The winner of the nationwide scheme will play at Twickenham

The final two places in the Tag 2 Twickenham scheme were decided on Tuesday as the northern qualifiers were played out at Ramsey Grammar School.

Seven teams had already booked their place in the Isle of Man finals but the northern round was re-scheduled following last week's storms.

The final came down to Ree Gorree A versus Ree Gorree B with the B team pulling off a shock 4-3 victory.

Both team now progress to the all island finals on the 1 December.

Rugby development officer, Ian Williams told BBC Isle of Man: "The standard has been much higher than previous years."

The standard of rugby on display in this region and all the others, all bodes well for a very exciting final Ian Williams

The nine finalists will now compete for the chance to be crowned the Isle of Man champion at the NSC on 1 December.

The teams will be split into three pools with the winner and the best runner-up progressing to the semi-final stage.

The Manx champions will then compete against the best 20 schools in England at the national finals at Rugby School in Warwickshire.

The two finalists will play before an England international at Twickenham.

Tag Rugby Finalists

East - Ballacotier, St Marys

West - Buchan A, Buchan B, St Johns

South - Victoria Road A, Kewaigue

North - Ree Gorree A, Ree Gorree B

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