WADE Deacon picked up the prestigious Steven Mullaney Memorial Trophy after winning the National Schools Final in Saturday’s Wembley curtain raiser.

Backed by a 200-strong army of parents, guardians, family, friends and schoolmates, the Year Sevens rallied from a 10-0 deficit against Wigan’s St John Fisher to rattle in 18 unanswered points.

Although strong-running Harry Robertson scored a hat-trick to take the Man of the Match award, the victory came off the back of a strong team effort and is a fitting reward for a year of hard work.

Head coach Chaz I’Anson, a former Widnes Vikings and Hull KR half back, was delighted with the performance ­— particularly the way they kept their composure after a shaky opening five minutes.

He said: “We had done our homework, and just said ‘stay composed’ and the boys were really confident, even at 10-0 down.

“We just needed to get a bit of ball and field position.”

“When Joey Owens knocked four off to score that settled our nerves massively and got far more comfortable after that and dominated most of that game.”

Robertson grabbed the first of his treble just before the break - a pleasing score given that is was a planned moved.

“It was straight off a training move, set-play. It worked a treat which was pleasing because they had put a lot of work into that," said I'Anson.

“But it was a special performance from Harry ­— and to score a hat-trick at Wembley is something he will remember for a very long time.

“It was also the best Joey Owens has played and Lewis George’s organisation was tremendous.”

The result is a massive boost for rugby league in the town ­— and a boost for the town’s junior clubs.

“It is great for such a small town to have success like this and something we need to build on in the town,” he said.