It has been a stunning midweek of rugby, and there is plenty more to come.
There has been NatWest Champions Trophy action, NatWest Cup action, NatWest Vase action, and also the start of the new NatWest Plate and Bowl competitions.
The champions trophy has seen some brilliant action, and you can see our full summary of the second round, plus the quarter final draw here: Champions Trophy Roundup.
The Cup has been superb too, on Tuesday Felsted beat high flying St Joseph’s College 19-13 at Colchester RFC, while Oundle beat Norwich 24-22. It was equally tight in the South West, where Sir Thomas Rich’s beat St Peter’s Gloucester 26-24.
On Wednesday the action really pored through thick and fast. Champions Bromsgrove came through a tight encounter with a good Bloxham side to win 34-26, while Bishop Vesey’s beat Adams Gramar 51-26.
Sandbach were in great form against Ellesmere College, winning 32-0, while there was a thriller in South West London as KCS Wimbledon and St Benedict’s drew 22-22, with KCS progressing on try count.
Lawrence Sherriff provided one of the stories of the round as they beat King’s Worcester 28-22. Stonyhurst were also in fine form, winning 17-7 v RGS Lancaster.
One of the favourites this year are Warwick, they beat Loughborough 55-0, while last year’s finalists, QEGS Wakefield, another of this year’s favourites, beat Woodhouse Grove by an impressive 20 points to 6.
St Peter’s York saw off Pocklington 21-16, with Christ’s Hospital progressing 33-7 against Salesian, meanwhile high flying Judd beat Simon Langton 21-10.
Stowe showed good form for a 24-13 win over Northampton School for Boys, while things were incredibly tight in Croydon as John Fisher beat Trinity 8-6. It was similarly tight in Cornwall, where Exeter School won 10-9 away at Truro School.
2010 and 2011 champions Whitgift were in stunning form, beating Eltham College 60-0. Weston College meanwhile beat Richard Huish 30-7. It was a good day for Wilmslow High School to, the beat the always dangerous King’s Macclesfield 24-8.
There was also plenty of exciting non-Cup action, including a brilliant game between Harrow and Haileybury at Allianz Park, where Harrow managed to hold off a late Haileybury fightback to seal the win. You can see our report from that game here: Harrow v Haileybury.
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Tuesday
Bristol GS 19-44 Blundell’s – Champions Trophy
Epsom College 29-22 St John’s Leatherhead – Champions Trophy
Eton College 55-12 Grammar School at Leeds – Champions Trophy
Felsted 19-13 St Joseph’s College – NatWest Cup
Gresham’s w/d Stamford w/o – NatWest Cup
Norwich 22-24 Oundle – NatWest Cup
QEH 12-26 Backwell – NatWest Vase
Sir Thomas Rich’s 26-24 St Peter’s, Gloucester – NatWest Cup
Wednesday
Bedford Modern 38-5 Princethorpe College – NatWest Plate
Beth’s 0-57 Langley Park – NatWest Bowl
Bishop Vesey’s 51-26 Adams GS – NatWest Cup
Bromsgrove 34-26 Bloxham – NatWest Cup
Castle 29-24 Crypt – NatWest Vase
Caterham 23-5 Harris Academy – NatWest Plate
Chislehurst & Sidcup GS 24-0 Sir Joseph Williamson’s – NatWest Cup
Colfe’s 12-46 Maidstone GS – NatWest Vase
Davenant 19-10 Campion
Downside 26-24 KES Southampton – NatWest Plate
Ellesmere College 0-32 Sandbach – NatWest Cup
Emanuel 50-15 KES Aston
Haileybury 15-27 Harrow – Allianz Park
Hayes 10-31 Ravens Wood – NatWest Vase
KCS Wimbledon 22-22 St Benedict’s (KCS on try count) – NatWest Cup
Kennett 3-45 Reading Blue Coat – NatWest Vase
King Henry VIII Coventry 12-5 Bablake – NatWest Vase
Langley 56-0 Wymondham College – NatWest Vase
Lawrence Sherriff 28-22 King’s Worcester – NatWest Cup
London Oratory 26-5 Latymer Upper – NatWest Vase
Loughborough 0-55 Warwick – NatWest Cup
Oakham 15-3 Clifton College – Champions Trophy
Plymouth College 44-15 King’s College, Taunton – NatWest Plate
Pocklington 16-21 St Peter’s, York – NatWest Cup
QEGS Wakefield 20-6 Woodhouse Grove – NatWest Cup
RGS Lancaster 7-17 Stonyhurst – NatWest Cup
RGS Worcester 10-8 KES Birmingham – NatWest Plate
Salesian 7-33 Christ’s Hospital – NatWest Cup
Sevenoaks 17-7 Gravesend GS – NatWest Vase
Simon Langton 10-21 Judd – NatWest Cup
St Columba’s College 24-19 Magdalen College – NatWest Plate
St Paul’s 13-16 Bedford – Champions Trophy
Stowe 24-13 Northampton School for Boys – NatWest Cup
Tonbridge 26-7 Millfield – Champions Trophy
Trinity 6-8 John Fisher – NatWest Cup
Truro 9-10 Exeter – NatWest Cup
UCS 0-0 Wimbledon College (Wimbledon College as away side) – NatWest Plate
Watford GS 46-19 St Clement Danes – NatWest Vase
Weston College 30-7 Richard Huish – NatWest Cup
Whitgift 60-0 Eltham College – NatWest Cup
Wilmslow HS 24-8 King’s Macclesfield – NatWest Cup
Worksop College 62-5 Thomas Rotherham – NatWest Vase
Wycliffe College 18-17 Marling – NatWest Bowl
Yarm 24-15 Giggleswick – NatWest Plate
Thursday
Canford v Kingswood – Champions Trophy – 14.45
Mill Hill v Cooper’s Coborn – NatWest Plate
Nottingham HS v Leicester GS – NatWest Plate
Radley College v Rugby
Skinners’ v Hurstpierpoint College – NatWest Cup
St Ambrose College v Manchester GS – NatWest Cup
St Lawrence College v Sir Roger Manwood’s – NatWest Vase
Trent College v Welbeck – NatWest Vase
Friday
Abingdon v Kirkham GS – 18.00
Wisbech GS v Robert Clack – 18.00
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