This is an annual rugby union competition played by teams from Sydney, Australia based boys high schools who are members of the AAGPS.

History

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The official rugby union competition commenced in 1892. In 2009 after 103 years playing in the 1st XV competition Sydney Boys High School decided to withdraw itself from AAGPS Rugby. After a two-year absence High returned in 2011 with their 1st XV in the 2nd XV competition. In 2012 the Armidale School's 1st XV was admitted into the 2nd XV competition while High were placed in the inaugural 3rd XV competition. Sydney Grammar School decided not to participate in the 2013 1st XV competition reducing the number of schools competing in the 1st XV to 6. It was decided that both the 1st XV and 2nd XV competitions would only include Newington, Shore, Riverview, St Josephs, Kings and Scots. The 3rd XVs of all these schools joined the 1st XVs of Armidale, Grammar and High in a nine-team 3rd XV competition. With the 1st XV and 2nd XV only having six teams, it was also decided that the competition format should change from a single round-robin to a double round-robin. However it has since changed back to a single round-robin competition. The 3rd XV competition remained a single round-robin.

  • 1st Grade School Challenge Trophy Presented by the President and Vice Presidents of The New South Wales Rugby Football Union first award in 1986 replacing an earlier shield
  • 2nd Grade W.S.Corr Shield. The Shield also has AAGPS 2nd Grade Football engraved on it. It was first presented in 1913.

Results

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1892 to 1999

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Results
Year 1st XV 2nd XV
1892 King's -
1893 King's -
1894 King's -
1895 King's -
1896  Newington -
1897  Grammar -
1898  Grammar -
1899  Grammar -
1900  Newington -
1901 King's -
1902 King's -
1903 King's -
1904 St Joseph's Scots
1905 St Joseph's St Joseph's
1906 St Joseph's -
1907 St Joseph's -
1908  Shore -
1909  Shore -
1910 King's -
1911  Newington Scots
1912  Newington King's
1913 King's  Shore
1914 King's King's
1915  Grammar -
1916  Grammar St Joseph's
1917 King's King's
1918 St Joseph's St Joseph's
1919  Grammar  Grammar
1920  Grammar  Grammar
1921  Grammar  Shore, St Joseph's
1922  Grammar  Grammar
1923 St Joseph's  Shore
1924 Grammar, St Joseph's, King's King's
1925 St Joseph's King's
1926 King's St Joseph's
1927 St Joseph's, King's King's
1928 King's  Shore
1929  Grammar  Shore
1930 St Joseph's  Shore
1931 St Joseph's St Joseph's
1932 St Joseph's St Joseph's
1933  Shore, St Joseph's Shore, Grammar, St Joseph's
1934 King's St Joseph's
1935 St Joseph's St Joseph's
1936 St Joseph's St Joseph's
1937 St Joseph's St Joseph's
1938 St Joseph's  Grammar, St Joseph's
1939 St Joseph's St Joseph's
1940-5 No Competitions
1946 High, St Joseph's St Joseph's
1947 St Joseph's  Shore, High
1948 St Joseph's, Scots  Shore
1949  Grammar, Scots  Shore
1950 St Joseph's  Shore
1951 King's  Shore, St Joseph's
1952 St Joseph's St Joseph's
1953  Newington King's, St Joseph's
1954 King's  Shore
1955 St Joseph's St Joseph's
1956 St Joseph's St Joseph's
1957 St Joseph's St Joseph's
1958 St Joseph's Scots
1959 Scots  Grammar, St Joseph's
1960 St Joseph's St Joseph's
1961  Newington, King's  St Ignatius'
1962 St Joseph's  Grammar
1963 High  Newington
1964  St Ignatius'  Newington
1965 St Joseph's  Shore, High
1966  Grammar  Newington
1967  Grammar St Joseph's
1968 St Joseph's  Shore
1969  Shore St Joseph's
1970  Shore, St Joseph's  Grammar
1971 High  Shore
1972 High,  St Ignatius' St Joseph's
1973 High[1] King's
1974 King's St Joseph's
1975  St Ignatius' St Joseph's
1976 St Joseph's Scots
1977  Shore, St Joseph's St Joseph's
1978 Scots, St Joseph's, King's  Shore
1979  Newington Scots
1980  St Ignatius'  St Ignatius', St Joseph's
1981 St Joseph's St Joseph's
1982 St Joseph's St Joseph's,  Shore
1983 St Joseph's  Shore
1984 St Joseph's  St Ignatius',  Shore
1985 St Joseph's,  Shore St Joseph's
1986 St Joseph's St Joseph's
1987 Scots  Newington, St Joseph's
1988 St Joseph's  Shore
1989 St Joseph's  Shore
1990 St Joseph's St Joseph's
1991 St Joseph's  St Ignatius'
1992 St Joseph's  Newington, St Joseph's
1993 Scots  Newington, St Joseph's
1994 St Joseph's St Joseph's
1995 St Joseph's St Joseph's
1996  St Ignatius' St Joseph's
1997 King's King's, Shore, St Joseph's
1998 King's, Shore, St Joseph's St Joseph's
1999 King's St Joseph's

Year 2000 onwards

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Results
Year 1st XV 2nd XV 3rd XV
2000 King's King's
2001 St Joseph's King's
2002 King's  St Ignatius'
2003  St Ignatius' St Joseph's
2004 St Joseph's St Joseph's
2005 St Joseph's St Joseph's
2006 St Joseph's, St Ignatius', Shore  St Ignatius',  Shore
2007 St Joseph's St Joseph's
2008  St Ignatius', King's  St Ignatius'
2009  St Ignatius', King's King's
2010  Newington St Joseph's
2011  St Ignatius'  St Ignatius'
2012  Newington St Joseph's St Joseph's
2013  Newington, Scots St Joseph's Armidale
2014 Scots King's Scots, Grammar, Armidale
2015  Newington, Scots St Joseph's St Joseph's
2016 Scots Scots Armidale
2017 Scots Scots St Joseph's
2018 King's, St Joseph's St Joseph's  St Ignatius'
2019 St Joseph's St Joseph's St Joseph's
2020 King's St Joseph's Grammar
2021 Not completed
2022 St Joseph's Scots King's,  St Ignatius'
2023 The King's School St Joseph's Newington College (Sydney)
2024 Shore The Scots College Shore

See also

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References

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  1. ^ SBHS (1979). "1973 culminated a great period of rugby at High. The 1st XV won the G.P.S for the third competition year, and went one better as they defeated every other of the seven G.P.S schools, for the first time in history". The Record: 47.
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