CLEOBURY Mortimer's all conquering cup run stops off at Twickenham on Sunday with the rugby heroes insisting: "Let's bring home some silverware!"

Around 1,300 Cleobury fans are set to follow the Mortimer men to the home of rugby for Sunday's Powergen Junior Vase final with Dorking, which kicks off at 10.30am.

And captain Paul Harding insists that the Love Lane crew will not be there merely to make up the numbers.

"Our main aim all through this cup run has been 'let's get to Twickenham,' " he said.

"Now we've made it there it's a dream come true and it will be a day we'll remember for the rest of our lives.

"It's every rugby player's dream to play at Twickenham and I'll be lucky and privileged enough to lead my local team out.

"But we won't be going there just to enjoy ourselves and have a day out, we'll be going there looking to win.

"We've won promotions in the short time the club has been going but we've never won a title and we've never won a trophy.

"It would be great if we could go to Twickenham and bring some silverware back to Cleobury with us."

Team-mate Colin Smith echoed his sentiments, saying: "After we won the semi-final we said we don't care if we lose the final 100-0 because the main thing was playing at Twickenham.

"But those kinds of thoughts wore off after half an hour and we soon started thinking 'We've got this far, we might as well finish the job and win the trophy'".

Cleobury's players and officials have been overwhelmed by the support they have been given during a cup run which has captured the imagination of the whole village.

They have smashed their home attendance records at several of the ties at their Lacon Childe School base, while a 300-strong Cleobury army outnumbered hosts London Exiles by three-to-one at the semi-final in the capital.

And Harding is expecting the fans to play a massive part again when around a quarter of the village's population decamps to English rugby HQ on Sunday.

"We've sold 1,080 tickets through the club and we know that other local clubs like Clee Hill have gone straight to the RFU to get tickets to support us.

"There should be something like 1,300 fans supporting us at Twickenham and that is great for the club and great for the area."

Among the fans will be the Bell Inn Brass Band, which will play the rugby club's anthem, Nellie the Elephant, with its special arrangement by musical director, Penny Jaeger.

Roger Gittins, licensee of the Bell Inn and long-time supporter of the band, has booked a 51-seater coach to ferry the musicians to Twickenham. He will be at the stadium, cheering on the side.

Band chairman, Colin Andrews, said: "The band is based in the heart of the community of Cleobury Mortimer and feels honoured to be playing a part in this historic adventure.

"There are a lot of young players in the band, who are getting very excited about the trip and can't wait to do their bit in helping Cleobury to a great victory."

l Big match preview - Pages 92-93.