Cambridgeshire Dethroned, but sign off with a win

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🏆 Eastern Counties Tri-Counties 

📆 26th March 2025

Ely Tigers Rugby Club

The Eastern Counties Tri-Counties Cup for the 2024/25 season concluded with Norfolk being crowned champions, preventing Cambridgeshire from securing their fourth consecutive title as Cambridgeshire faced Suffolk at Ely Tigers Rugby Club.

Cambridgeshire selected players from Shelford, St Ives, Hertford, Cantabs, Ely Tigers, Saffron Walden, Sudbury, Oundle, Peterborough, and Huntingdon to form their 24-man squad, led by Head Coach Glen Remnant. and his coaching team, 

Cambridgeshire took an early lead with a converted try from Shelford’s Bradley Robinson, with Sudbury’s Finley Laing converting, after a stop-start beginning to the game. At 25 minutes, they doubled their advantage when Ely’s Luke Turner kept the ball in play, allowing Saffron Walden’s Kevin Lock to score Cambridgeshire’s second try. The conversion was not successful. Neither side was able to dominate the game, and as halftime approached, Suffolk scored a try but did not convert it. The score was 12-5 before the half ended, with Cambridgeshire needing to replace Turner due to a head injury.

In the second half, Camb scored their third try, with Ely's John Surbey making it 17-5. Soon after, Finley Laing added a fourth try and converted it moving the score to 24-5.

Replacement player Fraser Jones from Oundle’s scored Cambs' next try, with Finley Laing adding the conversion. A series of quick passes by Cambridgeshire resulted in another try under the posts, scorer to be confirmed, with Finley Laing making the conversion. Suffolk intercepted a pass deep in the Cambridgeshire half and scored under the posts, with the conversion added. Cambridgeshire then had a player sent off with a yellow card, reducing them to 14 men for the remainder of the game. The match ended with the final score at 38-10.