Schools Rugby: King’s Macclesfield & Kingswood Host Pre-Season Festivals | Preview
The schools rugby season creeps closer and closer into view as the Pre-Season Festivals continue to build ahead of the 2024/25 season. This weekend sees two big festivals taking place, with King’s Macclesfield host 20 teams in the North West and Kingswood School hosting 16 in the South West, two key preparatory tournaments for the […]
Elite Pro Rugby Players and their Schools
Which schools have produced the most elite level rugby players? As we did in 2021 and will continue to do every 2 years we here at NextGenXV have compiled a comprehensive list of all pro players from the major rugby competitions across the globe and sought out which schools they have attended. We looked at […]
Top 50 All Time School Rugby Programs: 50-41
With the 2022 season officially over and the final mens rankings done and dusted we are now able to release our annual All Time Top 50 rugby Programs rankings. Our rankings are based on specific measurements and are a living document, there will be changes as we get more information. To view our rankings methodology […]
U18 Six Nations Festival: Men’s Squads Confirmed ahead of Saturday’s Kick Off
The U18 Six Nations Men’s and Women’s begin this weekend, and the 26-player squads for all six men’s teams have been announced. The remaining women’s squads will likely soon be announced too, at which point we will preview that competition, the first of its kind, but for now we focus on the first men’s U18 […]
Top 50 All Time School Rugby Programs: 50 – 41
To view our methodology please click here 50. Monument (South Africa) View School Profile Senior Internationals: 88.20 Points Under 20 Internationals: 66.50 Points Under 18 Internationals: 66.00 Points Rugby World Cup: 59.20 Points School Championships: 22.22 Points TOTAL POINTS: 302.12 We start off with Krugersdorp powerhouse Monument. “Monnas” as they are known are considered one […]
URC Squads and their Schools
With the United Rugby Championship just around the corner we here at NextGenXV went through the various squad lists and as always looked at which schools the various players attended. As the Springboks are currently on tour a number of high profile players were missing from the current touring parties, we however did include them […]
U20 6 Nations: Ireland name Exiles in side to face Scotland
Ireland have named their side of their U20 Six Nations Championship opener against Scotland, kicking off at 7.15pm at Irish Independent Park in Cork on Friday. Head Coach Noel McNamara has named three Irish Exiles in the side, all in the backline, and all three are worth paying close attention to. He has named […]
Team GB and Ireland both miss out on Youth Olympic Games 7s spot
France U18 won the Rugby Europe Men’s U18 7s European Championships in Lithuania this weekend, securing their place at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires in October as their prize. They beat the back to back holders, Ireland, in the final by 26-17 to secure the title, having topped Pool B ahead of […]
