Whitgift at the double
Whitgift are celebrating having both their Ist XV and Under 15s in the last 64 of both Daily Mail Cups but they know there is still a long way to gobefore emulating RGS High Wycombe, the only school to provide both teamsfor the Twickenham finals.
Whitgift Firsts, built around the team which won the Under 15 Cup in 1999,are enjoying an outstanding season.
A pre-season tour to Canada sharpenedthem up from the start and they have won all eight games after scoring 387points and conceding only 13.
They brought Sir Joseph Williamson's run toan end at Rochester by scoring 52 without reply with only eight minutes ofthe second half played.
Scrum half Tom Maynard, hooker Dave Clark and wing Tom Cochrane scored two tries each while England U16 flanker RichardLee and the other wing Ben Lee also touched down.
Fly half Nathan Lambkicked six conversions.
Whitgift are at home in the fourth round on November7 to St George's, Harpenden who have easily disposed of Thomas Alleyne andVerulam.
The Whitgift Under 15s came through comfortably at Croydon rivals Trinity48-14, despite losing influential scrum half Billy Lamb with an injury.
Laurie Evans made an able deputy and they ran in seven tries spread aroundthe team - winger Nick Canty (2), Adam Keeney Miles Dempster, MilesFielder, Rory Child, Guy House and Richard Biggs, man of the match atflanker.
Gordon's from Woking will be their next opponents at home on November 8.
They closed the curtain on the Royal Alexandra & Alberts School's debut inthe cup by winning 33-0 with Ross Anson collecting 18 points from a try,drop goal, two penalties and two conversions.
Ben Lee, Luke Middleton andAlistair Ren were the other try scorers.
