ALL eyes focus on Shap Road on Saturday with the arrival of the famous Webb Ellis Trophy as part of the Sweet Chariot national tour.

Visitors can be photographed with the rugby world cup when it goes on display at Queen Katherine School from 10am to 12noon and county rugby coaches will be on the school fields to give basic training in rugby skills.

In the afternoon the action shifts to the other side of the A6 where all three Kendal Rugby Club team have home matches.

Kendal Seconds kick-off against Blaydon at 12.30pm and the Thirds match with Furness is at 2pm.

The main event, however, is the National League Division Three North match between Kendal and Macclesfield, which kicks-off at 2.30pm.

With the two teams just a point apart in the table the Domus Designs, Peter Marshall and Tony Nelson-sponsored match should be a cracker.

With Billy Coxon still on the injured list Kendal field exactly the same team as the starting line-up for last week's game with Waterloo.

Team: S. Mulholland, J. Balmer, D. Bibby, M. Armstrong, L. Ladell, D. Stephens, M. Airey, A. Martindale, D. Green, R. Harryman, A. Hudson, M. Capstick, K. Robinson, M. Bowman (capt), A. Bateson.

Bench: D. Bowles, J. Nicholson, D. Preston, P. Dodds.

Kendal................. 3 Waterloo................ 45 KENDAL faced unbeaten and free scoring Waterloo at Mint Bridge on Saturday and, despite a bright opening ten minutes from the home side, the visitors soon showed why they are most people's favourites to win the league.

Kendal earned their first penalty in only the second minute of the game when Waterloo were penalised for not rolling away at a ruck.

Unfortunately Dan Stephens' kick at goal was just wide to the left of the posts.

With Kendal very much in the ascendancy, however, he successfully slotted a penalty four minutes later.

Waterloo's first real foray into the home 22 produced their opening try in the 14th minute. After a couple of long passes along the back line, a third was spun out to fullback Rob Hitchmough who had no chance of catching it.

Depending on which side you were supporting he either showed a piece of brilliance by cleverly kicking the ball over the try line or flukily made contact with ball as he flung his boot at it. Either way he won the race to touch it down for the score.

Anthony Handley missed the conversion, but kicked a penalty four minutes later before scoring a try himself, skipping through a couple of tackles to touch down in the corner. He failed to convert the score, but added a second penalty to the score line just before half-time.

A third penalty attempt rebounded back off an upright early in the second half and was caught by centre Gareth Davies who was following up. A moment later Hitchmough crossed the line for the score, which was converted by Handley.

Scrum-half Craig Aikman scored Waterloo's fourth try in the 49th minute and it was again converted by Handley to give the visitors a comfortable 28-3 lead.

A beautiful piece of individual skill by Kendal's Dan Stephens deserved a try moments later. He saw a gap in midfield and darted through it before chipping over a defender only to be denied, by a matter of inches from collecting his own kick as the defence covered the ground at speed.

Kendal had a couple of well- worked opportunities to score in the second half, but either a poor pass or a lack of sufficient penetration to break down a well-organised Waterloo defensive line denied them.

In fact Waterloo turned one such attack to their advantage in the 73rd minute when Hitchmough turned the ball over in his own 22 before winger Neil Kerfoot raced the length of the field to score, John Broxson converting.

Five minutes later a powerful drive from the Waterloo forwards brought a try for replacement hooker Chris Tyms.

An interception by Waterloo with Kendal in sight of the tryline then gave Kerfoot a second breakaway try and the final score of the game.