Ryan Elliott of Belfast High School dives over the line to score against Carrick Grammar in an earlier round. Belfast High face Sullivan Upper in Saturday's fourth round and will be looking to cause another upset in the competition

©Press Eye Ltd Northern Ireland -28th January 2012Mandatory Credit - Picture by Darren Kidd/Presseye.com Northern Bank Schools' Cup, Grosvenor Grammar School V Sullivan Upper. Paul Kennedy goes over to score the winning try of Grosvenor

Sullivan Upper vs Wallace HS. Campbell College players come out to watch the game after their game was call off

Cash-starved sixth form pupils at Sullivan Upper School in Holywood have put their school up for sale - as a joke - to help fund their university places.

Headmaster Chris Peel got a scare after when he spotted For Sale signs sticking up out of the manicured lawns of the school, which local boy and golfing champ Rory McIlroy attended.

Head boy Adam Lyttle, who is heading to Durham University in England said their prank is a long-standing rite of passage. “It’s traditional for the school-leavers to play a few pranks and we thought seeing Sullivan put up for sale would give the headmaster a panic.”

“We love the school and we have enjoyed our time there but our university fees are so high we had to do something to get the money. So all good offers will be considered,” he quipped in the Sun newspaper.

Belfast Telegraph