Seniors
After two games, only seven of the 26 counties remain unbeaten with North Midlands and Somerset the stand-out teams. North Mids followed a 53-0 win over Warwickshire in round one with a 48-7 win at Leicestershire last weekend, while Somerset beat Berkshire 50-3 this weekend having beaten Dorset & Wilts 36-0 in round one. However, the biggest win was Middlesex's 83-0 demolition of Sussex, despite having lost to Eastern Counties in their opening game. Overall the major plus is that every county has now managed to get a team on the field.
Hertfordshire recovered from their narrow first round defeat to Kent with an impressive 22-15 win over Surrey.
Results:
- Lancashire 45-0 Cumbria
- Durham 0-27 Northumberland
- Yorkshire 20-18 Cheshire
- Warwickshire 44-20 East Mids
- Leciestershire 7-48 North Mids
- NLD 17-36 Staffordshire
- Essex 25-3 Eastern Counties
- Middlesex 83-0 Sussex
- Hertfordshire 22-15 Surrey
- Hampshire 19-38 Kent
- Cornwall beat Dorset & Wilts (walk-over)
- Gloucestershire 25-17 Devon
- Somerset 50-3 Berkshire
U18s
Only five U18 counties are unbeaten - Dorset & Wilts, Berkshire, Surrey, NLD and Northumberland. The first three teams seem very strong - Dorset brushed aside Cornwall 64-5 having beaten Somerset 53-0 in round one; Berkshire have yet to concede a point in their three games to date; and Surrey sent Hertfodshire U18s to possibly its biggest ever defeat (certainly at home), winning by 40-5 - but not that much of a surprise given Surrey's 43-0 win against Hampshire in round one. Cheshire and Eastern Counties have yet to get onto the field. A more detailed form guide can be found here.
Results:
- Cumbria / Durham 10-22 Northumberland
- Yorkshire 22-19 Lancashire
- NLD 22-12 North Mids
- Leicestershire 0-38 Staffs / Warwick
- East Mids 0-36 Staffs / Warwick
- Middlesex 7 -22 Sussex
- Middlesex 12-47 Essex
- Sussex 12-7 Essex
- Hertfordshire 5- 40 Surrey
- Hampshire 10-17 Kent
- Cornwall 5-64 Dorset & Wilts
- Gloucester 14-0 Devon
- Gloucester 19-14 Oxford / Bucks
- Devon 29-7 Oxford / Bucks
- Somerset 0-27 Berkshire
U15s
Things are rather more polarised in the U15s with eight out of 23 counties with 100% records. - but Sussex stand out with four wins from four games, scoring 186 points and conceding none. Lancashire, Devon and Berkshire have also scored over 100 points. Hertfordshire came back from defeat in round one with and impressive 45-15 win over Surrey last weekend. Cheshire, Eastern Counties and Staffs/Warwicks have not managed to field any U15 teams so far. A more detailed form guide can be found here.
- Cumbria / Durham 21-50 Northumberland
- Yorkshire 7-51 Lancashire
- NLD lost to North Mids (walk-over)
- Leciestershire 12-15 East Mids
- Middlesex 0-43 Sussex
- Middlesex 5-12 Essex
- Sussex 67-0 Essex
- Hertfordshire 45-15 Surrey
- Hampshire 0-19 Kent
- Cornwall 17-17 Dorset & Wilts
- Gloucester 0-38 Devon
- Gloucester 12-24 Oxford / Bucks
- Devon 26-5 Oxford / Bucks
- Somerset 0-87 Berkshire
That Middlesex win could well have been by a larger margin, but the ref announced he was going to stop the game when Middlesex hit 80, so the total playing time was 68mins including stoppages...!
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