AIL 2A: Instonians 92 Buccaneers 21 Bottom placed club, Buccaneers, were the visitors to Shawsbridge on a sunny Saturday afternoon, to face Instonians, already crowned AIL2A champions. A cold breeze blew down the pitch, initially in Buccaneers favour. David Whitten opened the scoring for Inst Instonians opened the scoring after only 2 minutes when David Whitten score. Josh Eagleson’s conversion made it 7-0. They doubled their score on 4 minutes through a James Clark try and Josh Eagleson conversion to go 14-0 up.

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#InstoniansRFC finished off their league season in some style with a big win against #BuccaneersRFC in #AIL2A

Club U16 Plate: Carrickfergus 7 Instonians 12 We took in the 2nd games of a triple header at Meadowbank Arena, Magherafelt, when Carrick played Instonians in the Under 16 Plate Final. A large crowd watched the game in ideal sunny conditions. Aidan Notorantonio opened the scoring for Inst It was a free flowing 1st half, with attacks not frightened to throw the ball about. Defences were on top until moments before halftime, when Aidan Notorantonio crashed over for the opening score.

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We caught up with the club #U16PlateFinal between #InstoniansRFC and #CarrickfergusRFC at Meadowbank on Saturday morning.

AIL 2A: Instonians 38 Greystones 22 We caught up with the AIL 2A league match between Instonians and Greystones on Saturday afternoon at Shaws Bridge with Instonians looking fir a win to secure promotion for a remarkable fourth consecutive season. In mixed weather conditions, a big crowd were treated to a super exhibition of rugby. The visitors were the first to get on the scoreboard with a forward maul taking them across the line with No 3, Conor Pearse getting up with the ball for a 0 - 5 lead.

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Congratulations to #InstoniansRFC.

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AIL2A: Instonians 31 Galway Corinthians 12 On Saturday Galway Corinthians (2nd) made the long journey to Shawsbridge to face Instonians (1st) in a top of the table AIL2A clash. IMark Mairs did get the ball down to open the scoring for Inst Inst started at pace, and it was no surprise that they took the lead when Mark Mairs drove over from short range. Josh Eagleson’s conversion had Inst 7-0 up after 6 minutes.

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#InstoniansRFC continue their remarkable journey with a bonus point win against their nearest challengers #GalwayCorinthians in the #ail2a table top clash on Saturday at Shaws Bridge

Bateman Cup: Instonians 26 Lansdowne 38 Final On Saturday afternoon Instonians travelled to Dublin to play Lansdowne on the Aviva Stadium back pitch beneath the looming presence of the south stand, in the Bateman Cup Final. Following a yellow card to Ian Whitten, Donough Lawlor squeezed in for the opening try, converted by Stephen Madigan, with 4 minutes on the board to give Lansdowne a 7-0 lead.

One of the few matches left on on Saturday was the #BatemanCup Final between #InstoniansRFC and #LansdowneFC in Dublin.

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Senior Cup: Instonians 10 City of Armagh 20 Quarter Final On Saturday at lunchtime Instonians faced City of Armagh in a Senior Cup Quarter Final Tie at Shawsbridge. A strong, bitingly cold wind, which blew down the pitch caused handling and kicking issues. Armagh played with the wind in the 1st half. Armagh took the lead on 9 minutes courtesy of a Kyle Faloon short range penalty goal to lead 3-0.

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Action from the #UlsterSeniorCup as #InstoniansRFC and #ArmaghRFC go head to head at Shaws Bridge on Saturday afternoon.