Dulwich College face Northampton School for Boys in the Under 18 Daily Mail Cup Semi Final on Saturday. It is Dulwich’s second final in a row after they won the tournament last year, beating Old Swinford Hospital 15-8 in the final through the boot of Dom Fraser.

This year they are looking to enter the ranks of schoolboy greats, as our editor wrote after their semi final, but only a victory at Twickenham will do. We spoke to their Head Coach Sam Howard, a former Dulwich College captain and Bedford Blues fly half, who gave us his thoughts ahead of the game:

“The team are confident going into the final, and rightly so, we are still unbeaten all year and have played many of the best teams in the country home and away.”

“The excitement around the school and whole Dulwich community has definitely started to increase this week and we’re pretty confident we will have even more than the 6000 supporters we had at Twickenham last year.”

“The school is rightly very proud of its rugby heritage and we just are just trying to continue enhancing the reputation of Dulwich rugby.”

“The boys have worked tirelessly pretty much from 3 weeks after the final last year, so it’s been a long year of much hard work, blood sweat and tears and I personally hope the boys go out and play to their full potential, because if they achieve this they will be very difficult to stop.”

Dulwich College – Factfile:

Head Coach – Sam Howard

Captain – Dom Wroe-Wright (Openside Flanker)

Star Man – Josh Ibuanokpe (Prop/Number 8)

Hero of the Semi Finals – Dom Fraser (Centre)

Results so far:

Semi Final – Dulwich 11-5 Hampton

Quarter Final – Dulwich 20-10 Sherborne

Last 16 – Dulwich 19-5 KCS Wimbledon 

Round 5 – Dulwich 18-5 Hurstpierpoint

Round 4 – Dulwich 27-0 Judd School

Round 3 – Dulwich 28-12 Eltham College 

Round 2 – Dulwich 40-0 Dartford Grammar School

Round 1 – Bye

2012 Daily Mail Cup Record – Winner, 15-8 v Old Swinford Hospital

Best Daily Mail Achievement – Under 18 Winners 2012, Under 15 Winners 1995 (37-0 v Bristol Grammar School)

Prestigious Rugby Alumni: Nick Easter, Andrew Sheridan, Will Fraser, David Flatman

The Daily Mail Cup Final will be held at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday, kick off will be at 15.40 following the conclusion of the U18 Vase and the Under 15’s Cup & Vase.