ST MICHAEL’S tag rugby team have had an amazing season, winning 20 games and losing just five all campaign.

Across four tournaments the team from Lyme Regis have won one, come second in two and fourth in their last tournament, scoring a total of 126 tries in their 25 games.

Leo Renshaw, Jasmine Collins and Ella McCallum were the leading scorers with 75 tries between them and the achievements are all the more impressive considering the children only started training as a team earlier in the year.

Coached by teaching assistant Ben Taylor, the team have improved in every tournament and displayed great skill, determination and teamwork in every game they have played.

The team have been brilliantly captained by Jasmine, Martha Deem-Stone and Leo.

Nineteen children from St Michael’s have joined either Bridport Rugby Club or Sidmouth Ladies RFC and both Ben Taylor and Deputy Headteacher James Rich agree that not only have the team been brilliant in terms of displaying their emerging rugby skill.

The duo believe they have shown great sportsmanship and team spirit.

The team, alongside other children from St Michael’s, had the opportunity to go to Twickenham to cheer on their role models when England played the Barbarians.

Both the children and their families had a fantastic day, despite the result that saw the Baa-Baas win 63-45 in a high-scoring thriller at Twickenham, aided by a Chris Ashton hat-trick.