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Schools Rugby Champions Wellington are next up for the unbeaten Harrow team who remain top of the Daily Mail Schools Trophy.
A 21-15 win over arch-rivals Eton kept Harrow ahead of Wellington who beat Hampton 12-0 to keep hold of second.
The top two meet a week on Saturday as Harrow lead a clutch of challengers out to stop Wellington winning the Trophy for a third year running.
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Jesse Coulson, Harrow's director of sport, is full of praise for his hard-working team. But he reckoned they were a little naïve in the win over Eton after trying to play to much rugby in wet conditions. <img id="i-84548ff5c98fe5eb" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/11/17/08/3A4B250100000578-3944736-image-a-15_1479370955567.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="Woodhouse Grove celebrate a win over Grammar School in the Daily Mail Schools Trophy" class="blkBorder img-share"/>Harrow's work ethic is underpinned by three budding England under-18s in centre Reuben Bird-Tulloch, wing Elliott Obatoyinbo and flanker Jack Glover. The man-of-the-match vote against Eton went to flanker Sean Reffell.
Coulson added: 'The team has worked really hard so far but we need to keep improving.' A superb individual effort from another England hopeful in wing Ben Loader was the feature of Wellington's latest win.
Another individual act, a first-half penalty goal by fly half Tom Hardwick, helped Rugby School to remain unbeaten in a 3-0 win over Abingdon.
It was a case of tries galore at Clifton where school historians reckon the 80-5 win over Bryanston was the biggest score recorded by the first team. Centre Matt Welsh scored four tries in a game where the visitors scored first.
Kirkham, who finished second in the Trophy last season, are finding form in the second-half of the term. Their latest success was a 45-3 over Sir Thomas Rich's of Gloucester and featured 21 points in the last 15 minutes.
Former champions Woodhouse Grove, who tackle Kirkham on Saturday week, toppled Grammar School at Leeds 49-7 in a match staged under the lights at the West Park Bramhope club. Wing Max Kennedy scored three for the second week running.
Marcus Smith is another player in fine form. The captain of England under-16s last season kicked all of Brighton College's points in a 9-7 win over Epsom College.
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