Rugby bowed out of the league cup competition at Butlin Road on Tuesday evening, but in doing so they were far from disgraced against a side challenging near the top of the league’s Premier Division.

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Valley line-up: Morris; Grocott, McEnroe, Rowley, Gudger; Youngs, Blythe; Rankin, Koriya (Marsden), Lake-Gaskin (Bishop); Piggon (Gregory). Sub not used: Pritchard. Booked: None.

Biggleswade line-up: Brown, Roberts, Iwediuno, Mawer, Gentle, Allinson, Woolf, Beech, Bossman, Ives, Coulson. Subs: Hoyte, McNulty, Northfield, Bamford, Daniel.