Some of the stars of National League Rugby played their part in an enthralling County Championship final.

The outcome of Redruth's season may not have had a fairytale ending, but a cluster of their star performers showed their class at Twickenham.

Having made his name in the National Leagues and playing for Cornwall in the County Championship, TRU spoke to Worcester man Billy Searle about his formative years.

Next year's County Championship has been cancelled by the RFU and will now not return until 2022, according to BBC Sport.

Yorkshire emerged winners in the Gill Burns Women's County Championship while Lancashire went on to defend their Beaumont County Championship title and Durham became Division Two champions in an eventful day at Twickenham.

Lancashire registered their 24th title in the County Championship as they went on to defeat Cornwall 19-8 in the final at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday.

Despite the introduction of a brand new format to restructure the English Counties Championship as it continues to expand across three separate tiers of competition, the recent dominance of the Lancashire and Cornwall county teams has continued to go unchallenged, with the two representative sides set to meet at Twickenham for the tournament final on Sunday for the fourth time in five years.

Lancashire have named their team for their third consecutive County Championship final against Cornwall at Twickenham where the Bill Beaumont Cup is at stake.

Lancashire beat Yorkshire 29-14 to book a seventh consecutive appearance at Twickenham to represent the North in the Bill Beaumont Cup.

Lancashire have made four changes to their side to play Durham at Blaydon tomorrow (16th May) as they look to follow up an opening County Championship win against Cheshire.