Over 30 budding rugby players from the North Down school got to soak up the Ravenhill experience on Tuesday of this week, changing in the red and white Ulster dressing be fore hitting the pitch for an intensive session.

The session was led by Ulster Defence Coach Neil Kelly while Head Coach Mark McCall and Forwards Coach Allen Clarke gave advice, hints and tips to the players. Scrum-half Kieran Campbell opened with some warm-up drills involving passing and ball handling skills before Paul Steinmetz, Justin Harrison and Simon Best weighed in with defence work.

Then the group split into two groups, forwards and backs to work individually with their new coaches before coming together for some continuity at the end.

 Kieran Campbell puts them through their paces

Some members from the school's GCSE Journalisim class also came along. They watched the session from the press rown in the grandstand, took photographs and also got the chance to interview Ulster coach Mark McCall.

Runners-up in the "Passionate About Rugby" promtion were the P7 squad from Ballyclare RFC who as well as receiving the training bag and team kit won a VIP trip to Ulster's match against Llanelli in January and met some of the players after the game.