It proved to be a historic day for Reigate Grammar School as they secured their first ever Rosslyn Park HSBC National Schools Sevens Colts title following a thrilling extra-time win on day three.

Reigate had previously won the Open and Junior Schools titles in 1976 and 1981 respectively but had never tasted success in the Colts competition.

They looked on course to change all that after racing into a 12-0 lead in the final but Eton College stormed back to level matters at 12-12 before the game went into extra time with the scores tied at 19 apiece.

And it was Reigate who took the honours as Max Coyle touched down to confirm a 24-19 victory, much to the relief of 16-year-old captain Lucas Overtoom.

“We’re absolutely over the moon to win with such a terrific performance in a tight game,” he said.

“All the boys are really happy. It’s surreal to win the tournament. We played really well on day one and managed to up our game today and even more so in the final.

“This is the highlight of the sevens season so to come out victorious is an amazing feeling.”

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Festival Competition

It was not just the Colts competition which kept spectators and watchers of the online action via the RPNS7 website entertained either, with the Festival also getting underway.

One school to take to the pitch was Lebanon’s International College, Beirut – just one of the teams to come from far and wide to pit themselves against the UK schools.

And while they were unable to record a victory in Group B of the Festival, captain Jack Azadian insisted it had still been an outing to remember at the world’s largest school rugby tournament.

“It’s been a really good experience to come here and play rugby even though the results didn’t go the way we would have liked them to,” he said.

“We have learnt a lot from it and hopefully it will help improve our rugby when we go home.

“Some of the tricks the teams have are fantastic and I would love for our team to play like that one day.”

There was however better success for last year’s runners up King’s College Wimbledon who eased through their group games with a 100 per cent record before beating Canford School 31-14 to book their spot in tomorrow’s Festival quarter-final pools.

Captain Harry Rickards said: “We got to the final last year and we’ve put in some really good performances so we’re looking forward to coming back again and seeing how it goes.

“Our season hasn’t been the best so far so this has been a bit of a step up for us but it’s going well so far.

“This is the focus of our sevens season because it’s such good fun, it’s just a really good tournament to be involved in.”