Durham v Cheshire at Brinkburn

By Dave Picken - May 14 2026
Durham v Cheshire at Brinkburn
Hayden Hodgson
There  will be half a dozen Westies in the Durham County squad which takes on last season's Bill Beaumont Division 2 County Cup winners at Brinkburn on Saturday. Please note kick off is at 2.00 .....

Cheshire beat Devon 50-38 in last season's final at Twickenham. However, they will arrive having been beaten 33-15  last week by Northumberland in a game played at Percy Park. At the same time a young Durham team were going down 42-26 to Cumbria at Kendal.

West prop Adam Hutchinson joins the five club mates who turned out at Kendal. He will start alongside hooker  Hayden Hodgson, whose line-out throwing was a feature of the Durham set-piece,  with fellow prop Jack Angus providing cover from the bench.

We will also see the West half-back pairing of Joe Cholmondeley and Jobe Roxby in action. Roxby was at full-back last week,  but regains his usual position in a back line which will see Peter Youll in the centre with Consett's South African top-try scorer Kevan Slow belying his name on the wing.

County sides entering Division 2 of the Championship select players from Level 5 (the level above West's current Regional 2) and below. Players registered to clubs  above level 5, such as Billingham's Martin Hopley,  can be selected if they haven't made a first team appearance during the season.

 

County v Cheshire

 
Durham v Cheshire at Brinkburn
Posted by: Official West Hartlepool RFC (IP Logged)
Date: 14/05/2026 17:32


Re: Durham v Cheshire at Brinkburn
Posted by: Dave Picken (IP Logged)
Date: 17/05/2026 09:01

Durham 28 Cheshire 51.
Our lads did well with special mention to 17 year old scrum half Joe Cholmondeley. Best wishes to Hayden Hodgson who suffered a shoulder injury in the first half with Jack Angus coming on to replace him.

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