British Broadcasting Corporation

BBC Sport rugbyunion

Watch Sport news bulletin

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

Sport Homepage
 
Rugby Union
Live scores
Results
Fixtures
Tables
English
Irish
Scottish
Welsh
My Club
Skills
Laws & Equipment
Get Involved
A-Z of Sports

Related BBC sites
Page last updated at 11:04 GMT, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 12:04 UK
E-mail this to a friend Printable version

North Mids close in on promotion

Rugby union

North Midlands meet Northumberland in the semi-finals of the County Championship Shield this weekend, knowing victory will bring promotion.

A 36-19 win over Cumbria at Stourbridge kept alive their hopes of bouncing back from relegation to return to the Bill Beaumont Cup at the first attempt.

First-half tries from Jake Abbott and Cameron Mitchell put them in control.

Ryan Henshaw, Richard Protherough and Ollie Winter crossed after the break to set up a promotion clash at Tynedale.

North Midlands have an injury doubt over Moseley lock Will Betts for Saturday's game, after he went off at half-time with concussion.

The winners of the tie go to Twickenham on 1 June for the Shield final.


Local sport from around the country BBC Birmingham
Keep up-to-date with all the latest local sports news

related bbc links:
Rugby union on the BBC
Your say - 606

related internet links:
International Rugby Board
Rugby Football Union
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites

Explore the BBC

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.