Specialist sevens side ULR Samurai claimed their first-ever Middlesex Sevens title at Twickenham this weekend, beating London Irish in a repeat of last year’s final.
The Exiles squad that won the event last year boasted three Armitage brothers as well as England scrum-half Paul Hodgson, but Mike Friday’s squad also contained some famous names from the world sevens circuit, and they prevailed 15-12.
Here are the full results from the 2010 Middlesex Sevens:
Round 1
London Irish 31 Leicester Tigers 7
HFW Wailers 14 Exeter Chiefs 19
London Wasps 21 Newcastle Falcons 7
Saracens 5 England’s Help for Heroes 10
The British Army 19 Gilbert Pups 5
Kenya 7s 19 Leeds Carnegie 12
Wales Amser Justin Time 19 Harlequins 34
White Hart Marauders 5 ULR Samurai International 38
Plate Quarter-finals
Leicester Tigers 7 HFW Wailers 43
Newcastle Falcons 17 Saracens 0
Gilbert Pups 33 Leeds Carnegie 5
White Hart Marauders 7 Wales 24
Cup Quarter-finals
London Irish 26 Exeter Chiefs 7
London Wasps 12 England’s Help for Heroes 10
British Army 28 Kenya 7s 5
Harlequins 12 ULR Samurai International 19
Plate Semi-finals
HFW Wailers 19 Newcastle Falcons 24
Gilbert Pubs 14 Wales Amser Justin Time 31
Cup Semi-finals
London Irish 22 London Wasps 0
Samurai International 29 British Army 0
Plate Final
Newcastle Falcons 14 Wales Amser Justin Time 10
Cup Final
ULR Samurai 15 London Irish 12
For full interviews, click on the players below:
Joe Lydon ULR Samurai Coach
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Newcastle’s Charlie Amesbury
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Danny Care on his yellow card
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Gutted to have missed this – was the quality as high as the squad lineups suggested? I guess it wasn’t the same players in the Samurai team that have been competing in the national series, was it?