Lancashire saw off Cheshire on Saturday to reach a sixth consecutive Twickenham final of the Bill Beaumont County Championship. A tight game was edged 25-19 at Sedgley Park.
It will be a repeat of the 2013 final when Lancashire will face Cornwall at Twickenham on Sunday, 1st June at 12.15pm. The game will be shown live on Sky Sports before England take on the Barbarians.
Preston Grasshoppers were represented by Sean Taylor and Phil Baines who started at full back and on the wing.
For Peter Elliot’s full match report please visit the Lancashire Rugby website.
Lancashire: Sean Taylor (Preston Grasshoppers), Warren Spragg (Fylde), Chris Briers (Fylde), Matt Riley (Sedgley Park), Phil Baines (Preston Grasshoppers), Chris Johnson (Captain) (Fylde), Ryan De La Harpe (Fylde); Dan Birchall (Fylde), Mark Rylance (Fylde), Adam Lewis (Fylde), Louis McGowan (Sedgley Park), Gareth Gore (Fylde), Gareth Rawlings (Longton), Evan Stewart (Fylde), Matt Lamprey (Sedgley Park)
Replacements used: Simon Griffiths (Fylde), Ben Black (Sedgley Park), David Fairbrother (Fleetwood), Paul Arnold (Fylde), Tom Burtonwood (Fylde), Steve Collins (Sedgley Park)
Replacement unused: Jordan Dorrington (Fylde)
