Cambridge Colts
# Cambridge Colts

The Cambridge Colts represent Cambridge Rugby Union Football Club (CRUFC) at U'19 level Rugby Union. They have been reinstated for the 2006/07 season, with the hope that the stars of the future will progress to the National League Squad.

The team compete in the English Colts Club Knockout Cup, the U'19 Eastern Counties Cup and they also play a range of friendlies during the season.

In the 2006/2007 Season the Colts were overall very successful, equalling the furthest progression in the National Cup by any Cambridge Colts team. The team reached the 4th Round but were knocked out by Amersham & Chiltern 15–14. They reached the final of the U'19 Eastern Counties Cup, only to lose to North Walsham in the final at West Renault Park. Other highlights included betting a University U'21 team at Grange Road 35–33 and continuing the age group's unbeaten run against local rivals Shelford throughout Youth Rugby.

In the 2007/2008 season, the team took a few games to get to know each other but after that started to put some good performances together. They reached the Second Round of the National Cup where they were knocked out by Bury St Edmunds 13–10 in a match they should have won. They have a progressed rapidly as the season has continued and are progressing well in the National Plate. The team are now in the Fifth Round (the last 16) where they have been drawn at home to Weston-Super-Mare from Somerset. The Eastern Counties group has become much tricker now that the team has lost to Bury St Edmunds in the first pool game but they are confident they can turn the situation around.

## 2007/08 Fixtures

| Month | Date | Opposition | Competition | Venue | F | A |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| September | 2 | | Training | | | |
| | 9 | Ipswich | Friendly | H | 14 | 0 |
| | 16 | Upminster | National Cup R1 | H | 12 | 8 |
| | 23 | Bury St Edmunds | Friendly | A | 7 | 32 |
| | 30 | | Free Weekend | | | |
| October | 7 | Norwich | Friendly | A | 42 | 3 |
| | 14 | Bury St Edmunds | National Cup R2 | A | 10 | 13 |
| | 21 | Fullerians | Friendly | H | 29 | 17 |
| | 28 | | Free Weekend | | | |
| November | 4 | Letchworth | Friendly | H | 20 | 10 |
| | 11 | Woodford | Friendly | H | 45 | 7 |
| | 18 | Diss | Friendly | A | 0 | 36 |
| | 25 | | Free Weekend | | | |
| December | 2 | | | | | |
| | 9 | Fullerians | Friendly | A | 24 | 0 |
| | 16 | Hertford | National Plate 3B | H | 22 | 5 |
| | 23 | Christmas Break | Christmas Break | | | |
| | 30 | Christmas Break | Christmas Break | | | |
| January | 6 | Bury St Edmunds | EC Cup Pool B | H | 7 | 32 |
| | 13 | Upminster | National Plate 3C | A | 12 | 10 |
| | 20 | | Free Weekend | | | |
| | 27 | Rochford Hundred | Friendly | A | 10 | 5 |
| February | 3 | | Free Weekend | | | |
| | 10 | | Free Weekend | | | |
| | 17 | | Free Weekend | | | |
| | 24 | Weston-Super-Mare | National Plate R5 | H | 7 | 10 |
| March | 2 | | Free Weekend | | | |
| | 9 | North Walsham | EC Cup Pool B | H | 20 | 18 |
| | 16 | | Free Weekend | | | |
| | 23 | | Free Weekend | | | |
| | 30 | Shelford | Friendly | A | 36 | 7 |

## National Cup 2007/08

The Team have unluckily been knocked out of the National Cup 2nd Round by Bury St Edmunds in a game that they really should have won. Due to some wrong decisions at the wrong times Bury managed to squeeze a tight victory. The team managed to them reached the 5th Round of the Plate competition but were undone at home to a Weston-Super-Mare side who were runners-up in 2006/07, 7–10.

Cup

Round 1: Sunday 16 September 2007 - Upminster (H) - W 12–8

Round 2: Sunday 14 October 2007 - Bury St Edmunds (A) - L 13–10

Plate

Qualifying Round 3A: Sunday 2 December 2007 - Tring (H) - W/O

Qualifying Round 3B: Sunday 16 December 2007 - Hertford (H) - W 22-5

Qualifying Round 3C: Sunday 13 January 2007 - Upminster (A) - W 12–10

Round 4: Sunday 20 January 2008 - Haywards Heath (H) - W/O

Round 5: Sunday 24 February 2008 - Weston-Super-Mare (H) - L 7–10

## U'19 Eastern Counties Cup 2008

The team failed to qualify from the pool, largely in part to the heavy loss to Bury St Edmunds with a weakened side. Hopes of making up some of the points difference against Norwich were dashed when they withdrew. North Walsham did the same but were forced to play the fixture after an appeal of unsporting behaviour. The fixture was reversed to West Renault Park, Cambridge where Cambridge ran out 20–18 winners, which was not enough to make up the points difference. Rethinking of the walkover score will be considered for next season after it was changed from 35–0 to 15–0.

Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| North Walsham | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 4 |
| Bury St Edmunds | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 34 | +21 | 4 |
| Cambridge | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 50 | -8 | 4 |
| Norwich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 40 | -35 | 0 |

* Sunday 6 January - Bury St Edmunds (H) - L 7–32
* Sunday 17 February - Norwich (H) - W/O (15–0)
* Sunday 9 March - North Walsham (H) - W 20–18
