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Sherborne have upset the form book in the Daily Mail Schools Trophy by toppling champions Wellington.
The Dorset team posted a first win in five years against the Berkshire school by winning a tight game 34-29.
Victory left Dave Muckalt, the Sherborne coach, enthused by an excellent win and the standard of the contest.
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He said: 'It was a game which will be remembered for many years to come. If you had been a neutral watching you would have left very impressed.'Sherborne fly-half George Wallington gained the man-of-the-match award for the way he guided his team around the park and contributing 14 points.
Wellington had their chances, including having a conversion of their opening try charged down.
Sherborne's pack won the day to engineer tries for Archie Bourne, James Fenwick, Carl Fletcher and captain Fergus Hamilton.
Unbeaten Sherborne are now among an unbeaten pack in this season's Trophy, organised on a merit-table basis by schoolsrugby.co.uk.
Wellington need to quickly find last season's form which propelled them to the title when they only lost once and drew once.
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This was Wellington's second defeat of the season leaving them behind early leaders Sedbergh who have put together an unbeaten run of six games.
Bedford, who downed Dulwich 29-3, are second ahead of Bromsgrove, who beat Millfield 42-7, and Hampton, 20-9 winners against St Benedict's.
Sedbergh's latest win for the Cumbrians was a 38-14 success over Durham in another high-quality match which saw the teams locked 7-7 at half-time.
Durham led for a period through a try by centre Garry Izomor but Sedbergh took control after the interval helped by two tries each from wings Jonny Keh and Will Lewin.
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Clifton's good campaign continued in English rugby's oldest schools clash against Marlborough now in its 151st year.
A late surge of five tries clinched a 35-7 win for a team featuring Carwyn Penny at fly half and No 8 Josh Reid.
RGS Newcastle also found form against Ampleforth, producing their best rugby of the season in a 29-5 win.
A young team, who watched Scotland's World Cup team train last week in preparation for the match against Samoa, scored four tries, Timmy Welsh grabbing two.
This weekend (Oct 17) is the final round of games before the half-term break. Sedbergh host Barnard Castle while third-placed Bromsgrove head for Stowe and Wellington host Eton.
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