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Ambassadors Triumph

Posted on Wednesday, 18 July 2007 11:48AM by Webmaster
Barrie McDermott’s Ambassadors took the 2007 Fairfax Cup following a 20-8 victory over Dewsbury Rams in the Final. It rounded off a fantastic day of rugby league in the 6th York International Nines Festival, which proved to be the most successful tournament to date. Player-coach McDermott – who dedicated the £2000 prize money to the Brennan Rooney appeal - was joined by former Great Britain internationals Terry O’Connor, Lee Jackson and Gary Connolly in the Ambassadors squad. But the real star of the tournament was 21 year old Jonny Hampsey – a rugby union winger with Leeds Carnegie who was playing his first game of rugby league after expressing an interest in changing codes. Hampsey was selected Fairfax Cup Player of the Tournament by Dave Hadfield of the Independent and representatives of the rugby league media. A close contender for the honour was Austin Buchanan, outstanding for Dewsbury Rams who made the Fairfax Cup final on their first appearance at the York Nines. Last year’s champions York City Knights were defeated in the semi-finals by the Ambassadors, following a superb break from Gary Connolly in the final minute which set up the decisive try. The Knights had recovered well after being shocked 20-0 by derby rivals York Ironsides in the opening game of the tournament, but Chris Smith’s Ironsides would ultimately go out at the same stage as the Knights, beaten 16-8 by Dewsbury in the semi-finals. Earlier on Police Sport UK defended their Archbishop Dolben Cup title, beating the Royal Navy 10-4 in the Final.
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