Sutton Coldfield win Greater Birmingham Sevens tournament
May 26 2010 Rugby Union
Warwickshire County Cup Champions Sutton Coldfield won the Aaron Boyce Memorial Greater Birmingham Sevens tournament, beating Bournville 28-14 in the final at Moseley's Billesley Common ground.
The Sutton side performed well in the early rounds seeing of the Boyce Barbarians 14-0 and OTT 27-12 to progress to the quarter-finals, where they came up against last year’s plate winners Jokers from Bromsgrove who were dispatched 35-5.
The semi-final, against reigning champions Akkies, saw Sutton avenge last year’s final defeat with a 28-7 victory.
Sutton took charge of the final from the off with, and within two minutes, they made the first score with a superb break by captain James Butler, when he left the Bournville defence trailing in his wake. Bournville fought back and at half time Sutton led 14-7.
Dave Edwards woke the second half up with a bang as he blasted down the right wing with his blistering pace, to score his first of two tries of the game, and extend Sutton's lead.
A Bournville try pulled the score back to 21–14 but, within moments of the restart, Edwards charged three-quarters of the pitch to put the game beyond doubt.
Moseley number 8 James Rodwell made the presentations after the match.
