01.:43:06.

if some panic sets in and things go wrong. Heads might start to drop.

:43:07.:43:13.

Those whites are often the thing that deflate young players more than

:43:14.:43:17.

conceding. The goals so far have been of real high quality. You would

:43:18.:43:30.

expect somebody of Aaron Boyle's quality to put that away and he has

:43:31.:43:36.

been doing that all season. These two have contested 26 Ulster College

:43:37.:43:41.

football finals between them. The difference being Maghera have been

:43:42.:43:45.

in 24, this is the second for St Paul's. History tells you there is a

:43:46.:43:52.

big gap in experience and knowledge of showpiece deciders like this. It

:43:53.:43:56.

will be a big test of character, how they manage this game and get back

:43:57.:43:58.

into it. Maghera with McGuigan. No panic if the initial avenue

:43:59.:44:19.

doesn't work out, they will change it and try another route. Patrick

:44:20.:44:24.

Kearney's long ball in, looking for the brother and finding him. Turning

:44:25.:44:32.

inside his man again. This is nice. He may have won the 45. He is their

:44:33.:44:40.

target man. Those balls, they are not precision passes. Extremely

:44:41.:44:51.

intelligent play, here. To win himself the 45 for his team. Lovely

:44:52.:44:57.

piece of showboating. To think to do that in that space of time shows you

:44:58.:45:00.

what sort of head he has on his shoulders as well as being such a

:45:01.:45:06.

smooth mover. Still hard to credit this is his fourth MacRory Cup

:45:07.:45:10.

campaign. He wore the number two jersey when they last met in the

:45:11.:45:13.

decider three years ago. He is renowned as a man marker but

:45:14.:45:28.

he can score, too. And then I give him the commentators curse. Move it

:45:29.:45:39.

up. Nice combination play with McWilliams. Just look so comfortable

:45:40.:45:47.

on the ball, St Patrick's Maghera. Men running off the shoulder and

:45:48.:45:55.

into space. Not always precision passes but more often than not they

:45:56.:46:00.

can make something of the. Started from a long ball out, and Maghera

:46:01.:46:05.

had a spare defender back, they were able to mop up the danger. That is

:46:06.:46:11.

exactly what I suggested potentially Saint Paul's could have done to help

:46:12.:46:14.

their insight defenders out a little. He's gone short. Francisco

:46:15.:46:18.

who was the target. Great vision, simple but effective

:46:19.:46:32.

play from Maghera. Bessbrook have it back. Aaron Boyle combining with

:46:33.:46:41.

Declan Loye. They need the ball up the other end, St Paul's. They will

:46:42.:46:47.

have to work very hard even to get the ball out of their own half.

:46:48.:46:56.

Richard Keenan feeding Conor Clarke. Kurt tries to turn inside but Feeney

:46:57.:46:58.

got a hand to it. Ryan Gaskin is fouled, couple of

:46:59.:47:19.

hands in, there. Jarlath Og Burns, the team captain.

:47:20.:47:38.

Bessbrook try to work an opening from a long way out. Conor Clarke

:47:39.:47:43.

with the effort. It was speculative at best. I know he is a team-mate of

:47:44.:47:53.

yours. Yes, he was working hard to get back after knee injury. He just

:47:54.:47:59.

dropped his head after that shot. The defence has been fairly compact.

:48:00.:48:08.

One minute of additional time in this first half. They will try to

:48:09.:48:16.

finish the half with another flourish. McGuigan and Kearney

:48:17.:48:28.

utterly dominant. They've scored 3-2 in this first half and that's been

:48:29.:48:38.

the main reason that the gap in the scoreboard is so big. McGuigan

:48:39.:48:48.

combine. Patrick Kearney, and the unmarked man is, McAllister. It's

:48:49.:48:56.

almost leisurely at times. Shane McGrath and will look up, and when

:48:57.:48:59.

he gets a roommate that there will only be one outcome. Shane McGrath

:49:00.:49:13.

in is enjoying himself out there. -- showing McGuigan enjoying himself.

:49:14.:49:27.

1-24 McGuigan in the half. St Patrick's Maghera utterly in control

:49:28.:49:30.

in just about every sector of the pitch. And it's the long road back

:49:31.:49:37.

even at this early stage for St Paul's Bessbrook. France's Kearney

:49:38.:49:45.

finding the net. Key to so much of what they created. McGuigan and

:49:46.:49:51.

Kearney scoring 3-3 of the first half tally for St Patrick's Maghera,

:49:52.:49:57.

that is why they are in charge. It will need to be a special half-time

:49:58.:50:00.

talk from John Rafferty. They say that goals win games, and

:50:01.:50:13.

they also say that if you take your points your goals will come. It

:50:14.:50:18.

seems as though Maghera have been the polar opposite to that.

:50:19.:50:23.

Phenomenal start. Looking at McGuigan. Two wonderful goals. We

:50:24.:50:31.

said before, the team that got off to a better start would have a

:50:32.:50:35.

greater chance of winning. Kearney winning the ball, taking on his man,

:50:36.:50:39.

but being very unselfish and passing it. Was that a throw? Debatable,

:50:40.:50:46.

hard to know. Saint Paul's probably will not be happy. Next goal, Feeney

:50:47.:51:01.

finds great space, doesn't panic. Kearney has a shot, and it bounces

:51:02.:51:04.

four McGuigan, easy task of finishing in the back of the net.

:51:05.:51:09.

Kearney made the first goal and made no mistake with the third goal for

:51:10.:51:15.

Maghera, wonderfully taken shot. He's been very impressive. Had a

:51:16.:51:22.

hand in all the goals. His finish for his own goal was good. He has a

:51:23.:51:31.

very acute angle, he is able to slide it under the goalkeeper. Up

:51:32.:51:40.

front between Kearney and McGuigan, invariably they will win it, the two

:51:41.:51:44.

big and strong men. They have the physical edge. With the

:51:45.:51:48.

opportunities they are able to take them. That's why Maghera are so

:51:49.:52:03.

comfortable. We were almost thinking it was over before it started, and

:52:04.:52:08.

then another hammer blow. Another well taken shot. Absolutely. They

:52:09.:52:14.

built from deep, slightly different to the other goals. Making the run

:52:15.:52:18.

on the blindside the invariably Kearney wins it. Seven or

:52:19.:52:31.

eight points up, you think they will just knock it over the bar for

:52:32.:52:35.

another score. But they went for the jugular. In those five to six

:52:36.:52:41.

minutes they completely finished off this game as a contest. The key

:52:42.:52:47.

question, what does the management team of St Paul's Bessbrook say to

:52:48.:52:53.

their players? They are young men, inexperienced, and going by this

:52:54.:52:56.

scoreboard, it does not look good, what can they do? Their heads will

:52:57.:53:04.

be down. You just have to take a minute and don't forget there is

:53:05.:53:11.

another whole half of football. They are such big man, great site, some

:53:12.:53:16.

excellent players. You've just got to do your best. There's a great

:53:17.:53:22.

battle in midfield between, class and Jarlath Og Burns. People talked

:53:23.:53:33.

about the Armagh element, one thing they all have in common is the

:53:34.:53:41.

ruthlessness. The minute Maghera have the ball, they go for the goal.

:53:42.:53:45.

Yes, they will go for the goal every time. The battle in the middle of

:53:46.:53:52.

the field, Maghera will have fancied themselves before the game. In

:53:53.:54:01.

actual fact it is about 50-50. But they are able to build from the

:54:02.:54:05.

back. And when St Paul's get an opportunity, it is not a simple

:54:06.:54:09.

opportunity and they have to work so hard to get that score. That is one

:54:10.:54:15.

thing you can notice from afar. Comprehensive first half from

:54:16.:54:19.

Maghera. What about the MacLarnon Cup? It was played before the

:54:20.:54:25.

MacRory Cup final, and we can get highlights now.

:54:26.:54:35.

Charging through, passed back, find the debt, Andrew Woods with the

:54:36.:54:49.

finish. All the hard work by Keane. Well one by Finnegan. Clinical from

:54:50.:55:05.

across. That is a super school. Holy Trinity Church really need to score.

:55:06.:55:24.

That is a super point opened the second half. Well taken. Options off

:55:25.:55:48.

the shoulder with O Conor. He taps sitting. David Garland with the

:55:49.:55:56.

finish. -- taps it in. After O'Connor's shot, it rebranded to

:55:57.:56:02.

Garland. He does not miss opportunities like that.

:56:03.:56:14.

An inspired score from Garland, he has been terrific. Back with Devlin.

:56:15.:56:28.

He has been very impressive for midfield, James Devon. Garland,

:56:29.:56:37.

high, over the top. Holy Trinity really need a goal.

:56:38.:56:46.

Finnegan goes himself. Carrick across Harvey champions, defeating

:56:47.:56:59.

Holy Trinity. Raising the McLarnon cup in front of

:57:00.:57:16.

the rest of the players. A fantastic individual performance from Garland,

:57:17.:57:22.

the real star of the show for the team. He hit one goal and eight

:57:23.:57:26.

points to win this very famous trippy. To give you an idea of how

:57:27.:57:31.

in demand this team is, they have been raced back for a parade, they

:57:32.:57:37.

are being brought up on stage, they could not hang about to be

:57:38.:57:40.

interviewed by us! They are superstars now. One man trying to

:57:41.:57:50.

keep his feet on the ground is the headteacher of the school, how

:57:51.:57:53.

significant is this? It is very significant, we are delighted to be

:57:54.:58:02.

the holders of the McLarnon cup. We were beaten by a very strong team

:58:03.:58:06.

last year and it ran deep through the school, throughout the football

:58:07.:58:10.

fraternity, the Gaelic fraternity and the school itself, so we had to

:58:11.:58:15.

make amends today. We had a plan in place, it was executed perfectly

:58:16.:58:19.

today, and we have some superstars but a super team and we hope they

:58:20.:58:22.

will go forward now and represent the colleges in the decider to see

:58:23.:58:27.

who represents all Star in the All-Ireland series. The school is

:58:28.:58:32.

also going very well overall, success has filtered down?

:58:33.:58:37.

Absolutely, all the young lads want to play ball, but on the jersey, be

:58:38.:58:45.

part of the setup, of what is the highest Gaelic tradition. We are a

:58:46.:58:48.

small school, we don't have the best facilities, local cover have been

:58:49.:58:52.

helping us out, I will sponsors, etc, and all the young lads want to

:58:53.:58:56.

come and play ball, they are talented, committed, and very well

:58:57.:59:02.

coached. It worked for us today and we are delighted, I couldn't be more

:59:03.:59:07.

proud of the school, the teachers, parents, supporters, and in

:59:08.:59:10.

particular the team mentor is today because they put a plan in place,

:59:11.:59:13.

followed it perfectly, played the games start to finish, it was a

:59:14.:59:18.

mature, level-headed, brilliant performance and we are absolutely

:59:19.:59:22.

chuffed, and I offer a debt of gratitude to those guys, their

:59:23.:59:26.

families and the school. They should be on stage in Carrickmacross in

:59:27.:59:36.

about half an hour, it might be a bit tight for you to make it down

:59:37.:59:38.

but congratulations to the school and two of the happiest men inside

:59:39.:59:41.

the Athletic Grounds. Some very, very proud people today.

:59:42.:59:49.

Congratulations to Patrician haulage in Carrickmacross. They looked

:59:50.:59:55.

brilliant. -- Patrician college. To win it today must be redemption for

:59:56.:00:00.

a lot of the players who were involved last year. What does John

:00:01.:00:07.

Rafferty said to his troops at half-time? It looks like Mission

:00:08.:00:11.

impossible from the outside looking in. He has a difficult team talk.

:00:12.:00:19.

One thing is to leave everything on the field, they have not done that

:00:20.:00:23.

so far, they have been poor on the back. The chances of friends they

:00:24.:00:28.

have not taken -- the chances upfront.

:00:29.:00:38.

St Paul's need to get a period of dominance in the second half, get

:00:39.:00:45.

three or four goals, make a game of this. You would expect Mahabharata

:00:46.:00:48.

kick on and win the game but we talked about the experience of the

:00:49.:00:54.

St Patrick's Day MacRory final, you don't want it to be unhappy because

:00:55.:00:58.

that is not a great experience for a young blood to take into the next

:00:59.:01:05.

round of his football career. But St Paul's will feel they have not

:01:06.:01:10.

performed defensively and when you get those opportunities upfront, to

:01:11.:01:17.

visit maybe, they need to take them. We will wait to see whether St

:01:18.:01:21.

Pauls' Bessbrook can make a comeback in the second half. The MacRory Cup

:01:22.:01:28.

is about the players on the pitch, but also about the fans.

:01:29.:01:33.

Yes, fantastic atmosphere amongst the supporters, and many of them

:01:34.:01:37.

have made a lot of effort today. Let's get a quick run through of

:01:38.:01:42.

some of the supporters. Some of the best dressed supporters inside the

:01:43.:01:46.

Athletic Grounds! I am dressed as St Paul's bus, I have supporters, the

:01:47.:01:52.

manager, the mascots. Go on, St Paul's! They are projected on the

:01:53.:01:59.

big screen as well! Pick up your drum, give us a beat of that! I'm

:02:00.:02:10.

the bass player of St Paul's, come on St Paul's! We will try to get

:02:11.:02:16.

some crowd interaction in a moment, find out who they think is the best

:02:17.:02:22.

dressed of all. Next up, you are live on BBC, can you see?! Tell us

:02:23.:02:30.

about your outfit. I'm a blue person! Next up, it wouldn't be

:02:31.:02:36.

March the 17th without this man, said Patrick. Tell us a bit about

:02:37.:02:41.

this, because you don't find these things just in your wardrobe! No, my

:02:42.:02:48.

name is Liam, I support Saint pats, I thought, it is Saint Patrick

:02:49.:02:59.

State, go for Saint Patrick. -- Saint Patrick's Day. Let's try to

:03:00.:03:03.

find out, as the players come back on the pitch, who people think is

:03:04.:03:06.

the best dressed. Is it the pair from Bessbrook?

:03:07.:03:13.

The drama? The blue man?

:03:14.:03:22.

Or Saint Patrick? And the winner is... Said Patrick!

:03:23.:03:27.

Who else?! Congratulations! Thank you very much.

:03:28.:03:33.

It looks like Saint Patrick in more ways than one. Certainly dressed for

:03:34.:03:38.

the occasion! The worrying thing is then Patrick 's Maghera looked

:03:39.:03:40.

almost as if they were just in cruise control in that first half,

:03:41.:03:46.

almost as if there is more to come, is that reading it wrongly? It was a

:03:47.:03:58.

phenomenal performance. If there is more to come, I am looking forward

:03:59.:04:02.

to seeing it. Hopefully St Paul's can come out here now and making

:04:03.:04:03.

game of it. I am looking forward to the second

:04:04.:04:21.

half, hopefully St Paul can make a game of it.

:04:22.:04:24.

Let's rejoin our commentary team for the second half.

:04:25.:04:28.

COMMENTATOR: 11 point margins have been hauled back before but it is a

:04:29.:04:32.

big ask for St Paul's high school of Bessbrook.

:04:33.:04:42.

They won't give up without a fight, any side prepared by John Rafferty

:04:43.:04:49.

and Barry Shannon will contest this to the very end. This is Liam Kerr,

:04:50.:04:55.

the man of the match in the semifinal. That is more like it, the

:04:56.:05:00.

outside of the boot, the sort of start Bessbrook badly needed in this

:05:01.:05:04.

half. We have heard a lot about his place in the build-up to the game,

:05:05.:05:07.

you showed it there, 20 seconds after half-time. Up into fifth gear

:05:08.:05:16.

and a fantastic finish as well. The psychological advantage of getting

:05:17.:05:19.

the first school so early. His second point of the afternoon.

:05:20.:05:34.

Loye is in there, trying to win it back, but well recovered by Conor

:05:35.:05:37.

McAllister. Conor Glass and Jack Doherty in full

:05:38.:05:54.

flow, it is a hard partnership to curtail.

:05:55.:06:05.

Declan Loye needs to be careful here, under pressure from Shane

:06:06.:06:12.

McGuigan. But there are enough St Paul's shirts to help out.

:06:13.:06:27.

Nice combination play, this is better. The captain tries to go

:06:28.:06:36.

inside Conor Glass, he is fouled by Conor Glass, wins the free. The two

:06:37.:06:46.

number eights combining. I contest worth watching, on that occasion

:06:47.:06:50.

last adjudged to have fouled his man. This should be straightforward

:06:51.:07:01.

for Shane Lowry. -- Shea Loye. And it is, and the first two scores of

:07:02.:07:06.

the second half go to St Paul's. That is what the neutrals wanted to

:07:07.:07:10.

see, what the St Paul's fans wanted to see. Come out and get those first

:07:11.:07:15.

two scores, they were able to stop Maghara's first attack and school as

:07:16.:07:21.

well. Nine points, three goals, who knows? Still 30 minutes left. As

:07:22.:07:27.

well as the MacRory Cup, the prize awaiting the winners is a Hogan cup

:07:28.:07:33.

semifinal next Wednesday against Summerhill College. St Pat's and

:07:34.:07:41.

Bessbrook went been thinking about that now, it is about taking the

:07:42.:07:44.

main Ulster prize here on St Patrick's Day.

:07:45.:08:20.

Eamon O'Neill's ball is long. Under pressure that time round but they

:08:21.:08:35.

have got the sideline ball. St Paul's will try to get this man on

:08:36.:08:37.

the ball wherever they can. High tackle from Ryan McSherry. The

:08:38.:09:00.

referee just having a quick word, nothing major.

:09:01.:09:16.

A perfect example there of not giving the easy first ball. A great

:09:17.:09:28.

run, delayed it. Now McGuinness sprinting forward for Bessbrook.

:09:29.:09:41.

Potentially that last attack from Maghera could be making them think

:09:42.:09:47.

they have this in the bag. You saw the wide count a moment ago,

:09:48.:10:04.

six for Bessbrook, John Rafferty knows changes need to be made and

:10:05.:10:05.

here is one of them. That foul produces a free. St Paul's

:10:06.:10:29.

need to try to turn the tide here, can this man provided, Stephen

:10:30.:10:32.

Finnegan? Waiting for his opportunity to come in.

:10:33.:10:57.

Bessbrook can make their change and introduce Finegan. And the man

:10:58.:11:09.

making way is Richard Keenan. A pat on the back from his manager. Worked

:11:10.:11:17.

hard, but, as has been the case for so many St Paul's players today, not

:11:18.:11:20.

everything they have tried has come off.

:11:21.:11:36.

Another opportunity here, polite argy-bargy between Dame Linda Hagan

:11:37.:11:44.

and Conor Glass, good-natured, I think. -- Damien O Hagan.

:11:45.:12:06.

Conor Glass one that free, he was outnumbered but used his body was to

:12:07.:12:10.

set up the team again. Bessbrook have not given up the

:12:11.:12:22.

ghost by any stretch of the imagination.

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McWilliams is fouled by Ryan Gaskin. Such a fantastic win on that ball,

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really bailed his team out, helped the St Paul's attack. Great to see

:12:50.:12:53.

two younger lads putting their bodies on the line for the school.

:12:54.:12:55.

Uncle Henry will be proud! They looked like they can move up a

:12:56.:13:09.

gear or two if they need to. This particular move in danger of

:13:10.:13:13.

breaking down and becoming untidy. Shane Lowry is back to help out. The

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referee spotted an infringement. Lots of trophies in his cabinet at

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home, Dermot McNicol. Umpteen MacRory Cup titles both as a player

:13:38.:13:42.

and a manager. Joint managers when they won back in 2002. Receiving

:13:43.:13:54.

treatment for this challenge, McGuinness coming down on him,

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there. Saint Paul's will make another change in the moment. He is

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up and OK. 13 maybe behind but plenty of voice and noise from the

:14:12.:14:17.

St Paul's supporters. They've brought so much colour to this St

:14:18.:14:20.

Patrick's Maghera cider. Josh Durnin comes in. -- this St Patrick's

:14:21.:14:27.

Maghera decider. Declan Loye under pressure.

:14:28.:14:43.

McGuinness. Showing a good clean pair of heels. Bearing down on goal,

:14:44.:14:52.

chance here. And that's more like it from St Paul's. They needed a spark,

:14:53.:15:00.

and they've got one now. Absolutely fantastic response from St Paul's in

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this half. What a great goal. Great run from Conor McGuinness, and he

:15:09.:15:12.

gave it to the right man. Directed into the roof of the net. Phenomenal

:15:13.:15:19.

goal. And the catalyst was the McGuinness to win combining and

:15:20.:15:24.

setting it up. And the finish was deadly. Suddenly the margin is down

:15:25.:15:35.

to six points. And still St Patrick's Maghera are waiting for

:15:36.:15:38.

their first score since the restart. You mentioned it was important they

:15:39.:15:44.

got one. It was that one piece of play, simple past not given, I

:15:45.:15:48.

thought it might come back to haunt them. They need that score to settle

:15:49.:15:53.

them. A little question or two being asked right now, is this going to be

:15:54.:16:00.

the response? The answer is no. The effort from McWilliams is wide. Very

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surprised that St Paul's don't have a football behind the goal. The big

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teams would have three or four, you need to get it moving as quick as

:16:14.:16:19.

you can. Thankfully somebody in the crowd threw it back out to young

:16:20.:16:23.

Michael Murphy to get the ball moving against quite a little over

:16:24.:16:28.

18 minutes to go. Can they do it? Let's see.

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Maghera in possession, leading by six. This is good play by Francis

:16:35.:16:47.

Kearney again. The kick from Patrick Kearney, the radar is off in the

:16:48.:16:54.

second half. The key thing is St Paul's had bodies down there,

:16:55.:16:57.

throwing themselves on the line. That did not happen in the first

:16:58.:17:05.

half. That was a crucial part. St Paul's putting them under pressure

:17:06.:17:11.

and the result is a wide. That is one thing that John Rafferty

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rectified in the dressing room at half-time. Maghera had lots of it up

:17:15.:17:23.

front in the first half, not so much in the second half. Murphy's kit in

:17:24.:17:38.

towards his captain. The bounce may deceive Declan Loye. Bit more

:17:39.:17:47.

purpose and intensity from St Paul's since the restart. Getting forward

:17:48.:17:56.

to get into whose goal-scoring positions. McGuinness's control

:17:57.:18:01.

can't prevent that ball from drifting out. McGuinness from South

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Armagh, one of three McGuinnesss. Patrick Kearney's ball looking for

:18:12.:18:29.

the twin brother, if he can keep it in, and he has. Kearney, right

:18:30.:18:41.

footed. Again he was under pressure. That helped to skew the chance.

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That's all it takes. The bit of defending by Declan Loye before

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that. Those boys took a hammering in the first half. The character they

:18:51.:18:57.

are showing now, they are making them earn their scores more this

:18:58.:19:02.

half. They have not got any yet so they are doing a great job. St

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Paul's ball once again. Josh Durnin wants to get on with it quickly but

:19:08.:19:10.

the referee wants him in the correct position. Another switch being made

:19:11.:19:22.

by Saint Pauls. Looks like now McGuinness is making way. The man in

:19:23.:19:25.

is Ryan Hughes. Conor Clarke trying to gather it, in

:19:26.:19:45.

the end Shane Lowry does. He has been working tigerish lay in the

:19:46.:19:46.

second period. Maghera win it back. Combine well

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again. This is nice play by St Patrick's Maghera. McWilliams goes

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for the score and now they have their first score, could that be an

:20:11.:20:14.

important one for Maghera to settle it all down? And the gap is seven

:20:15.:20:25.

points again. Great team score. We talked about the importance of that.

:20:26.:20:31.

You can see from the reaction, he knew how big a score that was. You

:20:32.:20:37.

expect them to go on now. And misses an opportunity for Paddy quick, they

:20:38.:20:43.

will take the point. Could have gone under, it's gone over. McGuigan

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again. It's as if that score has released Maghera and let them

:20:56.:21:04.

release. Doing the sensible thing and popping it over. Might have got

:21:05.:21:11.

the touch, glanced up over the bar off the goalie. He's got a powerful

:21:12.:21:18.

drive online. But it's still a point, another one that St Paul's

:21:19.:21:26.

need to get back. Here is Ryan Hughes, just on a moment ago. This

:21:27.:21:34.

could be an opportunity to cut the deficit back to six. That wasn't an

:21:35.:21:39.

easy angle but it was a beautiful score from Shane Lowry.

:21:40.:21:46.

Whatever was said at half-time by the two managers, it's as if they

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almost have nothing to lose now, they are enjoying the occasion.

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Perhaps the pressure got to them. Now we are seeing what they can do.

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It is turning into a fantastic game of football. The supporters may be

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asking why they couldn't do this in the first. But this is much better

:22:11.:22:24.

from the South Armagh school. Still going forward. This is Liam Kerr

:22:25.:22:36.

territory. And if it goes over it will cut the deficit back once again

:22:37.:22:38.

to six points. Very distinctive style and

:22:39.:23:01.

preparation. Why change it if you can do that? These fans still hope

:23:02.:23:13.

their team can applaud this final back.

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Just over 11 minutes ago in the MacRory Cup final. Jack Docherty

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under pressure. McGuigan the target. Declan Loye policing him.

:23:40.:23:45.

McWilliams's kit is off target. Six points the advantage, it's a

:23:46.:24:00.

comfortable lead. Relatively comfortable. But in this half St

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Paul's have outplayed Maghera big-time, and the scoreboard

:24:08.:24:11.

suggests that. If St Paul's still believe, and they look like they do,

:24:12.:24:19.

and their fans are creating a great atmosphere. St Paul's are still in

:24:20.:24:27.

this as long as they believe it. No sign of any head struggling, least

:24:28.:24:30.

of all the use, although he's under pressure. This is an opportunity for

:24:31.:24:37.

Ryan McSherry. It's a 45. He went for it but that's a fine save by one

:24:38.:24:44.

of the unsung heroes of the St Pat's team, Sean Cassidy, getting a hand

:24:45.:24:49.

to that, and what a vital says it may prove to be. McSherry went for

:24:50.:24:54.

the near post. Nice height for the keeper but fantastic reactions. Much

:24:55.:24:59.

every new it was a big shock to take on. He has provided so much in this

:25:00.:25:05.

competition already and has done so again. Great quality by Bessbrook,

:25:06.:25:16.

definitely not out of this. Quite good off the deck but it is a big

:25:17.:25:21.

kick on the athletic Grounds. From County Down. Conor Clarke to try to

:25:22.:25:31.

cut the deficit to five points, doesn't quite have enough meat on

:25:32.:25:39.

it. You do feel that every chance is going to have to count now for Saint

:25:40.:25:43.

Paul's in the remaining nine minutes.

:25:44.:25:55.

Paddy McCourt mug. Turner continued his run.

:25:56.:26:02.

Good tackling from Conor Magennis. The St Pat's supporters thought it

:26:03.:26:11.

was a foul. No question it was a free kick. They can feel very hard

:26:12.:26:19.

done by on that particular occasion, Maghera, but it was not given. And

:26:20.:26:24.

they come forward with Conor McDonald, Liam Kerr gathers it.

:26:25.:26:30.

Knocks it on to Eamon O'Neill. He's got a bit of space. O'Neill on hand.

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Laid off to Josh Durnin. It is wide. They need to be good in these last

:26:47.:26:51.

few minutes. The last two chances have gone begging. Snatched that it

:26:52.:26:57.

little. He had Liam Kerr screaming for it up front, probably should

:26:58.:27:02.

have passed it. He took it on himself. And it was one he probably

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should have put over. Sean Cassidy's save so important. He is a hurler by

:27:09.:27:15.

trade, he became a football goalkeeper by accident. Maghera make

:27:16.:27:22.

more changes. The lead is six points. A pat on his back from his

:27:23.:27:27.

manager. Coming forward now, Maghera looking

:27:28.:28:03.

to extend the advantage. Gives it back to McGuigan. With that trusty

:28:04.:28:11.

left peg, he makes no mistake. These two boys have been so dangerous

:28:12.:28:15.

upfront. They give them a simple task every time. Great finish, he

:28:16.:28:22.

knew how important that score would be. He's very happy. Didn't try to

:28:23.:28:32.

kick it too hard. You would have to think that the MacRory Cup is going

:28:33.:28:37.

back to Maghera. Two goals and four points for McGuigan so far. Seven

:28:38.:28:49.

points is the Maghera league. St Paul's will not give up, it is not

:28:50.:29:01.

in their ethos. A little discussion over who the line ball should go to

:29:02.:29:05.

on that far side. Declan Loye arguing his case with the match

:29:06.:29:07.

referee. Bessbrook want them to get on with

:29:08.:29:36.

it. Declan Loye has gone into the referee's notebook. Rarebit of space

:29:37.:29:42.

for Ryan McSherry. Feeding it in nicely. Hughes has shown well since

:29:43.:29:51.

being introduced but that particular pass is intercepted by the captain,

:29:52.:29:53.

Konta class. Jack Doherty sprints forward making

:29:54.:30:26.

himself available. Shane McGuigan, the two men causing more damage.

:30:27.:30:33.

McGuigan turning illegally, according to the referee.

:30:34.:30:43.

He almost had to many options. They seemed telepathic in the way they

:30:44.:30:51.

are linking up with each other, a massive part of why Maghera have

:30:52.:30:53.

such a big lead. That was not one of his best

:30:54.:31:12.

efforts. While the heads are not dropping, as such, I think the

:31:13.:31:15.

realisation is beginning to set in the sum of these players that this

:31:16.:31:20.

MacRory Cup is slipping away. It is, it is not a nice feeling, I played

:31:21.:31:26.

in a lot of semifinals and lost them, it is a horrible thing to have

:31:27.:31:29.

to be out there and play until the final whistle, knowing that you will

:31:30.:31:37.

not be taking the cup back to your school and county on this occasion.

:31:38.:31:59.

The noise and thinking is coming from the St Patrick 's Mahavira

:32:00.:32:22.

fans, they sent a 15th MacRory Cup title is imminent now.

:32:23.:32:29.

Francis Kinney has been so influential today.

:32:30.:32:47.

I thought that was going to be a free in but McGuigan is adjudged to

:32:48.:32:52.

have carried the ball illegally there. Perhaps he took too many

:32:53.:33:02.

steps. The challenge put him under severe pressure. Conor Glass gets

:33:03.:33:13.

some running repairs. More changes for St Pat's Maghera, Conor

:33:14.:33:25.

Mulholland coming into the fray and Conor McAleny to have played his

:33:26.:33:32.

part, he is the man to make way. How do you think Conor Glass will fare

:33:33.:33:36.

down under when he goes there in June? He is obviously a phenomenal

:33:37.:33:40.

athlete, he has got pace and a great size for someone of his age. I was

:33:41.:33:45.

skinny and small at that age but he had a busy of a man so he will have

:33:46.:33:53.

no problem, he is going to a great club. He has every chance of making

:33:54.:33:57.

it providing he can pick up the pace of the game and the skills. The

:33:58.:34:02.

thing I like if he doesn't try to do too much, he plays his role. He is a

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really intelligent player, I wish all the best. Playing a captain's

:34:09.:34:15.

Park today, as St Paul's have a free to move ten yards forward for

:34:16.:34:16.

dissent. You can feel the belief losing

:34:17.:34:31.

finally out of the St Paul's players now as we are deep in the last

:34:32.:34:36.

minute and added time beckons. This is some pats -- some pats Maghera's

:34:37.:34:46.

24th MacRory Cup final appearance, they have won 14 of them previously

:34:47.:34:49.

and are on the another milestone today. Three minutes of added time

:34:50.:35:07.

on the referee's clock. I think the notes will be, this is our day.

:35:08.:35:15.

Maybe he is thinking about the Hogan cup semifinal next week. Can St

:35:16.:35:21.

Paul's finish with a flourish of their own? Well caught out at the

:35:22.:35:28.

back by Conor Glass, he pops up everywhere! I see he is holding -ish

:35:29.:35:34.

older. He has had a history of shoulder injury, it is a shallow

:35:35.:35:40.

joint. He has taken himself back at this stage of the game, it is that

:35:41.:35:44.

type of play that will be inspirational. He knows it is a

:35:45.:35:49.

matter of playing at the game, it was a great interception. You have

:35:50.:35:53.

to say Mahavira deserved the win but great character by St Paul's

:35:54.:35:56.

Bessbrook in the second half. Another goal opportunity, this is

:35:57.:36:02.

going to be a penalty. An opportunity for St Patrick's Maghera

:36:03.:36:08.

to add a touch of class to this MacRory Cup final from a Derry point

:36:09.:36:14.

of view. Colonel Darrel got in there and caused the opening. I don't

:36:15.:36:19.

think Bessbrook can have too many quibbles about that particular

:36:20.:36:29.

challenge. Trying to dispossess him. St Paul's could have the argument

:36:30.:36:32.

that the initial contact was just outside the 40 metre line but it was

:36:33.:36:36.

very, very close call, certainly a free kick, and this stage will not

:36:37.:36:42.

make much difference to the score. The man who was fouled will take the

:36:43.:36:44.

kick himself. It is the icing on the cake for St

:36:45.:36:59.

Pat's Maghera. He has enjoyed himself today, and so have they.

:37:00.:37:08.

Perfect penalty, such a leisurely run-up for a schoolboy to come and

:37:09.:37:15.

hit a penalty like that. I know it is almost the last kick of the

:37:16.:37:18.

MacRory Cup Final, but such skill and closure no doubt he will join

:37:19.:37:26.

the celebrations in few minutes time. It was composed finish.

:37:27.:37:35.

Textbook illustration in goal-scoring. Another illustration

:37:36.:37:39.

of the prowess of St Patrick 's Maghara in Ulster colleges Gaelic

:37:40.:37:43.

football because for the 15th time in the school's history they are

:37:44.:37:48.

champions of Ulster, the MacRory Cup heading to St Pat's once again! Lets

:37:49.:37:52.

joint Thomas Kane with the man of the match.

:37:53.:37:56.

The pitch has been invaded by an army of blue and white.

:37:57.:38:00.

Congratulations, you are man of the match. How does it feel to win the

:38:01.:38:07.

MacRory Cup? After last year, it was a big end last year and we knew we

:38:08.:38:14.

had to get by them, we were right up there, we knew we had a chance. What

:38:15.:38:24.

was the key to the victory? Francis and Shane McGuigan, they couldn't be

:38:25.:38:30.

handled. They are unstoppable. How special is it to enjoy this moment

:38:31.:38:33.

with your brother? It is good to have someone out there. Is there a

:38:34.:38:42.

Hogan cup in this team now? Oh, definitely. How important was it not

:38:43.:38:53.

to become complacent after the early goals? We made sure we were not

:38:54.:39:04.

going to do that. The same happened with another team who were 11 points

:39:05.:39:08.

up at half-time, we knew that could happen to them. Patrick Tierney, you

:39:09.:39:17.

are the man of the match. I think there is a celebration, you had

:39:18.:39:22.

better get involved down their! Congratulations to Patrick and St

:39:23.:39:26.

Patrick's Maghera, for the 15th time the MacRory Cup champions. Paul

:39:27.:39:31.

Hughes joins me, you never seem to get tired of winning these

:39:32.:39:38.

competitions, do you? I might not see too many more of them but it is

:39:39.:39:41.

tremendous for the school, tremendous for the clubs, there is

:39:42.:39:45.

great enthusiast for MacRory Cup football in St Patrick's, there has

:39:46.:39:51.

been for years. We are torchbearers, we are trying to pass this other

:39:52.:40:01.

people. We are passing this on to another generation, another group of

:40:02.:40:04.

kids who want to do this thing. Really embrace it and love it,

:40:05.:40:08.

because it is special, MacRory Cup football is special. This may be too

:40:09.:40:14.

soon for one generation, it is a sweet success? We have won the

:40:15.:40:19.

MacRory Cup, cannot get better than this, doesn't get better than this.

:40:20.:40:26.

Can I talk about the forward line? St Pat's Maghera seemed to bring out

:40:27.:40:30.

these great things throughout the years. We were looking at the

:40:31.:40:39.

McGuigans and Tierneys, phenomenal. We stopped using the ball and

:40:40.:40:44.

playing as a team... I will have to stop you there. We will do in the

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commentary team. COMMENTATOR: It doesn't matter how

:40:51.:40:54.

often you win it, these are the scrapbook moments for every young

:40:55.:41:04.

footballer. The current Ulster colleges chairman introducing the

:41:05.:41:09.

presentation of that shiny MacRory Cup, which will be handed to Conor

:41:10.:41:15.

Glass. One of the real Ulster Gaelic football talents. He heads on a

:41:16.:41:19.

professional Australian rules contract Down Under in June after he

:41:20.:41:26.

completes his A-levels. He will be missed but he will favour this

:41:27.:41:33.

particular moment. The man of the match award is presented to Patrick

:41:34.:41:46.

Kearney. This is a special moment. Whatever level of success these

:41:47.:41:50.

young players have had. Yes, it is the most exciting time, or both hard

:41:51.:41:56.

work they have put in from November time, training over Christmas, this

:41:57.:42:01.

is the reward. MacRory Cup number 15 For St Patrick's College Maghera

:42:02.:42:12.

resented to Conor Glass. Let's hear from the man himself, the

:42:13.:42:14.

captain. Congratulations to St Patrick's

:42:15.:42:38.

Maghera and Conor Glass, phenomenal footballer, we wish him all the best

:42:39.:42:43.

with his career. Did the best team win? Definitely, the best team on

:42:44.:42:47.

the day one. St Paul's came out in the second heart and made a game of

:42:48.:42:52.

it. But definitely St Pat's Maghera, the best team won. Just to let

:42:53.:42:58.

everyone know, there is an important programme coming up on BBC One on

:42:59.:43:06.

Monday night at 9pm, it has been following the Crossmaglen team for

:43:07.:43:12.

two years, that is on Monday at 9pm. Congratulations to St Patrick's

:43:13.:43:14.

Maghera, thank you to both of the boys for joining me today. Time now

:43:15.:43:18.

for the Schools' Cup Finals. Congratulations to St Pat's Maghera

:43:19.:44:27.

on their MacRory Cup success. The focus switches to Ulster rugby

:44:28.:44:31.

headquarters and the 140th Schools' Cup Finals. It is RBAI against

:44:32.:44:38.

Campbell College. Hello, welcome to the Kingspan Stadium, it is that

:44:39.:44:41.

time again, St Patrick's day wouldn't be the same without the

:44:42.:44:46.

Schools' Cup. Alongside me this afternoon, two men with plenty of

:44:47.:44:50.

experience, a finalist of Ballymena Academy in 99 and 2000, Ian

:44:51.:44:55.

Humphreys, and Ulster and Ireland centre Darren Cave. The pain of

:44:56.:44:58.

defeat in the final, have you got over it after all these years?! Not

:44:59.:45:04.

really! It was a long time ago, but two of the best days of my rugby

:45:05.:45:08.

career. As a county school we were not expecting to do too well but we

:45:09.:45:12.

got to two finals, which will ultimately lost. But it lives longer

:45:13.:45:16.

the memory. How important was schools rugby to you, Darren? It was

:45:17.:45:23.

massive. When I was coming through, we were in the quarterfinals two

:45:24.:45:26.

years in a row, it wasn't a bad result, but I still look back,

:45:27.:45:30.

despite what I achieved in my career, on those days very fondly,

:45:31.:45:34.

and some regret that the teams I was part of have not been able to click

:45:35.:45:38.

to a semifinal never mind an occasion like this. It is an

:45:39.:45:42.

occasion that stands out in Ulster Rugby? It is, over the few weeks a

:45:43.:45:47.

lot of us who have managed to play in the Schools' Cup Finals have

:45:48.:45:52.

talked about it. As a school play this is the pinnacle, it is what you

:45:53.:45:57.

prepare all year for, it is a great occasion, great crowd. You can hear

:45:58.:46:02.

them building up now. A lot of history between two big Belfast

:46:03.:46:08.

schools today? Yes, it was great to see die rider coming to the

:46:09.:46:13.

semifinal but at the end of the day these two are incredibly

:46:14.:46:16.

competitive, two good prep schools feeding them. Some of these players

:46:17.:46:19.

will be building potentially 14 years for this, it is where it all

:46:20.:46:25.

culminates. Some of them might not play rugby ever again, some of them

:46:26.:46:29.

might play for Ireland, but either way and massive occasion for them.

:46:30.:46:33.

And it is coping with that occasion, as well? They will not be used to

:46:34.:46:37.

crowds and atmospheres like this and the whole school will be watching,

:46:38.:46:41.

but they have to feed of the pressure and any nerves they have

:46:42.:46:44.

once the whistle goes, they will have to be forgotten about. They

:46:45.:46:45.

played here a fortnight ago in the semifinal, had a bit of experience,

:46:46.:47:00.

the RBAI boys winning last year would have experienced it as well.

:47:01.:47:03.

The focus will be on the two teams taking the field but off the pitch

:47:04.:47:06.

the excitement has been building. We sent our star reporter and a

:47:07.:47:09.

familiar face to get a sense of what this day means at Campbell and Inst.

:47:10.:47:18.

One of the biggest disappointment of my rugby career is never making the

:47:19.:47:21.

Schools' Cup Finals. The BBC have sent me out to Campbell and insert

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to find out about the pre-match atmosphere and the build-up to the

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big-game -- Campbell and Inst. I have just come from the school

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assembly and now I'm in the sixth form centre to chat to a few of the

:47:43.:47:52.

players and the school band. Show me what you've got. Riding high, up in

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the sky! Flying high, up in the sky! Daly ago, nice to meet you, thank

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you very much! -- there you go. Whenever I was in school we

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literally had about two of these machines. We didn't do any gym work.

:48:23.:48:33.

Did you start last year? Yes. Unbelievable. I was not that nervous

:48:34.:48:42.

last year compared to this year. I think it takes the pressure off.

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Thanks very much, best of luck. We had look behind-the-scenes, now we

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are at Campbell College to see what these guys have got to offer. Hello,

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boys, how are you? Good morning. Any songs you will be singing for them?

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CCB! CCB! You are scaring me with that, so you are. I feel sorry for

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the other team with you guys cheering them on like that. Good to

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see you, how are you getting on? All right. You must be excited, are you?

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It's been a dream for ten years. Unbelievable. It's only half the

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dream. Of course it is, corset is. And what is the atmosphere in the

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school I? Buzzing. Really? Yes. Huge excitement. Well done, lads. That's

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pretty impressive. They were showing me their drum as well, so you are

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going to be up against it. Not just the noise on the pitch, you lads as

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well. Right, lads, what are we having, I think I'm going to be

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serving. Two sausages or one? I'll give two, she's not watching.

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Anything else? Good man. It's been brilliant to be given the

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opportunity to look round both schools, two very ambitious teams,

:50:34.:50:37.

two incredible sets of support. It all comes down to the day on the

:50:38.:50:39.

pitch, made the best team win. He is a rock star, Tommy Bowe, but

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you get the feeling from the two schools of the is floating about the

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place. Oh yeah. Both sets of teams look really up for it and excited.

:50:55.:51:01.

You saw how times have changed. The gym is state-of-the-art, many clubs

:51:02.:51:05.

would be pleased with it. When I was at school there were no gyms or

:51:06.:51:11.

weights lifted. Great for rugby that the schools are getting this kind of

:51:12.:51:16.

development from an early age. I imagine not much schoolwork has

:51:17.:51:21.

done, atmosphere building. Surprise that the Campbell supporters are

:51:22.:51:24.

only arriving now, it means they must have been in class. The

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standard of facilities is completely different from when we were playing

:51:29.:51:33.

at school. It is professional. At the end of the day this is what it

:51:34.:51:39.

is about, we cannot rely on Ulster consistently signing these World Cup

:51:40.:51:43.

winners from South Africa and New Zealand. We need to become more like

:51:44.:51:49.

Leinster. Certainly a different ball game. Let's soak up some of the

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atmosphere and noise. He's not Tommy Bowe but he's the next best thing,

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my foster. I wouldn't say that. It's a quiet and sombre atmosphere, pitch

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side... Not. This man lifted the schools cup 50 years ago today.

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Captain of Campbell College in a famous 3-0 emphatic victory over

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Coleraine. What are your memories of that special day 50 years ago? My

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main memory is that it was a horrendously bad weather day. The

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gale was howling up and down the pitch. In those days there were no

:52:31.:52:33.

stands at either end. Just a big stand here. I'm afraid it was not a

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great spectacle to watch. But an amazing game to play in. Any

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schoolboy who plays rugby, this is where they want to end up. And when

:52:45.:52:48.

they get here they certainly don't want to lose. So we were very

:52:49.:52:53.

fortunate to come out 3-0 at the end. Special day today, 11 members

:52:54.:53:00.

of that team are here to take in the class of 2016. How special is that

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bond you made all those years ago? We have kept in touch one way or

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another. And it's very nice to have them back after 50 years. One boy

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has come from Canada, three have come from England. One has come from

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Dublin. And the rest are all local. It's a big thing to get them all

:53:23.:53:26.

here. Two boys sadly died very young and they are no longer here, but

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that's the way life goes after 50 years I'm afraid. We will let you

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enjoy the rest of the game with the rest of those team members. Special

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day for John Dixon and the Dixon family, John Junior is part of the

:53:46.:53:49.

RBI team. How special is this occasion? Great excitement in the

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family over the last week or so. Same as last year, we enjoyed it

:53:59.:54:02.

very much, and this year will be no different. Are you as nervous as

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your son John when the match starts? Excited is more the word. I was with

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him this morning, took him to school and he was very confident and

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relaxed and looking forward to today. Thanks for your time, I hope

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it goes well. For a bit of fun on St Patrick's day, you can guess how

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many pictures he's going to take, I'm going to guess 1987. It's all

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about family. The crowds have filled the place. How will the players be

:54:37.:54:42.

feeling? Probably a little nervous, a bit excited. They will have done

:54:43.:54:46.

their pre-match routine. Both like to throw the ball about a bit.

:54:47.:54:49.

Hopefully we will see exciting rugby. There were some good tries in

:54:50.:55:00.

the semifinal. Rory Scholes, Ulster winger, how important is it that the

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ex-players give a little bit back? Its key that the players now

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understand that this is a massive occasion and a massive game, but it

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is a game, and they have to treat it like any other. Think about how many

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times they have executed their skills in training and other

:55:19.:55:20.

matches, commonly times they have performed. You just have to deliver

:55:21.:55:27.

like you have every single day in training. The team that does it

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better will win. And enjoy it as well? Absolutely. These are some of

:55:36.:55:40.

their biggest games and they are playing with their mates which will

:55:41.:55:45.

not necessarily happen again. Just enjoy the experience. Your

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prediction? The backline are very dangerous and will possibly score

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more tries. Just to make it interesting I will go with Campbell.

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We can cross to the commentary team. COMMENTATOR: Good afternoon. It

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really is a good afternoon. Certainly turned up the warm side of

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the stone for this. Only the London hospitals cup has been going longer.

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Longest running rugby trophy in Ireland. Only the 14th final between

:56:36.:56:53.

these two great sites. Between the three they have wanted more times

:56:54.:56:58.

than anybody else. When you played here against Dalriada, it was

:56:59.:57:04.

probably one of the biggest games of your life. Yes, one of the best

:57:05.:57:11.

games of my life. At 17 or 18 years old, like these guys, this is by far

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and away their biggest sporting occasion. They are really living for

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this. The captain of the Campbell side 50 years ago, it was a good

:57:28.:57:31.

side. Some future internationals in the side. They contained the great

:57:32.:57:37.

Ken Goodall. In those days everybody played rugby after school. Alas that

:57:38.:57:41.

is not the case today. Certainly not. If you had the pleasure of

:57:42.:57:47.

seeing the clips involving Tommy Bowe earlier, you see the

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preparation that goes in, and for the members of staff as well. No

:57:51.:57:56.

stone left unturned in terms of player recruitment and their

:57:57.:58:05.

physical conditioning. I talked to a number of finalists who said even

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the thrill of playing for Ireland could not be surpassed by the thrill

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of walking out here on Saint Patrick stays. Definitely not, and we have a

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privileged position here on the halfway line. The moment has

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arrived. They are simply champing at the bit.

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It is Campbell College against the Royal Belfast academical

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institution. They have a number of players back

:58:42.:58:57.

from last year. Campbell are led by James Boyle.

:58:58.:59:44.

Call 02 arrived from Australia at the start of the season -- Paul 02.

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The referee during his first schools cup final. His great, great

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grandfather played in the very first Irish team that played international

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rugby against England at the Kennington Oval in 1875. This game

:00:27.:00:34.

is underway, and Inst playing towards the warmer Morrill end.

:00:35.:00:41.

Looking to establish field position. Well disciplined Campbell pack has

:00:42.:00:47.

made sure of the ball. Good kick taken in by Laurie. Research on all.

:00:48.:00:54.

This is what Inst are good at. Strong pace. Almost got the float

:00:55.:01:06.

away. -- the float. If they play with this kind of attitude we are in

:01:07.:01:11.

for a cracking afternoon. Pace in both sides. Inst on this occasion

:01:12.:01:20.

well fielded. Moved sweetly from the right-hand side to the left. Justin

:01:21.:01:26.

Savage just forces the intercept. It came off a Campbell hand. But more

:01:27.:01:35.

is very pacey. Well set up by the lower six scrum-half. Once again all

:01:36.:01:39.

the pressure coming from the holders.

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Set up for Dixon. Good strong run by the tight head prop. Inst get the

:01:50.:02:05.

penalty. John Dixon very involved as the main photographer. O'Donnell set

:02:06.:02:14.

it up. Nice sidestep. Good pressure by Inst. Yes, good pressure by Inst.

:02:15.:02:21.

The Campbell number eight giving away the penalty. Inst will look to

:02:22.:02:27.

soften up the Campbell pack around the edges. And unleashed this

:02:28.:02:31.

potentially devastating backline. All he will be caring about our the

:02:32.:03:04.

first points in this cup final. Yes, he's got right underneath it. Right

:03:05.:03:08.

between the posts it goes. Good start for the holders. And we've

:03:09.:03:15.

played less than three minutes. Just the start that Inst were looking

:03:16.:03:19.

for. Never looked like it was going anywhere. Took them a long time

:03:20.:03:28.

before they met in their first final in 1960. Of the 13 times they've

:03:29.:03:38.

met, Campbell have had the edge. Winning seven. Couple of games have

:03:39.:03:39.

been Though Donald pulled it in field a

:03:40.:03:58.

little bit. Taken by Ben Webb. This is the big fellow himself, Tom

:03:59.:04:17.

O'Toole. This time last year a member of the Queensland Academy.

:04:18.:04:24.

Not allowing much in the way of room, once he gets up ahead of steam

:04:25.:04:35.

he is very hard to stop. There goes go tool again.

:04:36.:04:41.

Not a bad kick but straight into touch. Pragmatic approach from both

:04:42.:04:54.

teams. Fantastic chase from Charlie Friars for Inst, making the

:04:55.:04:58.

turnover. Tom O'Toole weighing a mere 115 kilograms. That's about 17

:04:59.:05:09.

and a half or 18 stone. He is trimmed with it at the same time.

:05:10.:05:16.

Taken well at the back by the number eight. Again they take it forward.

:05:17.:05:28.

Back inside, great chance, this. He's got it away, and the past two

:05:29.:05:31.

O'Donnell just couldn't quite be held by the scrum-half. That really

:05:32.:05:37.

would have made it difficult to Campbell but they've got it away.

:05:38.:05:45.

Good clearance. Fantastic tackle again. There is the ball inside

:05:46.:05:52.

coming through. Just stripped the ball down. All the pressure and

:05:53.:06:02.

possession with Inst. They have really started quickly. So close for

:06:03.:06:03.

Rhys O'Donnell. Across the Campbell 22. It's been

:06:04.:06:19.

all yellow and black so far. There is the switch to Joe Finnegan, who

:06:20.:06:21.

played on the wing last year. Lost his footing but Inst still have

:06:22.:06:41.

the impetus. They give away their first penalty. Give them a bit of

:06:42.:06:51.

breathing space. Campbell looking slightly shell-shocked. No

:06:52.:06:58.

possession, just defending inside their 22, just hanging on manfully.

:06:59.:07:13.

Good clearance kick by Campbell. Coming up to seven minutes played,

:07:14.:07:24.

3-0 to the holders. For their 31st out right wing.

:07:25.:07:52.

That looked high, the referee has a hand-out. Touch judge indicated on

:07:53.:08:11.

this side there was a high tackle. Wonderful break, awakens Jamie

:08:12.:08:18.

Macartney. Inst's defensive line, I think they were waiting for the

:08:19.:08:19.

penalty. They have got the penalty but I

:08:20.:08:31.

think the referee will have a word with the Inst tackler who put in the

:08:32.:08:34.

high one. James Hume on this occasion.

:08:35.:08:46.

Super feat by Jamie Macartney. A good piece of officiating, there was

:08:47.:09:00.

no malice in that, the referee sent to be saying to James Hume, keep it

:09:01.:09:02.

down. He stepped back inside, a swinging

:09:03.:09:28.

arm, good work by Jack Howard, whose dad I saw earlier.

:09:29.:09:40.

Campbell have a useful line-out, but not if they lose the ball like that.

:09:41.:09:54.

Good tackle by Callum Reid on Jack Barry-Glendinning.

:09:55.:10:09.

Good defending by Inst. Invented by both teams, keeping the ball alive.

:10:10.:10:25.

We are seeing depth, some nice running angles outside, Tom O Toole

:10:26.:10:30.

standing in the first receiver position.

:10:31.:10:37.

Good line-out by Inst, well away. Callum Reid has been named on the

:10:38.:10:46.

Irish schools three Nations side. Another good kick by Rhys O'Donnell.

:10:47.:11:06.

Good strike by the Inst's scrum-half whose dad Keith played here it the

:11:07.:11:09.

losing side in 1980 against Campbell College. His dad played in a winning

:11:10.:11:20.

side against Campbell College in the 40s.

:11:21.:11:30.

Great steel by Inst, good work by Charlie Fryers.

:11:31.:11:51.

Inst might have thought about releasing the speedy Mark Keane on

:11:52.:11:57.

the left wing but they will be happy with that. Slick handling, good wits

:11:58.:12:05.

on the past as well. At this stage they are happy to pay the possession

:12:06.:12:10.

game, just get into the Campbell 22 and turned the screw. Quick ball,

:12:11.:12:13.

Rhys O'Donnell has a beautiful pass on him as well.

:12:14.:12:21.

Good challenge by Inst but Campbell have done a pretty good job

:12:22.:12:28.

defending their line. That is well struck by Corrie. Good tackle by

:12:29.:12:37.

Justin Savage. He has overcooked that one. Not much

:12:38.:12:55.

in the way of a breeze down there. Michael Lowry, who played a year ago

:12:56.:12:59.

as a fifth former, he has had injury problems this season. He is

:13:00.:13:05.

tenacious, highly regarded by the academy system that Ulster have.

:13:06.:13:13.

Good communication, one would have to say that is the first mistake

:13:14.:13:17.

that Inst have made in these opening 15 minutes.

:13:18.:13:56.

Good acceleration by O Toole, good strength and nice presentation as

:13:57.:14:08.

well. Good continuity now by Campbell probably for the first

:14:09.:14:16.

time. It has gone into touch, cup final nerves? Yes, in the last

:14:17.:14:21.

minute they have both made simple errors, noticeable from Inst

:14:22.:14:25.

whenever Campbell have the ball, not committing. First man making his

:14:26.:14:30.

tackles, puts his opposite number to ground, and Inst don't compete, they

:14:31.:14:35.

fan out. Campbell go looking for speed to unleash the backline. 45

:14:36.:14:42.

minutes each way in schools would be so coming up to the halfway point in

:14:43.:14:47.

this first half, Inst still in the lead.

:14:48.:15:06.

No advantage to Campbell from the knock forward by Inst. The first

:15:07.:15:13.

Campbell scrum of the afternoon, nearly 50 minutes gone. Lowry unable

:15:14.:15:24.

to get that pass over his shoulder. Never before in the history of

:15:25.:15:41.

schools rugby has a side completed what is known as the double double,

:15:42.:15:46.

winning the Schools' Cup and medallion Shield competition in

:15:47.:15:49.

successive years, Inst did that last it, they have retained the medallion

:15:50.:15:52.

shield having kept it three years in a row, and now they are hoping to go

:15:53.:16:05.

one better. Nobody has ever made it a double double, if we can call it

:16:06.:16:07.

that. Campbell with the chance to make up

:16:08.:16:39.

a bit of territory. Great covering tackle. Switch play, that is him

:16:40.:16:44.

with the number four on his back, holders line, thesis which, picks up

:16:45.:16:52.

James Hume inside. He bears a proud name, Nelson.

:16:53.:17:04.

All of these guys are so well conditioned now, almost verging on

:17:05.:17:09.

semiprofessional, even though they are still at school. They are

:17:10.:17:15.

looking for these guys to appear potentially in an Ulster shirt in

:17:16.:17:23.

the pre-5 years. James Nelson has appeared for the underage teens. He

:17:24.:17:34.

is in lower fixed at Campbell. -- lower sixth.

:17:35.:17:48.

Not the sort of ball from the line-out that most half-backs like

:17:49.:17:55.

but he did his best, well tackled by Jamie Macartney from Campbell.

:17:56.:18:01.

Again, the Campbell line-out, a bit of nonsense. What a charge by the

:18:02.:18:10.

tight head prop, still another year of school, still in lower sixth.

:18:11.:18:16.

Play-on, says the referee. Campbell will be ruined not able to get the

:18:17.:18:23.

ball back quickly enough -- not being able to get.

:18:24.:18:35.

Joseph Finnegan has plenty of time and has made a decent touch. Now in

:18:36.:18:44.

the second half of the first half. Only 3-0 to Ulster, Campbell have

:18:45.:18:50.

come back into it, it is fair to say. But the line-out play from both

:18:51.:18:55.

teams have been scrappy. They have had the intent to throw to the back

:18:56.:19:00.

of the line-out but the lack of accuracy for both in the throwing.

:19:01.:19:23.

Ben Webb does well to get across the halfway line.

:19:24.:19:39.

A rare mistake by La Roux. -- by Michael Lowry. Michael Lowry looking

:19:40.:19:51.

to move across the pitch rather than taking it flat, but from a Campbell

:19:52.:19:57.

perspective Tom O'Toole is definitely the go to man, carrying

:19:58.:20:00.

ball, doing a lot of damage but sucking Gynt two or three defenders

:20:01.:20:07.

at one time. Eventually that will take its toll. Good work at the

:20:08.:20:12.

breakdown by Campbell. This is the younger of the Crowther

:20:13.:20:33.

Brothers, Matthew, in lower sixth. John Crowther, the elder of the two,

:20:34.:20:53.

his dad was a fine flanker in the day. Inst give away another penalty.

:20:54.:20:58.

Inst committing a lot of offences at the breakdown. In this occasion,

:20:59.:21:05.

nowhere near behind the back. We have seen Campbell go round the

:21:06.:21:11.

corner, John Dickson trotting back, tries to kick it through, nowhere

:21:12.:21:15.

near the back foot, and the referee in a perfect position. The

:21:16.:21:25.

interesting option Campbell may have, it looks like it will be John

:21:26.:21:31.

Crowther, the openside forward, who will be handed the duties 1st of

:21:32.:21:36.

August afternoon. The last fellow wearing number seven I can remember

:21:37.:21:42.

kicking goals was way back in the early 70s, John Taylor, who kicked a

:21:43.:21:45.

monumental conversion at Murrayfield to give Wales a grand slam. That was

:21:46.:21:53.

before your time, Tony! A fine player in his own regard.

:21:54.:22:00.

From straight in front, directed between the Inst posts. Terrific

:22:01.:22:22.

kick by John Crowther. After soaking up a lot of early Inst pressure,

:22:23.:22:27.

Campbell have come back after 22 minutes of the first half at the

:22:28.:22:34.

Kingspan Stadium. It is even, 3-3. A great strike by John Crowther, took

:22:35.:22:38.

his time, kept his head down. Probably had a few more metres in

:22:39.:22:46.

that as well. Campbell facing a very strong low spring sun.

:22:47.:22:54.

That has gone straight into touch, that should not happen. Careless by

:22:55.:23:03.

James Hume, I'm sure he knows that. The ball clipped the line, it is

:23:04.:23:05.

out, that is what happened. There is the great Brian Francis

:23:06.:23:22.

Robinson, former Ireland number eight, scored four tries against

:23:23.:23:27.

Zimbabwe in the World Cup in 1991, a rare feat for a back row forward.

:23:28.:23:47.

Finegan with lots of time and what a good reply. It is the sort of kick

:23:48.:23:56.

that forwards like to see. Better as a forward if you have two initially

:23:57.:23:59.

turned to go back after a kick to see your full-back picked it up and

:24:00.:24:03.

kick it well over your head, more importantly getting it into touch.

:24:04.:24:06.

It buys you a few seconds of respite.

:24:07.:24:30.

Campbell took it to ground. Inst will get the put into the scrum.

:24:31.:24:46.

Robinson will not be happy with that as a forward. Winning the line-out,

:24:47.:24:53.

you need to transfer that to the back of the maul as quickly as you

:24:54.:25:00.

can. Campbell will be disappointed with that. Put in for Inst. Against

:25:01.:25:20.

Matthew Russell. Quick pick-up from the back. Nicely done. Good little

:25:21.:25:30.

break. Presented it nicely. O'Donnell gets it away quickly.

:25:31.:25:45.

Could support yet again by Charlie Friars. Lowry. Ben Webb has to run

:25:46.:25:57.

and cover and does really well and gets it away. Terrific piece of

:25:58.:26:03.

play. Hasn't found touch, but found Finnegan. We bit of room on the near

:26:04.:26:10.

side. Inst kept it in play on the far

:26:11.:26:21.

touchline. We thought they had, but the touch judge's flag is up.

:26:22.:26:28.

Somebody in black and yellow in touch. Coming from left to right.

:26:29.:26:32.

Mark King from the left wing making that incision. Putting pace onto it.

:26:33.:26:44.

One-handed flick out the back door. Sensational play by these 17,

:26:45.:26:52.

18-year-olds. Great skill level. Good take and drive. O'Donnell has

:26:53.:27:04.

to dig it out himself. Good ground made by Inst. A little

:27:05.:27:15.

overcomplicated, perhaps. Away goes Jack Hart, but he runs into the even

:27:16.:27:24.

bigger James Hume. That's good work by John Crowther, the kicker of the

:27:25.:27:34.

penalty. James Nelson met by Dixon. Good looping round by Ben Webb.

:27:35.:27:41.

Justin Savage looking for a bit of work. The referee has told Inst to

:27:42.:27:53.

release and they haven't and again they've been penalised at the

:27:54.:27:58.

breakdown. I think he's going to have a wee word with the skipper

:27:59.:28:02.

about the consistent nonsense going on at the breakdown. Think you

:28:03.:28:11.

landed awkwardly on his shoulder. Couple of Inst guys down as the

:28:12.:28:15.

water comes on. They are starting to get ragged around the edges. One,

:28:16.:28:19.

two, three offenders hanging off him. Saps the energy of the

:28:20.:28:25.

defenders seeing somebody of that size coming at you. Three or four

:28:26.:28:36.

stone is a big weight advantage. Anxious times for John Dixon.

:28:37.:28:40.

Terrific support for both these schools.

:28:41.:28:52.

I used to like the chance from the Methodist College, when they said

:28:53.:29:02.

you've got no girls are your school. Great support here from both

:29:03.:29:08.

schools. In the family stand, if you know it, here. A cacophony and great

:29:09.:29:16.

deal from both sets of fans. Credit to the schools. John Dixon seemed to

:29:17.:29:22.

have a problem with his left leg. Don't think it is cramped, but it

:29:23.:29:27.

might be his knee. Couple of useful prop forwards on the bench. Jake

:29:28.:29:32.

Chambers been demoted because of progress made by Carol Reed.

:29:33.:29:47.

He doesn't look too comfortable. Carries a lot of experience. One of

:29:48.:29:55.

their leaders in the front. Captained the side a few times. He

:29:56.:30:02.

is tackling, in your face. Sure he's not short of a word or two. Knowing

:30:03.:30:08.

his father quite well, he's not short of a word or two, either. The

:30:09.:30:14.

clock will start again, coming up to half an hour played, Honours even.

:30:15.:30:20.

What a great competition it has been down the years. Great players have

:30:21.:30:25.

raised this crown. Here come Campbell again, this is great stuff.

:30:26.:30:29.

Chip and chase, this could be the opening try. Just cleared by Inst.

:30:30.:30:45.

That was so close. Beautiful. The Campbell centre, loads of gaps down

:30:46.:30:55.

the right side. Fence off my glory. Defended superbly, there.

:30:56.:31:02.

Short and chunky but plenty of pace. Very nearly got to it. Because the

:31:03.:31:09.

ball was in play when it was kicked that it will be a five metre scrum

:31:10.:31:13.

to Campbell, the closest they have been to the Inst line. About half an

:31:14.:31:20.

hour played. Crucial scrum, particularly with John Dixon

:31:21.:31:23.

struggling a bit in terms of his fitness. Try scorer in the

:31:24.:31:32.

semifinal. Low centre of gravity, very strong. If he can get across

:31:33.:31:39.

five or six metres he will be more than happy. Campbell have dominated,

:31:40.:31:47.

but now they have a great chance. Good squeeze in the scrum. Well

:31:48.:31:54.

covered by the men in black and yellow. Here is the Campbell number

:31:55.:31:59.

eight, taken around the ankles so he cannot move.

:32:00.:32:07.

That's knocked forward. The referee playing advantage to Campbell, can

:32:08.:32:18.

they take advantage? Again Inst have him by the ankles. Still therefore

:32:19.:32:26.

Campbell. That's good defending in the middle of the park by Inst. But

:32:27.:32:33.

they conceded a penalty. So what do you do here with half-time

:32:34.:32:37.

approaching? Quite simply take the points. I think Patrick Beverley Mr

:32:38.:32:39.

point on the play before that. Last defender inside the uprights.

:32:40.:32:49.

Justin Savage was in acres of space. Unable to read the situation.

:32:50.:32:56.

James Hume again. What a decision by the Campbell skipper, James Doyle.

:32:57.:33:12.

Pops it into touch. His dad Charlie was the outside-half when Campbell

:33:13.:33:16.

won the final in 1980. Richard Kennedy was the skipper. In the

:33:17.:33:24.

front row was one Gordon Hamilton. Big line-out, this, for the Campbell

:33:25.:33:31.

skipper. And it did not work out for them. What an awful pass by Inst.

:33:32.:33:41.

Great chance now for Campbell. Wonderful tackle. What a terrific

:33:42.:33:47.

piece of tackling by the left wing Mark King. Still Campbell have it.

:33:48.:33:53.

Corrie has a little guard himself. Need somebody to play scrum-half.

:33:54.:34:01.

Skipper James Doyle obliges. Keeping that black machine churning forward.

:34:02.:34:07.

Bevel and again. Good pass. Here comes Howard. Inst may have stolen

:34:08.:34:22.

that one again. The tackling from Inst is good, preventing the big

:34:23.:34:29.

fellow from going forward. Here is Nelson. Campbell edging ever closer.

:34:30.:34:34.

Looking for the first try of what has been a pulsating final here.

:34:35.:34:41.

Play on, says the referee. Again Inst do not clear it particularly

:34:42.:34:48.

well. All the way back was Ben Webb. He has got away. Good transfer to

:34:49.:34:54.

Justin Savage, who can scamper a bit. They have managed to steal it.

:34:55.:35:04.

Reese O'Donnell gets it away for the holders. That's a knock-on. I think

:35:05.:35:12.

the sun in the eyes was responsible for that rather than a lack of

:35:13.:35:17.

ability. A bit unfortunate for Jack Hart who knocked it forward. He's

:35:18.:35:26.

had a good half as well. Two really tired sets of players out here. A

:35:27.:35:33.

fast and frenetic opening 35mm. And look at that tackle. Driving his

:35:34.:35:39.

opposite number into the ground and quickly back on his feet trying to

:35:40.:35:44.

get the turnover. I always hope for three things in the schools cup

:35:45.:35:48.

final, that nobody gets injured, that we have a great day out, and

:35:49.:35:54.

that we see as many of these young men as possible carrying on with

:35:55.:35:59.

rugby at whatever level after the schools cup final. A lot of these

:36:00.:36:05.

young men have put a lot of time and effort into rugby. Different

:36:06.:36:09.

situations can arise for tertiary education. The academy system Ulster

:36:10.:36:14.

have in place is as good as anything out there. Player retention is

:36:15.:36:21.

something they know is of paramount importance. What concerns me is that

:36:22.:36:27.

they are not scooped up by the academy and go on to development,

:36:28.:36:29.

don't play rugby for the fun of it. Some clubs are struggling to get

:36:30.:36:48.

second and third teams. A little glimpse of Rory Scholes, cup winner

:36:49.:36:55.

for Campbell five years ago. Heading off to Edinburgh next season. Just a

:36:56.:37:08.

few seconds remaining the first half with no tries. Both sides had their

:37:09.:37:11.

chances but couldn't quite take them. So a penalty apiece. James

:37:12.:37:24.

Hume and Jack Crowther. Quick pick-up by Inst. This is better.

:37:25.:37:29.

Half a chance here if this can be shifted. Needs to get it away and he

:37:30.:37:38.

does. Spilled forward, though. That was Konta field. He missed the final

:37:39.:37:42.

last year because of injury. Had a few injury problems. Lorry again,

:37:43.:37:53.

threading the past. Jack Howard makes a good tackle. There's been no

:37:54.:38:02.

lack of invention. 3-3 is hardly flattering scoreline the level of

:38:03.:38:05.

rugby and the quality has been befitting of any final. This may

:38:06.:38:13.

well be the last piece of this entertaining and energetic first

:38:14.:38:20.

half, Campbell scrum. Bit of a squeeze by the holders. Back inside,

:38:21.:38:27.

that's a charge down but it's going to go dead. That was something of a

:38:28.:38:37.

chance. The referee has decided it is a 22 drop out. By our timing

:38:38.:38:43.

device we have played more than a minute of the normal 35. I think the

:38:44.:38:48.

referee has been told he is into extra time. Inst could have scored

:38:49.:38:58.

quite easily. Very prosperous afternoon so far in the number seven

:38:59.:39:05.

shirt for Inst. Good in the turnover and on that occasion putting good

:39:06.:39:11.

pressure on the kick chase. That has gone to nobody in particular. Taken

:39:12.:39:16.

in by Carol Reed who has had a quiet game by his own standards. Medallion

:39:17.:39:23.

shield winner couple of years ago. We bit isolated. Charlie Friars

:39:24.:39:26.

takes it forward into the Campbell half. Inst putting some width on it

:39:27.:39:35.

and losing possession, that it went backwards. Good defending by

:39:36.:39:39.

Campbell. Lowry has done terrifically well.

:39:40.:39:57.

The ball has been stripped forward and Inst have got the penalty.

:39:58.:40:04.

That's better, taking the ball flat, trying to commit some of the

:40:05.:40:08.

opposition defenders. Perhaps in the first half he has been guilty of

:40:09.:40:12.

sliding across the pitch to easily. Some utterly unforced errors. In the

:40:13.:40:17.

last 15 to 20 minutes he has been full of inventiveness. Keeping the

:40:18.:40:27.

backline very honest. The Inst skipper has asked his goal-kicking

:40:28.:40:32.

centre James Hume to try to give Inst the half-time lead. Bit of

:40:33.:40:38.

attention being given to Carol Reed, I think he will be fine.

:40:39.:40:42.

Done really well to survive a couple of nasty bangs.

:40:43.:41:11.

This for a half-time lead. He has given that a fair belt. Needs to

:41:12.:41:20.

come in. What a kick. He got it right when it mattered most, at the

:41:21.:41:24.

end of the first half of the schools cup final. He has given his side the

:41:25.:41:34.

lead, just by three points, but that will give them a real Philip. Beast

:41:35.:41:41.

of a kick by James Hume. I am sure Ian Humphreys will have plenty to

:41:42.:41:46.

say about that. Great first half of rugby with both teams showing plenty

:41:47.:41:52.

of invention. STUDIO: That's the best 6-3 I have seen in quite a

:41:53.:41:57.

while. Have we got our money 's worth? As you said, 6-3 does not

:41:58.:42:03.

reflect how good a game it has been. Both teams have shown plenty of

:42:04.:42:05.

ambition but been unfortunate with the final pass. They are both trying

:42:06.:42:11.

to throw it about. They have been showing their skills with nice

:42:12.:42:14.

off-loads, hopefully the same in the second half. Have you been

:42:15.:42:20.

impressed? We have seen some good play, particularly from Inst.

:42:21.:42:23.

Campbell have been building through the phases nicely. This was one of

:42:24.:42:29.

many carries. Unfortunately there has also been a lot of soft errors.

:42:30.:42:36.

There we are seeing one of them. All in all a lot of positive rugby being

:42:37.:42:38.

played. Not many tight head is art that

:42:39.:42:47.

mobile and involved? No, he is a big fella! Another good break there,

:42:48.:42:54.

just a shame it could not be finished off, the story of the half.

:42:55.:43:00.

But O2 has carried well and the Inst defence have been sucked in by him.

:43:01.:43:07.

There have been a few mistakes but a lot of good defence, both teams will

:43:08.:43:14.

be happy with how they have defended, just disappointed with the

:43:15.:43:17.

couple of mistakes they might not have made on a different occasion.

:43:18.:43:21.

If either team can get rid of those small errors they could go on and

:43:22.:43:26.

score a few tries here because we have seen ambition and enterprise.

:43:27.:43:30.

Campbell had a decent opening about five minutes from the end of the

:43:31.:43:38.

half. Yes, we had a similar move at Ulster, just an over read there. A

:43:39.:43:46.

great option to chip in, a fantastic run across, great play all round.

:43:47.:43:49.

That is what you want to see on days like today. They were unlucky not to

:43:50.:43:56.

finish it but it was great ambition and good pigeon from the centre to

:43:57.:44:02.

put the kick through. The inside pass was covered well. Two back Bill

:44:03.:44:07.

with us today but set piece in schools rugby is always a big

:44:08.:44:12.

factor. It is, Inst have been good of first and second phase.

:44:13.:44:16.

Unfortunately here for Campbell the line-out went awry.

:44:17.:44:23.

They have been unlucky, it has been good defence by Inst. If they can

:44:24.:44:30.

sort that out in the second part I'm sure they can make in dent into the

:44:31.:44:34.

defence. Is it a game that is calling for a cool head, maybe even

:44:35.:44:38.

at half-time the coaches having a quiet word? I have seen Campbell go

:44:39.:44:44.

to the five or six man line-out using a tall. We might see more of

:44:45.:44:51.

that in the second half. As I said before the game, Campbell have had a

:44:52.:44:55.

successful line-out all year, they have executed many in training. They

:44:56.:44:59.

have got to get their head around the fact there are a few people here

:45:00.:45:10.

watching the game. As ten, does the game need someone to dictate the

:45:11.:45:18.

pace? I think it is a case of, towards the end of the line they

:45:19.:45:21.

were attacking well, getting space. I think if they can manage the game

:45:22.:45:33.

well they will win it. Have you been impressed with the skill level?

:45:34.:45:39.

Absolutely, apart from a couple of small errors, we have seen some

:45:40.:45:43.

incredible off-loads, particularly from a couple of Inst backs, some

:45:44.:45:47.

lovely play and hopefully more to come in the second half. The boys

:45:48.:45:51.

have been impressed, I wonder about the Ulster director of rugby.

:45:52.:45:54.

What did you make of that first half? I'm loving it. Some

:45:55.:46:00.

interesting happenings. The line-out under pressure for Campbell, they

:46:01.:46:04.

are fighting hard. Some lovely breaks but great defensive play by

:46:05.:46:13.

the 11 and 12. Inst have made nice inroads but have not been clinical

:46:14.:46:17.

enough to take the points. Worthy of a final. What sort of platform is

:46:18.:46:21.

the schools cup Finals for these lads to impress people in the Ulster

:46:22.:46:26.

management structure? It is massive, we want to improve this area of the

:46:27.:46:30.

game so that we can target players to come forward into the systems and

:46:31.:46:33.

what we are seeing today is indicative of what we are after,

:46:34.:46:37.

good "A great day, seeing some talent. With your Australian hat on,

:46:38.:46:43.

how is this competition beauty in the outside world? In every major

:46:44.:46:53.

rugby area deep schools competition is important. In Sydney similar

:46:54.:46:58.

crowds come to a competition like this. I'm glad the weather is like

:46:59.:47:02.

this today, and that we are seeing two teams that are willing to back

:47:03.:47:06.

their skill sets. Still in the balance, 6-4 it, it will be

:47:07.:47:12.

interesting. There is an Australian line-out on the pitch today, what

:47:13.:47:16.

have you made off in safe? Tom is doing well, he has made some good

:47:17.:47:21.

surges. If they get the line-out right Campbell can be back tonight

:47:22.:47:25.

but the backline of Inst have thrown some nice plays in there. It is

:47:26.:47:30.

going to go down to the wire. Thank you for your time. Back to you. Good

:47:31.:47:40.

to see the Ulster director of rugby here. How important is it that

:47:41.:47:51.

Ulster are generating young players? We have said before, they cannot

:47:52.:47:56.

keep buying World Cup winning players, it starts at 15, 16, and we

:47:57.:48:00.

have seen plenty of talent on show today. Players don't have to be the

:48:01.:48:05.

finished article at the stage, they have to have areas of skill they can

:48:06.:48:08.

develop, and if they showed those skills today they could get into an

:48:09.:48:13.

academy and the world is their oyster. Thank you very much, I think

:48:14.:48:19.

the boys are ready, let's join our commentary team of Tony McWhirter

:48:20.:48:21.

and Jim Neilly. Come on label it will be the

:48:22.:48:26.

Campbell centre Nicolai Koplewsky who will get this underway. His dad

:48:27.:48:32.

played for Stade Francais, if my reckoning is right, and got a B

:48:33.:48:36.

international cap. Blair Robinson has come on for

:48:37.:48:49.

Pierce McLernon. In Steve Waight the first penalty.

:48:50.:49:31.

-- Inst give away the first penalty. Nick Campbell will feel if he can

:49:32.:49:34.

sort out the set piece which malfunctioned badly in the first

:49:35.:49:39.

half they certainly will have another opportunity in the second

:49:40.:49:43.

half to potentially win this game. From a Inst perspective, it is clear

:49:44.:49:49.

to see what their game plan will be, they will try to stretch Campbell

:49:50.:49:52.

and look to unlock their defence with quick outside backs. Consider

:49:53.:49:58.

that we haven't mentioned Conor Field in the first half, he has bags

:49:59.:50:02.

of place and potential, he will look to get himself involved a bit more.

:50:03.:50:14.

John Dickson puts in south into a strong tackle. -- puts himself.

:50:15.:50:32.

Jack Barry-Glendinning, well set up by Campbell's number eight. James

:50:33.:50:47.

Boyle making inroads into the Inst defence, which has been pretty solid

:50:48.:50:49.

so far. That was rather unfortunate for

:50:50.:51:31.

Malcolm Corry. Mixed feelings in the Corry household because his dad is a

:51:32.:51:37.

member of the Inst Board of Governors. He is supporting his son

:51:38.:51:47.

this afternoon, you would not blame him. Surgeon by profession so if you

:51:48.:51:53.

need to have your need done he will do it for you in the blink of an

:51:54.:52:03.

eye! There have not been many scrums in this game, which is pretty

:52:04.:52:07.

indicative of the skills level and the interned by both teams.

:52:08.:52:31.

Inst get it back to loosehead prop Callum Reid. Off the bench in the

:52:32.:52:43.

final last year. Away goes the Inst skipper Conor Field.

:52:44.:53:02.

Clever by Ben Webb, he saw a bit of space, here goes Justin Savage and

:53:03.:53:09.

again Inst's defence is good. Bob tool in there quickly. -- Tom Hoge

:53:10.:53:20.

tool. Again, Justin Savage trying to create mayhem in the middle of the

:53:21.:53:22.

park. This is better by the men in Black.

:53:23.:53:46.

Good switch by Martin Corrie. -- Malcolm Corry.

:53:47.:54:15.

Beverland has a go, this is good stuff, here comes Ben Webb, looking

:54:16.:54:25.

for the first try. Campbell pressing as they did in the first half, to

:54:26.:54:29.

Riddick start to the second half will stop -- terrific start to the

:54:30.:54:35.

second half. A real chance here if they can shift

:54:36.:54:46.

this, it has to go. Good recovery by Inst. A genuine chance there, well

:54:47.:54:54.

read by Inst. Inst's defence was struggling there, they were trying

:54:55.:54:58.

to plug the holes very quickly, Campbell getting repeat possession,

:54:59.:55:01.

stretching the pitch from side to side. Good defence by Inst.

:55:02.:55:15.

Inst seems to have enough defenders in the right place at the right

:55:16.:55:21.

time. It has been a great start to the second half by Campbell, they

:55:22.:55:24.

have asked a lot of questions. The referee having a word with the Inst

:55:25.:55:30.

captain. REFEREE: We have had a couple of

:55:31.:55:36.

incidents of foul play with your site, the next may go for impaired

:55:37.:55:45.

and is. Being told there will not be a penalty this time, a bit of foul

:55:46.:55:50.

play there. -- may go for an impediment. The referee had played

:55:51.:56:01.

an advantage and Inst will get a line-out. It was John Dickson who

:56:02.:56:04.

invoked the tackle. Inst warming up another replacement.

:56:05.:56:28.

Not a good time or place to be losing your own line-out. Tom

:56:29.:56:33.

O'Toole, headgear firmly back on his head.

:56:34.:56:42.

Numbers one and three in black have been outstanding, here is number

:56:43.:56:50.

three. Good footwork. Martin Corrie again -- Malcolm Corry again. Surely

:56:51.:57:00.

Campbell will benefit from this? Tom oh tall pile them. Jack

:57:01.:57:06.

Barry-Glendinning, what a wonderful tackle by instant -- Tom O'Toole

:57:07.:57:18.

piles in. Wave after wave of black attack.

:57:19.:57:25.

A chance now, this could be it, Campbell are going to get it, no,

:57:26.:57:35.

they are not, terrific tackle. Inst have somehow kept their line intact

:57:36.:57:40.

and have somehow managed to get a defensive scrum. How many times have

:57:41.:57:46.

we mentioned this afternoon in terms of scrambled defence. Just does

:57:47.:57:54.

enough, more importantly stays on his feet. Inst really hanging on

:57:55.:58:08.

here. Replacement in the front row, Corrie Barrett is going to be coming

:58:09.:58:11.

on, John Dickson, who has battled and weathered a few injuries, goes

:58:12.:58:18.

off. On comes number 18, Corrie Barrett. John Dickson will have to

:58:19.:58:30.

sit and wait and see to see if you will get a second successive schools

:58:31.:58:34.

cup winners medal, unless of course something happens and he has to come

:58:35.:58:38.

back on again. It will be interesting to see how the coaches

:58:39.:58:43.

decide to use the bench. There has been plenty of open play, I'm sure

:58:44.:58:47.

there will be lots of guys out there who are tired. Guys will pick up

:58:48.:58:51.

cramp and potentially injury in the second half. It could be the

:58:52.:58:59.

substitutes and the strength of the bench that decide the outcome of the

:59:00.:59:03.

game. Campbell making a replacement in the front row. John McKee is

:59:04.:59:11.

coming on, the Campbell tight head prop.

:59:12.:59:22.

They said the tight head prop is now the cornerstone of the crumb. Inst

:59:23.:59:30.

have got that away. That is called a good exit strategy,

:59:31.:59:53.

I believe. Outside centre coming in a short line, beat the first

:59:54.:00:01.

defender. Beautiful. Inst have made another change, flanked at Yasser

:00:02.:00:09.

Omar, only a lower sixth, has come on for Charles Cloke, who was

:00:10.:00:10.

struggling a little bit. That was not backwards. A big gap

:00:11.:00:30.

opened up but there was some obstruction in the middle. Inst will

:00:31.:00:34.

be relieved to get a penalty. Perhaps just miss read, don't think

:00:35.:00:52.

he did too much wrong. My glory Reddit and peeled off in quite

:00:53.:00:54.

simply, but the intent was there. Bolster schools under 17 and under

:00:55.:01:13.

18, and he has been selected for the Irish schools under 18 for the

:01:14.:01:24.

forthcoming championship. Here is Niall Salters, whose grandfather

:01:25.:01:29.

John was instrumental in funding the lights here. Inst have gone through.

:01:30.:01:45.

Campbell have secured it. Looking for something to chase. Not a bad

:01:46.:01:46.

kick. Very clumsy by Inst. Playing with a

:01:47.:02:04.

degree of anxiety at the moment. Taking their right off the ball. It

:02:05.:02:17.

was the right call. Clever box-kick. Inst had a two or three man

:02:18.:02:23.

advantage. Taking his eyes off it and Campbell pick-up in midfield

:02:24.:02:29.

scrum with options aplenty. Eight minutes played in the second half.

:02:30.:02:35.

Still 6-3 but under pressure. Better scrum on the back foot. Got it away

:02:36.:02:43.

well. Into contact. Barry Glendinning. Wonderful tackle by

:02:44.:02:59.

Inst. Four men outside him. For the first time his call was not the

:03:00.:03:04.

right one in terms of passing. Oh, Cory has made a break. And again

:03:05.:03:08.

Inst need to be good at the tackling. Campbell get on the front

:03:09.:03:15.

foot. Ben Webb into the line. Inst have stolen that. They have done it

:03:16.:03:21.

illegally, it would seem. The penalty count against Inst is

:03:22.:03:25.

getting very high. The referee has had a word with the young skipper

:03:26.:03:31.

Conor Field about that and may well think about going to the pocket. He

:03:32.:03:36.

doesn't want to but he may be left with no choice. Persistent

:03:37.:03:43.

infringement, no matter what game, the yellow card will come

:03:44.:03:50.

eventually. He reads him and get on the blindside of him. Campbell are

:03:51.:03:53.

getting the first man over the ball. Campbell have got their foot on the

:03:54.:04:12.

gas, on the front foot as well. Inst are struggling for inspiration.

:04:13.:04:19.

Campbell have decided their skipper James Boyle has asked his flanker to

:04:20.:04:24.

kick a penalty in the first half to bring the sides back on level terms.

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Played about nine minutes in the second half.

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Tough enough kick, and the angle is pretty narrow. Well it looked as if

:04:37.:04:51.

it was going out then it looked as though it was going in, and it

:04:52.:04:56.

didn't fall between the two. It went to the far side of the posts as John

:04:57.:05:02.

Crowther was kicking. Somehow Inst have survived a lot of Campbell

:05:03.:05:08.

pressure and it stays at 6-3 for the holders. 15 minutes gone in the

:05:09.:05:13.

second half and Inst taking their time, trying to get the game plan

:05:14.:05:16.

back in operation. Clearing the lines well. Inst will be looking for

:05:17.:05:27.

a good kick chase. He has put that long and put it directly into touch,

:05:28.:05:30.

and that's the second time James Hume has done that. Well may he hang

:05:31.:05:41.

his head, but he shouldn't do that. One hastens to say a schoolboy

:05:42.:05:48.

error, but it was. Given the circumstances, straight up the

:05:49.:05:52.

middle of the park would do nicely. One of those nothing kicks, not long

:05:53.:05:57.

enough to cause any problems, not short enough to catch. Not sure what

:05:58.:06:02.

sort of kick he thought he was doing. They will not be happy. They

:06:03.:06:08.

may well be bathed in sunshine and leading but they will not be too

:06:09.:06:16.

happy. It was attired kick. They are rocking. Nicely away.

:06:17.:06:35.

Taken above his head by O2. Nicely done.

:06:36.:06:49.

A little readjustment. It is still in play.

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Defending well. Campbell thundering in. Rhys O'Donnell has come away

:07:05.:07:22.

with it for Inst. Nobody on this nearside. The kick is charged down.

:07:23.:07:33.

James Hume is having a bit of an afternoon to forget. He is

:07:34.:07:38.

struggling in the second half. Campbell are on the front foot,

:07:39.:07:41.

everything is going their way bar the points on the board. The tackle

:07:42.:07:49.

by young Mike Laurie on Tom O'Toole, absolutely flattened him. Campbell

:07:50.:08:01.

applying all the pressure. Hoping to emulate his dad, the much loved

:08:02.:08:06.

Charlie, schools cup winner. Hard to believe it is 36 years ago since he

:08:07.:08:11.

and Gordie Hamilton played in the team captained by Richard Kennedy.

:08:12.:08:19.

That was 3-0. Not much difference between them here actually. That was

:08:20.:08:29.

an awful day, if I remember. This is the point in the match we have seen

:08:30.:08:35.

over the last few years, 15 or 20 minutes to go, a big occasion for

:08:36.:08:39.

these young men, lots of nervous energy spent before the game starts.

:08:40.:08:43.

What we tend to find in the second half is a degree of injuries and

:08:44.:08:48.

cramps. Any space that can be attacked can be a real source for

:08:49.:08:54.

the opposition. Unfortunately for Campbell James Nelson their second

:08:55.:09:01.

row forward is going off. He is replaced by number 20, Tom Brady.

:09:02.:09:12.

Nelson has had a good game, out of touch, carrying the ball. A tower of

:09:13.:09:20.

strength in the cab or pack this afternoon. And he is a lower sixth,

:09:21.:09:29.

so he has another year to play. Little bit of running repairs for

:09:30.:09:30.

Rhys O'Donnell. What a glorious afternoon it has

:09:31.:09:48.

been, here. Rhys O'Donnell on the Ireland under 18 squad with Johnny

:09:49.:09:54.

Stuart from Wallace high school. Brilliant to see Ulster having two

:09:55.:09:57.

quality scrum-half 's being represented at such a high level.

:09:58.:10:04.

Malcolm Corry is in the Ulster under 20 squad as well so he is a useful

:10:05.:10:08.

player as well. Still getting some treatment. Plenty of supporters from

:10:09.:10:17.

all ages. Two draws between the sides in the 13 previous encounters

:10:18.:10:22.

came in 1954 and a way back in 1960 when Robin Hope from Campbell and

:10:23.:10:29.

the great John burst from Inst shared the trophy. Campbell had the

:10:30.:10:35.

distinction of having Freddie Cray, schools cup winning captain way back

:10:36.:10:38.

in the early 60s, and Michael Gibson, has opposing captains in the

:10:39.:10:46.

varsity game, Oxford and Cambridge. Only time in the history of that

:10:47.:10:49.

particular fixture that it has happened with players from opposing

:10:50.:10:51.

schools. Campbell Pozo scrum. It has been all Campbell in the

:10:52.:11:09.

second half but nothing to show for it, will that change?

:11:10.:11:14.

Campbell need to get in quickly and recycle, they have done. This is the

:11:15.:11:25.

replacement, Tom Brady. Fresh legs. Off-loaded to John McKee. Campbell

:11:26.:11:33.

rumbling forward. James Boyle, the captain. Well tackled by Inst. That

:11:34.:11:42.

was silly from a Inst player, about to put his foot in. All it needs is

:11:43.:11:51.

one missed tackle. And Campbell are in for the game's first try. Their

:11:52.:11:58.

discipline has been terrific. Particularly in the second half. And

:11:59.:12:02.

they give away a penalty. Charlie Frye. Campbell just going back to

:12:03.:12:08.

type a little bit. Looking for one-off runners. In some ways that

:12:09.:12:14.

is easy to defend. Over the ball very quickly. Campbell able to get

:12:15.:12:21.

him out of there. Once again good communication from the referee this

:12:22.:12:25.

afternoon. The game has flowed for players on both sides. Makes the

:12:26.:12:33.

game in awful lot easier. Huge amount of pressure on these boys.

:12:34.:12:40.

There was some doubt about the fitness of Nicolai Koplewsky for

:12:41.:12:43.

this final but he has come through pretty well. That might be the

:12:44.:12:49.

Campbell skipper who is down injured. James Doyle, no relation to

:12:50.:13:01.

the Dail who played number eight in the 1960s. This is the cramping

:13:02.:13:08.

situation we have talked about. It has become more evident. The game

:13:09.:13:15.

loses its ebb and flow. What has been a fantastic opening 54 minutes,

:13:16.:13:20.

the game just loses a little momentum and tempo as these injuries

:13:21.:13:28.

start to pop up. Both schools have got strength and conditioning

:13:29.:13:32.

coaches, isn't that extraordinary? Just another name for PE teacher, is

:13:33.:13:38.

it not? Know, these are not PE teachers, they are employed as

:13:39.:13:43.

strength and conditioning coaches. They've got directors of rugby as

:13:44.:13:49.

well. It has been apparent from Ulster intends of the academy setup,

:13:50.:13:54.

lots of development officers going out to the schools and doing some

:13:55.:13:58.

coaching and giving their knowledge and time. Subsequently what we are

:13:59.:14:03.

starting to see is the fulfilment of that product on the pitch for both

:14:04.:14:07.

these teams and many other Ulster schools. Not sure how much longer

:14:08.:14:12.

James Doyle will be able to keep going. He's going to give it a go.

:14:13.:14:22.

Got a nasty bit of cramp, there. It's going to be cleared by Inst.

:14:23.:14:28.

Still no decision yet, can't see anybody warming up on the far side.

:14:29.:14:34.

If he is not OK there is no point in him continuing and he is not OK. And

:14:35.:14:38.

that's rather sad, to see anybody leave the field. I think that has to

:14:39.:14:48.

be the right call, he is struggling to walk never mind run. For the good

:14:49.:14:53.

of his team and school he has done the honourable thing and decided he

:14:54.:14:59.

cannot continue. Said Josh Campbell is on and it will be James Hume for

:15:00.:15:06.

Inst to clear. Josh Chambers, I should say. They have their own

:15:07.:15:18.

line-out put in, chance to get some possession, potentially. Still

:15:19.:15:26.

inside their own half, though. If it stays like this they will be quite

:15:27.:15:34.

ecstatic. Can Inst thunder forward from here? Vote on the narrow side

:15:35.:15:39.

has another go himself. Counter integral by Tom O'Toole.

:15:40.:15:52.

They need a scrum-half, there is nobody there at the moment. That's

:15:53.:15:56.

pretty hopeless at the breakdown by Inst. There was nobody there to pick

:15:57.:16:01.

up that ball. But they have regained possession. Callum read with the

:16:02.:16:08.

handoff. Good defending by Tom Brady. Humour.

:16:09.:16:16.

Set up perfectly for Ben Webb, and away goes Campbell's full-back. Good

:16:17.:16:23.

linkup with John Crowther, the openside flanker. Good inside pass

:16:24.:16:39.

by Glendinning. Not a good pass but well gathered in. That's a good

:16:40.:16:50.

kick. Well taken by Jack Howard. Campbell get the penalty. I think

:16:51.:16:56.

Inst might have a man in the bin, here. The referee by his own

:16:57.:17:00.

demeanour is not very happy about something. We will have to wait and

:17:01.:17:08.

see. There are bodies all over the place. I think it is all just cramp.

:17:09.:17:16.

You wonder what it is about this Ravenhill pitched that schoolboys

:17:17.:17:19.

can't play on. Certainly a bit of an issue. Mark Keane takes it. Uses the

:17:20.:17:28.

touchline, but the ball inside. Great cover by Jack Howard on the

:17:29.:17:32.

left wing. Maybe a bit of a head collision. Don't think there was too

:17:33.:17:38.

much intent. Picked up the ball, looking to go to ground. Somebody

:17:39.:17:47.

has been yellow carded. Not quite sure who it is. It may be a salt is.

:17:48.:17:52.

We will have to wait and see. So many players down with clap, it

:17:53.:18:08.

was reminiscent of Cheltenham this week -- down with cramp. Was it a

:18:09.:18:18.

high tackle? I don't know what the yellow card was for, there was

:18:19.:18:23.

nothing wrong with the tackle on the Campbell defender. Going over to his

:18:24.:18:31.

other touch judge. I'm at a loss as to why anybody might be carded.

:18:32.:18:37.

Destined to be having a discussion. I don't think anybody is going to

:18:38.:18:44.

the bin yet but the referee is taking his time. Mark Keane is going

:18:45.:18:51.

to go to the bin. Let's hear what he has to say.

:18:52.:18:59.

REFEREE: Yellow card. He said it was a high tackle? I would like to have

:19:00.:19:07.

another look at that. Only 15 minutes remaining, Inst down to 14

:19:08.:19:12.

man, one player gone because of cramp, Mark Keane after the bin. It

:19:13.:19:23.

has all been very stop start after half-time. I don't think there was

:19:24.:19:28.

anything wrong with that. Jack Hart has done well -- Jack Howard. I

:19:29.:19:35.

don't think there was any intent there. Fair play to Jack Howard,

:19:36.:19:39.

back on his feet, has not made a meal of it. Mark Keane coming

:19:40.:19:42.

inside, Howard comes across, picks the ball up. I don't think that is a

:19:43.:19:48.

high tackle. Nothing in that whatsoever. Inst have a player down

:19:49.:19:54.

on the far side getting a bit of a bandage around his head, I think it

:19:55.:20:02.

is the outside-half Michael Lowry. Still 6-4 recon as it was at the

:20:03.:20:06.

interval. Campbell looking the more likely to cross the opposition line.

:20:07.:20:08.

-- Inst give away another penalty at

:20:09.:20:35.

the breakdown, Lowry takes it quickly. Another Inst player down

:20:36.:20:45.

with cramp. Koplewsky. Surely Campbell must take advantage. Inst

:20:46.:20:52.

down to 14 men are another injured. Inst really digging in, defending as

:20:53.:20:53.

hard as they can go. Here is a man who could cause Inst

:20:54.:21:13.

problems. Campbell have meant out wide. Jamie Macartney, the flanker,

:21:14.:21:18.

goes straight. Inst in quickly with the tackle.

:21:19.:21:31.

Joseph Finnegan put in a very good tackle and the ball was knocked

:21:32.:21:36.

forward by him but I thought Inst might be penalised, but just as

:21:37.:21:39.

Granta Campbell. Campbell looking the more likely to win the game.

:21:40.:21:44.

Yes, they are applying pressure. Young Martin Corrie took the wrong

:21:45.:21:53.

decision there, -- Malcolm Corry. Inst with a man in the bin and

:21:54.:21:56.

another man down receiving treatment. The space was all down

:21:57.:22:01.

the Campbell left hand flank but credit where it is due to Inst, they

:22:02.:22:06.

picked up the tackles but one would say although Campbell are behind in

:22:07.:22:10.

the scoreline one could only see the next points coming from the team in

:22:11.:22:15.

black. It might be Charlie Fryers, the Inst brined side flanker --

:22:16.:22:26.

blindside flanker who is down injured. A lovely day here at the

:22:27.:22:30.

stadium, last year was pretty good, Inst just about came through that

:22:31.:22:34.

one and no more, they will have to find something special to keep

:22:35.:22:39.

Campbell at bay, because the boys from Belfast are impressing. Another

:22:40.:22:43.

cramp victim. I cannot see them going to much further. He looks in a

:22:44.:22:50.

lot of bother there. Inst have brought on their second two Mane

:22:51.:22:59.

back row forwards already, I'm not sure who Inst would bring on to play

:23:00.:23:03.

if they lose this man. They have to make a decision soon, they cannot

:23:04.:23:06.

leave him lying there for the rest of the game. He seems to be in a lot

:23:07.:23:11.

of pain. It has to be grump, if it was anything else they would have

:23:12.:23:16.

taken him off. If it is hamstring cramp, it is one of the worst out

:23:17.:23:31.

there. I feel his pain! A lot of old boys from both schools here, it has

:23:32.:23:36.

brought them out in their droves. Looking back down the years, some

:23:37.:23:39.

great players from both schools have played in Schools' Cup Finals and

:23:40.:23:48.

gone on to play for Ireland. Jimmy McKelvie, Jonathan Moffat, Brian

:23:49.:23:49.

Marshall, Mike Gibson. More recently, Gordon Hamilton and

:23:50.:24:09.

Paddy Wallace. And Inst have a great heritage in terms of producing Irish

:24:10.:24:13.

rugby internationals, no fewer than 85 have played for Ireland, 13

:24:14.:24:19.

British and Irish Lions including Robbie Thompson and Sammy Walker.

:24:20.:24:25.

Inst making another replacement. Charles Cloke coming back on again.

:24:26.:24:37.

Looks like it. Off goes Charlie Fryers, on comes Charles Cloke.

:24:38.:24:46.

Should Inst win this, I don't think he would get two medals. It is

:24:47.:24:50.

unfortunate, that looks rather nasty. The clock. Again. 12.5

:24:51.:24:59.

minutes of normal time remaining, Inst handing on that 6-3 lead that

:25:00.:25:04.

they enjoyed at the end of the first half -- the clock will start again.

:25:05.:25:12.

The referee is just checking the substitutions here. We know Charles

:25:13.:25:18.

Cloke went off in the first half and will potentially come back on. The

:25:19.:25:23.

assistant touch judge on the far side drawing the referee's attention

:25:24.:25:30.

to this. REFEREE: You cannot do that, you

:25:31.:25:34.

must go off. Once it is done, it is done. They are telling him that he

:25:35.:25:39.

cannot come on. He will check the nature of the injury. He may get a

:25:40.:25:49.

bit of clarification. All kinds of controversy, it could be going on

:25:50.:26:01.

tomorrow! He went off as a replacement, another player is down

:26:02.:26:04.

with injury so he has gone off and I'm going to bring this guy back on,

:26:05.:26:08.

tactical substitute. I can't have him once he has been tactically

:26:09.:26:18.

substituted. You are happy enough? Something confusing about the finer

:26:19.:26:23.

points of it all. Charles Cloke is not going to be allowed to come on

:26:24.:26:27.

to replace his injured back row colleague Charlie Fryers. I think

:26:28.:26:34.

that is fair enough. If there had been blood involved I could see the

:26:35.:26:39.

reason. And it was a front row forward, of course, but he cannot

:26:40.:26:43.

come back on when he has been substituted tactically. Subsequently

:26:44.:26:46.

the refereeing team have done well to pick that up as well only on

:26:47.:26:50.

before it has become a situation, because if he had been allowed to

:26:51.:26:54.

stay on the pitch and Inst had won this it would have been a bone of

:26:55.:27:02.

contention. Inst are bringing gone a replacement. More of that in a

:27:03.:27:07.

second. They have lost two of the back row

:27:08.:27:19.

forwards, they have lost both flanker is now. I Campbell scrum,

:27:20.:27:21.

surely Campbell have the chance. A quicker ball by Campbell, which is

:27:22.:27:44.

what they need. Terrific defending from Inst, Rhys O'Donnell should

:27:45.:27:51.

have got that away. Campbell have swallowed up the Inst scrum half and

:27:52.:27:55.

Inst give away another penalty. I don't think I have seen a higher

:27:56.:27:59.

penalty count against any side in the Schools' Cup Finals for quite a

:28:00.:28:03.

while. A big chance there, Rhys O'Donnell, after the initial

:28:04.:28:07.

turnover by Inst just to clear his lines. The second half, that it is

:28:08.:28:13.

-- that is what it has been about four Inst. It has been all Campbell,

:28:14.:28:18.

get they have had the inability to put any point on the board.

:28:19.:28:34.

Do you think it says more about the lack of place kicking than the

:28:35.:28:40.

line-out ability? Maybe, I think it does. We said the last scrum was a

:28:41.:28:49.

crucial set piece, this is an even more crucial set piece for Campbell.

:28:50.:28:54.

Jamie Clarke, replacement prop, to throw. Inst have managed to squeeze

:28:55.:29:02.

them into touch. That short ball to the front is the easiest to defend

:29:03.:29:06.

against because once you catch it they have only got five metres to go

:29:07.:29:10.

to touch. We talked about that at half-time, it happened in the first

:29:11.:29:17.

half, in the second half -- in the second half they have gone short but

:29:18.:29:21.

Inst have defended well. As soon as a man hits the ground they run it

:29:22.:29:30.

into touch. Neal Foulds is has not put too many target men. An awful,

:29:31.:29:38.

awful throw down in the scrum half, Inst have given away a penalty. Rhys

:29:39.:29:41.

O'Donnell could do nothing with that awful ball.

:29:42.:29:54.

The referee having a good look, they are not quite over the line yet.

:29:55.:30:02.

Inst get the scrum and somehow, yet again, Inst keep Campbell out. The

:30:03.:30:09.

important thing from a Campbell perspective, there is still ten

:30:10.:30:16.

minutes to play. Inst are playing as if the next whistle is the final

:30:17.:30:20.

whistle. Malcolm Corry, who took a quick penalty on this occasion, Inst

:30:21.:30:26.

depended with tremendous commitment and drive. The team in yellow and

:30:27.:30:32.

black once again keeping Campbell out. Inst still playing with 14 men.

:30:33.:30:40.

Mark Keane, the winger, is in the bin.

:30:41.:30:51.

That goes into touch and the pressure, albeit momentarily, is off

:30:52.:31:01.

Inst. Inst looking now to wind down the clock, which is difficult with

:31:02.:31:04.

14 men and with ten minutes still on the clock. They have to contain them

:31:05.:31:08.

until they can at least get parity backwards numbers. Can Rhys

:31:09.:31:16.

O'Donnell be a Schools' Cup winner like his grandpa, Des? Or will he be

:31:17.:31:21.

a Schools' Cup runner-up like his father, Keith? That was not

:31:22.:31:28.

straight, not the time to be throwing the ball like that. Perhaps

:31:29.:31:35.

the loss of Campbell's Captain James Boyle is coming to bear a little bit

:31:36.:31:44.

as well. On these days, experience can be everything. Inst now back for

:31:45.:31:54.

the last little period of this game, back to 14 men. Mark Keane, who we

:31:55.:31:58.

thought was sin-binned somewhat harshly, is back on, so the holders

:31:59.:32:04.

of the 14 men. They have hardly been outside their own 22, never mind

:32:05.:32:06.

their own half, since the second half of this game began. James Hume

:32:07.:32:10.

sitting into outside-half for Inst. Campbell back to just outside the

:32:11.:32:51.

Inst 22. They have taken both prop forward out of the Campbell

:32:52.:32:56.

line-out. Russell and Tom O Toole in the middle of the park. Wonderful

:32:57.:33:07.

tackling there by Inst. A heck of a tackle by Young Yasser

:33:08.:33:30.

Omar there! Right underneath the knees, stops him at source.

:33:31.:33:34.

Tremendous commitment. Great technique and even better

:33:35.:33:38.

determination from the Inst replacement. He is just in the lower

:33:39.:33:45.

sixth, and member of the medallion winning team a couple of years ago.

:33:46.:33:51.

Inst still within touching distance of that first ever Schools' Cup and

:33:52.:33:54.

medallion double double, two years in a row.

:33:55.:34:10.

Campbell is starting to wind things up but can they finish it off?

:34:11.:34:17.

Again, Inst hold it up. That should have been given, there

:34:18.:34:29.

were three men outside Patrick Beverland.

:34:30.:34:42.

How would trying to create a bit of a gap. -- Jack Howard. Plenty of

:34:43.:34:56.

wits in that one, where is it going to go? This could be the clincher!

:34:57.:35:04.

He is going to score, it is all the wafer Inst, and the holders might

:35:05.:35:09.

just have snatched another victory from nothing whatsoever! Can you

:35:10.:35:17.

believe it?! Inst had no ball in this second half, Campbell again

:35:18.:35:22.

showing that little bit of desperation to pass. James Hume has

:35:23.:35:26.

done some great things in this game of rugby, he has also made some

:35:27.:35:31.

mistakes, but big players in the right place at the right time. He

:35:32.:35:36.

showed plenty of pace and good attributes to go 50, 60 metres

:35:37.:35:41.

underneath the Campbell post. The revelry is having a little work with

:35:42.:35:46.

-- a little word with Mark Keane, who is still unhappy about being

:35:47.:35:51.

sin-binned. Jack Hume had plenty of strength, he thought about the past

:35:52.:36:01.

but he didn't need to pass, and he has scampered in for what could be

:36:02.:36:04.

the conclusive try, although we still have a fair bit to go.

:36:05.:36:09.

Campbell just couldn't get to him. And the referee has blown the

:36:10.:36:15.

whistle and it is all over, it seems a bit on the early side by my

:36:16.:36:19.

reckoning! I thought there was a fair old brick to play, I'm amazed

:36:20.:36:23.

the whistle has gone so early, but it doesn't really matter as far as

:36:24.:36:29.

Inst are concerned. They have won this Schools' Cup. I don't know what

:36:30.:36:34.

else Campbell could have done today. Potentially they turned down two or

:36:35.:36:37.

three opportunities but take nothing away from the team in gold and

:36:38.:36:42.

black. They have been superb, great first half showing plenty of

:36:43.:36:46.

invention in the second, they really held on. Great determination

:36:47.:36:52.

defensively. Such will and desire, last effort tackling. James Hume

:36:53.:36:58.

going the length, 50, 60 metres at the end, to win that the Inst. A

:36:59.:37:04.

great final and a great spectacle by both teams. Fantastic commitment and

:37:05.:37:09.

level of skill, no shortage of skill from both teams.

:37:10.:37:14.

The second half was poor by any standard. A lot of injury, a lot of

:37:15.:37:24.

chances not taken. One single chance in the second half and, my word,

:37:25.:37:27.

they took it when James Hughton scooped it up and have the pace,

:37:28.:37:31.

strength and sheer determination to get across between the Campbell

:37:32.:37:36.

posts. No conversion but it didn't matter. We can go and speak to the

:37:37.:37:49.

victorious Inst captain. You have completed the double, how does it

:37:50.:37:53.

feel? Indescribable. I cannot describe this feeling. I'm so proud

:37:54.:37:59.

of them. Fair play to Campbell, that was an unbelievable amount of

:38:00.:38:06.

pressure. We really felt it coming. But we defended strong. After the

:38:07.:38:11.

yellow card, did you feel like the game was getting away from you? I

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knew we would have to work a bit harder. But that wasn't a problem

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for us. The last-minute try, what was it like seeing that from the

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other half of the pitch? Absolutely amazing. My heart goes out to the

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Campbell lads, I know how much that would have meant to them. This man

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here was the try scorer. How did it feel touching down? It was amazing.

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Thoroughly enjoyed the game. Quite a turn of pace you have. I didn't even

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know I had it. Turned out for the best. To complete the double is a

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special occasion, how does it feel? Amazing. Last year, but it is

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something else to do it this year. Over to your coach, Dan. The 140th

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schools cup, two years in a row, how special is it? Listen, I am starting

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to look old and I feel a lot older. That was a hell of the second half.

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Campbell threw absolutely everything at us. I wasn't sure if we have the

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resilience to defend as well as we did in the second half. Everything

:39:25.:39:29.

was going their way. They played really well in the second half. But

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we kept getting up and making those tackles. Pretty special to win it,

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and as tight as that. What did you make of the yellow card? I'll have a

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chat with Stuart afterwards about it. I don't know, it was a high

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tackle I think. We will worry about that later. This man was so

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influential in the winning try, how did it feel when it touched down?

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Unreal. He latched onto the ball and got into a bit of space. I was

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roaring, I was out of my seat. So yeah, look, I'm delighted for the

:40:11.:40:16.

guys. And for James with his goal-kicking, he has worked really

:40:17.:40:19.

hard on his goal-kicking. He made all three shots at goal which was

:40:20.:40:24.

pretty crucial. Go and enjoy the celebrations. A very exhausted but

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delighted Daniel Soper who came to RBAI from Ballyclare high school,

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where he had done a particularly good job. What a season it has been,

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retaining the schools cup and the medallion shield, winning the second

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15 and third 15 Trophy. It's been more less a clean for the boys from

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College Square East in the middle of Belfast. Bobby Stuart is saying a

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few well chosen words, and the medals will be presented by Dorothy

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Kingston, wife of Kevin Kingston, the chief executive of the sponsors.

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It has been a terrific first half, and I guess for various reasons the

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second half was not as good but you will not get a more dramatic finish.

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And your heart goes out to Campbell College. In the second half they

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could not have done much more. One thing that did not help them was the

:41:34.:41:38.

nature of the game, lack of tempo. Campbell threw everything at them.

:41:39.:41:43.

You have to take your hat off to Inst in terms of the last-ditch

:41:44.:41:47.

defence, trust in each other. That's something they put together through

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a lot of these guys over the years and the belief in which their

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coaching staff hold them. They didn't panic, they made some

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substitutions. I can count the number of tackles, they gave away an

:42:06.:42:11.

inordinate number of penalties, but you can count the number of tackles

:42:12.:42:16.

missed by Inst on one hand. Very much so, technically superb. Young

:42:17.:42:21.

Yasser Omar and his tackle two or three minutes before the end, Tom

:42:22.:42:25.

O'Toole was outstanding for Campbell College. Blatant disregard for

:42:26.:42:31.

himself and just threw himself in there, giving everything for his

:42:32.:42:38.

school and his team-mates. The rather sad looking, not

:42:39.:42:41.

surprisingly, boys from Campbell College, who thought this might be

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their year. Defeated last time out in 2011. A very close game.

:42:49.:42:56.

Certainly in terms of finals against RBAI, it is now 7-5 and two drawn.

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But they have a fair old number back for next year. They will get

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together and be ready for yet another schools cup campaign. So we

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will get the presentation of the medals for the winners first of all,

:43:18.:43:24.

and then that all-important Trophy which Inst first won away back in

:43:25.:43:26.

1888. In their fifth attempt. They have produced a remarkable

:43:27.:43:44.

season, winning not just the cup but the medallion shield for the second

:43:45.:43:47.

year in a row. Something no other school has ever done. I suppose one

:43:48.:43:57.

person who wishes she were here is the school principal Janet

:43:58.:44:00.

Williamson who is over in Melbourne on Churchill scholarship. Not a bad

:44:01.:44:08.

place to play rugby and certainly not a bad place to visit. So the

:44:09.:44:13.

Inst skipper who unfortunately missed it last year, the final, will

:44:14.:44:19.

collect the schools cup this year. He's just guiding some of his

:44:20.:44:24.

players through, the team and replacements coming through to get

:44:25.:44:27.

their winners medals. Something they will treasure for ever and ever. We

:44:28.:44:33.

hope to see some of them playing rugby at all sorts of levels.

:44:34.:44:38.

Important for them and just for their social life as well that they

:44:39.:44:41.

keep playing this game which means so much to so many of them, and has

:44:42.:44:46.

done to so many generations of boys who have worn black and yellow. A

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few words coming up from the skipper. Needless to say he will

:44:52.:44:57.

thank the very gallant opposition. Absolutely. Nice to see Campbell

:44:58.:45:02.

standing and watching and saluting the Inst team. Nothing more than you

:45:03.:45:11.

would expect from the Campbell boys. To their credit they are staying

:45:12.:45:17.

out. And here it is. Valerie Stuart Hine is over the oldest rugby trophy

:45:18.:45:20.

in Ireland and the second oldest in the world. And for the second year

:45:21.:45:27.

in a row it is the captain of RBAI lifting the Ulster schools cup.

:45:28.:45:32.

Memories and photographs to be kept forever and ever. There are plenty

:45:33.:45:42.

of old ones around, I have seen some that go back generations, and they

:45:43.:45:46.

will be very happy. They were made to sweat for it by a Campbell side

:45:47.:45:49.

that pushed all the way through the second half. Inst held on and right

:45:50.:45:55.

at the end the breakaway try from centre James Hume gave Inst the

:45:56.:46:02.

victory. So Inst, in their 56 final, have won the cup for the 13th time.

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Eight double 44 a day they will never forget. We

:46:10.:46:23.

have seen the whole spectrum of emotion out there this afternoon. I

:46:24.:46:28.

am absolutely delighted for Dan Soper. I remember doing extras at

:46:29.:46:33.

lunchtime with him when I was in fifth for many years ago. Shows you

:46:34.:46:39.

how long he has been coaching. What a fantastic job he is doing at Inst.

:46:40.:46:44.

Seem to be dominating all the age grades and charities. They were

:46:45.:46:49.

successful when he arrived but they are absolutely dominating and I am

:46:50.:46:53.

delighted for them. Came down to a breakaway try right at the death.

:46:54.:46:58.

Yes, the second half Campbell had been dominating with all the

:46:59.:47:00.

possession and territory. Here it is. James Hume showed good turn of

:47:01.:47:07.

pace, he had the winger in support and realised he might as well run it

:47:08.:47:13.

in. Three out of three kicks proved crucial. The advantage was massive.

:47:14.:47:21.

In these big games having that lead, quick penalties proved vital. Some

:47:22.:47:26.

stoppages in that second-half purely because of the pace. Yes, and I

:47:27.:47:34.

think credit has to go to Inst. Campbell dominated large chunks of

:47:35.:47:37.

the game. The line-out faulted a little. It didn't matter in the end

:47:38.:47:42.

because they got more than three ahead. That try came from wave and

:47:43.:47:48.

wave and wave of Inst defence. Campbell tried a long pass that was

:47:49.:47:52.

not really on, the ball found a bit of grass and went straight up in the

:47:53.:47:58.

air. It came from 20 or 30 minutes of solid defence before that. The

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great joy of schools rugby, commitment on both sides. Yes, they

:48:03.:48:08.

were throwing themselves in the tackles, especially down to 14 men,

:48:09.:48:12.

their defence was exceptional. They were throwing everything at it, and

:48:13.:48:15.

everything Campbell tried to throw at Inst, they repelled it. Very good

:48:16.:48:21.

and enthusiastic, and you saw how much it meant to them, they were all

:48:22.:48:26.

excited. Good to have Ulster rugby in safe hands? I think so. Plenty of

:48:27.:48:31.

talent on show. Don't think they're right in the finished article is at

:48:32.:48:34.

this stage but they don't have to be at that age, they just need to show

:48:35.:48:39.

potential. Plenty of rugby to come here on BBC sport.

:48:40.:49:04.

Thanks to my guests this afternoon. Inst add their name to the long list

:49:05.:49:14.

of schools cup winners. A day both sets of players will never forget

:49:15.:49:18.

and that is why we love it. From everybody here, goodbye.

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