The Eagle Impact Rugby Academy boys finished their Ireland tour with two losses to Ulster.
(An earlier report had these games listed as one win and one loss. We apologize for the error—this was a miscommunication between the coaches and GRR).
The EIRA boys finished the trip 3-3, beating Connacht twice, losing their openers with Leinster, and splitting with Ulster Friday in Belfast.
It's worth noting that the teams played up a bit, with the mostly U17 EIRA side lost to the Ulster U18s 19-14, while the EIRA U16s played the Ulster U17s, and lost convincingly 54-10.
While one of the coaches, John Banarhall, said the fatigue of the tour might have hit the younger players a bit, he added "I don't want to take anything away from the Ulster players; they were very good and physical and I am sure we will see a lot of them in the future. The thing is, you have to play these games. You don't know what you don't know. The whole tour was a great experience."
