SPORTING students at Monmouth Comprehensive have been starring in recent cup finals.
Last week, the Year 8 rugby team lifted the Newport Schools Plate Final on their own pitch, scoring some great great tries against St Julians.
The winning squad were – Will McDonald, George Sims, Harri Thomas, Jack Hemmings, Jack Thorp, Fenley Cook, Harry McGowen, Ben Hopkins-Firth, Joseph Jarrold, Kian Synnott, Thomas Bendon, Ajay Bayliss, Thomas Gibbs, Daniel Vale-Jenkins; Henry Hough, Sam Graefe, Krish Chandler, Bleddyn Heals, Tom Graefe, Ashton Kift and Ryan Rastall.
![Monmouth Comprehensive School's U19s finished runners-up in the Gwent Cup](https://www.theforestreview.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/05/28/10/23/Monmouth_Comprehensive_School_s_U19s_finished_runners_up_in_the_Gwent_Cup.jpg?width=669&height=445&crop=669:445)
The school's U19 football team also fought hard in the senior Gwent Schools Cup final at Cwmbran Stadium, but had to give second best finishing runners-up to Coleg Gwent Torfaen 9-3.
Jayden Makondora fired a brace for Monmouth, while Kian Davies also hit the target.
The squad were – Joe Porter, Jake Teague, Adam Hawkins, Ashton Morgan, Matthew Jones, Oliver Edwards, Kian Mills, George Gouldingay, Olly Kennedy, Jayden Makondora, Oscar Elias, Kian Davies, Jack Palmer, Harry Wilson, Callum Wilding.