The result not only gives the Rams the title of Scottish Champions, but gives them their first UK Championship berth where they will contest the BYAFA Youth Kitted Final in Dewsbury on September 5th.

Said an ecstatic Rams Head Coach Darryn Trainor: “I just never thought that this would happen.”

“The Kids played with a lot of heart, believed in them selves and they got there.”

“I always thought they we could move the ball on them but we took a while to get going.”

“We had more depth this game than we had all year and I think it told, because their guys were playing both ways and near the end they started to tire.”

“This was a total team effort. We have got a good bunch of kids here and now that we are in the final, we have got a chance.”

“We have been able to beat everybody else, so hopefully we can keep doing it.”

Despite being plague with personnel problems the Hawks capitalised on a special team’s breakdown early in the first quarter with a Gary Clark touchdown and a Tam Chapman 2 point conversion gave the reigning champions an 8-0 lead.

But the strength in depth of the Rams squad proved too much for the depleted Hawks squad with Blair McTague opening the visitor’s account, with Kyle Mathieson tying the scoring with the extra point conversion.

Running back, Adam Donaldson, who played his part in ending the Hawks 18 month unbeaten run during the North Lanarkshire side’s victory at Cumbernauld earlier in the season, was on form again adding two more touchdowns, with Ross Graham’s 2 point conversion catch, capping off a memorable day for the Rams.

For Hawks Head Coach, Steve Collins, the season has been a bit of a roller coaster ride.

Despite clinching the Northern Conference Title, they have had to cope with the loss of several players through injury as well as two key players, Graham MacMillan and Lee Collins who will be spending the next year in the States as part of a High School Student programme.

And today the Hawks Head Coach could not hide his disappointment at some of the calling by the match officials, after a gutsy performance by his depleted squad where many of his players were forced to play both sides of the ball.

He said: “Their second touchdown changed the game, which was blatantly out of bounds which was according to other sources.”

“You can blame the referees all day, but at the end of the day, we did not do enough on offense to win.”

“We have played a full season with basically eleven players. We have had lots of guys away. The two kids away to the States were massive players.

“But you cannot take it away from Darryn’s team, they won fair and square.”

“But how can you take a team who gets beat 46-12 first game of the season and then we lose twice to them, very close. You can only point to the fact that it was due to the lack of numbers.”