Llanishen just miss out on Twickers trip
LLANISHEN RFC helped celebrate more than 10 seasons of the Land Rover Premiership Rugby Cup by taking part in an event hosted by Wasps.
The Land Rover Premiership Rugby Cup, a nationwide series of events, has seen more than 82,000 children take part to date and continues to grow, providing developmental experience for young players to excel in a professionally-run environment.
This weekend it was Wasps’ turn to host their event this season with Old Leamingtonians RFC the venue with 32 teams strutting their stuff across an under-12 and under-11 festival.
And in the under-12 competition Llanishen RFC demonstrated plenty of effort and skill but fell just short of earning a trip to the Gallagher Premiership Rugby final on June 1.
But despite seeing that honour go to Kenilworth RFC, Harry Lovett, from Llanishen RFC, was still proud of his side’s performances.
The Cardiff High School student said: “We found it a great tournament and we won our first game 6-0.
“It has been a great start to our season, we’ve only lost one game.
“It would be good to go to Twickenham, but we’d love to play at the Millennium Stadium because we’re Welsh!
“We wanted to come here and play all the English teams and beat them.”
Participating players at the festival also had the opportunity to meet Wasps and England player Matt Mullan who took time out of his schedule to watch the young teams as well as offer some coaching tips between games.
He said: “It’s fantastic to turn up and see so many children across two different age groups turning up. You can hear the noise and the buzz around the place. “I think it’s great to encourage children to get out there and stay active.”
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