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It was a day to remember for Ethan Graham on Saturday as he torched UCD with six tries for the home side as they eviscerated their student opposition with a scintillating display of attacking rugby in perfect conditions at a packed Ballymacarn Park.

Stung by their defeat in poor conditions last week at Belvedere, Ballynahinch knew they had to come out firing but the UCD blitz defence caught them out early in the match with a long-range intercept try when the home side looked odds-on to score. Mark Best then made it his business to negate the blitz with a series of clever passes and kicks. A long pass to Marcus Rea allowed the flanker to ease Graham into space for the first try. Then a perfectly placed cross field kick saw Graham take the ball without breaking stride to gallup over.

Heavily involved in the next series of phases, Best released Aaron Sexton on an inside pass to break the line and link with Pierce Crowe who fed Bryn Ward to finish well from thirty metres out. UCD hit back with a maul try from close range but Best capped a vintage first half by laying on a simple finish for Graham to complete his hat trick with a clever basketball pass following a sustained battering of the UCD line from the Ballynahinch forwards.

Graham proceeded to add a second hat trick within the first ten minutes of the second half. He plucked a speculative Best kick out of the air and charged over the line for his fourth try, broke two tackles and ran in from halfway for his fifth and then had a simple run-in for his sixth after a brilliant long pass from Matthew Booth iced some great carrying from Ward and Declan Horrox. To their credit the students scored another maul try to give themselves a sniff of a bonus point before Graham returned the favour, releasing Booth with a wide pass after a brilliant midfield break from Paul Kerr. Booth had plenty to do but used all his strength to barge through his would-be tacklers and bring up fifty points on the scoreboard.

The brooding Sexton finally got himself in on the act in the final minute with a trademark cruise in from deep after latching on to a kick over the UCD defence from Booth to complete a victory which will live long in the memory of the jubilant home support.

Ballynahinch 1-20
Matthew Burke, Claytan Milligan (Capt), Tom McAllister, Bradley Luney, Kyle Gill, Marcus Rea, Zack McCall, Bryn Ward, Chris Gibson, Paul Kerr, Ethan Graham, Mark Best, Ben Carson, Aaron Sexton, Pierce Crowe, Josh Hanlon, John Dickson Jnr, Peter Heasley, Declan Horrox, Matthew Booth, Rhuari Meharg

Photo Credit - John Dickson