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Posted 148 days ago
KING’S SCHOOL, Macclesfield held off St Paul’s School, Eltham College, Ellesmere College and Rugby to claim this month’s award.
After an unbeaten tour of Canada, the Cheshire school – led by No 8 Jack Sadler – reeled off nine consecutive wins against stiff opposition to register as good a start as any in recent memory.
There were outstanding wins over QEGS Wakefield,…
Posted 155 days ago
A FIRST Team of the Month award for Marlborough, who, under No 8 Charlie Pascoe, made their finest start to a season in living memory.
Wins at Monmouth and Clifton, home wins against Wellington College and Bryanston, and a defeat of Sherborne at neutral Newbury capped a terrific run.
A faultless kicking performance from fly-half Charlie Norman, and late try by openside…
Posted 387 days ago
THE CAMBRIDGE school win their first Team of the Month award, their Daily Mail-RBS U18 Vase win bringing the curtain down on one of their greatest seasons.
The side, based on the one that won the U15 Vase in 2009, won 17 games and lost just two – one when understrength in the Daily Mail Cup to Cambridge’s Hills Road VIth…
Posted 417 days ago
OSH win their first-ever Schools Team of the Month award, fending off challenges from Llandovery College, Clongowes Wood, King’s Worcester and Belfast Methodist.
The Stourbridge state boarding school reached the last four of the Daily Mail-RBS U18 Cup for the second year running and then went one better by clinching a place at Twickenham with a win over local rivals King’s…
Posted 441 days ago
St Joseph’s held off King’s Worcester, Lymm HS and OSH to win the Team of the Month award for the first time. The Ipswich school quickly hit form in the spring term with emphatic wins over Campion and Coopers’ Company & Coburn, and memorable cup wins at Skinners’ School and Sir Thomas Rich’s.
Wing George Wacokecoke ran in five tries against…
Posted 503 days ago
Edinburgh Academy held off the challenges of Gower College, Woodhouse Grove, Tregib CS and Sedbergh after beating George Watson’s 12-11 in the Brewin Dolphin U18 Scottish Schools Cup final. It crowned a wonderful term’s rugby for the XV and their No 8 Chris Dean, who led his side to their 14th successive win.
Hugely impressive wins over Robert Gordon’s and Merchiston…
Posted 527 days ago
Dulwich College fended off Tregib CS, Edinburgh Academy, Stamford, Mount St Mary’s and Aylesbury GS to clinch the prize of a framed Team of the Month photo and 22 training tops.
It was the London school’s first such award since 2004, when the XV was led by future England Saxons prop Tom Mercey.
After a nine-game unbeaten run, including a defeat of…
Posted 783 days ago
THE EDINBURGH school fended off challenges from far and wide to earn their first-ever Team of the Month award for their terrific run in the Brewin Dolphin Scottish Schools Cup.
Stewart’s Melville got to their third consecutive final and reversed last year’s loss against Edinburgh Academy by beating their capital city rivals 19-10 in front of a raucous 4,000 crowd at…
Posted 809 days ago
QEGS WAKEFIELD pick up our monthly award ahead of the Independent Schools Barbarians.
The Wakefield school weren’t expected to stand out this year, so their performance in getting all the way to the quarter-finals of the Daily Mail RBS Schools Cup was a tremendous effort. After wins over Silcoates, Mount St Mary’s, Stonyhurst, Hymers and Merchant Taylors’ Crosby, the run ended…
Posted 845 days ago
Wilmslow HS resisted the challenges of The Oratory, Monmouth, Oakham, St Joseph’s and Hampton to win our award.
The highlight of the season has been a 41-0 win over former giants Ampleforth in the Daily Mail Cup. Coached by Stockport fly-half Matt Bebbington, it was the Cheshire comprehensive’s 14th consecutive win, other notable results coming against Lymm HS (17-0), RGS Lancaster…
