ST Ambrose College junior rugby players are looking forward to their biggest game of the season when they travel to Sedbergh in the last 16 of the NatWest Bank National Under-15 Cup.
The team qualified after a hard-fought 17-5 win against Cheadle Hulme at home before Christmas.
Cheshire team-mates, centre John Bailey and flying winger Joshua Durkin, combined for the first try when Bailey released Durkin with a pin-point pass for the speed merchant to hurtle into the corner from the 22.
They extended their lead with a muscular charge from strong prop Kellan Conaway-Smith, before the win was sealed with a textbook side-step from twinkle-toed county fly-half Conor Quah.
Alongside Bailey, Durkin and Quah, mobile hooker Oliver Higson and no-nonsense second-row Patrick Brooks-Maher have also won county honours in a superb season.
Captain Bailey said: “Home advantage does count and our pitch is a big advantage as it allows us to develop a fast running game.
"But we won't be phased by our trip to Cumbria – we'll be ready for the challenge.”
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