Christ College Brecon Rugby Sevens 2024

Christ College Brecon

Invitational Rugby Sevens

celebrating 100 years of Welsh Senior Schools and Colleges Rugby Union

11th February 2024 Sponsored by

Welcome On behalf of the College I would like to welcome all those attending today’s Sevens tournament as players, coaches and spectators. I look forward to watching some excellent sport as ever and hope that you will enjoy the customary warm welcome of the Christ College community.

commitment not only of the players but of the coaches and also, less often noticed, of the referees whose thankless task is to dispense justice tempered by mercy to impassioned and determined players. I am hugely grateful to the members of the Society of Friends of Christ College Brecon, who are providing refreshments today and ensuring that hot drinks are available to warm us up!

We have once again gathered teams from all over the country and from some of the best rugby playing schools. The format of the competition is such that on the majority of occasions the side universally held to be the strongest has won on the day and it will be interesting to see if this pattern is repeated this year.

Our gratitude is also due to our sponsors, supporters and our friends who continue to support Christ College in numerous ways. The services have a proud tradition of excellence and depth in rugby and it is a privilege to be associated with this fantastic game.

What is certain to be repeated is the tournament’s tradition of a high standard of skill, good sportsmanship and a happy balance of camaraderie and rivalry. Many people have to work hard to make such an event happen and I would like to commend the

Wales is a great place to be if you love rugby and I hope today will be a true celebration of the principality’s favourite game.

Gareth Pearson Head

The Welsh Senior Schools and Colleges Rugby Union The playing season of 2023 is the centenary of the Welsh Senior Schools and Colleges Rugby Union. The first matches were played against France Schools and Yorkshire schools in April 1923, as the English Schools Union had not been formed at that time. During its 100 years the name of the Union has had a couple of changes, in 1923 it was called the Welsh Secondary Schools Rugby Union, in 1983 it became the Welsh Schools Rugby Union (Senior Group) and in 2019 the name changed to the current title Welsh Senior Schools and Colleges Rugby Union.

The Union, as well as running all the schools’ competitions, also ran the Welsh Schools Under 18 international team, playing against all the home countries. The Welsh Schools were the first International schools’ team to travel to South Africa in 1958, Clive Rowlands was one of the schoolboys on that tour. The Welsh Schools were the first Welsh International team (Mens or Youth) to beat New Zealand in their home country. Scott Quinell was one of the players on that tour. In 2004, all the home

unions took over their under 18 school sides and set them up as WRU Under 18’s, RFU under 18’s etc.

We now run all the Senior School and Colleges League and Knock out competitions. The League program consists of the West and East Premier leagues, and a 2nd tier league in each county or district.

The winners of the West and East Premier leagues play in a final for the captain Bleddyn James memorial Trophy. In the Knockout competitions, the top 32 teams play in the Cup Competition with the losers of the first-round progressing to the Plate competition.

All the other schools play the Vase Competitions and the first-round losers progress to the Bowl competition.

The finals of these KO competitions are played on the school’s day at the Principality Stadium every April.

We are delighted that we can celebrate 100 years of Welsh Schools rugby here at Christ College Brecon today who themselves have a proud rugby history.

Good luck to all of the players and teams in involved today, we wish you every success.

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Founded by Old Breconian Richard Williams in 2014 it now has three branches with small animal veterinary care in Barry, Cardiff and Newport. Richard also won the prestigious PetPlan ‘Vet of the Year’ in 2016 for the whole of the UK. Richard and his family have a strong link with Christ College Brecon and rugby in particular with several generations playing for the 1st XV. He is proud to sponsor today’s competition and wishes everyone the best of luck. Vale Veterinary Centre is also a proud sponsor of:

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The Draw POOL A

PITCH

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CHRIST COLLEGE

10.00 v

HARTPURY COLLEGE

1

2

MILLFIELD

10.20 v

CATHEDRAL LLANDAFF

1

3

BRENTWOOD SCHOOL

10.40 v

CHRIST COLLEGE

2

4

HARTPURY COLLEGE

11.00 v

MILLFIELD

2

5

CATHEDRAL LLANDAFF

11.20 v

BRENTWOOD SCHOOL

3

6

CHRIST COLLEGE

11.40 v

MILLFIELD

3

7

CATHEDRAL LLANDAFF

12.00 v

HARTPURY COLLEGE

4

8

BRENTWOOD SCHOOL

12.20 v

MILLFIELD

4

9

CHRIST COLLEGE

12.40 v

CATHEDRAL LLANDAFF

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RENTWOOD SCHOOL

1

10

HARTPURY COLLEGE

1.00 v

2

POOL A CHRIST COLLEGE HARTPURY MILLFIELD SCHOOL CATHEDRAL LLANDAFF BRENTWOOD

POOL B

PITCH

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LLANDOVERY

10.00 v

SIR THOMAS RICH’S

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2

KINGS WORCESTER

10.20 v

STOURPORT HS

2

3

DYFFRYN AMMAN

10.40 v

LLANDOVERY

3

4

SIR THOMAS RICH’S

11.00 v

KINGS WORCESTER

3

5

STOURPORT HS

11.20 v

DYFFRYN AMMAN

4

6

LLANDOVERY

11.40 v

KINGS WORCESTER

4

7

STOURPORT HS

12.00 v

SIR THOMAS RICH’S

1

POOL B LLANDOVERY

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DYFFRYN AMMAN

12.20 v

KINGS WORCESTER

1

9

LLANDOVERY

12.40 v

STOURPORT HS

2

SIR THOMAS RICH’S KINGS WORCESTER STOURPORT HIGH SCHOOL

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SIR THOMAS RICH’S

1.00 v

DYFFRYN AMMAN

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2

DYFFRYN AMMAN

POOL C

PITCH

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GLANTAF

10.00 v

BLUNDELL’S

3

2

COLLEGIATE

10.20 v

KIRKHAM GS

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3

COLEG SIR GAR

10.40 v

GLANTAF

4

4

BLUNDELL’S

11.00 v

COLLEGIATE

4

5

KIRKHAM GS

11.20 v

COLEG SIR GAR

1

6

GLANTAF

11.40 v

COLLEGIATE

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POOL C 7

KIRKHAM GS

12.00 v

BLUNDELL’S

2

8

COLEG SIR GAR

12.20 v

COLLEGIATE

2

BLUNDELLS SCHOOL

3

KIRKHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL

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GLANTAF

12.40 v

KIRKHAM GS

GLANTAF

COLEG SIR GAR

10

BLUNDELL’S

1.00 v

COLEG SIR GAR

4

3

COLLEGIATE

POOL D

PITCH

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TAUNTON

10.00 v

DEAN CLOSE

4

2

WHITCHURCH HS

10.20 v

CLIFTON

4

3

CWM RHYMNI

10.40 v

TAUNTON

1

4

DEAN CLOSE

11.00 v

WHITCHURCH HS

1

5

CLIFTON

11.20 v

CWM RHYMNI

2

6

TAUNTON

11.40 v

WHITCHURCH HS

2

POOL D 7

CLIFTON

12.00 v

DEAN CLOSE

3 DEAN CLOSE

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CWM RHYMNI

12.20 v

WHITCHURCH HS

3

9

TAUNTON

12.40 v

CLIFTON

4

1.00 v

CWM RHYMNI

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DEAN CLOSE

TAUNTON CLIFTON WHITCHURCH HIGH SCHOOL

5

4

CWM RHYMNI

Top 2 from each group go through to Cup Quarter Final 3rd and 4th Place from each group go through to Plate Quarter Final 5th Place from each group go through to Bowl Semi Final CUP QUARTER FINAL 1. Winner A v Runner Up B 2. Winner C v Runner Up D 3. Winner D v Runner Up C 4. Winner B v Runner Up A

P1 P2 P1 P2

CUP SEMI FINAL Semi Final A Winner 1 v Winner 2 P1

15.25

CUP FINAL Winner SF A v Winner SF B P1

16.30

PLATE QUARTER FINAL 5. 3rd Place A v 4th Place B 6. 3rd Place C v 4th Place D 7. 3rd Place D v 4th Place C 8. 3rd Place B v 4th Place A

To be played at 14.20 To be played at 14.20 To be played at 14.45 To be played at 14.45

Semi Final B Winner 3 v Winner 4 P2

P3 P4 P3 P4

PLATE SEMI FINAL SEMI FINAL C Winner 5 v Winner 6 P3

15.25

PLATE FINAL Winner SF C v Winner SF D P1

16.10

To be played at 14.20 To be played at 14.20 To be played at 14.45 To be played at 14.45

SEMI FINAL D Winner 7 v Winner 8 P4

BOWL SEMI FINAL SEMI FINAL E 5th Place A v 5th Place B 5th Place C v 5th Place D

P1 P2

SEMI FINAL F Played at 14.00 Played at 14.00

BOWL FINAL Winner SF E v Winner SF F

P1

Played at 15.45 6

CHRIST COLLEGE SENIOR SEVENS COMPETITION RULES 1.

Boys eligible to play are those who are members of their school.

2.

All players should be U18 as of 31 August 2023.

3.

Squads should consist of no more than 14 players.

4.

Games will be played under IRB U18 Board Laws.

5.

No goal line dropouts.

6.

No 50-22m.

7.

The Competition will be conducted entirely under the control of the Christ College Sevens Committee, whose decision in all matters will be final.

8.

Each game shall be played 7 minutes each way, including the final tie. No extra time will be played in the preliminary round of the tournament and matches will be left drawn.

9.

The winner of each game in the pool will receive 4 points. If the game is drawn each side receives 2 points and a loss 0 point. The top four teams in each pool will proceed to the Cup and Plate Knockout Competition. The fifth side will play in the Bowl Competition. In the event of a tie the team with the BEST POINTS DIFFERENCE will qualify. In the event of a further tie, there will be a toss of a coin to decide who qualifies.

10.

No extra time will be played in the preliminary rounds and will be left as a draw.

11.

In case of a draw during the Knockout stages this will go to ‘Golden Try”.

12.

In all the knockout rounds if at the end of time neither side has won, ends shall be changed and shall continue to be changed at the end of each 7 minutes, the first side to score being declared winners.

13.

The interval at half time shall not exceed one minute. There will be no interval in the event of extra time being played.

14.

Rolling Substitutions are permitted.

15.

Masters in charge must ensure that any replacements are immediately available as no game will be held up for this reason. If the replacement is the Touch Judge, the Master in charge is responsible for his immediate replacement. The referee is responsible for ensuring that Touch Judges are always present.

16.

All problems must be referred to the Pitch Managers.

17.

Yellow cards result in a 2 min sin bin and red cards exclude the receiving player from the rest of the tournament. A substitute is permitted in future rounds.

18.

In the event of a dispute the competition committee’s decision is final.

full time

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Past winners 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Past Winners Runners Up Millfield Llandovery College Ysgol Glantaf Millfield St Joseph’s Ipswich Wellington College Christ College Brecon Rugby Millfield King’s Taunton Stonyhurst St Joseph’s Ipswich Wellington College Blundell’s St Edwards Oxford Kings Bruton Christ College Brecon Wellington College St Joseph’s Ipswich Millfield Wellington College Millfield St Edward’s Oxford Wellington Llandovery College Millfield Millfield Blundell’s Millfield Blundell’s Millfield St Edwards Oxford Kirkham Grammar Millfield Tournament cancelled - frozen pitches Millfield Bryanston Tournament cancelled - frozen pitches Ellesmere College Llandovery College Llandovery College Bryanston King’s Worcester Llandovery College Christ College Brecon King’s Worcester Millfield Kirkham Tournament cancelled - flooded pitches Kirkham Whitchurch High School Millfield Monmouth Millfield Llandovery Tournament Cancelled - Covid 19 Tournament Cancelled - Covid 19 Glantaf Llandovery Christ College Brecon Llandovery

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1 St Nicholas House (Day ages 7 - 11)

15 Lord Brecon Classroom Block (inc. New Pavilion & I.T Suite)

2 Alway House (Boarding & Day House ages 11-13)

16 Sports Centre & Fitness Suite

3 The Powell Art Centre

17 Donaldson’s House (Girls Boarding & House age 13-18)

4 Geography Dept & ICT Suite

18 The Chapel

5 Photography & Creative Arts

19 St Davids House, Library, Sixth Form Centre, & Futures Department

6 Swimming Pool

20 The Clive Richards Room (CRR)

7 Y Neuadd Goffa - Memorial Hall (inc Music & Drama Depts

21 School House (Boys Boarding & House age 13-18)

& The Powell Family Gallery) 8 Indoor Shooting Range 9 The Cartright Block (Modern Languages Faculty) 10 Main School Reception (Head & Bursary) 11 The Hubert Jones Science Centre 12 Senior Common Room 13 The Queen’s Building

22 School Offices (inc Academic Offices, School Shop, Henry’s & The San) 23 Dining Hall 24 de Winton House(Girls Boarding & House age 13-18) 25 Christ College House (The Head’s House) 26 The Old Pavilion 27 CCF HQ 28 Hazell’s (Floodlit Astroturf Pitch)

14 Orchard House (Boys Boarding & House age 13-18)

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