Davy Harris and his second fifteen welcomed second placed Ballymena to Ballymacarn Park and gained a hard fought 14-9 victory to cement their place at the top of the table. They have a week off before preparing for a titanic Junior Cup semi-final at home to Instonians on 29th November.

The thirds suffered another defeat away at Ballymoney and will be hoping for some home comfort in a fortnight versus Omagh.

Senior Women

Ballynahinch were without several regulars and shipped a heavy home defeat to Malone in the Womens Premiership. They must regroup quickly as Queens are the visitors in a rearranged fixture in Thursday night.

Youth Rugby

For the Youth Section the Boys U14 and U16 travelled to Shaw's Bridge to play valiantly but come off second best to strong Instonians sides whilst the U14 girls took another step on the rugby journey building their team with a loss against the Ballymena/Cooke/Instonians team.