There were six regional qualifiers held at Our Lady and St. Patrick’s Knock, Strabane Academy, Clogher Valley RFC, Grosvenor Grammar School, Virginia RFC and Coleraine RFC.
16 teams have progressed to the quarter finals:
Antrim GS
Aquinas GS
Ballyclare HS
Dalriada School
Enniskillen Collegiate
Fivemiletown College
Grosvenor GS
Kilkeel HS
Loreto College, Cavan
Methodist College
Our Lady and St. Patrick’s College, Knock
Royal School Armagh
Royal School Cavan
St. Columba's College
Victoria College
Wellington College
The quarter finals will be played at two venues; Wellington College on Tuesday 10th March and Armagh RFC on Thursday 12th March. There will be two pools of four at each venue and fixtures will be played in a round-robin format. The winner of each pool progressing to the semi-finals, which will be played on the same day.
Kingspan Stadium will host the final on Tuesday 24th March (1.00pm).
Pictured above at Thursday’s Danske Bank Girls Schools’ Cup Qualifier at Grosvenor Grammar School are (left-right) Paddy Jackson (Ulster Rugby), Dr Frances Casey (Principal, Grosvenor GS), Erin Caughey (captain, Grosvenor GS), Ms Nichola Mallon (Lord Mayor of Belfast), Amanda Sistern (Danske Bank) and John Kinnear (President, IRFU Ulster Branch).