School 7s: Shiplake 7s Draw Revealed as School 7s season rolls into view

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The draw for the 2022 Shiplake 7s has been made, one of the first 7s tournaments on the School 7s circuit.

It is nearly 2 years since school 7s has taken place, and the Shiplake 7s, which is held on Sunday 6thFebruary, is set to kick-start the 7s season in some style with its incredibly competitive line-up.

It was one of the lucky tournaments that was able to go ahead back in the pre-Covid days of early 2020, and it was Wellington College who headed the field, lifting the Cup after a brilliant 33-12 performance against Clifton College in the final.

Both of those two return this year in a sixteen team field, split into four groups of four teams each. It is an incredibly strong sixteen, with Millfield, arguably the top fifteen-a-side team in the country, St John’s Leatherhead, and fast rising Ipswich School all joining the fray for the first time.

Along with some new faces is a slight re-jigging of the competition format, instead of six trophies plus a placings final for 13th and 15th, there are now four pieces of silverware on offer. The top two sides from each group will qualify for the Cup quarter finals, with third place heading to Shield semi finals, and 4th to Bowl semi finals. The Cup quarter final losers will qualify to the Plate semi finals. The new format means Cup qualifies will have a minimum of 5 games, while Shield and Bowl qualifiers will have a minimum of four.

Newcomers Millfield are drawn into Group 1, where for company they will have 2020 Bowl winners St Paul’s, as well as Worth and the2016 and 2017 champions, Bedford.

2020 finalists Clifton College, who had that epic contest again Millfield last term (check out the highlights above) are drawn alongside Dulwich College, who reached the Plate final last time out, Marlborough College, and Hurstpierpoint College, who won the inaugural Shiplake 7s back in 2013.

Reigning champions Wellington College, who also won back in 2015, are drawn alongside reigning Plate champions Cheltenham College, who they beat en route to the title last time around. Alongside those two are Downside and new entrants Ipswich, who will be a real threat.

Group 4 meanwhile sees the hosts, Shiplake College, drawn against 2020 Shield champions Tonbridge, one of those whom people should look out for this year, as well as Haileybury and new entrants St John’s Leatherhead.

Overall it looks like an incredibly strong field with which to kick off the 2022 School 7s Season, featuring a great many of the sides that will be competing hard for honours at the Rosslyn Park HSBC National School 7s at the end of March.

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Shiplake 7s Draw

Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4
MillfieldClifton CollegeWellington CollegeTonbridge
St Paul’s SchoolDulwich CollegeCheltenham CollegeHaileybury
BedfordHurstpierpoint CollegeIpswichSt John’s, Leatherhead
WorthMarlborough CollegeDownsideShiplake College

Shiplake 7s Schedule

TimePitch 1 (Groups A & B)Pitch 2 (Groups C & D)
9.40Clifton College v Marlborough CollegeTonbridge v Haileybury
10.00St Paul’s v BedfordWellington College v Downside
10.20Dulwich College v Hurstpierpoint CollegeShiplake College v St John’s, Leatherhead
10.40Millfield v WorthCheltenham College v Ipswich
11.00Dulwich College v Marlborough CollegeTonbridge v St John’s, Leatherhead
11.20St Paul’s v WorthWellington College v Cheltenham College
11.40Clifton College v Hurstpierpoint CollegeShiplake College v Haileybury
12.00Millfield v BedfordIpswich v Downside
12.20Marlborough College v HurstpierpointSt John’s, Leatherhead v Haileybury
12.40Worth v BedfordCheltenham College v Downside
1.00Clifton College v Dulwich CollegeTonbridge v Shiplake College
1.20Millfield v St Paul’sWellington College v Ipswich
1.40Bowl SF 1 (4th Group A v 4th Group B)Bowl SF 2 (4th Group C v 4th Group D)
2.00Shield SF 1 (3rd Group A v 3rd Group B)Shield SF 2 (3rd Group C v 3rd Group D)
2.20Cup QF 1 (1st Group A v 2nd Group B)Cup QF 2 (1st Group C v 2nd Group D)
2.40Cup QF 3 (2nd Group A v 1st Group B)Cup QF 4 (2nd Group C v 1st Group D)
3.00Plate SF 1 (L Q1 v L Q2)Plate SF 2 (L Q3 v L Q4)
3.20Cup SF 1 (W Q1 v W Q2)Cup SF 2 (W Q3 v W Q4)
3.40Shield FinalBowl Final
4.00Cup FinalPlate Final
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