6 secondary schools took part in the first ever Girls Rugby league at Southfields Academy.The event organsied by Alex Fieldhouse from the Rugby Football Union with support from Battersea Ironsides, saw over 60 girls playing contact rugby for the first time.
Year 7/8 Teams from Bolinbroke, Burntwood, Southfields, St Cecilia's, St John Bosco and Graveney competed in the league, which ran on three Tuesdays under the floodlights at Southfields.
Alex said, "It is great to see that Wandsworth has 6 schools with a girls rugby team. Nonetheless only one team can represent Wandsworth in the London School Games Rugby Finals at Barnes on Thursday March 17th"
The standings are below
1st –Bolingbroke
Joint 2nd – Saint John Bosco & Southfields
4rd – Burntwood
5th – St Cecilia’s
6th – Graveney
Alex went on to say that he will be selecting players from each school to represent Wandsworth as a borough in a future fixture.
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