The Twickenham adventure started on Thursday evening, for Selby RUFC U10s, as new town Mayor Steve Shaw-Wright hosted a civic reception at the Town Hall. The former rugby playing Mayor entertained the players and their parents reminiscing about his playing days before wishing the players luck and stating that they had done themselves and the town proud.

The 14 Selby players arrived at Twickenham at around 11am on the Saturday; full of excitement and accompanied by over 50 family and friends. The match against Upminster commenced at 12:20 in front of a few thousand spectators and it was Upminster who dominated the early exchanges hitting Selby's big ball carrying centre Eddie Brown with crunching tackle from the kick-off and dominating the early scrums and rucks. Selby were also under pressure on the flanks but were saved by a couple of last ditch cover tackles from Henry Wright and Will Edwards as they struggled to kept their opponents at bay. The team from Essex were now camped on Selby's line, dominating the set piece and winning a stream of possession requiring desperate defence from the Selby forwards; twice the ball was held-up over the line, Upminster also spilled the ball in a tackle just inches from the Selby line; the half-time whistle was a welcome sound allowing Selby to re-group.

The second half was a more balanced affair and with Jamie Francis and his fellow forwards making their presence felt in the loose Selby's back's began to enjoy more possession; however, play was entrenched in the middle of the park with neither team being able to dominate field position. With 4 minutes left on the clock Selby won a scrum just inside their own half; Pocklington fed Wright who switched play and the ball flowed along the back line to Brown and Edwards, who ran great lines to create space out wide for Myles Stelling to sprint for the line scoring in front of Selby's very vocal followers. However; the game had a last twist, as Upminster finally found space down the right and with the winger looking certain to score Edwards and Wright strained every sinue to tackle him into touch. Much to everyone's relief there was no time to restart: Selby had won 1-0. The players, parents, friends and coaches were elated.

After receiving their medals from former Bath and England prop Gareth Chilcott, the U10s enjoyed a rapturous reception from the Selby contingent as they left the pitch. Upminster demonstrated the true spirit of Rugby Union Football as players and coaches, still desperately disappointed at losing, joined in to applaud the Selby team. This was a truly great day that will live in the memory of those who were there for years to come.