Results & Reports against RBAI

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1XV Report: against R.B.A.I (away)

Ballyclare High 1 XV stretched their winning streak to 3 games with a hard fought victory over R.B.A.I.away from home. Ballyclare won the toss and chose to play into the strong wind in the first half. Ballyclare came out strong in a fiercely contested first half in which R.B.A.I. failed to capitalise on their wind advantage rarely getting into the Ballyclare twentytwo.
Ballyclare missed two penalties in the first half which did not prove to be fatal for the Clare side. Both sides had opportunities in the first half but Ballyclare always looked the stronger team with considerable time in the opponents 22 not converted into points. The score was 0-0 at the interval.

Early in the second half Ballyclare absorbed an early onslaught of R.B.A.I pressure with long periods of attack without any reward for the Belfast side. Ballyclare then began to attack themselves until a break away from the Inst. Hooker only to be stopped right on the line by an excellent cover tackle from Matthew Holmes. Ballyclare again were camped on their line for another considerable period. With the ball being held up over their try line on a number of occasions. Again no points were scored and Ballyclare cleared. They then began to again control the game with good kicking from the Ballyclare halfbacks giving the forwards the platform to attack. Ballyclare set pieces had worked well all day and after a good line out move Paul Rea found the gap to power over the try line to score the first points of the game. James Jackson converted to make the score 7-0 with only 5 minutes remaining. Ballyclare received the kick off and cleared their lines well to drive Inst back into their own twentytwo. Clare then forced the Belfast side to give away a penalty within kicking range which Ballyclare made no mistake on capitalising on through James Jackson. With only a few seconds left on the clock the Score was 10-0 to Ballyclare. The Ballyclare pack all deserve a mention after a solid performance while Matthew Holmes proved the pick of the backs.

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