Chigwell school through to rugby finals (From East London and West Essex Guardian Series)

West Hatch High School through to Essex finals

7:50pm Tuesday 7th February 2012 in Sport

West Hatch High School's Year Eight rugby team have qualified for the Essex finals after winning the District Emerging Schools Rugby Competition.

The Chigwell school were unbeaten throughout the competition which was held at Upper Clayton Rugby Football Club as they won five games and drew the other.

The boys featured Tari Branson, Zack Cannon (captain), Ben Lipson, Alfie Udall, Taylor Wilkins, Delford Perkins, Jed West, James Wallace, Billy Harris, Sean Moore, Antoine Milla, Joe Heller, Filip Goralczyk, Cyrus Bryan and Kamron Grant.

West Hatch scored 15 tries in six matches and have now qualified for next month's finals.

Luke Taylor, Under-13 head coach, said: "All the team were ecstatic with the victory. The boys did fantastically well and did not concede a single point throughout the competition, showing real fight after their disappointment in the District Cup. They are a credit to the school and we are now all looking forward to continuing the success in the county finals."