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Wellington produced the form of champions when it mattered in this season's Daily Mail Schools Trophy.
A 20-19 win confirmed Wellington in top spot over Harrow who had led early on through the first of three tries from wing Ciaran Jordan.
Wellington missed out on a chance of increasing their lead when Wednesday's fixture against third-placed Sedbergh was cancelled due to a frozen pitch at Broad Street.
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Ciaran Jordan scored a hat-trick for Harrow but it wasn't enough for his team to seal victory
They host St Paul's on Saturday knowing another win plus success at Marlborough on Saturday week, the final full weekend of games, should give them a third title in a row.Harrow coach Jesse Coulson praised Wellington's better game management over his team who have produced the school's best results in this national merit table competition organised by schoolsrugby.co.uk.
Coulson said: 'That was the difference between the teams. I'm immensely proud of my team and the way they have decided to play.
But we do play sometimes from the wrong areas of the field. However, they gave it their all against Wellington and got very close.'
The pre-season prediction of Wellington's coach Kevin Brennan is proving spot on.Brennan felt this year's Wellington team would emerge stronger all-round than the victorious 2015 group who included a number of schoolboy internationals. Jordan had opened the scoring only for Wellington to build a winning lead through tries by centre Sam Spink, wing Dylan Moss and flanker Tom Spencer-Jones. Kirkham maintained their unbeaten run by overpowering Woodhouse Grove in the final quarter after the Yorkshire team had led 6-0. The crucial tries came from centre Aaron Reed and wing Henry Pearson.
Bromsgrove are also finishing the season in form. The back-to-back national cup winners lost their first three games but have since regrouped. Their latest win finished Clifton's unbeaten Trophy record, 29-27.
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