SHEBBEAR’S Under 15s travelled to West Buckland to defend the North Devon Sevens title they have held for the last two years.

This year’s squad were drawn in a pool of six teams, including Park School, Torrington School, South Molton, Ilfracombe and Kingsley School.

The boys were thrown into their first fixture almost straight off the bus and were understandably a little slow to get going against a physical South Molton side, however, the team held it together and managed to emerge with an important win.

The next fixture was against Kingsley School, where Shebbear played much better sevens rugby on the way to a convincing win.

After a long break the boys finished the pool stages with three back-to-back fixtures, the first of which saw them take on Park School, whom Shebbear had defeated in the previous year’s semi-final.

Shebbear produced a fantastic performance and blew away strong opposition by 37 points to nil.

The boys went on to complete their pool fixtures with wins over Torrington and Ilfracombe to hold a 100% record and top the table.

This meant that Shebbear would play Pilton College in the Under 15s semi-final.

Another convincing display saw the boys win comfortably to progress to the final where they would meet hosts West Buckland.

Shebbear controlled the final from start to finish, dominating possession and territory on the way to a comfortable 42-0 victory, which saw them retain the North Devon Sevens trophy for the third straight year.

Sports coach Nick Law said: “It was a fantastic day’s rugby, with the whole squad contributing over the course of the event. Over the seven fixtures in which the team competed they scored over 200 points, conceding just 12 on their way to winning the tournament, a quite remarkable performance.

“Huge congratulations to all the team who added the Sevens title to the 15-a-side trophy they lifted last term.”