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1st XV v Ballymena RFC 2nd XV, Town's Cup 2nd Round, Sat 29 October, 2022

By Uel McDowell
James, Chris and Nealer watch the Ballymena backline.
Andrew and Danny get their tackles in.
Joel fights for the ball with the Ballymena wing forward.
Marcel and Joel scrap for the ball on the ground.
Nealer and Matthew tackle the Ballymena hooker.
Great line-out take, James.
Scrum time!
Marcel gets nice and low at the set piece.
Low Gear and Danny get to grips with the Ballymena wing forward.
The Ballymena man looks to release the ball despite the effort from Danny to stop him
Nealer and James stop the Ballymena centre,
Good tackling lads!
The Ballymena centre gets brought down by Nealer and James.
Chris flattens the Ballymena winger.
The Toon in defensive mode.
Where is he going to pass?
Matthew releases the Toon backline.
Ballymena secure good ball and set their backline going.
Lewis making a tremendous break an dgets stopped ten metres short of the line. Nice effort, Lewis
Chris gets hit hard by the two Braidmen.
Kyle takes a heavy hit from the Ballymena No.8.
Marcel in top gear with Low Gear in support.
Good run, Marcel.
Three Braidmen make sure ,Marcel goes nowhere.
Crikey, Kyle.. that warrants a penalty. Full blooded punch in the face!!
Kyle attempts to break through the tight Ballymena defence.
Adam and Joel come to Kyle's assistance.
Joel gets nabbed and put to the ground.
Andrew the Warrior hits the Ballymena man hard and it results in an injury to himself.
Marcel puts in a nice offload pass.
Martin looks for the space .
A good crowd watching the Ton's Cup match despite the horrible windy conditions.
A hardy crew watching the match.
There is always time for a chat.
Half-time and we are still in the game.
Joel grabs the Ballymena winger.
Th eBallymena scrumhalf gets good ball away.
Martin gets stopped by the Ballymena No.8.
A bit high??
Ballymoney's defence working extremely hard in the second half.
Martin and Garvin cause a problem for the Ballymena outhalf.
Ballymena secure good ruck ball.
A constant onrush of Ballymena attacks keeps the Toon on the back foot.
Good rucking by the Braidmen.
Davy brings down the Ballymena winger.
Marcel, Kyle and Davy stop the Ballymena outhalf.
The Ballymena centre looks on as the Braidmen secure the ball.
The Ballymena outhalf scores his final conversion.Five out of six conversions, not a bad afternoon's work.
The scoreboard doesn't say it all, as the Kilraughts Road men fought up to the final whistle and credit should go to them for the way they stuck to their task.
Kyle attempts to block the scrumhalf's kick.
The Ballymena No.8 puts in another fine tackle.
Ooops...where did it go?
Danny and Adam stop the Balymena wing forward.
James puts all his effortb into tackling the Ballymena second row.
The Ballymena fullback gets his pass away despite the tackle from Marcel.
Johnny goes on another fine run.
Johnny has the Braidmen in a tizz.
Marcel tries to go on the break from his twenty-two,
Johnny runs from inside his twenty-two and heads for the line.
Full steam ahead, but Johnny gets stopped a metre from the Ballymena line by a superb Ballymena covering tackle
The Toon men never give up and keep going to the end.
Nice line-out competition which the Toon won.
Owen sets his sights on the Ballymena centre, but like everyone in the team, they gave their all right up to the final whistle.

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