Junior Academy (U18) Fixtures. Captain-Steven Payne.
21/10/09 KEIGHLEY 10s (A)
11/11/09 EAST RIDING COLLEGE (A) L 10-46
18/11/09 WYKE COLLEGE (H) W 19-5
25/11/09 SCARBOROUGH 6TH FORM COLLEGE (A) D 5-5
10/2/10 WYKE COLLEGE (H) W 5-0
24/2/10 ASKHAM BRYAN (A) POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER
22/3/10 SCARBOROUGH 6TH FORM COLLEGE (H) W 28-9
Rugby Union: Twickenham glory for College students
Posted by Bishop Burton College Sports Department 11th May 2010
Bishop Burton College rugby scholars Laurence Pearce and Ben Dorrington were part of the Yorkshire Under 20s squad that successfully defeated their Gloucestershire counterparts by 15-13 at a rainswept Twickenham on Saturday.
Yorkshire's coach Anthony Posa commented: "It was a good, tense, game full of several surprises, but we toughed it out and we're delighted to come away with the title. Gloucestershire have a great tradition but so have we in this tournament and we lived up to that. It was a great defensive effort by the lads and the forwards were superb and while we had a tense few moments before the end we held our nerve."
Twickenham final for College students
Posted by Bishop Burton College Sports Department 20th April 2010
Laurence Pearce in full flow vs. Dorset & Wiltshire Under 20s
Bishop Burton College Rugby Scholarship students, Ben Dorrington and Laurence Pearce, helped Yorkshire Under 20s to the final of the National Under 20 Championships at Bournemouth RFC on Sunday. The travelling side recorded an emphatic 64-0 victory over their hosts, Dorset & Wiltshire Under 20s. The final, to be played at Twickenham Stadium, will be played on Saturday 8th May against Gloucestershire Under 20s, who easily disposed of their Lancashire counterparts by 74-19.
Rugby Scholars remain on course for Twickenham
Posted by Bishop Burton College Sports Department 7th April 2010
Yorkshire Under 20s qualified for the National semi-finals in emphatic style when they scored ten tries to put East Midlands to the sword 61-19 at Pontefract. Yorkshire's game was over as a contest when the White Rose side delivered an irresistible first-half display in which they combined forward power, pace and skill in the backs and an impressive measure of team cohesion that their visitors could not contain.
Yorkshire led 32-7 with five tries in the first 27 minutes, the pick being a superlative sweeping move from deep in their own half in which the pack produced a surge of perfectly-timed close support play to create the momentum and flanker Oliver Rodgers supplied the telling pass that released the backs and left fly-half Sam Watkinson with an unchallenged path to the try-line.
Two tries by wingman Tom Hodson underlined his impressive finishing skills, while a brace from full-back Joel Gill and two more from Bishop Burton No 8 Laurence Pearce extended the carnage to half-time, at which point Yorkshire were leading 44-7, centre Tom Davidson landing three conversions and a penalty.
East Midlands' first-half score by wingman Josh Bassett followed a breakdown in a Yorkshire counter-attack and a kick-and-chase, fly-half Darryl Veenendal adding the conversion.
The score was no more than East Midlands deserved for their tenacity and character when Yorkshire were at the fluent best and it was a testament to the resolve of the visitors that in the second-half they sustained their refusal to concede the struggle and matched their opponents at 12 points each in the second period.
With the game in the bag, the home side were unable to maintain their sense of direction and composure and the game deteriorated into a scrappy affair in which Yorkshire's earlier coherence evaporated totally and East Midlands grew in stature as their efforts to disrupt their opponents were increasingly successful.
Tries by prop Lewis Thiede and replacements Ben Dorrington (Bishop Burton) and Gavin Stead, with one conversion from Davidson, completed Yorkshire's scoring, while scrum-half Craig Tandy and replacement Cameron Renton crossed for East Midlands, with Veenendal adding one conversion.
Yorkshire will now play Dorset & Wiltshire in the semi-final at Bournemouth RFC on Sunday 18th April.
Weakened Durham are no match for Yorkshire U20s
Posted by Bishop Burton College Sports Department 16th March 2010
College Captain Laurence Pearce in action for Yorkshire U20s vs. Durham
The final pool game in the National U20 County Championships was a thoroughly one-sided affair, with the visitors, Durham U 20s, only taking to the field with 13 men. Bishop Burton College Captain Laurence Pearce started the game from number 8, and he was joined by fellow rugby scholar Ben Dorrington midway through the first half. Durham competed gamely, but the result was never in doubt and Yorkshire ran out winners by 82-7. The result means that Yorkshire topped the Northern Region pool and will now move forward to the quarter-finals of the competition.
College rugby scholar Ben Dorrington waits to stifle a Durham attack
Dorrington stars as Yorkshire Under 20s power to victory Posted by Bishop Burton College Sports Department 8th March 2010
Ben Dorrington
College rugby scholar Ben Dorrington scored 2 tries as Yorkshire Under 20s overcame their Cumbrian counterparts by 93-3 in the National Under 20 County Championships at Wharfedale RFC. Ben, who played the full match at open-side flanker, is a first year student on the Sport, Coaching, Development & Fitness degree course. Fellow Bishop Burton students Laurence Pearce and Mark Blenkinsop, were unfortunately ruled out of the game through injury.
The Yorkshire Under 20s complete their league programme against Durham at Malton & Norton RFC on Sunday 14th March at 2.15pm. A victory will see them progress to the knockout stages of the competition.