In a break from the season’s pattern we begin our review of the weekend’s action with a game from outside of our Daily Mail Trophy Competition.
That is because this weekend Woodhouse Grove sealed the Daily Mail Trophy with a 38-7 bonus point victory over Kirkham Grammar School.
Only Millfield, Sedbergh, and Wellington could realistically overhaul Woodhouse and each did their bit, Millfield beat Monmouth 23-21, Sedbergh beat Barnard Castle 48-0, and Wellington edged past St Paul’s 15-14.
However in order to stay in the hunt they all required Woodhouse Grove to drop points, but the Yorkshire based school collected the necessary five points required to seal the inaugural Daily Mail Trophy title. A superb achievement from a fantastic side.
Competition
Our four featured Daily Mail Trophy Competition games threw up some outstanding results and thrilling games.
Oakham just nicked the Rutland derby for the second year in a row. Winning 11-10 away against Uppingham. Oakham have now won that brilliant derby for four years in a row, a bitter pill for their local rivals to swallow.
Dulwich College continued their outstanding run of from with a 20-12 win over Tonbridge, who had previously only lost once all season, to the unbeaten Epsom College.
Marlborough College and Stowe played out an absolutely thrilling contest where Marlborough ran out as the narrow winners, 33-29, confirming that they are a side that is really firing now after their early season troubles.
Our final competition games was Bromsgrove v Cheltenham. Both sides have been playing some great rugby this season but Bromsgrove were the side who came out on top, securing a superb 31-18 victory.
Standout Results
Eton once again showed their ability to raise their game against tough opposition, beating John Fisher 35-26, a quite brilliant result.
Abingdon really turned on the style on Saturday, they were rampant as they strolled to a 49-12 victory over their local rivals St Edward’s Oxford.
RGS High Wycombe and Stamford both showed their class with outstaning victories over St Benedict’s and St Albans repectively. RGS’ 34-7 win over St Benedict’s was particularly impressive.
Stonyhurst put on a show with a 40-10 victory over King’s Macclesfield, a quite stunning result to cap a fine season, while Harrow again demonstrated their quality with a 31-21 victory over Radley.
Perhaps the most thrilling result of the weekend though was Rugby’s 27-26 victory over Bedford. Bedford were the favourites but Rugby performed excellently to edge this thrilling game by a point.
Selected Results 30/11/13:
Dulwich 20-12 Tonbridge (Competition Fixture)
Bromsgrove 31-18 Cheltenham (Competition Fixture)
Uppingham 10-11 Oakham (Competition Fixture)
Marlborough College 33-29 Stowe (Competition Fixture)
Woodhouse Grove 38-7 Kirkham Grammar School (Key Daily Mail Trophy Game)
Millfield 23-21 Monmouth (Key Daily Mail Trophy Game)
Sedbergh 48-0 Barnard Castle (Key Daily Mail Trophy Game)
St Paul’s 14-15 Wellington (Key Daily Mail Trophy Game)
Eton 35-26 John Fisher
Abingdon 49-12 St Edward’s Oxford
NSB 21-7 Old Swinford Hospital
Ellesmere 27-7 Wilmslow High
RGS High Wycombe 34-7 St Benedict’s
Stamford 35-0 St Albans
Bedford Modern 45-0 Nottingham High School
RGS Newcastle 18-15 Bradford Grammar School
King’s Macclesfield 10-40 Stonyhurst
Eastbourne 10-36 Brighton College
Whitgift 43-19 Langley Park
Loughborough GS 0-22 Sir Thomas Rich’s
Solihull 12-10 Trent
Durham 31-15 St Peter’s York
Clifton College 25-17 Sherborne
Rugby 27-26 Bedford
Bristol GS 17-15 QEGS Wakefield
Campion 20-5 Judd
St John’s Leatherhead 3-48 Epsom College
Worth 24-17 Pangbourne
Yarm 25-8 Pocklington
Harrow 31-21 Radley
Oundle 27-17 Haileybury
Mount St Mary’s 0-48 Ampleforth
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