Exeter College Rugby became British Colleges Champions

Exeter College Rugby became British Colleges Champions having dominated the AOC British Colleges 7's at Bath University at the weekend.

Eight gruelling games against all of the other regional college winners in Britain, saw the College side go unbeaten with a 100% win record against the likes of Loughborough, Cardiff, SEEVIC, Worcester, Hartlepool, and John Symonds Colleges.

LewisThe side was captained by Dom Thorne and included Billy Searle, George Gosling and Jack Rouse, who have all been playing national league rugby this season. Callum Gill also celebrated his inclusion in the England Deaf Squad with his gold medal to show for his efforts as part of the squad.

It has been a truly remarkable season for the college who have just won the British Colleges league (South West and Wales), having beaten the Likes of Filton, Hartpury, Coleg Cymoedd (Cardiff) and Coleg Sir Gar (Llanelli) Colleges.

The college side have also reached the British Colleges Cup final and will play Oaklands College (Saracens) or Llandrillo College in the final at Stourbridge RFC on April 29th.

With plenty of rugby still to play, Exeter College are also in with a chance of achieving the 'treble' or even the 'quadruple' as they are also involved in the AOC British Colleges league play off's which culminate in the final being played at Allianz Park in May.

It is only four weeks since the college team were awarded the amateur team of the year at the Express and Echo Awards Night for last seasons NatWest vase campaign that culminated with a final at Twickenham.