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An eagerly awaited North-South showdown launches the second Daily Mail Schools Trophy when Whitgift host Sedbergh on Saturday.
The clash is a first trip for the Cumbrian rugby establishment - whose old boys include Will Carling and Will Greenwood - to Whitgift, the Croydon-based school who helped nurture Danny Cipriani and Marland Yarde.
Last season, Woodhouse Grove, the Bradford-based school, inched out Sedbergh to win the Trophy and were rewarded by a visit from Sir Clive Woodward.
‘We’ve travelled up twice to Cumbria and lost twice,’ said Whitgift’s head coach Chris Wilkins.
‘But the one time they were due to come to us there was an outbreak of mumps at Sedbergh and the fixture was called off.’
Sedbergh lost only once last season and so, understandably, Wilkins is keen to face them on home turf.
‘It’s a great game to start the season. We expect another good contest,’ Wilkins said.
Sedbergh and Whitgift are among the pack out to stop Woodhouse Grove, who went 12 games unbeaten last season.
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