It’s a repeat of the ultimately cancelled 2020 Danske Bank Schools’ Cup Final as Royal School Armagh and Wallace High go head-to-head at Ravenhill in this year’s decider!
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Wallace High
BREAKING | Wallace High win their first ever Danske Bank Schools’ Cup!
And now a penalty for Armagh that could give them field position right at the death… no! Missed touch and Wallace clear!
That could have been game over as Wallace break with pace from deep and it appears that the space has opened up for them… but Harry Daniel knocks on with a massive overlap on!
Armagh alive for now…
Game on?
Armagh look to be over as Dougan breaks off the back of a maul but is held up inches short, but the second time he goes for the line the captain is over for the try!
This is Armagh’s best chance to get back into this game as loosehead prop Alex Stinson pounces on the ball at the ruck and wins the turnover penalty, which will be kicked into the corner by replacement fly-half Adam Harrison!
You feel it’s now or never for the boys in maroon.
Hard luck for Quinn Armstrong as he tries to go for the 50:22 off a clean turnover from Sam Warwick, but the ball bobbles just one too many times and rolls out for a scrum back on halfway to Armagh!
Armagh have plenty of endeavour but they aren’t getting very far with ball in hand and they are luck they aren’t punished further as an attempted looped pass over the top from Will Boyd is almost picked off by Rhys Ewing but the lock just knocks on.
The handling once again lets Wallace down as a nice looking move sees Sam Warwick break off the back of the maul and try to feed Harry Daniel on a short pop pass, only for the centre to knock on as he breaks the 22.
And now Wallace are sniffing the try that, more than likely, would kill this game off as they turn over a line-out and Armagh are penalised for not rolling away, allowing play to be taken just outside the Armagh 22.
It won’t be this time as Wallace do superbly to wrap around the ball and hold up the carrier to win the turnover scrum!
Armagh are back into the 22 through another turnover penalty – is this their time to strike?
That might be Armagh’s way back into this game gone as a good burst from Thomas Dougan is followed up by a pick and go from scrum-half Will Boyd, but he’s on his own and there’s number eight Sam Warwick to win the turnover penalty!
Unbelievable scenes at Ravenhill as Armagh centre Nathan Hamilton puts in a huge tackle on Ben Moore but then proceeds to start throwing punches at the Wallace flanker on the floor! Unbelievably there is no supplemental discipline besides the penalty, which is kicked into the 22.
Another missed chance for Wallace as Rio McDonagh knocks on as he takes contact just outside the Armagh 22. The slick execution that saw them rarely make a first-half mistake hasn’t translated to the second-half just yet.
Wallace doing all the early pressing in this half but another chance goes through a knock-on on the edge of the 22.
You feel the next score is vital here.
Held up!
Great chance for Wallace to add to their lead shortly after the restart as winger Daniel Wilson charges down the right wing, Rio McDonagh trucks it up five metres short and tighthead prop Ollie Fitzsimmons goes for the line… but the Armagh defence manages to prevent him from putting the ball down!