St Joseph's Rugby Festival

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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.

Tournament

YearWinnerSchoolRef
2006 Ryan Manyika Brighton College [1]
2007 Luke Plummer Filton College [2]
2008 Jonathan Joseph (Flag of England.svg  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 (Flag of England.svg  England)
St Joseph's College
2014 Zach Mercer (Flag of England.svg  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

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