Larne GS 42 Antrim GS 11
Playing into a strong wind in the first half, Larne built up a 12-6 lead by the interval. Gary Connolly made the break which put Calum McKay in for a try under the Antrim GS posts. McKay added the conversion to give his team a 7-0 lead. Antrim responded with a penalty before Jonathan Glasgow finished off a fine break from Ethan Brownlee with an unconverted try to put the Larne team into a 12-3 lead. Just before halftime the Antrim GS outhalf converted a penalty kick opportunity.
Just after the break McKay converted a penalty for the Larne GS team to increase their lead to 15-6. Then the Antrim team scored an unconverted intercept try to leave the scoreboard reading 15-11. Two long range penalties from McKay settled the Larne GS nerves with their lead increasing to 21-11. The Larne GS outhalf, Lee Haddock, was now managing the game well and put his pack into positions of strength. This resulted in a late flourish of tries from the home team. Matthew Caldwell, Jonathan Glasgow and Rory McDowell all touched down for a try, with McKay successfully converting all three, to leave Larne as deserved 42-11 winners.
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Portadown College 28 RS Dungannon 33
RS Dungannon took a 0-7 lead when Aaron McCammon took advantage of an overlap to run in for a try. John Buckley was successful with the conversion kick. The Portadown College team staged a great comeback and ran in two tries by Niall Davidson and Jason Lau, both of which were converted by Davidson for a 14-7 lead. With the final play of the first half, good work from Adam Cranston at the breakdown sent Josh Patton in for an unconverted RSD try, reducing the lead to 14-12 at the interval.
The second half saw the RS Dungannon start the stronger of the two teams. A powerful carry from Peter Doran, inside the RS Dungannon half, led to an off-load to Jonny Black. Jonny carried the ball into the Portadown College 22m area where he found Jim Meng running a great support line. Jim gathered the pass from Jonny and gleefully finished the move off with a try under the Portadown College posts. John Buckley added the extras to put the RS Dungannon team into a 14-19 lead. The Portadown College team responded positively once again. Peter Trimble took advantage of good wok from his pack to touch down for a converted try. Matthew Smyth and Adam Cooper then combined to send Peter Doran in for his second try of the game. Buckley converted the try to see the RS Dungannon team into a 21-26 lead. The lead changed, yet again, when Michael Orr charged down a RS Dungannon clearance kick. He gathered the ball and scampered in for a try under the Dungannon posts. Niall Davidson added the extras to give the Portadown College team a 28-26 lead with just five minutes of the game remaining. The Royal School Dungannon team displayed great composure in the final few minutes of the game. They sealed the outcome when Josh McKee ran in for a try, which Buckley converted, to leave his RS Dungannon team as 28-33 winners of this high scoring game.