Brighton rely on stout defence

Brighton College have proved tough to beat in their impressive run to the quarter-finals of the U15 Cup.

In the last two rounds they've ground out a 6-0 win over Judd and then defended for long spells to close out their 12-7 win over John Fisher.

You need a strong spine of players in key positions to do that and the next

challenge arrives today with the visit of the Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat

School.

Brighton have a crop of recent graduates of the calibre of Wasps and England fly-half Alex King, Newcastle Falcons wing Ollie Phillips and NEC

Harlequins wing Jordan Turner-Hall, who appeared for England U19s last season.

Now, the Under-15 side has four more young players on the books of Quins

in captain Harry Leonard at seven, James Tyas at No 8, scrum-half Adam

Davies and fly-half Craig Holland.

The rest of the team – eight of whom are in the Sussex county squad – have

trained enthusiastically all season under coach John Weeks.

"The boys in the side love the game and they've been spending every minute

they can playing and training. We work with them nearly every day and the

more they've played, the more they've learned," said Weeks.

"The high point of the season so far was when they scored two good tries in

appalling conditions against John Fisher, then had to defend on their own

line for the next half-an-hour.

"They needed to be brave and really dug in. So far/ they haven't been fazed

by anything."