This is an annual rugby union competition played by teams from Sydney, Australia based boys high schools who are members of the AAGPS.
History The official GPS rugby union competition commenced in 1892. St Joseph's College joined the competition in 1895 and Saint Ignatius' College in 1907.The competition's annual match between Newington College and The King's School is the oldest rivalry game in rugby union in Australia, dating back to at least 1870. In 1874 both Newington College and The King's School were founding members of the Southern Rugby Football Union (now the NSWRU).
In 2009, after 103 years playing in the 1st XV competition, Sydney Boys High School withdrew itself from AAGPS Rugby. After a two-year absence they returned in 2011, with their 1st XV competing 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 six.
The current format across the 1st XV and 2nd XV competitions include Newington College, Shore School, St Ignatius' College, St Joseph's College, The King's School and The Scots College. 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, the current competition format follows a double round-robin format with 10 rounds. 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
1892 to 1999
+ ResultsYear1st XV2nd XV 1892King's- 1893King's- 1894King's- 1895King's- 1896Newington- 1897Grammar- 1898Grammar- 1899Grammar- 1900Newington- 1901King's- 1902King's- 1903King's- 1904St Joseph'sScots 1905St Joseph'sSt Joseph's 1906St Joseph's- 1907St Joseph's- 1908Shore- 1909Shore- 1910King's- 1911NewingtonScots 1912NewingtonKing's 1913King'sShore 1914King'sKing's 1915GrammarSt Joseph's 1916GrammarSt Joseph's 1917King'sKing's 1918St Joseph'sSt Joseph's 1919GrammarGrammar 1920GrammarGrammar 1921GrammarShore, St Joseph's 1922GrammarGrammar 1923St Joseph'sShore 1924Grammar, St Joseph's, King'sKing's 1925St Joseph'sKing's 1926King'sSt Joseph's 1927St Joseph's, King'sKing's 1928King'sShore 1929GrammarShore 1930St Joseph'sShore 1931St Joseph'sSt Joseph's 1932St Joseph'sSt Joseph's 1933Shore, St Joseph'sShore, Grammar, St Joseph's 1934King'sSt Joseph's 1935St Joseph'sSt Joseph's 1936St Joseph'sSt Joseph's 1937St Joseph'sSt Joseph's 1938St Joseph'sGrammar, St Joseph's 1939St Joseph'sSt Joseph's 1940-5No Competitions 1946High, St Joseph'sSt Joseph's 1947St Joseph'sShore, High 1948St Joseph's, ScotsShore 1949Grammar, ScotsShore 1950St Joseph'sShore 1951King'sShore, St Joseph's 1952St Joseph'sSt Joseph's 1953NewingtonKing's, St Joseph's 1954King'sShore 1955St Joseph'sSt Joseph's 1956St Joseph'sSt Joseph's 1957St Joseph'sSt Joseph's 1958St Joseph'sScots 1959ScotsGrammar, St Joseph's 1960St Joseph'sSt Joseph's 1961Newington, King'sSt Ignatius' 1962St Joseph'sGrammar 1963HighNewington 1964St Ignatius'Newington 1965St Joseph'sShore, High 1966GrammarNewington 1967GrammarSt Joseph's 1968St Joseph'sShore 1969ShoreSt Joseph's 1970Shore, St Joseph'sGrammar 1971HighShore 1972High, St Ignatius'St Joseph's 1973High King's 1974King'sSt Joseph's 1975St Ignatius'St Joseph's 1976St Joseph'sScots 1977Shore, St Joseph'sSt Joseph's 1978Scots, St Joseph's, King'sShore 1979NewingtonScots 1980St Ignatius'St Ignatius', St Joseph's 1981St Joseph'sSt Joseph's 1982St Joseph'sSt Joseph's, Shore 1983St Joseph'sShore 1984St Joseph'sSt Ignatius', Shore 1985St Joseph's, ShoreSt Joseph's 1986St Joseph'sSt Joseph's 1987ScotsNewington, St Joseph's 1988St Joseph'sShore 1989St Joseph'sShore 1990St Joseph'sSt Joseph's 1991St Joseph'sSt Ignatius' 1992St Joseph'sNewington, St Joseph's 1993ScotsNewington, St Joseph's 1994St Joseph'sSt Joseph's 1995St Joseph'sSt Joseph's 1996Saint Ignatius' CollegeSt Joseph's 1997St Joseph'sKing's, Shore, St Joseph's 1998St Joseph's, Shore, St Joseph'sSt Joseph's 1999St Joseph'sSt Joseph's
Year 2000 onwards
+ ResultsYear1st XV2nd XV3rd XV 2000King's King's 2001St Joseph's King's 2002King's St Ignatius' 2003St Ignatius' St Joseph's 2004St Joseph's St Joseph's 2005St Joseph'sSt Joseph's 2006St Joseph's, St Ignatius', Shore St Ignatius', Shore 2007St Joseph's St Joseph's 2008St Ignatius', King's St Ignatius' 2009St Ignatius', King's King's 2010Newington St Joseph's 2011St Ignatius' St Ignatius' 2012Newington St Joseph'sSt Joseph's 2013Newington, Scots St Joseph'sArmidale 2014ScotsKing'sScots, Grammar, Armidale2015 Newington, ScotsSt Joseph'sSt Joseph's 2016ScotsScotsArmidale2017Scots Scots St Joseph's2018King's, St Joseph'sSt Joseph's St Ignatius'2019St Joseph'sSt Joseph's St Joseph's2020King'sSt Joseph's Grammar2021Not completed 2022 St Joseph's Scots King's, St Ignatius' 2023 King's St Joseph's The Scots College 2024 Shore The Scots College Shore2025St Ignatius'St Joseph'sSt Joseph's2026Newington, St Ignatius'St Ignatius', St Joseph'sArmidale
See also Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales AAGPS (NSW) Basketball AAGPS (NSW) Soccer Head of the River (New South Wales) AAGPS (NSW) Athletics
References
GPS Results Archive https://www.aagps.nsw.edu.au/winter-sports/rugby/premiership-history
External links GPS website