Teddington rounded off a season of 30 straight wins and promotion in fine style when they beat Bramley Phoenix 43-21 in the final of the RFU Junior Vase at Twickenham on Saturday.

The Yorkshiremen were never really in the hunt until they hauled themselves back to respectability at 32-21 on the hour, but they had given themselves too big a hurdle to overcome when they allowed their opponents a 25-point start in as many minutes.

Teddington could not have wished for a better start. Wingman Mark Nitsch landed a fourth-minute penalty and a minute later a sweeping move from their own half ended in full-back Andrew MacRae touching down.

That score galvanised the Yorkshiremen briefly, but Teddington defended solidly under pressure and always looked threatening on the counter attack.

They pulled further ahead after 14 minutes when a well judged kick through gave wingman Tor Dahl-Nielsen ample time to pick up and score.

Nitsch was wide with the conversion and then saw a simple penalty hit the upright, but a minutes later he crossed for try himself from close range and then added the conversion four minutes later to a try by lock Callum Johnston, who picked up a loose ball after a Bramley mistake and galloped through in fine style.

Bramley were finally rewarded for their persistence when flanker Tom Langton crashed over near the posts after the Leeds team won a brief footing in Teddington territory, fly-half Sam Coats converting, but that was to be their only first-half success.

Bramley were more competitive in the early stages of the second-half without ever really threatening and Teddington increased their lead after 53 minutes when flanker James Ferguson was driven over for replacement Glenn Boyling to convert.

The Yorkshiremen responded with a well engineered try by full-back Michael Benn that lock Adam Oliver goaled to make the score 32-14 and four minutes later Bramley struck again when a long-range interception ended in a try for wingman Jonathan Filin that Oliver converted.

Teddington then regained the ascendancy to kill off Bramley's hopes of a spectacular turnaround when Boyling landed a 40 yard penalty and two minutes later hooker Tom Doran scampered in to give his side a 40-21 cushion.

The last word went to Teddington fly-half Paul Manley, who popped over a cheeky drop-goal two minutes from time to wrap up the scoring.

"We're gutted that we gave away a 25-point lead. You can't do that in any final and expect to win," said Bramley captain Dan Barlow.

"We froze in the headlights, but when we started to play, we got into the game. We had our chances but couldn't take them, while they didn't miss a thing in that opening spell. They started at 100 miles an hour and we stood back and let them play.

"But getting to Twickenham is a great end to another good season and we'll continue to go forward next term."

Teddington coach Giselle Mather was elated, adding: "This has been really special and I have to say that this competition is amazing for clubs at our level.

"It has brought something very special to the whole club, as you can judge from the number of supporters who were here. The whole club has benefited from this experience.

"From a playing standpoint, the competition has challenged the players. They've worked hard week in and week out and if ever a team deserved success they did.

"When we were 25-0 up, there were memories of a fantastic game at Newmarket to help keep our feet on the ground. Then we had a big lead, but they came back to level and we had to go toe extra time to settle it. I was never counting my chickens."