This Sunday sees the Lambs regional program come to a close with the annual North vs. South encounter.
The game also serves as the final round of selection in the Lambs programme, as following the game the debate for selection to the ISRFC Lambs National XV will take place.
After starting the process back in December 2015, five weeks worth of ‘fast and free’ rugby amongst the regions (South East, South West, North and Midlands) culminates in the always entertaining North vs. South game. The North and South teams were selected after the regional fixtures, the South from the SE vs. SW and the North from the North vs. Midlands, leaving 50 boys left to show their running rugby ability on the Loughborough University 3G pitch.
Speaking ahead of Sunday’s fixture, Lambs National Director Alex Laybourne said:
“We are very excited about this weeks game, Loughborough University provides an excellent venue for the fixture and is a place that suits the ethos of our programme, it is the perfect venue to kick start the National season. “
“After some super ‘fast and free’ rugby in the regional matches, we are expecting another fantastic North vs. South encounter this year. Along with Andrew (Le Chavalier) and Nick (Gandy) I am hopeful of another successful season for what is certain to be an exciting group of players from a range of schools across the country.”
The Lambs have come to be one of the real highlights of the term in recent years, and with a hugely exciting Easter tour to South America, including fixtures against Uruguay, Chile, and a Bueons Aires XV, they are certainly going to be an entertaining side to watch through the coming months.
Team News:
| ISRFC Lambs Northern & Southern Squads – Loughborough University, Sunday, 13.00 | ||||
| Northern | Southern | |||
| Surname | Forename | Pos | Surname | Forename |
| Atkinson | Nick | 1 | Ali | Daniel |
| Starkey | Jack | 2 | Cropper | George |
| Parker | Ben | 3 | Bannister | Charlie |
| Johnson | Harry | 4 | McCarthy | Reece |
| Goss | Eddie | 5 | Hampden-Smith | Alec |
| Wills | Henry | 6 | Bloomer | Samuel |
| Fraser | Loius | 7 | Wilder | Charlie |
| Hudson | Sam | 8 | Oliphant-Thomson | Ben |
| Guthrie | Charles | 9 | Costin-Pratt | James |
| Wray | Matthew | 10 | Hitchcock | George |
| Nordgren | Alfred | 11 | Hubble | Daniel |
| Brown | Alex | 12 | Vaughan | Will |
| Duguid | Scott | 13 | Rayworth | Isaac |
| Sagar | Harry | 14 | Triegaardt | Joseph |
| Hughes | Will | 15 | Taylor | Oliver |
| Replacements | ||||
| Linkogel | Edward | 16 | Lower | Charles |
| Oliver | Short | 17 | Nelson | Cory |
| Manchester | Callum | 18 | Scott | Ed |
| Burns | Will | 19 | Coker | Ben |
| Cassell | George | 20 | Waite | Oscar |
| Penistone | Adam | 21 | Friend | Arthur |
| Buckland | Toby | 22 | Thomas | Joe |
| Corbett | Callum | 23 | Clarke | Ben |
| Weightman | Jacob | 24 | Coakes | Josh |
| Pearson | Harry | 25 | ||
| Knowles | Mason | 26 | ||
* Non travelling reserves (Southern):
Euan Friend
Tom Robertson
Lewis Holmes
Devon Brown