This week has been a busy one, with much of the attention focused on the top tier of the NatWest competitions, The Champions Trophy.
However there was been a huge amount of play in the other NatWest competitions too, the Cup and the Vase, with hundreds of fixtures taking place.
Under the new format, the Vase is a separate entity to the Cup right from the off, with first round losers from the Cup going in to a new Plate tournament, and losers of the Vase first round going into a new Bowl competition.
With that in mind it was a surprise to see the sheer number of walkovers and withdrawls from the U18 Vase in particular. The Bowl competition has, surely, to be a realistic target for all who end up there, at the very least a chance to progress through a few rounds. A first round withdrawl/walkover means that a side is not eligible for that competition, it seems odd that any school would therefore do so except in the most extreme circumstances.
(You can see results from all of the U18 and U15 NatWest Cup and NatWest Vase games at the foot of this page)
U18 Cup
The Cup had a busy week, with almost all of the first round fixtures being completed. With the number of teams in the Cup now reduced, with the Champions Trophy and the Vase starting right from the off, there were some huge games across the competition.
One of the biggest in the North A group was Lymm High School v King’s Macclesfield. Two sides who have gone far in the competition in recent years. King’s Macclesfield came out on top this time, with a 25-10 win.
North B had some real legends of the school game in it, with Ampleforth Collge, QEGS Wakefield, and Barnard Castle. QEGS, finalists last year, are among the favourites and beat Crossley Heath 34-0. Barnard Castle made it through too, while Pocklington hit Ampleforth out of the park, 42-0. St Peter’s York were even better against Hymers, with Woodhouse Grove and RGS Newcastle also through with good wins.
Midlands A saw a big game between Stowe and Bedford Modern, Stowe progressing 28-10. It also featured the 2014 finalists, Warwick, full of U15 winners, who beat Leicester GS 50-17.
Midlands B hosts the back to back Champions, Bromsgrove. They started off their campaign in fine fashion, beating RGS Worcester 34-15. King’s Worcester also looked good with a 27-17 win over Solihull.
London & South East A features former Champions in Campion and Whitgift, both progressed, most impressively Whitgift, who beat Caterham 55-6. St Joseph’s College are also in this section, and progressed nicely with a 13-5 win over New Hall.
Over in London & South East B things were really tight, never more so than a 17-17 draw between Wimbledon College and former finalists St Benedict’s. It was the 2008 finalists that progressed, going through as the away side. KCS Wimbledon and Skinners’ also impressed.
South West A featured a particularly impressive 57-14 win for Bishop Wordsworth’s over KES Southampton, while there was a surprise as Christ’s Hospital knocked out Reigate Grammar School 29-22.
Finally in South West B, former winners St Peter’s Gloucester progressed with a walkover, while Cup legends RGS High Wycombe were in flying form with a 39-0 win over Magdalen College.
All in all it was a superb week of play in the competition, and over the next week we should see the remaining few games played, meaning that the second round lineups will be known, as well as the Plate and Bowl draws.
Elsewhere
There were also some non-Cup fixtures this week, with Sexey’s beating Warminster 19-7 and UCS beating Richard Hale 34-7. There were also good wins for Clayesmore and Sevenoaks over King’s Bruton and Bishop’s Stortford College.
Clifton College’s Ryan Bresnahan Memorial Match at Clifton RFC was against Cheltenham College this year, and once again it was a stunning occasion as the host school won 57-19. Without doubt, Clifton are a side to keep a very close eye on this year.
There was also an impressive win for Eton College as they played Radley College, winning 27-6 in a fixture that is always a superb spectacle.
If you have any photos, reports, or videos from the NatWest Cup/Vase, please do send them into us via email (writers@fifteenrugby.com ), Facebook (www.facebook.com/FifteenRugby ), or via Twitter (@FifteenRugbyXV).
U18 NatWest Cup Round 1 Results:
North A
AKS Arnold 17-37 RGS Lancaster
Stonyhurst v Merchant Taylors’
St Ambrose College 19-14 Cheadle Hulme
Bradford GS 8-48 Manchester GS
Calday Grange 12-38 Stockport GS
St Anselm’s College 15-15 Altrincham GS
Birkenhead v Wilmslow HS
Lymm HS 10-25 King’s Macclesfield
North B
Ampleforth College 0-42 Pocklington
St Peter’s York 59-0 Hymers College
Crossley Heath 0-34 QEGS Wakefield
Woodhouse Grove 55-3 Mount St Mary’s
Durham v Yarm
Giggleswick 7-24 Barnard Castle
Hartlepool 6th form College 0-36 RGS Newcastle
King Edward’s, Morpeth w/d Dame Allan’s w/o
Midlands A
Spalding GS 17-17 Gresham’s
Stamford 50-0 Lincoln Minster
Hills Road 3-14 Norwich
Oundle v Bishop’s Stortford College
Stowe 28-10 Bedford Modern
Princethorpe College 0-50 Northampton School for Boys
Loughborough 17-10 Nottingham HS
Leicester GS 17-50 Warwick
Midlands B
Birmingham Met w/d Lawrence Sherriff w/o
King’s Worcester 27-17 Solihull
RGS Worcester 15-34 Bromsgrove
Bloxham v KES Birmingham
Ellesmere College w/o Reaseheath College w/d
Sandbach 29-19 Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Bishop Vesey’s GS 28-0 QEGS Ashbourne
Wrekin College v Adams GS
London & South East A
Mill Hill 5-12 Campion
Dartford GS 8-5 Coopers Coborn
New Hall 5-13 St Joseph’s College
Felsted v Brentwood
Whitgift 55-6 Caterham
Eltham College 38-0 Harris Academy
Chislehurst & Sidcup GS 22-7 Colfe’s
Maidstone GS 15-18 Sir Joseph Williamson’s
London & South East B
Simon Langton 55-15 St Dunstan’s
Duke of York RMS 0-50 Judd
Skinners’ 49-0 Sussex Downs
Richard Collyer 7-12 Hurstpierpoint College
Trinity v Tiffin
Richmond Upon Thames College w/d John Fisher w/o
KCS Wimbledon 20-17 UCS
Wimbledon College 17-17 St Benedict’s
South West A
Farnborough College 7-9 Pangbourne College
St Bartholomew’s 7-41 Peter Symonds
Downside 13-15 Dauntsey’s
KES Southampton 14-57 Bishop Wordsworth’s
Howard of Effingham w/d Salesian w/o
Christ’s Hospital 29-22 Reigate GS
Portsmouth GS 13-14 Worthing College
Steyning GS 16-13 Churcher’s College
South West B
St Peter’s Gloucester w/o Cheltenham Bournside w/d
Sir Thomas Rich’s w/o Cirencester College w/d
Aylesbury GS 14-12 St Columba’s College
RGS High Wycombe 39-0 Magdalen College
Weston College v Colston’s
Richard Huish w/o Gryphon w/d
Plymouth College 20-23 Truro
Exeter 45-0 King’s College, Taunton
U18 NatWest Vase Round 1 Results:
North A
Austin Friars w/o Cockermouth w/d
QEGS Penrith v Keswick
Ullswater w/d QES Kirkby Lonsdale w/o
Hutton GS 20-7 Ripley St Thomas
Rydal Penrhos 54-0 Hilbre HS
Wirral GS w/o Liverpool College w/d
St Edward’s College w/o Helsby HS w/d
Sir John Dean’s v Bishop Heber
Bolton 12-14 Runshaw College
Audenshaw w/o Bury College w/d
King William’s College 21-0 Sale GS
St Joseph’s College 15-22 Falibroome
Ilkley GS 24-7 Bingley GS
Allerton HS v Silcoates
St John Fisher 0-50 Ermysted’s GS
South Craven 5-49 Prince Henry’s GS
North B
Carre’s GS 26-22 Priory Academy
King’s Grathan 27-7 Queen Elizabeth’s, Gainsborough
St George’s Academy w/d Worksop College w/o
Wath 10-22 Thomas Rotherham
South Hunsley v Hull Collegiate
De Aston w/o John Leggott w/d
Hill House 50-0 Hall Cross Academy
Birkdale 36-0 Lady Manners
Ripon GS v Richmond
Harrogate GS w/o Northallerton w/d
Ashville College w/o Thirsk w/d
Scarborough 6th form College – BYE
QEH Hexham w/o Newcastle School for Boys w/d
Ponteland HS v King’s Priory
Emmanuel College v Bede Academy
St John’s w/o Carmel College w/d
Midlands A
RGS Colchester 26-12 Woodbridge
Colchester 6th form 0-50 Ipswich
Bishop Stortford HS 50-0 Saffron Walden
King Edward’s GS, Chelmsford v St Martin’s
The Perse w/o College of West Anglia w/d
King’s Peterborough v The Leys
Easton & Otley 0-52 Langley
Thomas Mills 15-40 Wymondham College
Malcolm Arnold 0-43 Akeley Wood
Silverstone UTC w/o St Paul’s, Milton Keynes w/d
Samuel Whitbread 50-7 Hitchingbrooke
Bishop Stopford 12-27 St Ivo
Roundwood Park 10-12 Tring
Beaumont v St George’s, Harpenden
Sir John Lawes 17-18 Knights Templar
Richard Hale 50-0 St Edmund’s College
Midlands B
King Henry VIII Coventry w/o Alcester GS
Bablake w/o Warwickshire College
King Edward’s Camp Hill 36-5 Arden Academy
Kenilworth w/d Solihull 6th form College w/o
De Lisle v Trent College
Hinckley Academy 6-49 Welbeck
Ashlawn 7-57 Robert Smyth
KES Stratford – BYE
Prince Henry’s Evesham 31-7 Cotswold School Academy
Hereford 6th form College 52-3 Cleeve
Tewkesbury 5-24 Hereford Cathedral School
The Chase w/o Windsor HS w/d
Shrewsbury 12-15 Queen Mary’s GS
Stafford GS v King Edward VI, Lichfield
Stafford Collegiate v KES Aston
Old Swinford Hospital 5-13 King Edward VI, Five Ways
London & South East A
Oaklands Catholic School v Havant 6th form College
Burgate w/d St John’s Collge, Southsea w/o
Hampshire Collegiate w/d Brockenhurst w/o
Alton College 24-5 Gordons
Isleworth & Syon 10-45 Cardinal Vaughan
Vyners 0-50 Gunnersbury
St Cecilia’s v London Oratory
Drayton Manor 12-15 Latymer Upper
Parmiter’s w/o Verulam w/d
Dame Alice Owen’s w/o Queen’s School, Bushey w/d
Sandringham v Watford GS
St Clement Danes w/o Upton Court w/d
Davenant 0-50 Enfield GS
Barking & Dagenham College w/o Palmer’s College w/d
King John School v Seevic
Robert Clack 43-7 Westcliff HS
London & South East B
St George’s Weybridge 50-0 Cobham International
George Abbot 8-19 Esher College
Rutlish w/d City of London Freemen’s w/o
Richard Challoner 31-17 Ewel Castle
Brighton Hove and Sussex 6th form 21-5 Worth
Cardinal Newman 0-31 The Weald
Wallington CGS 50-0 Reigate College
Graveney 5-45 Glyn
St Lawrence College 31-0 Folkestone Academy
Dover GS 5-12 Sir Roger Manwood’s
Kent College 7-39 Chatham and Clarendon
Norton Knatchbull w/d Oakwood Park GS w/o
Tunbridge Wells GS w/d Sevenoaks w/o
Gravesend GS 6-0 St Olave’s GS
Beth’s GS 0-33 Hayes
Ravens Wood 29-20 Langley Park
South West A
Bristol Cathedral Choir v Cabot
St Brendan’s v Monkton Combe
QEH Bristol 18-12 North Bristol 6th form
Wellsway w/d Backwell w/o
Castle School v Beaufort Academy
Crypt 54-0 Malmesbury
Wycliffe College 19-20 Chosen Hill
Marling 0-33 Katharine Lady Berkeley’s
Wells Cathedral w/o Churchill Academy w/d
Holyrood w/o Woodroffe w/d
West Buckland 0-52 Taunton
Yeovil College 29-0 Bridgwater College
Penwith College w/o Devonport HS w/d
Kinglsey 12-62 Mount Kelly
Queen Elizabeth Academy w/o Kingsbridge CC w/d
South Dartmoor w/d Torquay BGS w/o
South West B
Bournemouth 21-36 Poole GS
Corfe Hills 12-7 Gillingham
QES Wimbourne v St Peter’s, Bournemouth
Poole HS 10-45 Thomas Hardye
Midsomer Norton v Frome
Devizes v Sheldon
Clarendon Academy v Melksham Oak
St Laurence v Corsham
Cokethorpe 17-17 Lord William’s
Royal Latin 64-14 Waddesdon
John Hampden 0-7 Dr Challoner’s
Longdean 0-50 Chesham GS
Desborough College 7-57 Reading
Sir William Borlase’s 46-5 Windsor Boys
Royal Wootton Bassett 19-20 Kennet
Reading Blue Coat – BYE
U15 NatWest Cup Results:
North A
Calday Grange v Wirral GS
Merchant Taylors v St Edward’s College
Giggleswick v Stonyhurst College
Sedbergh 39-7 QES Kirkby Lonsdale
Kirkham GS v Birkdale HS
Lymm HS v Altrincham GS
QEGS Penrith 30-17 Ullswater
Ripley St Thomas v RGS Lancaster
BYE
BYE
St Anselm’s College v Birkenhead
BYE
BYE
St Ambrose College v Wilmslow HS
Cheadle Hulme 38-27 Stockport GS
Audenshaw 29-32 Manchester GS
King’s Macclesfield 29-7 Sandbach
BYE
BYE
North B
Austin Friars 26-36 QES Hexham
St Thomas More w/d Durham w/o
Barnard Castle v Carmel College
RGS Newcastle 35-6 Dame Allan’s
King Edward’s, Morpeth 50-0 Newcastle School for Boys
Yarm v Ampleforth College
Crossley Heath v QEGS Wakefield
Lincoln Minster 22-34 Priory Ruskin
Grammar School at Leeds 14-0 Mount St Mary’s
Prince Henry’s GS v Ilkley GS
Harrogate GS v Woodhouse Grove
Bradford GS v St John Fisher
Wickersely 0-50 St Peter’s, York
Queen Ethelburga’s College 33-12 Ripon GS
Hymers College 20-15 South Hunsley
Havelock v Hayfield
Midlands A
Bloxham 0-47 Warwick
King Edward’s Camp Hill 5-50 Solihull
Princethorpe College 0-50 Rugby
Northampton School for Boys w/o Ashlawn w/d
QEGS Ashbourne 0-56 Denstone College
Newcastle-Under-Lyme 0-53 Ellemsere College
Old Swinford Hospital 49-10 Wrekin College
Lacon Childe v Adams GS
Bishop Vesey’s GS 26-36 Loughborough
Fairfax 19-17 Lawrence Sherriff
Oakham v Nottingham HS
Leicester GS 38-26 Trent College
Cheltenham College v Bishop of Hereford Blue Coat
King’s Worcester v KES Birmingham
Prince Henry’s HS v RGS Worcester
Bromsgrove 36-0 Malvern College
Midlands B
St Albans 5-31 Hitchin Boys
Chesham GS 5-54 Aylesbury GS
Berkhamsted 50-0 Richard Hale
St Columba’s College 10-22 Watford GS
Shambrook Upper v Uppingham
Oundle v Stamford
Stowe v Bedford Modern
Bedford v Harlington
King’s Grantham 17-17 Spalding GS
Wymondham College 0-22 Norwich
Gresham’s v Langley
Wymondham HS v KES Bury St Edmunds
Felsted v Ipswich
The Perse v Bishop’s Stortford HS
St Joseph’s College v New Hall
Bishop’s Stortford College v Saffron Walden
London & South East A
Lord Wandsworth College v LVS
St John’s College, Portsmouth v King’s Winchester
Oaklands 0-50 Churcher’s College
Portsmouth GS 0-58 KES Southampton
RGS Guildford v Howard of Effingham
George Abbot v Reed’s
Reigate GS v St George’s College, Weybridge
Caterham v City of London Freemen’s
Glyn 0-50 Hampton
Halliford v John Fisher
Merchant Taylors 34-12 St Benedict’s
Grey Court v Harrow
Epsom College 15-10 St Paul’s
London Oratory v Whitgift
KCS Wimbledon 3-48 St John’s Leatherhead
Bye v Bye
London & South East B
Hurstpierpoint College 47-10 Sevenoaks
Seaford College v Brighton College
Eastbourne College v Shoreham Academy
Christ’s Hospital 48-0 Steyning GS
Campion v Westcliff HS
Cooper’s Coborn v Robert Clack
Colfe’s v Trinity
Dartford GS 26-24 Davenant
Langley Park v Dulwich College
Eltham College 17-31 Ravens Wood
UCS 34-29 Emanuel
Latymer Upper v Wimbledon College
Chatham & Clarendon v King’s Canterbury
Chislehurst & Sidcup GS 55-5 Sir Joseph Williamson’s
Simon Langton 46-0 Maidstone GS
Duke of York RMS 0-53 Judd
South West A
Newquay Tretherras v Plymouth College
Devonport HS 65-15 Truro
Richard Lander 14-55 Ivybridge CC
Torquay BGS 0-50 St Peter’s, Exeter
QE Crediton v Blundell’s
Taunton v Holyrood Academy
King’s College, Taunton 5-52 Millfield
Sheldon v Dauntsey’s
Downside v Beechen Cliff
Churchill Academy v Bristol GS
Sherborne 35-0 Canford
Gryphon 33-19 Poole GS
Bishop Wordsworth 50-0 Ringwood
Bournemouth 10-45 Clayesmore
St Peter’s Bournemouth v Bryanston
Bye v Bye
South West B
Colston’s v St Bede’s
QEH 0-29 Clifton College
Marling v Dean Close
Thomas Keble 19-19 Cleeve
Chosen Hill v Sir Thomas Rich’s
Crypt v Katharine Lady Berkeley’s
Pate’s GS 10-26 St Peter’s Gloucester
Cotswold Academy v Cheltenham Bournside
Cokethorpe 10-51 Abingdon
Magdalen College 31-33 Lord Williams
Sir William Borlase’s 12-60 RGS High Wycombe
Salesian v Gordon’s
St Bartholomew’s v Reading
Wellington College v Windsor Boys
Reading Blue Coat 50-0 Desborough
Marlborough College v Pangbourne College
U15 NatWest Vase Results:
North A
Kewswick w/o Workington Academy w/d
Cockermouth v Netherhall
Emmanuel College v Bede Academy
King’s Priory v St John’s School
Hutton GS 50-10 AKS Lytham
Bolton 20-7 West Hill
Castle Rushen 50-0 King William’s College
Bramhall HS v Sale GS
Helsby HS v Rydal Penrhos
Hilbre HS 26-17 St Francis Xavier
Liverpool College v Bridgewater HS
Weaverham HS v Fallibroome Academy
Holmes Chapel v Westwood College
St Joseph’s College 55-15 Stafford GS
Bishop Heber HS v Corbet
Church Stretton 24-28 Marches
North B
High Tunstall College 50-0 Egglescliffe
Ian Ramsey v Richmond
Outwood Academy 27-5 Wolfreton
Pocklington 17-21 Hull Collegiate
Millthorpe v Ashville College
Ermysted’s GS v South Craven
Thirsk v Bingley GS
Guisley w/d Parkdale w.o
Whitcliffe Mount v Horsforth
Brighouse w/o Pudsey Grangefield w/d
Silcoates 15-20 King’s Pontefract
Rodillian w/o Hall Cross w/d
Wath 14-46 Hill House
Birkdale 26-26 Worksop College
Wales HS 55-5 Samworth Church
Lady Manners 50-0 Christ the King
Midlands A
Chase 5-48 King Edward VI Five Ways
Abraham Darby v Barr Beacon
Arden Academy 23-27 KES Aston
King’s Norton v Tudor Grange
Uppingham CC 0-32 Carre’s GS
St George’s Academy 19-48 Priory Academy
De Lisle College 24-54 Ashby
Welland Park v Corby Business Academy
Bablake v Kenilworth
Royal Latin 24-17 Chiiping Norton
Sir Henry Floyd v Waddesdon
Akeley Wood 38-5 Malcolm Arnold
Kettering Buccleuch v Lutterworth
Bishop Stopford w/o King Edward VI Lichfield w/d
Bilton 15-14 King Henry VIII
Queen Mary’s GS v Kind Edward VI Sheldon Heath
Midlands B
City of Norwich 0-48 Thomas Mills
Hartismere 15-14 Woodbridge
Thomas Clarkson w/d Downham Market w/o
King’s Peterborough v Sir Harry Smith
Deepings 3-39 Hichingbrooke
Parkside Federation v St Ivo
Swavesey v Mark Rutherford
Samuel Whitbread v Wootton Upper
Cottesloe v St Paul’s, Milton Keynes
Knights Templar 0-45 St Edmund’s College
Tring 52-5 John F Kennedy
Dr Challoner’s 46-0 St Clement Danes
QES Barnet 13-62 Parmiter’s
Beaumont v St George’s, Harpenden
Stockwood Park 31-26 Sandringham
London & South East A
Gildredge House v Cardinal Newman
Dorothy Stringer v Warden Park
Worth v The Forest
Royal Alexandra & Albert 17-24 Wallington CGS
Drayton Manor v The Cedars
Twyford 22-0 Harris Academy
Cardinal Wiseman v Graveney
Ewell Castle v Rutlish
Gunnersbury v Hinchley Wood
Richard Challoner 33-21 Saint Cecilia’s
Sir William Ramsey v Great Marlow
Upton Court w/d John Hampden w/o
Cardinal Vaughan v Mill Hill
Vyners v Orleans Park
Tiffin 51-24 Isleworth & Syon
Harrodian 50-0 Burlington Danes
London & South East B
Kent College v St Lawrence College
Sir Roger Manwood’s w/o St Simon Stock w/d
Folkestone Academy v Oakwood Park
Dover GS 15-42 Norton Knatchbull
St Olave’s GS 60-10 Tunbridge Wells GS
Skinners’ v Beths
Gravesend GS v Hutsmere
St Dunstan’s College w/o Haberdashers w/d
Brentwood v King John
Eastbrook 29-47 St Martin’s
King Edward VI GS Chelmsford 43-10 East Bergholt HS
RGS Colchester v Hall Mead
Epping St John’s v Brampton Manor
Bancroft’s v Bye
Trinity Catholic HS 7-21 Woodlands
City Academy v Enfield GS
South West A
Mounts Bay v St Ives
Pool Academy w/d Penryn w/o
Redruth 46-12 Fowey River
Penrice 50-14 Looe
Mount Kelly w/o South Dartmoor w/d
Exmouth 29-17 Kingsbridge
West Buckland 0-50 Uffculme
Tiverton HS v King’s Devon
Woodroffe 7-50 Thomas Hardye
Budmouth v Colyton GS
Huish Episcopi v Wells Cathedral
Crispin v Brymore Academy
Chew Valley 29-22 Clevedon
Backwell v Bristol Cathedral Choir
Wellsway v Monkton Combe
Old Field 5-40 Frome College
South West B
Claires Court 30-5 Maiden Erlegh
Kennet v Royal Wootton Bassett
St James 17-63 Forest
Westgate v Amery Hill
Hounsdown v Perins
Hampshire Collegiate v Ryde
Corfe Hills 0-31 Gillingham
QES Wimborne 17-5 Poole HS
Churchdown v Wycliffe College
Redland 12-29 The Castle
St Laurence 22-33 Malmesbury
Cabot v Marlwood
Tewkesbury v Archway
Millbrook v Newent
Winchcombe v Dene Magna
Beaufort Academy v Cirencester Deer Park
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