Lymm Youth Rugby

On Saturday May 29th, 2010, Nick Abendandon (Bath & England RU International) crowned Lymm RFC Under 10s National Champions.

With all national finals taking place at Twickenham RFU HQ, as a curtain raiser to Premiership Grand Final day, Lymm defeated Middlesex Champion team, Teddington in the semi final 2T.0 and then Yorkshire’s Champion team, Sandal 1T.0 in the final in a battle of the roses clash.

At this level of competition, you expect tight games against well organised and drilled teams. This was certainly the case but the boys managed to produce moments of quality in their play that made the difference to the score lines. 

In being crowned National Champions the boys had already defeated local rivals Macclesfield, Topsham (Devon Champions), Northampton Old Scouts (Northamptonshire Champs) and Upminster (Essex Champions) at the Nottingham Qualification Festival.

Twickenham Finals Day – Results

SF – Lymm v Teddington        2T.0     WON

F – Lymm v Sandal                 1T.0     WON

In winning, the National title, the boys have not conceded a single try in the competition - the only team in any age grade from U9-14 to do so. Commitment to defending is always important part of this team but to achieve this at a National level against the best teams in the country is a fantastic achievement and says everything about this team. Nick Abendandon mentioned our “strong defensive hits” and “attitude pre game”

The Twickenham experience brings an end to the 2009-10 season, where the boys maintained an unbeaten record. Highlights being winning the Cheshire Mini Cup, Lancashire Festival, Manchester Festival along with our successes in Yorkshire, East & West Midlands & Wales. All the superlatives that have been rained upon this team over the season barely does them justice. They are the true “non pareils” 

LYMM RFC UNDER 10 SQUAD - Rhys Lilly (Capt), Jack Porteous, James Sherlock, Joe Murphy, Max Ure, George Monaghan, Will Caldwell, George Hughes, Neil Llewellyn, Luke Diamond & Will Buckley