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PRESIDENTS CUP
ENGLAND UNIVERSITIES.............................26
UK ARMED FORCES.....................................14
Leigh Miners Rangers, Wednesday
THE Armed Forces retained the title, despite losing to England Universities in the final game of the 2022 series, closing the campaign ahead of the Students and Great Britain Police on points’ difference.
Ultimately, perhaps the most important result of the series was GB Police’s 38-32 win over England Universities at Lock Lane at the end of April – aresult that left the Students needing to beat the Armed Forces by 90 points to finish top of the pile.
That was never likely, although head coach Richard Tate and his side can at least derive some satisfaction from having toppled the champions in the head-to-head clash.
England Universities, who were never behind, opened their account in the ninth minute through Elliott Jones, Jack Quinn adding the extras.
The Armed Forces levelled matters midway through the first half, Danny Johnson improving Brodie Lee Butler’s touchdown, but Jones’s second score, followed by a Charlie McCurrie effort which Quinn improved, gave the Students a ten-point cushion.