Schools Rugby Weekend Preview – A fascinating weekend awaits
This weekend is a slightly quitter one than usual, with many schools on exeat this weekend. That said, it really is only slightly, there are some absolutely superb looking fixtures ahead, and some very tough ones to predict! 5 Key Fixtures We begin, as ever, with our 5 Key Fixtures, and they […]
Top 5 School Teams of the Weekend
What a superb weekend of schools rugby this was, despite some atrocious weather in some areas, teams still manage to produce some outstanding rugby. There were a number of teams who put their hands up for inclusion in this weekend’s Top 5 School Teams of the Weekend, from sides produced some outstanding scorelines to […]
Daily Mail Trophy – Top 10 – Champions Wellington College back on top
After a stunning weekend of schools rugby, the top 10 in the Daily Mail Trophy has really been shaken up. 2014 Champions, Wellington College, are back at the top of the pile after their victory over Epsom College helped them jump from second to first, aided by Sedbergh’s defeat to Kirkham Grammar School. […]
Schools Rugby Weekend Roundup – A stunning weekend of schoolboy rugby
In our preview to the weekend’s school rugby we said that a classic weekend lay ahead, and so it proved as some brilliant games of rugby were played out across the country. Conditions were unpleasant for many, and there were a few scores that reflected that, a 3-0 win for Merchant Taylor’s over Bloxham […]
Schools Rugby Weekend Preview & Prediction – Classic Weekend Ahead
After a huge week of schools rugby it almost seems hard to believe that the weekend is already almost upon us, and it looks like the quality of the midweek rugby is set to continue into Saturday. Everywhere you look there are top quality fixtures, with some hugely significant clashes. The Daily Mail Trophy […]
Daily Mail Trophy Table – Top 10
The first full round of games since the half term break have certainly shaken up the Daily Mail Trophy table, with several positional changes in the Top 10. The big constant though is that Sedbergh retain their position at the top of the table and remain a fair way ahead of the rest of […]
October School Team of the Month Vote
As we move into the final week of the month, it is time to start looking ahead to the October Team of the Month award. It has been a brilliant month of rugby once again, with the Champions Trophy last sixteen and quarter finals being played, as well as a couple of rounds in […]
Top 5 School Teams of the Weekend
This week’s Top 5 school teams of the weekend sees a real mix of big wins, unexpected victories and good gutsy performances. Blundell’s Blundell’s 61-5 victory over King’s College Taunton was highly impressive. Blundell’s were favourites, but scoring sixty-one points was far in excess of anything that they would have been expecting. The […]
Weekend Review: Issue 17 – Explaining the Daily Mail Trophy
The Daily Mail Trophy begins this weekend, over the last few years it has proved to be a real success, however for many it has also proved a little tricky to understand. Therefore ahead of the start of the season, we thought a useful inclusion in this week’s newsletter would be a simple guide […]
The Weekend Review: Issue 3 – The Daily Mail Trophy explained
One question that we are asked on touchlines probably more than anything else is ‘can you explain the Daily Mail Trophy scoring system?’. With the competition nearing its conclusion, and with there being a few ways that it could be won tomorrow, we thought now would be a good opportunity to explain how it […]
