This Sunday sees the schools rugby season reach its climax as the annual Sedbergh Super 10s begins, the final chance for so many players to pull on their school shirt alongside those closest to them.

That very fact alone makes the Sedbergh 10s one of the greatest events on the school calendar, but when you throw into the mix the history and the quality of this competition you are left with something very special indeed.

NextGenXV will be live streaming all the action from Pitch 1 and Pitch 2, Sedbergh’s famous Buskhome 1 and Buskhome 2 pitches, and you will be able to watch it all via our YouTube channel and the links below.

Sixteen teams will be taking part in an expanded tournament from previous years, with the hosts, Sedbergh, looking to make it four titles in a row after lifting the Trophy in 2017, 2018, and 2019 – those final two being part of an historic “double-treble” in which they won the Daily Mail Trophy, Rosslyn Park HSBC National School 7s, and Sedbergh Super 10s in the same season, titles in all three formats of the game, a staggering achievement.

The sixteen sides are divided into four groups of four teams each, and all sixteen will feature on the live streams throughout the first day of action, with games kicking off at 10.30am on Sunday with Sedbergh taking on Dulwich College in Group 1.

Sedbergh 10s Draw:

Day 1 Fixtures (Sunday 27^th March):

Pitch 1 (Live Streamed)

10.30am: Sedbergh v Dulwich College (Group 1)

11.05am: Seaford College v RGS High Wycombe (Group 3)

11.40am: Kirkham Grammar v Hurstpierpoint College (Group 4)

Lunch Break

1pm: Sedbergh v QEGS Wakefield (Group 1)

1.35pm: King’s Macclesfield v Ipswich (Group 2)

2.10pm: Kirkham Grammar v Felsted (Group 4)

3pm: Barnard Castle v Seaford College (Group 3)

3.35pm: King’s Macclesfield v KES Bath (Group 2)

Pitch 2 (Live Streamed)

10.30am: Hampton v QEGS Wakefield (Group 1)

11.05am: Brighton College v King’s Macclesfield (Group 2)

11.40am: Stamford v Felsted (Group 4)

Lunch Break

1pm: Cokethorpe v Seaford College (Group 3)

1.35pm: Brighton College v KES Bath (Group 2)

2.10pm: Sedbergh v Hampton (Group 1)

3pm: Cokethorpe v RGS High Wycombe (Group 3)

3.35pm: Kirkham Grammar v Stamford (Group 4)

Pitch 3

10.30am: Barnard Castle v Cokethorpe (Group 3)

11.05am: Ipswich v KES Bath (Group 2)

11.40am: Dulwich College v Hampton (Group 1)

Lunch Break

1pm: Barnard Castle v RGS High Wycombe (Group 3)

1.35pm: Hurstpierpoint College v Stamford (Group 4)

2.10pm: Dulwich College v QEGS Wakefield (Group 1)

3pm: Brighton College v Ipswich (Group 2)

3.35pm: Hurstpierpoint College v Felsted (Group 4)

The groups themselves look incredibly exciting, featuring some of the strongest teams from around the country. More important than that though is that they feature sixteen like-minded groups, all keen to make this a wonderful end of season finale for their players. Many to such an extent that they will ensure that their final game of the weekend will feature solely U6th players to give them that final chance to play together.

Competition is still at the heart of this tournament though, and what competition there will be. Hampton, Dulwich College, and two time Plate winners QEGS Wakefield all grouped with Sedbergh in Group 1.

Brighton College, the Edwin Doran Surrey Schools Senior 7s Champions are in Group 2 and the four-time winners of the Plate here are the Sedbergh Super 10s are joined by regulars KES Bath and 2005 champions King’s Macclesfield, as well as newcomers Ipswich, the fastest rising stars on the school circuit.

Over in Group 3 are serial schools rugby heavyweights Barnard Castle, who won the Plate back in 2012, they are joined by Cokethorpe, 2016 champions RGS High Wycombe, and a Seaford College side that has to be considered among the favourites for the Trophy on Monday.

Group 4 may well have plenty to say about that though, with perennial high-achievers Felsted and Stamford joined by Hurstpierpoint College and a Kirkham Grammar School side that reached the final of this year’s U18 Schools Cup and will be itching to lay their hands on the silverware here at Sedbergh for the first time since 2003. They came close last time out, some stunning performances from Dan Kelly, who has since gone on to play for England and star for Leicester Tigers, helping them to the final where they met a Sedbergh School side that was running rampant en route to a 26-0 victory. It was a Sedbergh side inspired by player of the tournament Theo Manihera, following in the footsteps of some outstanding players including fellow Sedbergh men Josh Hodge and Ali Crossdale, both now starring in the Gallagher Premiership.

The competition then is set to be fierce, and it will only get tougher on Monday, Day 2, when the top two sides from each group will compete for the Trophy. They will be split into two groups of four teams each, with the winners of each group then meeting in the Sedbergh Super 10s Final.

Those finishing in the bottom half of Sunday’s initial pools will then also be split into two Plate groups of four on Monday, with the winners of each of those groups meeting in the Plate Final.

You will be able to watch both of those finals, with the Plate at 2.45pm on Buskhome 2 and the Trophy at 3pm on Buskhome 1 on Monday, right here on NextGenXV via our YouTube channel or through the embedded videos below.

The full schedule for Monday’s action will be released upon the completion of Sunday’s action, but things will kick off at 9.30am on Monday, with further games at 10.05am, 10.40am, and 11.15am before a break in proceedings ahead of an afternoon schedule with games at 12pm, 12.35pm, 1.10pm, and 1.45pm, followed by those two finals at 2.45pm and 3pm.

It is set to be an absolutely spectacular two days of rugby, a celebration not only of quality on the field, but in the sheer joy of playing alongside your mates and against those whom you have faced so many times before.

It is about all that makes rugby the game we love, camaraderie, hard-work, intensity, and no little flair. For the final time these sixteen teams-worth of young men will get to experience that alongside their closest friends. For a great many, this will be their rugby zenith, the peak of their experience.

It will be two days to celebrate everything we all love about the game, and you can watch it all live here on NextGenXV.

Sedbergh Super 10s Previous Winners:

Trophy

2021 – Tournament not held (Covid)

2020 – Tournament not held (Covid)

2019 – Sedbergh

2018 – Sedbergh

2017 – Sedbergh

2016 – RGS High Wycombe

2015 – Sedbergh

2014 – Millfield

2013 – SGS Filton College

2012 – SGS Filton College

2011 – SGS Filton College

2010 – Tournament not held

2009 – Millfield

2008 – Tournament not completed

2007 – Sedbergh

2006 – Millfield

2005 – King’s Macclesfield

2004 – Sedbergh

2003 – Kirkham Grammar

2002 – Millfield

2001 – Tournament not held

2000 – Sedbergh

1999 – Millfield

1998 – Millfield

1997 – St Joseph’s College

Plate

2021 – Tournament not held (Covid)

2020 – Tournament not held (Covid)

2019 – Llandovery College

2018 – St Peter’s, York

2017 – Stamford

2016 – QEGS Wakefield

2015 – Brighton College

2014 – Brighton College

2013 – Millfield

2012 – Barnard Castle

2011 – King’s Macclesfield

2010 – Tournament not held

2009 – Old Swinford Hospital

2008 – Tournament not completed

2007 – Manchester Grammar

2006 – Manchester Grammar

2005 – QEGS Wakefield

2004 – Brighton College

2003 – Manchester Grammar

2002 – Brighton College

2001 – Tournament not held

2000 – Manchester Grammar

1999 – Lancaster Grammar

1998 – Lancaster RGS

1997 – Bristol Grammar

Player of the Tournament:

2019 – Theo Manihera (Sedbergh)

2018 – Jon Searle (Brighton College)

2017 – Josh Hodge (Sedbergh)

2016 – Kieran Bungaroo (Brighton College)

2015 – Ali Crossdale (Sedbergh)

2014 – Callum Sheedy (Millfield)

2013 – Nick Carpenter (SGS Filton College)

2012 – Auguy Slowik (SGS Filton College)

2011 – Guy van den Dries (Barnard Castle)

2010 – N/A

2009 – Olly Lindsay-Hague (Millfield)

2008 – N/A

2007 – Dan Willis (Old Swinford Hospital)

2006 – Tom James (Llandovery College)

2005 – David Williams (King’s Macclesfield)

2004 – Hamish Smales (Sedbergh) & William Maddock (QEGS Wakefield)

2003 – Kiba Richards (Brighton College)

2002 – Christopher Briers (Kirkham Grammar)

2001 – N/A

2000 – David Tibbott (Brighton College)

1999 – Simon Cross (Sedbergh)