Rugby Festival Key Timings 2025

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Key Timings

WHERE St Joseph’s College, Ipswich

WHEN Fri 17–Sun 19 October 2025

PARTICIPANTS 16 schools from around the UK (U18,U15,U11)

1

Friday 17 October

Under 15 Festival

9:30

11:00

13:00 15:00

Teams arrive on site

Pool stages begin, fixtures are 12 min each way, with a 3 min half time.

Round 1 pool stage fixtures (teams allocated fixture at 11.00, 11.30, 12.00 or 12.30)

Round 2 pool stage fixtures (teams allocated fixture at 13.00, 13.30, 14.00 or 14.30)

Round 3 pool stage fixtures (teams allocated fixture at 15.00, 15.30, 16.00 or 16.30)

Friday 17 October

Saturday 18 October

Under 18 Festival commences (Day 1)

8:00 9:15

12:05 14:55

Teams arrive on site

Pool stages begin, fixtures are 12 min each way, with a 3 min half time.

Round 1 pool stage fixtures (teams allocated fixture at 09:15, 09:45, 10:15 or 10:45)

Round 2 pool stage fixtures (teams allocated fixture at 12:05, 12:35, 13:05 or 13:35)

Round 3 pool stage fixtures (teams allocated fixture at 14:55, 15:25, 15:55 or 16:25)

U15 Festival Concludes

Saturday 18 October

10:45 Semi-final fixtures begin, fixtures are 10 min each way, with a 3 min half time

Pitch 3 will be used for the Bowl & Shield semi-finals (10:45, 11:15, 11:40, 12:10)

Pitch 1 & 2 will be used for the Trophy & Plate semi-finals (11:15, 11:40)

Pool placings will decide semi-final route.

1 place in each pool plays in the Trophy semi-finals st

2 place in each pool plays in the Plate semi-finals nd

3 place in each pool plays in the Bowl semi-finals rd

4 place in each pool plays in the Shield semi-finals th

U15 Festival Concludes

13:00

14:05

Placing fixtures will begin, fixtures are 10 min each way, with a 3 min half time.

Pitch 3 will be used for placing fixtures for all losing semi-finalists (13:00, 13:25, 13:50, 14:15)

Final fixtures will begin, fixtures are 10 min each way, with a 3 min half time.

Pitch 1 & 2 will be used for all 4 finals.

Shield final (Pitch 2, 14:05)

Bowl final (Pitch 1, 14:05)

Plate final (Pitch 2, 14:30)

Trophy final (Pitch 1, 14:30)

U18 Festival Concludes

Pool placings from Day 1 will decide quarter-final route.

st nd

1 & 2 place in each pool play in the Cup quarter finals.

rd th

3 & 4 place in each pool play in the Bowl quarter finals.

09:00

10:00

13:00 Trophy & Plate semi-final fixtures begin, 10 min each way, with a 3 min half time Sunday 19 October

Bowl Quarter final fixtures begin, 10 min each way, with a 3 min half time. Winners will progress to Bowl semi-finals; runners-up will progress to the Shield semi-finals

Cup Quarter final fixtures begin, fixtures are 10 min each way, with a 3 min half time. Winners will progress to Trophy semi-finals; runners up will progress to the Plate semi-finals

12:00 Bowl & Shield semi-final fixtures begin, fixtures are 10 min each way, with a 3 min half time

U18 Festival Concludes

14:15

17:00

Winning semi-finalists play in a Final (Trophy, Plate, Bowl, Shield) and runners up play in a 3 v 4 play off rd th

Estimated timing for final games is 16:15

Presentation to winners, player of the tournament, try of the tournament Continued

Sunday 19 October

Under 11 Festival

11:00

Round robin pool fixtures begin. Each team playing 4 fixtures, 5 minutes each way.

Selected games to take place on live stream on Pitch 1 & 2

Remaining games to take place on Pitch 3 & 4

14:00

Finals to be played across all 4 pitches, with an estimated finish time of approximately 14:15, followed by a presentation

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