FOR the fourth year in succession the Stonyhurst College First XV has laid claim to the undisputed title of champions of the North with impressive wins against all the leading rugby-playing schools in the region - Sedbergh, Lancaster, Hymers, Arnold and Ampleforth.

An otherwise undefeated run was spoilt early in the season by a very below par performance against Merchant Taylors. Next term, there will be a concentration on seven-a-side rugby at which the College were national champions last year, winning a total of four tournaments including the prestigious Rosslyn Park competition, which is the largest for schools anywhere in the world.

Three members of the team represented Lancashire Under-18s at the end of the term against Yorkshire - Ashley Soudah, Andrew Fuller and school captain Daniel Mackenzie.

Results - 1999-2000 season: (v St Bedes) won 41-0 (A), (v St Anselms) won 74-3 (A), (v Merchant Taylors) lost 12-20 (H), (v Mount St Mary's) won 14-3 (H), (v Arnold) won 31-7 (H), (v Leeds GS) won 27-3 (A), (v Ampleforth) won 17-5 (A), (v Sedbergh) won 22-19 (H), (v Hymers) won 29-14 (A), (v Lancaster RGS) won 17-10 (H), (v Giggleswick) won 44-3 (H).

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