Schools / Universities
This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s Schools / Universities news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoLions pride runs deep in this Belfast powerhouse
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools ANY discussion on the best rugby schools in the UK and...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 4 years agoYoung Gun: Cornish Pirates fly-half Harry Bazalgette
Harry Bazalgette has championed BUCS Super Rugby for putting him on the path to the top level of the game after the conclusion...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoMount are on the climb again under Campbell
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools THE influence of the big rugby playing Catholic schools in England...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoLeading lights shining bright at Kingsholm
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools DEAN CLOSE are probably still best known nationally for their hockey...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoStonyhurst College – Rugby aces among the school’s Saints and VCs
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools STONYHURST College in Lancashire can famously claim to have spawned three...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoSmall numbers, but big success at Bryanston
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools BRYANSTON is not a venerable institution, it was only founded in...
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Features
/ 5 years agoSaints give thanks for their feeder school
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools WE have featured the likes of Campion and St Peter’s Gloucester...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoUnderhill inspires next class of Tommie guns
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Sir Thomas Rich School – universally known as Tommies – have...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoGlorious nearly men of St Peter’s will keep trying
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools St Peter’s York might be the third oldest school in the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoSt Benedict’s Ealing: Benny’s have done the old monks proud
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoFree-flowing Fisher put an emphasis on speed
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools JOHN Fisher School might have been founded as recently as 1929...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoSt Peter’s learned how to take on the big boys
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools NO sooner had I mentioned recently that Campion were the only...
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Features
/ 5 years agoClifton’s hackers caused public school stand-off
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools ALTHOUGH Clifton will reluctantly concede that the annual game between Edinburgh...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoGuildford make history in Daily Mail U15 Cup
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools GUILDFORD’S finest hour, and major claim to rugby fame, was winning...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRugby’s great schools – Lancaster RGS: A finishing school for top coaches
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools to bring Lancaster Royal Grammar School under the microscope
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRugby’s Great Schools: Sevenoaks globetrotters took on best in the world
Brendan Gallagher looks at the trailblazers brought through the programme at Sevenoaks School
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoGiggleswick were lords of their manor
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Honour: The King meets England in 1938, Giggleswick star Mike Marshall...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoSt Edward’s forged their style in Llanelli
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Hothouse of talent: First XV 1962-63 Young stars: The U16 team...
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Features
/ 5 years agoHave boots will travel was school rugby motto
IF THERE was one defining characteristic that sets Cowley Rugby apart, it was their willingness to travel far and wide in...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoSuddenly, Oakham find magic of the Cup
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Hand-off: Charlie Walker in full flight during Oakham’s 2011 Daily Mail...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRugby Great Schools: ‘Professional’ Colston’s set the bar sky high
Colston's conveyor belt of talent in modern rugby is quite something...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoSt Brendan’s became back row powerhouse
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools The name of St Brendan’s Bristol might not mean much to...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoDurham have shone since rugby’s dawn
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Recent star man: Cameron Nordi-Kelemeti, now with Newcastle. Charlie Adamson kicks...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoReigate’s renowned 56 club were unbeatable with 15 on the pitch
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools UNLIKE some of their opponents these days, Reigate GS cannot claim...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoCheltenham’s ‘rouges’ shaped modern game
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools THE rugby world has much to thank Cheltenham College for. They...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoSherborne’s stock is on the rise again
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Touchline talk: From left, Steve Leek, Chris Mapp, Richard Tregarthen and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoQEGS’ consistency up with the country’s finest
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools ALWAYS the bridesmaid, never the bride. Well except for one occasion....
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRugby in Yorkshire in safe hands while Geoff Wappett’s
Brendan Gallagher looks at the role Bradford GS has played in Yorkshire's rugby union base over its 140-year history
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoYorkshire rugby’s in safe hands while Wappett’s legacy lives on at Bradford
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Influential: Coach Dan Scarborough at Bradford GS Bradford GS guru Geoff...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoLlandovery’s supply line pre-dates WRU
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Monkey fight: Llandovery do battle with Christ College Brecon in 1961...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoBrighton’s become a force under Buoy
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools SUSSEX is not normally considered a hotbed of rugby in England...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoKinghorn the latest Accies lad to excel
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Best of the best: Fraser Gillies holds the schools Cup after...
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Featured
/ 5 years agoBromsgrove prep school stars kick off decade of success
Brendan Gallagher continues his series of articles on rugby's great schools
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRugby Matters: Rosslyn Park Sevens will be even more prestigious
Brendan Gallagher views how the current health crisis is affecting schools rugby
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoNo place for BOD in Rock’s ‘96 all-stars
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Starter at 10: Brian O’Driscoll playing fly-half for Blackrock College in...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoWonderful Warwick have made a home at Twickers
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools IT would be stretching a point to claim that Warwick have...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoNewcastle now have a pack to rival the big boys
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Talent: James Blackett kicks a penalty against Barnard Castle last season...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoBurke’s law has turned Epsom into champions
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Flyer: Kitan Ojo in action against Wellington Inset, below: Paul Burke...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoAmpleforth got Dallaglio tuned up for greatness
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Top talent: John Macaulay playing for Quins soon after inspiring Ampleforth’s...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoTwickenham hoodoo but Kings of the North at 7s
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools AT most schools the Covid pandemic brought an abrupt and downbeat...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoSam’s triple winners rivalSherri’s mean machine
Brendan Gallaghercontinues his series looking at rugby’sgreat schools WINNING trophiesand reaching finalsisn’t everything inschools’ rugby butit’s nice when it hap-pens and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoWhitgift produce sporting all-rounders of excellence
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools National recognition: Whitgift, with Elliot Daly third from right, celebrate their...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoBlundell’s have flown flag for Devon for 150 years
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Schoolboy sensations: Barrie Karea, left, and Sam Maunder Schoolboy sensations: Barrie...
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Schools / Universities
/ 5 years agoState school PE staff work hardest to provide rugby
IN RESPONSE to Jordan Crane’s remarks in last week’s My Life in Rugby re state school rugby. While accurate in regard...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoUnderdogs Cranleigh are kings of the circuit
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Jumping for joy: Cranleigh clinch the Daily Mail trophy with a...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoSedbergh had full set of England captains
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Champions: Ed Smith and his Sedbergh side won the Open title...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoGareth Edwards-led Millfield really started Rosslyn Park Sevens dynasty
Brendan Gallagher begins a new feature looking at Britain's esteemed rugby schools
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRugby Matters: Rugby has benefitted from ill-gotten gains
Colston College has been one of rugby's strongest schools in the country, but play under an infamous name
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoGareth’s team start Millfield’s 7s dynasty
Brendan Gallagher begins a new series looking at rugby’s great schools Carrying the torch: Callum Sheedy lifts the 2014 Rosslyn Park...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 8 years agoHartpury lads retain title with late killer blow from Stratford
By JOE BYRNES WEDNESDAY’S Twickenham final will surely be reflected upon as one of the greats after Hartpury’s last gasp 27-24...












