It has been a busy week of schools rugby action with the opening round of the U18 Continental Tyres Schools Cup taking place, as well as the Vase.

As such, the fixture list was dominated by the game in those competitions, though there were a handful outside of it, and there are now some tantalising fixtures in the second round in a fortnight’s time.

U18 Continental Tyres Schools Cup Results 9^th to 12^th September:

North A

Manchester Grammar 22-19 Stockport Grammar (Wednesday)

King’s Macclesfield 55-10 Altrincham Grammar (Wednesday)

St Ambrose College 30-14 Sandbach (Wednesday)

Ellesmere College 59-0 Cheadle Hulme (Wednesday)

St Anselm’s College 34-40 Stonyhurst (Wednesday)

Wirral Grammar 19-50 AKS Lytham (Wednesday)

Merchant Taylors’ 0-51 Kirkham Grammar (Wednesday)

Scarisbrick Hall 32-14 Lancaster RGS (Wednesday)

A tight victory for Manchester Grammar sees them into the second round, where they will host a King’s Macclesfield side that were outstanding against Altrincham on Wednesday. Meanwhile St Ambrose Collegewere also victorious and now host Ellesmere College, who were brilliant.

Stonyhurst won a classic at St Anselm’s, winning by six points in a 40-34 stunner. They now host AKS Lytham who were in sparkling form against Wirral Grammar. Twice Kirkham Grammar have been to the final in this competition and twice they have fallen just short, heartbreakingly to Harrow last time around. They are among the favourites again this year and started with a bang at Merchant Taylors’, they now host Scarisbrick Hall, whose strong start to the year continued with victory at home to Lancaster RGS.

North B

Hill House 57-0 Mount St Mary’s College (Wednesday)

Thomas Rotherham College 5-68 Woodhouse Grove (Wednesday)

Grammar School at Leeds 47-22 Ermysted’s Grammar (Wednesday)

Scarborough College 12-28 Harrogate Grammar (Wednesday)

St Peter’s, York 69-25 Hartlepool 6^th form College (Wednesday)

Barnard Castle 47-5 RGS Newcastle (Wednesday)

Hill House and Woodhouse Grove go head to head in Round 2 after stunning performances in Round 1 on Wednesday. Grammar School at Leeds are also through after a good victory over Ermysted’s, they face either QEGS Wakefied or Hymers College.

Harrogate Grammar also progress after an away win at Scarborough, in form St Peter’s York will be the round 2 opponents after a brilliant 69-25 victory on Wednesday. Barnard Castle meanwhile were outstanding against RGS Newcastle, the Cup giants progress to host either Durham or Newcastle School for Boys.

Midlands A

Stamford 49-3 King’s Grantham (Wednesday)

Uppingham 45-0 Loughborough Grammar (Tuesday)

Hereford 6^th form College 5-26 King’s Worcester (Wednesday)

Malvern College 6-24 Solihull (Tuesday)

Bromsgrove 50-0 Bishop Vesey’s Grammar (Wednesday)

A 49-3 victory for Stamford on Wednesday means a trip to either Trent College or 3 time champions Oakham next time around. Oakham’s great rivals Uppingham meanwhile are through after a terrific performance on Tuesday, they will face either Oundle or Rugby in a huge game.

King’s Worcester were on song at a good Hereford 6^th form College side on Wednesday and will now host Solihull, who also won away from home, beating Malvern 24-6 on Tuesday. Former champions Bromsgrovewere sensational on Wednesday and will now travel to either the former finalists, Old Swinford Hospital, or three time champions and local rivals Warwick.

Midlands B

St Joseph’s College 40-33 Ipswich (Wednesday)

Royal Hospital School 10-32 New Hall (Tuesday)

Bishop’s Stortford High 12-34 The Perse (Tuesday)

Samuel Whitbread Academy 22-42 Stowe (Tuesday)

St Joseph’s College came through arguably the game of the round against local rivals, and last year’s quarter finalists, Ipswich. A thrilling 40-33 means they will take on another local rival next round, New Hall, who were victorious at Royal Hospital School. The other game in that half of the draw will see either Colchester RGS or Felsted host Gresham’s or Finborough.

The Perse were away victors at Bishop’s Stortford High and now host either Northampton School for Boys or Wellingborough, while former Plate winners Stowe had a good victory at former Vase winners Samuel Whitbread to set up a Round 2 fixture at home to either Bloxham or Bedford.

London & South East A

Epsom College 53-12 St John’s, Leatherhead (Tuesday)

Caterham 19-7 Reed’s (Wednesday)

KCS Wimbledon 24-10 St Benedict’s (Wednesday)

Haileybury 32-25 Richard Hale (Tuesday)

Mill Hill 22-7 Watford Grammar (Wednesday)

Harrow 67-5 St George’s, Harpenden (Tuesday)

Epsom College were sensational against local rivals St John’s on Tuesday and now host Caterham, who defeated Reed’s. Meanwhile KCS Wimbledon were on song against St Benedict’s and now travel to either Hampton or local rivals Wimbledon College.

Haileybury will travel to either Campion or Brentwood after a hard earned victory over reigning Bowl champions Richard Half, while reigning Cup champions Harrow began their defence in style on Tuesday, beating St George’s 67-5 to set up a trip to Mill Hill, who defeated Watford Grammar.

London & South East B

Wallington County Grammar 7-33 John Fisher (Wednesday)

Trinity 19-0 Skinners’ (Wednesday)

Emanuel 0-55 Dulwich College (Wednesday)

Simon Langton Grammar 41-19 Sutton Valence (Wednesday)

Eastbourne College 8-20 The Judd (Tuesday)

Langley Park 19-15 Christ’s Hospital (Wednesday)

Hurstpierpoint College 33-0 Reigate Grammar (Tuesday)

A Croydon derby awaits in London & South East B after John Fisher won at Wallington and Trinity defeated Skinners’, meanwhile 3-time winners Dulwich College were sensational at Emanuel and now play either Ravens Wood or the other Croydon giant, Whitgift, in Round 2.

Simon Langton were excellent at home to Sutton Valence and now host The Judd, while Langley Park won a tight one over Christ’s Hospital to set up a home tie vs Hurstpierpoint College, who were excellent at home to Reigate Grammar on Tuesday.

South West A

Marling 8-59 Sir Thomas Rich’s (Wednesday)

Monmouth 50-0 The Crypt (Tuesday)

Richard Huish College 15-24 King’s College, Taunton (Wednesday)

Taunton 22-15 Millfield (Wednesday)

Wellington School 15-54 Exeter School (Wednesday)

Ivybridge Community College 24-5 Blundell’s (Wednesday)

Sir Thomas Rich’s and Monmouth will go head to head in Round 2 after magnificent performances in Round 1 against Marling and The Crypt respectively. Kingswood or Bristol Grammar will host either Collegiate or Downside once those two first round games are played.

Meanwhile there will be a Taunton derby with King’s College as hosts after their 24-15 victory over Richard Huish and Taunton School as visitors after they sprung the result of the round by beating Millfield 22-15 on Wednesday. A superb effort from the Somerset side. Exeter School were excellent on Wednesday and will host Ivybridge Community College, whose brilliant early season form was again on show with a 24-5 defeat of last year’s semi finalists, Blundell’s.

South West B

RGS High Wycombe 32-14 The Oratory (Wednesday)

Farnborough 6^th form College 0-18 Churcher’s College (Wednesday)

RGS Guildford 21-5 Lord Wandsworth College (Wednesday)

Clayesmore 10-24 Canford (Tuesday)

Bryanston 5-29 Sherborne (Tuesday)

Marlborough College 19-15 Bishop Wordsworth’s (Wednesday)

Abingdon 22-21 Dauntsey’s (Tuesday)

RGS High Wycombe, who are a definite contender this year, defeated The Oratory and now host St Edward’s Oxford, who had progressed against Reading Blue Coat over the weekend. Victory for Churcher’s College at Farnborough sees them welcome a Cup great in the form of RGS Guildford in Round 2.

Canford were on song away from home at Clayesmore and now host Sherborne, who were also away at Bryanston. Meanwhile Marlborough College won a really tight one against Bishop Wordsworth’s and will now host Abingdon, who just made it through in a cracking game at home to Dauntsey’s, 22-21.

U18 Continental Tyres Schools Vase Fixtures 9^th to 12^th September:

The Vase still has a lot of games to go and byes to be sorted, so there is little point in looking ahead to Round 2 just yet, but Round 1 has already yielded some outstanding performances all over the country.

The likes of KES Southampton and Ampleforth College are already looking formidable, and with more results to come in there will be a number of others impressing onlookers. We will do a fuller update in advance of Round 2.

North A

Wrekin College 50-5 Oswestry (Wednesday)

Shrewsbury 33-33 Bishop Heber High (Wednesday)

Fallibroome 36-22 The Grange

St Joseph’s College 12-37 Newcastle-Under-Lyme (Wednesday)

North B

Worksop College 36-5 Lady Manners (Wednesday)

Ampleforth College 44-0 Yarm (Wednesday)

Dame Allan’s 50-0 KES, Morpeth (Wednesday)

Midlands A

Princethorpe College 31-19 KES Stratford (Wednesday)

Bablake 17-20 Southam College (Wednesday)

KES Camp Hill 19-14 KES Five Ways (Wednesday)

Hereford Cathedral 22-22 St Peter’s, Gloucester (Wednesday)

Dr Challoner’s Grammar 59-0 Chesham Grammar (Wednesday)

Midlands B

Parmiter’s 7-19 Haberdashers’ Elstree (Thursday)

Bishop’s Stortford College 31-0 Saffron Walden CHS (Tuesday)

The Leys 59-10 Hills Road 6^th form College (Tuesday)

Impington College 24-20 King’s Ely (Tuesday)

Farlingaye High 0-35 Framlingham College (Thursday)

Langley 14-29 Wymondham College (Wednesday)

London & South East A

Bancroft’s 12-0 Westcliff High (Wednesday)

Southend High 31-24 Coopers’ Coborn (Wednesday)

UCS 17-31 Cardinal Vaughan (Wednesday)

London Oratory 55-12 Fulham Boys (Wednesday)

Orleans Park 19-12 Grey Court (Wednesday)

London & South East B

St Olave’s Grammar 21-33 Dunottar (Wednesday)

Riddlesdown Collegiate 52-5 Gravesend Grammar (Wednesday)

Chatham & Clarendon 7-12 St Lawrence College (Monday)

Oakwood Park Grammar AWO Maidstone Grammar (Wednesday)

Sir Joseph’s Williamson’s 19-0 Hayes (Wednesday)

Colfe’s 15-22 Sevenoaks (Thursday)

Chislehurst & Sidcup Grammar 35-12 Dartford Grammar (Wednesday)

South West A

Truro College AWO Truro School (Wednesday)

Mount Kelly 27-22 Torquay Boys’ Grammar (Wednesday)

Westonbirt 15-5 Chosen Hill (Thursday)

Cleeve 0-50 King’s Gloucester (Wednesday)

South West B

Halliford 36-61 St George’s Weybridge (Wednesday)

Shiplake College 32-5 Windsor Boys’ (Wednesday)

Claires Court 43-12 Sir William Borlase’s Grammar (Wednesday)

Portsmouth Grammar 7-8 Ryde (Tuesday)

Embley 15-59 KES Southampton (Wednesday)

Non-Knockout Results:

Outside of the knockouts there as action through the week, particularly in Scotland where St Aloysius College won a cracker at Queen Victoria School on Tuesday, 38-26, before Glasgow High won away at North Berwick 36-12 on Wednesday and Robert Gordon’s put in a stunner at home to Trinity Academy, 50-0. Thursday, meanwhile, saw a thriller at Dollar Academy that was just edged by Edinburgh Academy, 35-31.

In England, meanwhile, Kirkham Grammar School were utterly brilliant on Wednesday, beating one of Wales’ finest in the form of Coleg Llanrdillo by an impressive 47-14 margin – made all the more impressive by the fact that they also had a side running out in the Cup and scoring 50. There was another stunning performance on Wednesday, Queen Mary’s Grammar impressing onlookers with a brilliant 57-12 victory at Haberdashers’ Abraham Darby.

Tuesday had seen Clifton College’s 3^rd XV enjoy an impressive 22-7 victory over Clifton High, and on Thursday the Wellington College 4^th XV was also victorious against 1^st XV opposition, beating St Joseph’s College Reading 10-5.

Tuesday 10^th September

Clifton College 3^rd XV 22-7 Clifton High

Queen Victoria 26-38 St Aloysius’ College

Wednesday 11^th September

Haberdashers’ Abraham Darby 12-57 Queen Mary’s Grammar

Kirkham Grammar 47-14 Coleg Llandrillo

North Berwick 12-36 Glasgow High

Robert Gordon’s College 50-0 Trinity Academy

Thursday 12^th September

Dollar Academy 31-35 Edinburgh Academy

Wellington College 4^th XV 10-5 St Joseph’s College, Reading