Schools Plate, Vase, & Bowl – Regional Semi Finals Roundup
Alongside the Champions Trophy and Schools Cup, the U18 Schools Plate, Vase, and Bowl competitions have all been taking place this week. It was the Plate second round, Vase, fourth round, and Bowl third round, but for all three it was effectively the regional semi finals. All three competitions are split into eight […]
Schools Rugby Weekend Preview: Saturday 10th November
After some superb knockout fixtures this week, a massive weekend of schoolboy rugby awaits us. The big games come thick and fast, and with so many games taking place in the morning, too, a lot of you will be able to catch the Autumn Internationals as well. So far since half term the […]
Schools Cup: Round 3 Preview – Former champions go head to head
The U18 Schools Cup third round takes place this week, the round of 32 and a step closer to the real business end of this competition. This is effectively the regional semi final stage, the country is split into eight regions for the first four rounds of the competition. The winners of each region […]
U18 Schools Plate, Vase, and Bowl: Preview/Overview ahead of a busy week of knockout rugby
The U18 Schools Plate, Vase, and Bowl all return this week with some fantastic games in each competition as the regional finals draw ever nearer. The Plate heads into the second round, the Vase, the fourth, and the Bowl the third, but all three are at the regional semi final (last 32) stage. […]
Schools Rugby Weekend Preview: Saturday 20th October
With most schools on half term this weekend, and the St Joseph’s Festival taking place too, the fixture list is a slim one this weekend. Nevertheless there is some top quality rugby going on with some of the best sides in the country in action, plus a couple of games on Friday night. […]
Schools Cup: Just 32 teams left after superb second round
The Schools Cup second round took place this week, with all but three fixtures in the round now completed, giving us 29 of the last 32 teams left in the tournament. The tournament now takes a break until after half term, bar those final three games to be tidied up, with round three taking […]
U18 Schools Plate: Round 1 Review – Round 2 Preview
The 2018 U18 Schools Plate competition kicked off this week with some cracking games of rugby. The Plate is made up of sides knocked out in the first round of the Schools Cup, and was won last year by Woodhouse Grove, who are making great strides in the Cup this year off the back […]
Schools Rugby Weekend Preview: Saturday 13th October
This week has been a huge week of schools rugby with the Champions Trophy and various Schools Cup competitions all going on. However for the vast majority the weekend is where the focus is, and just as well – there is some stunning rugby set to take place, with a number of sides playing […]
Schools Rugby Midweek Preview: Non-Cup action to see plenty of excitement
While the Champions Trophy, Schools Cup, and various other knockout competitions will likely grab the headlines this week, there is still plenty of other rugby going on. Particularly as the week nears its end, some massive fixtures start to come to the fore, keeping the excitement through the week. You can see our […]
Schools Rugby Weekend Roundup: Saturday 6th October
Another brilliant weekend of rugby passes by with some truly outstanding performances right across the country. It was a fascinating weekend, with some surprise results and big names falling, while others preserved impressive unbeaten records, while a huge number of games went right down to the wire. Local derbies lived up to expectations, while […]
