Last night the Year 11 Boys rugby team played and won their first matches of the season against St Benet Biscops High School (Bedlington) and St Cuthberts High School (Newcastle).

Despite only having one training session leading up to the tournament and having big ball carrying forward Phillip Ho injured in the opening few moments; Burnside 13 man squad won both of their 10 a side matches.
Results:
Burnside 25 – 20 St Benet Biscops
Burnside 30 – 20 St Cuthberts
Try scorers:
Callum Dawson
Eugene Rutherford
Stephen Tideswell
Dan Gilchrist
Harry Foster