The triumphant Welwyn-Basford team after their success in Wimborne
Welwyn Warriors & Basford joined forces this season to contest the RFUW Junior National Cup, and the combined talents of the Girls from Essex and Herts won last Sunday's Southern final at Wimborne in Dorset to secure a place in the final at Litchfield on the 13eh April 08.
Welwyn-Basford emerged triumphant from a tough pool containing the hosts plus Solent Sirens and will now face Worcester in the national showpiece.
The regional second phase was a round-robin style competition and such was the quality of the sides involved that the biggest winning margin of the afternoon was just five points.
Wimborne were first up against Solent Sirens and although being behind for most of the match, a late score saw them edge out the Sirens 7-3.
Welwyn-Basford then took on the Sirens and a second-half try by Rachel French clinched a 5-0 win.
This was particularly harsh on the Sirens, who had dominated against Wimborne and made Welwyn-Basford struggle for the entire match.
The opening two results set up the final pool game between Wimborne and Welwyn-Basford as a winner-takes-all affair.
Two early penalties saw the Dorset girls lead 6-0 for most of the first half.
But a late Emily Scott try saw Welwyn-Basford go in 6-5 behind at half-time.
The second half saw Welwyn-Basford pushing for the winning score but Wimborne kept the door firmly shut until two minutes from time.
Natalie McClaron then crashed through for the vital score to make it 10-6 to the visitors.
Worcester won the other U18 pool ahead of Leodias and Burfield.
Thornbury will contest the U15 final against London Irish.
Well done and good luck to all four teams and heres looking forward to a great day of rugby at Litchfield.
