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    NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

    May 31, 2022 8 minutes

    ENGLAND

    RFU CHAMPIONSHIP

    EALING TRAILFINDERS

    Captain Rayn Smid

    Coaches Ben Ward (DoR), Kieran Campbell (assistant), Andy Holloway (skills), Glen Townson (forwards-defence), Steven Neville (scrum)

    There were a few bumps along the way but Ealing secured their first Championship title with a 60-10 win over Richmond in their final league game of the season. They pipped Doncaster Knights, who beat Ealing home and away, to top spot by three points. Ward said: “I’m incredibly proud of this group. It’s not all been plain sailing; this league has been really tough.”

    Across the 20 matches, they scored 890 points and finished the season with a points difference more than double that of Knights’. Craig Willis was Ealing’s top point-scorer (143) and Simon Uzokwe crossed for the most tries (16).

    Despite topping the table, Ealing will not be playing in the Premiership next season. Their promotion bid fell at a technical hurdle in that they didn’t meet the minimum standards criteria. They withdrew their appeal with a view to building towards going up next year.

    NATIONAL ONE

    CALDY

    Captain JJ Dickinson

    Coaches Gareth Davies (DoR), Matt Cairns (head), Rich Vasey (backs), Andrew Soutar, Christian Jones

    Davies attributed Caldy’s success to the five Cs – culture, community, cohesion, commitment and coaching – after winning

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