POCKLINGTON RUFC’s James Thompson overcame his injury concerns to play scrum-half for Yorkshire Under-20s as they beat North Midlands 38-17 in their County Championship quarter-final at York.
Thompson, from Holme-on-Spalding Moor, has also been playing for Pocklington’s first team, but had had to pull out of his club game with a leg injury to ensure he was fit for the county fixture.
Yorkshire led 24-0 at the interval but had to overcome a spirited second half comeback from the Midlanders before sealing victory with a late try.
Yorkshire are now only one game away from a Twickenham final, but they face a daunting semi-final at Cornwall on March 15.
Meanwhile, a quartet of Pocklington U17s county players were in action against Eastern Counties at Cambridge RUFC.
The four - fly-half Mattie Proctor, from Allerthorpe, scrum-half Tom Richardson, from Pocklington, flanker Nathan Smith, from Pocklington, and prop Charlie Cartwright, from Holme-on-Spalding Moor - all started.
Smith scored one of Yorkshire’s tries in their 27-10 success.
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