St Joseph's Rugby Festival
The St Joseph's College, Ipswich National Schoolboy Rugby Festival is a schools rugby union competition in the UK.
The Festival was started in 1987 to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the College. Schools invited to take part come from both the state and independent sectors. The Festival has a record of featuring future England players, including former captain Chris Robshaw, British and Irish Lion Mako Vunipola, Charlie Sharples, Mike Tindall, Jonathan Joseph, Zach Mercer and most recently Marcus Smith, who won player of the tournament for Brighton College in 2016.
16 British teams, including hosts St Joseph's, compete in a 2 day competition. On day 1, 4 groups of 4, drawn randomly, play each other. On day 2, the top 2 from each group enter the De La Salle Cup and the bottom 2 enter the plate competition.
Past De La Salle winners include John Fisher School, Millfield, Brighton College and St Joseph's College.
Player(s) of the Tournament[edit]
| Year | Winner | School | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Ryan Manyika | Brighton College | [1] |
| 2007 | Luke Plummer | Filton College | [2] |
| 2008 | Jonathan Joseph ( England)
|
Millfield School | [3] |
| 2009 | Chris Smart | Bedford School | [4] |
| 2010 | Alex Day | St Joseph's College | [5] |
| 2011 | Max Northcote-Green | Millfield School | [6] |
| 2012 | Sam Denham | Millfield School | [7] |
| 2013 | Dan Lewis Lewis Ludlam ( England)
|
St Joseph's College | |
| 2014 | Zach Mercer ( England)
|
Merchiston Castle School | [8] |
| 2015 | Roman Malin-Hiscock | Hampton School | [9] |
| 2016 | Marcus Smith | Brighton College | [10] |
| 2017 | Toby Smith | Brighton College | [11] |
| 2018 | Dan John | Millfield School |
References[edit]
- ^ "Bumper crowd at rugby festival". Ipswich Star. 16 October 2006. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Filton take honours at rugby festival". Ipswich Star. 23 October 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ "Famous names can inspire players at St Joseph's Rugby Festival". Ipswich Star. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "John Fisher and Dulwich win at national rugby festival". Your Local Guardian. 21 October 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ "Gallery: Rugby festival glory for St Joseph's". East Anglian Daily Times. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Gallery: Plaudits but no title for St Joseph's". Ipswich Star. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "GALLERY: St Joseph's College National Schools Rugby Festival". East Anglian Daily Times. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Zach Mercer – England U18s and Bath No.8". The Rugby Paper. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "1st XV win St Joseph's Festival". Hampton School. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "St Joseph's Festival: Dramatic finish to a wonderful 30th St Joseph's Festival". Fifteen Rugby. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Brighton College take top honours at St Joseph's College Rugby Festival". Ipswich Star. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.