Sport
SPORT
Rugby
First XV An excellent season from the first XV saw the school unbeaten in regular fixtures and achieve fourth place in the country in the Daily Mail Trophy league. The season started positively with a good win against the OPs followed by a determined performance to overcome a very strong Woodhouse Grove team. We moved on to convincing wins over Durham, Ampleforth and Hymers. Our front row of Charlie Corner, Adam Brown, Paddy Hayes and Angus Wilson were starting to dominate setpiece and provide dynamic carries in open play. We then moved into two of our toughest fixtures, against QEGS and Pocklington. Pocklington had always been very strong at this age-group and we had over the years taken
some defeats. A tight game against Pocklington saw us victorious. Ted Patmore and Sam Elliot at half-backs were controlling play nicely and a back line of James Hanly, Will Fordy, Charlie Rae, Angus Barrick, Max Courtis and Oli Fryer were solid in defence and asking questions in attack. Probably the best performance of the season was against QEGS away: we dominated territory and possession to come out on top, with some outstanding individual performances, our second rows George Davis and James Black providing a continuous supply of lineout ball. We were going well in the cup and confidence was high when drawing QEGS in the next round. Unfortunately after half-term we had lost some continuity and fitness
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