The sons of two Warriors helped King’s School retain the Modus Challenge Cup with an emphatic victory 39-12 over their city rivals RGS at Sixways.
George Tomlinson and Jack Lyman, whose fathers Richard and Neil were important members of the successful Warriors side that rose from the Midlands leagues to what is now the Championship in the late 1990s, both featured prominently for King’s.
Tomlinson, like his father a centre, kicked 12 of his side’s points – two penalties and three conversions – in an impressive kicking display while hooker Lyman scored one of King’s five tries.
After last season’s event was cancelled owing to COVID-19, it was business as usual with an entertaining contest that was fast, frenetic and occasionally feisty in front of a raucous 3,500 crowd, one of the largest for a schools fixture in England.
It was the King’s contingent of supporters in the East Stand who had most to shout about although RGS led briefly when scrum-half James Grainger went over for a try after ten minutes.
But King’s regained the lead six minutes later when lock Will Chater drove over from close range and extended it just before the break when their captain Alex Terry went over for the first of his brace of tries.
Lyman’s try early in the second half put King’s firmly in control and although RGS reduced the deficit when hooker Loic Keasey went over from close range, Tomlinson soon added a long range penalty to keep them at arm’s length.
Further tries from Will Wrout and Kenny, who collected the trophy from Warriors Club Captain Ted Hill, emphasised King’s superiority on the night.