School 7s: Kirkham Grammar show their depth at Austin Friars
Kirkham Grammar School’s 2nd VII picked up the Austin Friars 7s title yesterday. The result just serves to highlight the depth of Kirkham’s rugby at the moment, with three of their 1st XV named in the England Counties U18 side yesterday, and their 1st VII winning the Durham 7s last weekend. Yesterday’s tournament […]
Durham 7s: Kirkham Grammar School lay down a marker as 7s season hots up
Kirkham Grammar School showed that their form on the rugby field this year is not just confined to the fifteen-a-side game, as they won the Bain Cup at the Durham 7s. Kirkham went unbeaten in the fifteen-a-side season, including a big win over Sedbergh, and showed just that sort of form again here in […]
School 7s: North of England 7s draw announced
The draw for the 2016 Quilter Cheviot North of England Invitation School 7s on Sunday 6th March has been made. 2015 Champions Kirkham Grammar School are drawn in Group A alongside Manchester Grammar, Ellesemere College, St Ambrose College, and Princethorpe College. Group B plays host to the 2014 champions, Woodhouse Grove. They are […]
Bedford win School Team of the Term!
Bedford have been voted as the Fifteen Rugby School Team of the Term. Well over 3000 votes were cast, and the East Midlands school collected just over 1,200 hundred of the, some 37%. It was a victory that we certainly found hard to argue with after the men in red had secured a […]
VOTE for your School Team of the Term
Now that the school term has begun after what was hopefully a long, happy, and restful Christmas break, the time has come to look back at the previous term and for you to vote for the School Team of the Term. It was a fascinating term of rugby, perhaps one of the most competitive […]
Daily Mail Trophy Top 10: Wellington College seal back to back titles
Wellington College sealed back to back Daily Mail Trophy titles on Saturday as they defeated Marlborough College 44-0. The win, on the final weekend of the Trophy season, bumped them up from second to first, leapfrogging Bedford, and meaning that Kirkham Grammar School, who have a game on Tuesday against Lymm High School, can […]
Daily Mail Trophy Top 10 – Advantage Wellington, but the chasing pack closes in
A fascinating weekend of schools rugby has brought the Daily Mail Trophy towards a dramatic finish as it moves towards its final week of play. Wellington College still top the table, but there having not played this weekend, and lost to Sedbergh in midweek, the title is still very much up for grabs. […]
Schools Rugby Weekend Preview & Predictions: Quality keep on coming after glorious midweek games
The great schools rugby fixtures just keep on coming as a superb weekend of schoolboy rugby looms. It was a sensational midweek of rugby, with Bedford winning the Champions Trophy, and some outstanding NatWest Cup ties, along with the likes of Sedbergh’s victory over Wellington College. Those huge fixtures keep on coming over […]
Daily Mail Trophy – Top 10 – Kirkham unbeaten and climbing
The teams remain the same but the order a little shaken up in the top 10 of the Daily Mail Trophy. Wellington College, fresh from their victory over Cranleigh on Thursday, remain top of the pile, but behind them the unbeaten Kirkham Grammar School are now their closest challengers as they leapt from fifth […]
Schools Rugby Weekend Roundup – Tight games all around
It has been a brilliant weekend of schools rugby, with some impressive result coming in from all quarters. Despite freezing cold conditions and high winds, the quality has been high, and the conditions have made for closer games across the board, with a number of draws. 5 Key Fixtures Our 5 Key […]
