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
Monmouth Comprehensive School's U19s finished runners-up in the Gwent Cup. Photo: MCS PE (MCS PE)

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.