The weather had a fairly major impact on the week’s rugby, with cancellations galore as frozen pitches covered the country.

That also meant a slight rejig of our midweek and weekend roundups, given the paucity of fixtures, so we have combined the two as we look back at all the school action of the last 7 days.

Tuesday

Way back on Tuesday Stewart’s Melville welcomed Northern Ireland’s Campbell College to Scotland’s Oriam training complex – wisely, an indoor arena. The Scottish side wine in fine form, securing a superb 24-5 victory in an excellent performance.

Tuesday Results

Stewart’s Melville 24-5 Campbell College – at Oriam

Wednesday

Cancellations really began to bite on Wednesday, but there were a number of superb fixtures, not least an epic 33-33 draw in Wales as Christ College Brecon host Crawshay’s Welsh XV. There was English joy in Wales as St Peter’s Gloucester defeat Glantaf 38-17.

Across the border Hereford 6^th form College were again in stunning form as they sealed an excellent 34-7 victory at Solihull, while Old Swinford Hospital were also in great form away from home as they secured a 33-14 victory at Bishop Vesey’s Grammar.

Wednesday also saw some U17 action, especially in the North East where Dame Allan’s and RGS Newcastle played out an absolute thriller, Dame Allan’s taking a 36-32 victory. Along the road Gosforth Academy and Barnard Castle were have a great contest too, Gosforth winning that one 19-7. Over to the West there was another absolute cracker as Merchant Taylors’ secured a thrilling 26-22 victory over St Anselm’s College.

Wednesday Results

Bishop Vesey’s GS 14-33 Old Swinford Hospital

Christ College 33-33 Crawshay’s Welsh XV

Dame Allan’s U17 36-32 RGS Newcastle U17

Glantaf 17-38 St Peter’s, Gloucester

Gosforth Academy U17 19-7 Barnard Castle U17

Merchant Taylors’ U17 26-22 St Anselm’s College U17

Solihull 7-34 Hereford 6^th form College

Friday

Friday saw some great games of rugby, the closest of which was at Bournville RFC, where Solihull took on KES Camp Hill and secured a 22-19 victory. Further east Samuel Whitbread Academy put in an excellent display to secure a fantastic 39-17 victory over a strong St Joseph’s College side.

Meanwhile at Lymm RFC Sedbergh U17 took on a combined Bablake and King Henry VIII side. It was a fairly tight game at the break, but in the second half Sedbergh pulled away for an outstanding 52-21 victory.

Friday Results

Samuel Whitbread Academy 39-17 St Joseph’s College

Sedbergh U17 52-21 Bablake & King Henry VIII U18 – at Lymm RFC

Solihull 22-19 KES Camp Hill – at Bournville RFC

Saturday

Saturday’s fixture list was utterly decimated by the weather, but a couple of games did go ahead, one of which was a sensational performance from Sir Thomas Rich’s 2^nd XV at home to RGS Worcester, securing a stunning 49-19 victory.

Over in Warwick the 4G pitch came in handy as they hosted RGS High Wycombe, but it was the visitors that took advantage of having the game, showing the form of last term to secure a 21-12 victory.

Saturday Results

Sir Thomas Rich’s 2^nd XV 49-19 RGS Worcester

Warwick 12-21 RGS High Wycombe