Rugby Update

RUGBY UPDATES

The 1XV have enjoyed a fair margin of success in the first stint of the long rugby season ahead, with one loss in the four games having been played.

The loss came against a physical Sutton Valence side who clearly had greater endurance in comparison to our side which showed as the first half ended with a very competitive 7-7 draw and the match ended 31-7 to Sutton Valence.

However, the boys had enjoyed great success in the early rounds of The National NatWest Vase Competition. The first round was played against an unorganised Worthing College side to say the least on which Eastbourne capitalised, enabled by a hattrick of tries from Wilf Batham-Read. The match ended early due to an emphatic 53-0 whitewash by our team which is the best possible start to hopefully another lengthy cup run.

The 1XV’ s confidence was running high before this game after a contestable game of rugby was played against a fairly well-drilled Cardinal Newman team in the preceding week. The game ended with Eastbourne coming out as 19-10 victors.

Lastly, in the few games played so far the boys played in the 2nd round of the cup versus Churcher ’ s College. A huge congratulations goes to Oliver Wigman and Wilf Batham-Read for being appointed as co-captains for the 2022-23 season.

By Aditya Kumar