First Trust Senior Cup: Round 1 Preview

Queen's University v Belfast Harlequins Malone v Ballymena Armagh v Banbridge Rainey Old Boys v City of Derry BYES: Ards, Ballynahinch, Dungannon, Instonians The First Trust Senior Cup will provide clubs with their first opportunity to win silverware this season with the final scheduled for Wednesday 11th December. Current Senior Cup holders Ballymena travel to Gibson Park to face Malone. Momentum is with the Eaton Park men after an encouraging start to their Ulster League campaign ...

Queen's University v Belfast Harlequins

Malone v Ballymena

Armagh v Banbridge

Rainey Old Boys v City of Derry

BYES: Ards, Ballynahinch, Dungannon, Instonians

The First Trust Senior Cup will provide clubs with their first opportunity to win silverware this season with the final scheduled for Wednesday 11th December.

Current Senior Cup holders Ballymena travel to Gibson Park to face Malone. Momentum is with the Eaton Park men after an encouraging start to their Ulster League campaign and a recent friendly win at Malone.

The in-form Armagh host neighbouring Banbridge at the Palace Grounds. Armagh will be favourites with coach Daniel Soper hoping to turn around the fortunes of Banbridge following two league defeats to Malone and Instonians.

Belfast neighbours Queen's and Belfast Harlequins meet at the Dub and again there is little to choose between both sides but 'Quins should shade this fixture.

Hatrick Park will welcome City of Derry as the host side Rainey will look to return to Ravenhill where they lost out in the Senior Cup final last season to Ballymena. Rainey should progress, but this will be an keenly contested cup tie.