Top 5 School Teams of the Weekend: Saturday 28th September
Perhaps it was just the way we saw it, but this weekend felt like a bit of a gear shift in the schools rugby season. Maybe it was the weather that did it, but after three weekends highlighted by some dominant performances, the fourth weekend of the season felt as though it was the […]
Schools Rugby Weekend Roundup: Saturday 28th September
This weekend saw some of the most prestigious rugby schools in the country go head to head, and left those watching with a clear sense of the quality of schools rugby this year. Previous weeks have been littered with a number of notable dominant performances, but this weekend seemed to see far more tight […]
U18 Schools Cup: Round 1 Roundup – Huge performances in opening round
The U18 Schools Cup began in earnest this week with some brilliant games to kick things off. In effect it was the regional last 16 stage and as such we now know the bulk of the regional quarter finals. For those that lost out there is still ample opportunity as they now move across […]
Schools Rugby Weekend Preview: Saturday 28th September
Another weekend approaches fast, and with it another schools rugby fixture list that is packed with exciting head to heads. The Schools Cup kicked off in midweek, and along with it there were dozens and dozens of other exciting fixtures, and as such a number of schools take the weekend off. However it was […]
Schools Cup: U18 Cup kicks off this week – First Round Preview
The U18 Schools Cup officially begins this week, with almost all of the first round games taking place across Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. A few games have already taken place, including a thumping win for the reigning Champions, Whitgift, against St Olave’s Grammar last week in London & South East B last week. Loughborough […]
Schools Rugby Weekend Preview: Saturday 21st September
The Rugby World Cup is the undoubted focus of the rugby-watching world as of Friday morning, alarms will be set for those 5.45am kick offs, team selections debated, and predictions made. However for a small pocket of the country the World Cup might just play second fiddle as this school rugby season continues, stars […]
Top 5 School Teams of the Weekend: Week Two
As mentioned last week, in these early stages of the season selecting a top five for our ‘Top 5 School Teams of the Weekend’ is a tricky business. Working out where each side stands at this stage is a fool’s game, it takes a good few matches to see the patterns emerge. The great […]
Schools Rugby Weekend Roundup: Saturday 14th September
The signs were there on the opening weekend and they were confirmed on Saturday, 2019/20 is looking like a classic schools rugby season. There were upsets, there were titanic clashes, there were dominant performances in games you might have predicted to be close, and there were some highly impressive performances right across the board. […]
Schools Rugby Weekend Preview: Saturday 14th September
After a brilliant opening weekend of the season it feels like a fast turnaround for what looks like being a thrilling second weekend of action. Indeed for a few schools this is the first weekend and first game, so there will still be a fair few sides bursting with energy and excitement to simply […]
Schools Rugby Weekend Roundup: Saturday 7th September – A big start to the season!
The excitement was high ahead of the opening weekend of the school season and that anticipation was served well with a stunning opening round of games. Already we have seen performances from some teams that suggest big things from a number of schools, tries were flying in and some that were doing the rounds […]
