The 2024 Howden Rosslyn Park National Schools 7s begins this Monday, with eleven different competitions across five different age-groups.
Throughout the week every single second of the action on the main two pitches, RE1 and RE2, will be streamed LIVE here on NextGenXV, through the NextGenXV YouTube Channel, including a preview show to begin each day and review show to conclude the days action.
Over 14,000 boys and girls will compete over the five days, making the Howden Rosslyn ark National Schools 7s the world’s largest rugby tournament – regardless of age.
Having begun in 1939, the tournament has grown and grown through the years adding more age-groups, more teams, and introducing more and more girls competitions as well.
This year the 11 different competitions see four girls tournament take place, U18, U18 ACE, U16, and U14, three Junior School boys tournaments, the U11s, the Prep Schools, and the U13 Juniors, and four senior school boys tournaments, the U14s, U16s, U18 Vase, and the flagship U18 Cup.
2024 Howden Rosslyn Park National Schools 7s
Monday: Boys U18 Vase Groups, Girls U16s
The action begins on Monday with the Boys U18 Vase tournament. Rugby School will not be defending their crown as their reward for their 2023 triumph is promotion to the Cup competition at the end of the week, a great carrot for this year’s entrants.
Over in the Girls competition a fantastic 48 teams are competing in what will be an intense single day of action. They play a knockout game to begin, with winners going to Cup pools and losers to Plate pools, and then following those pools it’s onto Cup and Plate knockouts.
You can catch all of the action on Day 1 from RE1 and RE2 LIVE here on NextGenXV, through our YouTube Channel and through the embedded links below.
The schedule for the days action is as follows:
RE1
10.00 Boitsford 7s Academy v Haileybury (Boys U18 Vase Group A)
10.20 Harrodian v Victoria College (Boys U18 Vase Group D)
10.40 Elizabeth College v St Paul’s (Boys U18 Vase Group G)
11.00 Coleg Sir Gar v Gresham’s (Boys U18 Vase Group K)
11.20 Kitondo, Kenya v Tiffin (Boys U18 Vase Group O)
11.40 King’s Ely v Latymer Upper (Boys U18 Vase Group R)
12.00 Newcastle-Under-Lyme v QEGS Wakefield (Boys U18 Vase Group V)
12.20 Dame Allan’s v Hong Kong Sports Institute (Boys U18 Vase Group F)
12.40 Ipswich 2nd VII v Sandbach (Boys U18 Vase Group I)
13.00 Christ College v Durham (Boys U18 Vase Group M)
13.20 Stephen Perse Foundation v Warminster (Boys U18 Vase Group P)
13.40 Bloxham v Coventry College (Boys U18 Vase Group T)
14.00 King’s College Taunton v Llanishen High (Boys U18 Vase Group U)
14.20 Emanuel v Milton Abbey (Boys U18 Vase Group C)
14.40 Campion v Thomas Tallis (Boys U18 Vase Group H)
15.00 Claires Court v Dartford Grammar (Boys U18 Vase Group L)
15.20 Sidcot v Portsmouth Grammar (Boys U18 Vase Group N)
15.40 Barton Peveril v Gordon’s 2nd VII (Boys U18 Vase Group S)
16.00 Newcastle-Under-Lyme v Sevenoaks (Boys U18 Vase Group V)
16.20 U18 Vase Elimination Round (Winner Group A v Winner Group B)
16.40 Girls U16 Plate Final
17.00 Girls U16 Cup Final
RE2
10.00 Bedford Modern v Preseli (Boys U18 Vase Group A)
10.20 Bryanston v St Peter’s, York (Boys U18 Vase Group D)
10.40 Kirkham GS 2nd VII v Langley (Boys U18 Vase Group G)
11.00 Bishop Wordsworth’s v Caterham (Boys U18 Vase Group K)
11.20 Worth v Gwyr (Boys U18 Vase Group O)
11.40 Hill House v Grammar School at Leeds (Boys U18 Vase Group R)
12.00 Saint Cecilia’s v Sevenoaks (Boys U18 Vase Group V)
12.20 Churcher’s College v Pembrokeshire College (Boys U18 Vase Group F)
12.40 Shiplake College v King’s Grantham (Boys U18 Vase Group I)
13.00 Pangbourne College v Rydal Penrhos (Boys U18 Vase Group M)
13.20 King’s Bruton v St Edward’s, Oxford (Boys U18 Vase Group P)
13.40 Callywith College v Hayes (Boys U18 Vase Group T)
14.00 King’s Rochester v Morrison’s Academy (Boys U18 Vase Group U)
14.20 Torquay Boys GS v Dyffryn Taf (Boys U18 Vase Group C)
14.40 Fulham Boys’ v London Oratory (Boys U18 Vase Group H)
15.00 Ampleforth College v Coleg y Cymoedd 2nd VII (Boys U18 Vase Group L)
15.20 Cathedral School, Llandaff v The Cedars (Boys U18 Vase Group N)
15.40 Colfe’s v Dauntsey’s (Boys U18 Vase Group S)
16.00 QEGS Wakefield v Saint Cecilia’s (Boys U18 Vase Group V)
16.20 U18 Boys Vase Elimination Round (Winner C v Winner D)
16.40 U18 Boys Vase Elimination Round (Winners M v Winner N)
17.00 U18 Boys Vase Elimination Round (Winner S v Winner T)
Tuesday: Boys U18 Vase Knockouts, Boys U14s, Girls U14s
On Tuesday the Boys U18 Vase concludes with both the Vase and Bowl knockout rounds, often some of the most exhilarating rugby of the week.
Tuesday also sees both U14 tournaments kick off. The Girls U14 tournament is a one day competition with 28 teams in the mix, taking part in group stages followed by the knockout rounds. Hill House were the 2023 champions and are in a tough Group A this year alongside Cardinal Newman, The Perse, and Ysgol Calon Cymru.
The U14 Boys tournament, meanwhile, is a two day competition, with the group stages and an elimination round taking place on Tuesday. Eton College won in 2023, beating Wellington College in the final, and the Windsor side are in Group A this year alongside Welsh side Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg, North London side QES Barnet, and one of their great rivals, Marlborough College.
All of Tuesday’s action from pitches RE1 and RE2 is available LIVE on the NextGenXV YouTube Channel and through the embedded links below.
The schedule of the days action is as follow:
RE1
10.00 Boys U18 Vase 8th Round Pool A (Winner A v B v Winner C v D)
10.20 Boys U18 Vase 8th Round Pool E (Winner GG v HH v Winner II v JJ)
10.40 Hill House v The Perse (Girls U14 Group A)
11.00 Eton College v Marlborough College (Boys U14 Group A)
11.20 Boys U18 Vase 8th Round Pool B (Winner I v J v Winner M v N)
11.40 Boys U18 Vase 8th Round Pool B (Winner K v L v Winner O v P)
12.00 Boys U18 Vase 8th Round Pool F (Winner OO v PP v Winner SS v TT)
12.20 JESS v Penyrheol (Girls U14 Group C)
12.40 TBC v Duke of York’s Royal Military (Boys U14 Group C)
13.00 Boys U18 Vase 8th Round Pool C (Winner Q v R v Winner W v X)
13.20 Boys U18 Vase 8th Round Pool G (Winner YY v ZZ v Winner AAA v BBB)
13.40 Dubai English Speaking College v Reigate GS (Girls U14 Group B)
14.00 Orleans Park v Waterloo Schools (Boys U14 Group B)
14.20 Boys U18 Bowl Semi Final Pool A (RU2 v RU 4)
14.40 Boys U18 Vase QF 1
15.00 Girls U14 Cup QF 1 (Winner Group A v Winner Group B)
15.20 Boys U18 Bowl Semi Final Pool B (RU3 v RU 7)
15.40 Boys U18 Vase SF 2
16.00 Girls U14 Cup SF Pool A (RU 4 v RU6)
16.20 Boys U18 Bowl Semi Final Pool A (RU4 v RU 6)
16.40 Boys U18 Vase Final
17.00 Girls U14 Cup Final
17.20 Boys U18 Bowl Final
RE2
10.00 Boys U18 Vase 8th Round Pool A (Winner E v F v Winner G v H)
10.20 Boys U18 Vase 8th Round Pool E (Winner KK v LL v Winner MM v NN)
10.40 Newman College v Calon Cymru (Girls U14 Group A)
11.00 QES Barnet v Gymraeg Bro Edern (Boys U14 Group A)
11.20 Boys U18 Vase 8th Round Pool A (Winner A v B v Winner E v F)
11.40 Boys U18 Vase 8th Round Pool C (Winner Q v R v Winner U v V)
12.00 Boys U18 Vase 8th Round Pool F (Winner QQ v RR v Winner UU v VV)
12.20 Blundell’s v Hayes (Girls U14 Group C)
12.40 Clifton College v Ipswich (Boys U14 Group C)
13.00 Boys U18 Vase 8th Round Pool C (Winner S v T v Winner U v V)
13.20 Boys U18 Vase 8th Round Pool G (Winner WW v ZZ v Winner CCC v DDD)
13.40 Llangatwg v Taunton (Girls U14 Group B)
14.00 Shiplake College v St Paul’s (Boys U14 Group B)
14.20 Boys U18 Bowl Semi Final Pool B (RU3 v RU 5)
14.40 Boys U18 Vase QF 2
15.00 Girls U18 Cup QF 2 (Winner C v Best RU)
15.20 Boys U18 Bowl Semi Final Pool A (RU2 v RU 6)
15.40 Boys U18 Vase SF 1
16.00 Girls U18 Cup SF 2
16.20 Boys U18 Bowl Semi Final Pool B (RU5 v RU 7)
Wednesday: Boys U14s Knockouts, Boys U16s Groups
Wednesday sees the Boys U14 competition conclude and the Boys U16 tournament begins, in many ways the toughest test of the week given that side is packed all into the one competition.
The U16 competition is a two day event, with the Group Stage and elimination round take place on Wednesday ahead of Thursday’s Cup and Plate knockout rounds and groups. Harrow are the reigning champions, they won both the U16 and the U18 Cups last year and their U16 triumph was in fact their second Howden Rosslyn Park U16 title on the bounce, one of the great achievements as it takes two completely separate teams to win back to back at this level. Their defence begins from Group A, with the quest for 3 beginning with Bedford Modern, Eastbourne College, and Kings of Wessex as the challengers.
As with the previous days, all of the action on pitches RE1 and RE2 will be broadcast LIVE on the NextGenXV YouTube Channel and through the embedded links below.
Wednesday’s live stream schedule is as follows:
RE1
10.00 Boys U14 Cup 8th Round Pool A (Winner A v B v Winner C v D)
10.20 Bedford Modern v Harrow (Boys U16 Group A)
10.40 Dauntsey’s v Grey Court (Boys U16 Group E)
11.00 Boys U14 Cup 8th Round Pool C (Winner M v N v Winner Q v R)
11.20 Scarborough College v Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege (Boys U16 Group H)
11.40 JESS v KES Bath (Boys U16 Group L)
12.00 Boys U14 Cup 8th Round Pool B (Winner I v J v Winner K v L)
12.20 King’s College Taunton v Prince Henry’s GS (Boys U16 Group D)
12.40 Fulham Boys’ v Wycliffe College (Boys U16 Group G)
13.00 Boys U14 Cup QF Pool A (Winner 8th Rd A v Winner 8th Rd B)
13.20 Beechen Cliff v Embley (Boys U16 Group K)
13.40 QES Barnet v Sevenoaks (Boys U16 Group N)
14.00 Boys U14 Cup QF Pool C (Winner 8th Rd G v Winner 8th Rd H)
14.20 New Hall v Tonbridge (Boys U16 Group C)
14.40 St Peter’s, Gloucester v Wellington College (Boys U16 Group F)
15.00 Boys U14 Cup QF Pool B (Winner 8th Rd E v Winner 8th Rd F)
15.20 Berkhamsted v Dollar Academy (Boys U16 Group J)
15.40 Monkton Combe v Pocklington (Boys U16 Group M)
16.00 Boys U14 Cup Semi Final 1
16.20 Boys U16 Cup Elimination Round (Winner A v Winner B)
16.40 Boys U16 Cup Elimination Round (Winner I v Winner J)
17.00 Boys U14 Cup Final
RE2
10.00 Boys U14 Cup 8th Round Pool B (Winner G v H v Winner I v J)
10.20 Eastbourne College v King’s of Wessex (Boys U16 Group A)
10.40 Ampleforth College v RGS Guildford (Boys U16 Group E)
11.00 Boys U14 Cup 8th Round Pool A (Winner A v B v Winner E v F)
11.20 Nailsea v Reading Blue Coat (Boys U16 Group H)
11.40 Llandovery College v Marlborough College (Boys U16 Group L)
12.00 Boys U14 Cup 8th Round Pool C (Winner O v P v Winner Q v R)
12.20 Ipswich HS v Radley College (Boys U16 Group D)
12.40 St Paul’s v Caer Elen (Boys U16 Group G)
13.00 Boys U14 Cup QF Pool B (Winner 8th Rd D v Winner 8th Rd E)
13.20 Abingdon v Gravesend GS (Boys U16 Group K)
13.40 Reed’s v Solihull (Boys U16 Group N)
14.00 Boys U14 Cup QF Pool A (Winner 8th Rd A v Winner 8th Rd C)
14.20 Clyst Vale v Waterloo Schools (Boys U16 Group C)
14.40 St Edward’s, Oxford v Windsor Boys’ (Boys U16 Group F)
15.00 Boys U14 Cup QF Pool C (Winner 8th Rd H v Winner 8th Rd I)
15.20 Bristol GS v Epsom College (Boys U16 Group J)
15.40 Newcastle-Under-Lyme v Northampton School for Boys (Boys U16 Group M)
16.00 Boys U14 Cup Semi Final 2
16.20 Boys U16 Cup Elimination (Winner C v Winner D)
16.40 Boys U16 Cup Elimination (Winner K v Winner L)
17.00 Boys U14 Plate Final
Thursday: U16 Boys Knockouts, Boys U18 Cup Groups, Girls U18 Cup Groups, Girls U18 ACE, Boys Prep Schools
Thursday is a busy day, with five different competitions taking place. The U16 Boys competition reaches its conclusion on Thursday, as will the Girls U18 ACE competition and the Boys Prep Schools competition, both of which are one day events, while the two flagship competitions, the Boys U18 Cup and the Girls U18 Cup will both begin.
The Boys U18 Cup sees Harrow aiming for history as they seek to make it back to back Howden Rosslyn Park National Schools 7s titles, and to become the first side to win the National 7s and the National 15s title in the same year. Their defence begins in a very tricky Group A with Welsh giants Coleg y Cymoedd for company, so to Oxfordshire’s Abingdon School, the superb Seaford College from Sussex, and London & South Central ACE side Bishop Wand, with whom so many of Harrow’s players are academy teammates. The U18 Cup draw is brutally tough, 60 teams split into twelve groups of five, with only the top sides progressing to the Cup on Day 2, second progress to the Plate.
It is sure to be an intense opening day, as you can see by simply casting an eye over the draw below.
The Girls U18 competition is no less daunting. 50 teams split over 10 groups of five and running pretty much in parallel to the Boys competition. Newman College won the title last year with a series of fantastic performances in the wet, not least in the final against Peter Symonds’.
Their reward is a tricky Group D, with Girls heavyweights Weston College for company, alongside King’s College Taunton, Royal Hospital School, and a strong Gordon’s side. Check out the full draw below.
Over in the Girls ACE competition it is going to be a short, sharp, and intense competition, 8 sides are involved, as you can see in the below draw, divided into two pools of four, with the top two from each going to the semi finals. The big question is, can anyone stop the reigning champions Hartpury College, perennial winners in any tournament, from going all the way again?
The Prep Schools tournament is meanwhile just a group format, as in previous years. Sixty teams are involved in total, split into ten groups of six teams each for what should be a fantastic day of action for all involved, not least for the inspiration in rubbing shoulders with some of the U18s players.
All of the action from Pitches RE1 and RE2 is again LIVE on the NextGenXV YouTube Channel and through the embedded links below – remember there are different links for each day!
The Live Streaming Schedule for the day can been see below:
RE1
10.00 Seaford College v Bishop Wand (Boys U18 Cup Group A)
10.20 Cranleigh v Oakham (Boys U18 Cup Group C)
10.40 Radley College v Rugby (Boys U18 Cup Group F)
11.00 Beechen Cliff v Norwich (Boys U18 Cup Group J)
11.20 Abingdon v Coleg y Cymoedd (Boys U18 Cup Group A)
11.40 Berkhamsted v Newport HS (Boys U18 Cup Group E)
12.00 Blundell’s v Sedbergh (Boys U18 Cup Group I)
12.20 Brighton College v Exeter College (Boys U18 Cup Group L)
12.40 Llandovery College v Tonbridge (Boys U18 Cup Group B)
13.00 Henley College v Woodhouse Grove (Boys U18 Cup Group B)
13.20 Barnard Castle v Whitgift (Boys U18 Cup Group G)
13.40 Millfield v St Joseph’s College (Boys U18 Cup Group K)
14.00 Loughborough College v Oaklands College (Girls ACE Group B)
14.20 Coleg Llandrillo v Trinity (Boys U18 Cup Group D)
14.40 Clifton College v King’s Macclesfield (Boys U18 Cup Group H)
15.00 Exeter College v St Benedict’s (Boys U18 Cup Group L)
15.20 City of Oxford College v SGS Filton College (Girls ACE Group A)
15.40 Brooksby Melton College v Glantaf (Boys U18 Cup Group C)
16.00 Finborough v Stourport HS (Boys U18 Cup Group F)
16.20 Girls ACE Final
16.40 Boys U16 Cup Final
17.00 Boys U16 Plate Final
RE2
10.00 Abingdon v Harrow (Boys U18 Cup Group A)
10.20 Gosforth Academy v Glantaf (Boys U18 Cup Group C)
10.40 Coleg Sir Gar v Finborough (Boys U18 Cup Group F)
11.00 Richard Huish v Wellington College (Boys U18 Cup Group J)
11.20 Harrow v Bishop Wand (Boys U18 Cup Group A)
11.40 Bromsgrove v Cardiff & Vale College (Boys U18 Cup Group E)
12.00 Denstone College v Myerscough College (Boys U18 Cup Group I)
12.20 Hartpury College v Kirkham Grammar (Boys U18 Cup Group L)
12.40 Abingdon v Seaford College (Boys U18 Cup Group A)
13.00 Coleg Llandrillo v Ipswich (Boys U18 Cup Group D)
13.20 Canford v Epsom College (Boys U18 Cup Group G)
13.40 Bishop Burton College v Hampton (Boys U18 Cup Group K)
14.00 EggChasers VII v Exeter College (Girls ACE Group B)
14.20 City of Oxford College v Hurstpierpoint College (Boys U18 Cup Group D)
14.40 John Fisher v Stowe (Boys U18 Cup Group H)
15.00 Brighton College v Kirkham Grammar (Boys U18 Cup Group L)
15.20 Bishop Burton College v Worthing College (Girls ACE Group A)
15.40 Gosforth Academy v Oakham (Boys U18 Cup Group C)
16.00 Coleg Sir Gar v Rugby (Boys U18 Cup Group F)
16.20 Norwich v Richard Huish (Boys U18 Cup Group J)
16.40 Kirkham Grammar v St Benedict’s (Boys U18 Cup Group L)
Friday: Boys U18 Cup Knockouts, Girls U18 Cup Knockouts, Boys Junior Schools, Boys U11s
The grand finale of the 2024 Howden Rosslyn Park National Schools 7s, with the knockout rounds of the Boys U18s Cup and the Girls U18s Cup as the next legends of the school game await their crowning moment. It is also the day that sees the Boys U13 Juniors and Boys U11s competitions take place.
It is one of the great days of school rugby, the best of the best in schoolboy terms mixed with the youngest and most impressionable. It is a day where the U18s are heroes and the U13s and U11s the inspired. History is made year on year on Friday at Rosslyn Park and this year will be no different.
The Juniors is actually a huge tournament, featuring 114 teams as you can see below, a staggering number who will be spread far and wide across the fields of the Howden Rosslyn Park National Schools 7s. As in the Prep tournament on Thursday, it will just be a group stage competition.
Likewise the U11s is just a group based competition, with 42 sides in action, split over seven groups of six for what should be a brilliant day’s play.
Friday’s action on RE1 and RE2 will all be LIVE here on NextGenXV through the NextGenXV YouTube Channel and through the embedded links below, including all of the finals!
The live schedule for the day can be seen below, including four straight finals on RE1, the Girls U18 Plate at 4pm, the Boys U18 Plate at 4.20pm, the Girls U18 Cup at 4.40pm, and the final game of the week, the Boys U18 Cup, at 5pm.
RE1
10.00 Finborough v Trinity (Juniors Group A)
10.20 Bedford Modern v Emanuel (Juniors Group C)
10.40 Boys U18 Plate QF Pool A (RU Pool A v RU Pool B)
11.00 Dulwich College v George Watson’s College (Juniors Group B)
11.20 Boys U18 Cup QF Pool A (Winner A v Winner B)
11.40 Blundell’s v KCS Wimbledon (Juniors Group C)
12.00 Girls U18 Cup QF Pool 1 (Winner A v Winner B)
12.20 Boys U18 Plate QF Pool C (RU Pool I v RU Pool K)
12.40 Girls U18 Plate SF Pool B (RU 4 v RU 9)
13.00 Boys U18 Cup QF Pool C (Winner I v Winner K)
13.20 Girls U18 Cup QF Pool 3 (Winner H v Winner J)
13.40 Exhibition Game
14.00 Boys U18 Plate QF Pool B (RU Pool E v RU Pool H)
14.20 Girls U18 Cup QF Pool 2 (Winner E v RU1)
14.40 Boys U18 Cup QF Pool B (Winner E v Winner H)
15.00 Girls U18 Plate SF Pool B (RU 4 v RU 3)
15.20 Boys U18 Plate Semi Final 1
15.40 Boys U18 Cup Semi Final 1
16.00 Girls U18 Plate Final
16.20 Boys U18 Plate Final
16.40 Girls U18 Cup Final
17.00 Boys U18 Cup Final
RE2
10.00 Dunottar v Emirates Falcon International (Juniors Group A)
10.20 Norwich v Blundell’s (Juniors Group C)
10.40 Boys U18 Plate QF Pool A (RU Pool C v RU Pool D)
11.00 Northampton SfB v St John’s Leatherhead (Juniors Group B)
11.20 Boys U18 Cup QF Pool A (Winner C v Winner D)
11.40 Emanuel v Bryn Celynogg (Juniors Group C)
12.00 Girls U18 Cup QF Pool 1 (Winner C v Winner D)
12.20 Boys U18 Plate QF Pool C (RU Pool J v RU Pool L)
12.40 Girls U18 Plate SF Pool B (RU 10 v RU 7)
13.00 Boys U18 Cup QF Pool C (Winner J v Winner K)
13.20 Girls U18 Cup QF Pool 3 (Winner I v Winner K)
13.40 Girls U18 Plate SF Pool A (RU 2 v RU 5)
14.00 Boys U18 Plate QF Pool B (RU Pool F v RU Pool G)
14.20 Girls U18 Cup QF Pool 2 (Winner F v Winner G)
14.40 Boys U18 Cup QF Pool B (Winner F v Winner G)
15.00 Girls U18 Plate SF Pool B (RU 7 v RU 9)
15.20 Boys U18 Plate Semi Final 2
15.40 Boys U18 Cup Semi Final 2
16.00 Dulwich College v King’s Worcester (Juniors Group B)
16.20 Bedford Modern v KCS Wimbledon (Juniors Group C)
