| MORRIS HOPES FOR TWICKENHAM UPSET |
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Gloucestershire are looking to upset favourites Yorkshire in the National Under 20s Championship final at Twickenham (1100). The South West side are up against the holders and six-times winners of the championship crown. Gloucestershire Under 20s head coach Paul Morris said: “I’m very pleased and very proud that we are through to the final but at the moment getting there is not enough. We want to win and Yorkshire would be very wrong to dismiss the challenge we will pose. “At this level Yorkshire have all the pedigree and history. They have won six out of eight finals and I have heard this side is as good as they have ever been, if not better, so we have the utmost respect for them. “On the other hand, we will be thinking about ourselves and our strengths. For us, our strength is the unity we have. I don’t believe we have any weak units. The team have gelled together so well it’s like coaching a club side. “This is the first time we have made the final and we have had to get through a very strong division to get there, beating the likes of Devon, Cornwall and most recently Hampshire and Dorset & Wilts in the knockout stages. “It’s going to be a great occasion playing at Twickenham and I really want the boys to have the time of their lives on Saturday.” |