Results from a few games are still to come in, but there was one clear winner this weekend - the weather.
Hertfordshire game v Kent, which should have been played at Thetford, was moved to Saracens (Eastern Counties did not travel) - but other counties were not so lucky. Other U15 and U18 games in Devon (v Dorset), Hampshire (v Surrey), Lancashire (v Cumbria), North Midlands (v NLD) and Northumberland (v Cheshire) were all cancelled - which is going to make selections for the Divisional trials a bit of a challenge as they will have to be based on a single match last month.
At U15 level, Sussex - another of the counties that have benefited from unsanctioned fixtures - used that extra experience to win a three-way fixture, blowing away Middlesex 43-0 before slipping past Berkshire 24-20. Berkshire recovered to beat Middlesex 17-5.
In the only other result so far published Leicestershire recovered from their mauling by Hertfordshire last month to beat Essex 49-5.
At U18 level Berkshire seem to have come out on top in the same triangular with a 19-10 win over Sussex, who in turn beat Middlesex 27-0. However the result of the day was Hertfordshire 60-0 trashing of Kent.
A couple of results are still awaited, but the main conclusion from this weekend is again how amazingly good our county's girls are. If the London & SE Divisional squads are not packed with Herts girls in the New Year then something will be very wrong!
Well deserved victory for a well drilled and capable Herts team. To once again defend the "honour" of the Kent girls, we have had no Rugby for three weeks and had not properly trained as a county for 5 weeks. Due to last minute change of plans we also lost 7 key players for this game. Again - this does not diminish the quality of an excellent Herts performance but just to give it some perspective....
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