Herts Stags will play Kent U20s for a "Jason Leonard and London & SE Trophy" on Sunday, March 30th as part of a day of age-group rugby, to which Jason Leonard, RFU Council National Member and former England prop, has leant his name.
The highlight of the day is the Hampshire and Middlesex play off at the Army Stadium in Aldershot for the right to represent London & South East in the semi-finals of the National Under 20 Championship.
The two counties won their respective round-robin pools between January 27 and March 2. The winners of their play-off final will be rewarded with an away tie against the qualifiers from the South West on the weekend of April 19/20.
The second-, third- and fourth-placed teams from the group stage were each due to play off for a trophy named after Leonard, although Surrey have withdrawn from the competition and will not be facing Sussex as intended.
That leaves matches on Sunday between the Army and Essex (Stadium pitch, 12pm) and Hertfordshire and Kent (Queens Road Pitch, 1.15pm), each for the ‘Jason Leonard and London & SE Trophy’.
The Stags team for Sunday is:
Henry Robinson (Letchworth); Kyle Lemon (Stevenage Town), Carling Colfer (Old Albanian), Joe Weston (Saracens Amateurs), Kris Cottendon (Letchworth); Zak Vinnicombe (Fullerians), Elliot Birkbeck (Old Northamptonians); Sam England (Old Albanian), Tom Haller (Old Albanian) (capt), Ollie Day (Bishop's Stortford), Pieter Frisch (Hitchin), Jamie Molloy (Fullerians), Miles Dempsey (Fullerians), Tom Mellor (Bedford), Tom Jankowski (Welwyn)
Replacements: Joe Frewin (Fullerians), Barry Mellor (Letchworth), Sean Mcginnty (Hitchin), Sean Hughes (Saracens Amateurs), Brad Martin (Saracens Amateurs), Tom Sadler (Saracens Amateurs)
