The inaugural junior regional 10-a-side tournament for U16 girls took place on Sunday at Lichfield RFC in Staffs.

Teams taking part were Eastern Counties, North West, North East, South West, South East, East Midlands, London and West Midlands.

Colchester RFC had three of their players selected for Eastern Counties; Samantha Fox, Lucy Hutson, and Harriett Warren.

Team manager Deidre Fox, also of Colchester, said that the standard of play was extremely high and she was delighted with the performance of the Eastern Counties Squad in their first major event.

During a tight game with the North East Harriet Warren scored her first representative try. Overall Eastern Counties finished seventh out of eight.

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