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Regent House were their latest victims on Saturday, with John Andrews' side running out 33-5 winners.

With both teams missing a couple of regulars due to injury, the hosts were also without John Andrew and Sam McNabney who were in Dublin attending the Irish Schools’ Under 18 screening weekend.

Despite the poor weather conditions, Ballymena looked to keep the ball in hand and were rewarded with first try of the morning after 10 minutes. Debutant out half Stephen Shaw spotted space behind the Regent defensive line and his well-placed kick was gathered by centre Darren Geddis who finished confidently under the posts. Caleb Morrison had no difficulty in adding the extras.

Ten minutes later, Ballymena wing Jordan Foster scored an outstanding individual try. Gathering the ball just inside the Academy half, Jordan showed excellent balance and pace to beat several Regent defenders and finish under the posts. Caleb again added the conversion.

The Ballymena pack were beginning to dominate and, after a Peter Storey break, Darren Geddis burst through two tackles to score his second try of the morning.

In the lead up to half time, Regent enjoyed a period of territory and possession which culminated in a try when their scrum half charged down and grounded an attempted Ballymena clearance from the dead ball area. The conversion attempt was missed to leave the half time score at 19-5.

Ballymena continued to dominate in the second half with forwards George Hargy, Peter Hayes and Timothy Patton particularly effective in delivering quick ball for the dangerous backs. Peter Wallace broke through on the narrow side and off-loaded to Caleb Morrison who powered under the Regent posts to stretch Ballymena’s lead.

Caleb converted his own try and repeated this feat just moments later. Jack Fleming moved a quickly taken penalty to Caleb who beat two defenders and showed pace to finish from 50 metres out.

During the course of the second half Regent were unfortunate to lose several players with injuries, while the work rate of the Ballymena Academy pack laying the foundations for this deserved victory.

Academy: Morrison, Stirling, Storey, Geddis, Foster, Shaw, Fleming; Halliday, Caithness, Hargy, Mitchell, Hayes, Patton (c), Wallace, Rea. Replacements Gillespie, Kerr.