Day one of the Rosslyn Park HSBC National Schools Sevens saw the Junior and Preparatory tournaments get underway with a plethora of attacking, clinical and thrilling rugby on show.

The 120 teams who started the day in the Junior side of the tournament on Monday have now been whittled down to just eight with Solihull, Glantaf, Whitgift, Rutlish, Warwick, St. Benedict’s, QEGS Wakefield and Wallington County all making the grade.

The quarter-finals kick off at 13.00 on Tuesday with Solihull playing Glantaf. The Birmingham-based school dispatched Langley 38-5 and Wimbledon 41-7 to reach the last eight while Glantaf saw off Royal Latin 34-12 in the last 32 and Trinity 39-0 in the last 16.

While those two schools are battling it out, Whitgift will look to secure their place in the last four of the Junior’s draw when they face up against Rutlish. Whitgift overcame Blundell’s 36-14 and then Monmouth 26-0. Rutlish, meanwhile, defeated Campbell 33-10 and then Ernest Bevin 33-28 in a thriller to take their spot in the quarters.

In the other half of the quarter-final draw tomorrow, Warwick come up against St Benedict’s. Warwick overcame Maidstone 29-12 and then made ease of John Fisher 33-5. St Benedict’s, however, put out Bradford winning 36-26 and then Loughborough 43-21.

The semi-final draw will be completed when QEGS Wakefield take on Wallington. QEGS were lucky enough to receive a bye in the final 32 and then put out Halliford 45-14. Wallington edged out Bedford 17-10 and then RGS 29-26. 

The semi-finals take place at 15.00 on Tuesday and the final 16.30.