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 school 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.
De La Salle Trophy winners
YearWinnerPlayer of the tournmentRef1987 Downside School 1988 Bradford Grammar School 1989 AKS Lytham 1990 Millfield 1991 Bradford Grammar School 1992 Bradford Grammar School 1993 Millfield 1994 Collegiate School 1995 St Joseph's College 1996 Collegiate School 1997 Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield Andy Goode (), Bromsgrove School 1998 Collegiate School 1999 RGS High Wycombe 2000 Blackrock College 2001 Collegiate School 2002 Collegiate School Sean Crowley, Millfield 2003 Collegiate School Olly Morgan (), Millfield 2004 Millfield 2005 SGS College 2006 Millfield Ryan Manyika, Brighton College 2007 SGS College Luke Plummer, Filton College 2008 SGS College Jonathan Joseph (), Millfield 2009 John Fisher School Chris Smart, Bedford School 2010 St Joseph's College Alex Day, St Joseph's College 2011 Dulwich College Max Northcote-Green, Millfield 2012 Millfield Sam Denham, Millfield 2013 St Joseph's College Dan Lewis Lewis Ludlam (), St Joseph's College 2014 Millfield Zach Mercer (), Merchiston Castle School 2015 Northampton School for Boys Roman Malin-Hiscock, Hampton School 2016 Cranleigh School Marcus Smith (), Brighton College 2017 Brighton College Toby Smith, Brighton College 2018 RGS Newcastle Dan John, Millfield 2019 Wellington College Phil Brantingham, RGS Newcastle 2020 No competition (due to COVID-19 pandemic) 2021 Millfield 2022 Millfield 2023 Kirkham Grammar School Ollie Davis, Kirkham Grammar School 2024 St Michael's College, Dublin 2025 Wellington College Charlie Bray, Kirkham Grammar School
Results by school SchoolWinsYearMillfield School 8 1990, 1993, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2021, 2022Collegiate School 6 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003Bradford Grammar School 3 1988, 1991, 1992SGS College 3 2005, 2007, 2008St Joseph's College 3 1995, 2010, 2013Wellington College 2 2019, 2025AKS Lytham 1 1989Blackrock College 1 2000Brighton College 1 2017Cranleigh School 1 2016Downside School 1 1987Dulwich College 1 2011John Fisher School 1 2009Kirkham Grammar School 1 2023Northampton School for Boys 1 2015QEGS Wakefield 1 1997RGS High Wycombe 1 1999RGS Newcastle 1 2018St Michael's College, Dublin 1 2024
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