Test for Whitgift

Whitgit, one of the favourites for Twickenham, were made to work hard fortheir 40-20 fourth round home win by St George's from Harpenden.

StGeorge's were physically strong up front and had a quick right wing inJonathan Cox who scored two tries.

Whitgift found themselves 20-19 down athalf time but with the slope and wind in their favour after the break andsome excellent prompting from fly half Nathan Lamb they produced muchsharper rugby and headed for what eventually was a comfortable victory.

Openside Simon Harper, one of five try scorers, was outstanding togetherwith No 8 Richard Thorpe.

Tom Maynard, Tom Cochran, Lewis Brown and AdamClark scored the other tries while Lamb kicked three penalties and threeconversions.