Wellington are top of the Daily Mail Schools Trophy again thanks to Kirkham ending Sedbergh’s short reign. A quick start and some excellent defence helped the Lancastrians to beat their Cumbrian rivals for the first time in 14 years.
Kirkham won 22-12 to remain unbeaten in the Trophy, which is run on a merit table basis, and to bolster their own challenge which puts them in third place behind Wellington and Sedbergh.
Kirkham have won eight Trophy games thanks to an all-round team led against Sedbergh by halfbacks Conor Dever and Conor Wilkinson.
First-half opportunities were finished off by two tries from Juan du Randt to be followed by an excellent individual effort from fellow centre Owain Davies.
‘We’ve crept up the table a little bit unnoticed,’ commented Kirkham’s Aled Trenhaile whose team now head to Mount St Mary’s on Saturday.
Wellington took full advantage of Sedbergh’s defeat by sweeping aside Epsom College, 37-10, to regain the leadership.
Sam Aspland-Robinson, who had scored three against Sedbergh, added two more alongside a brace from fellow three-quarter Conor Dolan.
Woodhouse Grove, the inaugural winners in 2013, have gradually put a new team together this term and that promise was highlighted by the Bradford school becoming the first team to beat Grammar Schools at Leeds, 22-0.
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