Dursley players look to cause Twickenham upset

8:00am Thursday 8th May 2008

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FIVE Dursley players will be part of the Gloucestershire young guns looking to break Yorkshire dominance in the National Under-20s Championship this weekend.

Ollie Winterbottom, Jack Robson, Ben Morgan, Stef Hawley and Rob Winchle are part of the county side looking to break the stranglehold of Yorkshire when the two clash in Saturday's final at Twickenham (11am).

The South West side are up against the reigning champions and also winners of the National Under 20s championship a massive six times. They have in fact contested eight finals.

Gloucestershire though are confident they can upset the reigning champions and cause an upset on Saturday.

Gloucestershire Under 20s Head Coach Paul Morris, who is in his seventh season with the county side, said: "I'm very pleased and very proud that we are through to the final but at the moment getting there is not enough.

"We want to win and Yorkshire would be very wrong to dismiss the challenge we will pose."

"The team have gelled together so well it's like coaching a club side.

"All of our players know each other inside out, some of them have even been playing together as under 8s for the likes of Dursley and Matson and that is a massive help.

"It's going to be a great occasion playing at Twickenham and I really want the boys to have the time of their lives on Saturday."

Yorkshire go into the final on the back of a nine-try, 57-10 win over North Midlands and a first-half of irresistible rugby in which they scored seven tries and led 45-5 at the break.

Despite that impressive performance, the White Rose management are very aware of the challenge that awaits them on Saturday.

"I think Gloucestershire will be the strongest team we've played," said Yorkshire Chairman Paul Jackson.