20-Mar-18 Morris hat-trick ends Kenilworth School’s hopes of Twickenham glory.
Kenilworth School Under-15s’ dreams of Twickenham success were ended by a second-half Will Morris hat-trick as Beechen Cliff School came from behind to win their Schools Vase final 36-14
Ten minutes into the match fly-half Ollie de Glanville, son of former England centre Phil, was on hand to receive a slick offload inside the Kenilworth 22, slipping through the defence to score the game’s opening try.
Kenilworth responded almost immediately, working their way into the Beechen Cliff 22 before being driven into touch five metres out.
With 16 minutes on the clock, their efforts were rewarded following some excellent work from the forwards, with captain Josh Marsden going over to open his side’s account. Fly-half Will Woolvine’s successful conversion levelled the scores. After the restart, Kenilworth were back on the attack, almost scoring again before a well-timed interception from Charlie Delargy allowed the winger to race down the right wing to score and nudge Beechen Cliff into a 12-7 lead. That score saw the momentum swing Beechen Cliff’s way but Kenilworth’s strong defence prevented any further first-half scores. Kenilworth started the second half brightly with Finn Yallop showing great strength to score just two minutes in.
The conversion from Woolvine edged Kenilworth into a two-point lead but the advantage was short-lived. Beechen Cliff were back in front when the ball was shipped out wide to centre Morris who crossed in the corner for his first of the match. Therrien converted to restore his side’s five-point advantage and Morris was back on the scoresheet in the 48th minute, taking advantage of loose ball in the Kenilworth in-goal area to touch down. Morris then secured a memorable hat-trick after Daniel Boyle was superbly brought down by Kenilworth just inches short of the line.
A sixth try through replacement Yuji Westmacott and converted by Therrien added further gloss to Beechen Cliff’s victory.
Well done all, fantastic effort getting to Twickenham.
12-Mar-18 Kenilworth school will now face Beechen Cliff in the Vase final in the Cup on 14th March at Twickenham!
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Allianz Park hosts U15 Schools Cup semi-finals and for Kenilworth – here is how the action unfolded;
Allianz Park hosted the U15 Schools Cup semi-finals as eight teams battled it out to secure the four available spots in the Cup and Vase finals at Twickenham.
Kenilworth school will now face Beechen Cliff in the Vase final while Manchester Grammar School will meet Whitgift in the Cup on 14th March at Twickenham
Kenilworth win 8 try thriller – Kenilworth school from Warwickshire were the first side to book their place in the U15 Vase final at Twickenham after a thrilling 32-17 win over QEGS Penrith.
The winning side raced out to an early lead, scoring three tries in the opening 12 minutes in what looked likely to be a comfortable victory.
However with all three tries unconverted, QEGS still fancied their chances and fought back with tries from Archie Rattray and James Ellis. Both were converted by fly half and captain Louis Johnson to make it 14-15.
QEGS then had all the momentum and went in half time 17-15 ahead when Johnson slotted a penalty following an infringement at the ruck from Kenilworth.
Kenilworth composed themselves at half time and kept QEGS scoreless in the second half while scoring 17 points themselves.
After 40 minutes prop Dylan Hunter capitalised on loose ball to dive over the line to put his side back in the lead before number 8 Josh Marston extended their lead after 47 minutes, using his impressive strength to drive over the line.
Will Woolvine converted to make it 27-17 and the Warwickshire school made sure of their place at Twickenham minutes later when Yallop, Man of the Match, went over for his second try to make it 32-17 at the final whistle.
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