Northampton fly the flag for state schools

NortHaMptoN school for Boys are the leading team from the state sector so far in this season’s soCs daily Mail schools trophy.

a flying start has brought four wins in september, culminating in a 37-5 win over st Joseph’s of Ipswich in this national competition sponsored by the school management system, soCs.

this latest win prompted head coach Mark lee to say his team had played some of the best rugby since the school reached the final of the national knockout competition in 2013, when they lost to dulwich.

st Joe’s scored first only for NsB to notch 37 unanswered points, including six tries — one each from Henry o’donnell, Ben rivans, adam sellars, dom shaw, dan Couldrake and sam donald.

lee said: ‘It was a good win because st Joe’s are always a big team and we played some very good rugby.’

the wins put NsB fourth in the trophy merit table, which is led by champions Wellington.