Daily Mail RBS
Daily Mail RBS Schools' Day 2010
Tickets are now on sale for the Daily Mail RBS School’s Day at Twickenham Stadium March 31, 2010.
Daily Mail RBS Schools’ Day at Twickenham Stadium is the culmination of the Daily Mail RBS Schools Competition. Finalists of the U18 and U15 Cup and Vase competitions compete in back to back matches to become English National Schools Champions.
See our top competing schools perform at the home of English Rugby with the possibility of seeing future England stars in the making. The likes of Lee Mears, Matthew Tait, Danny Cipriani and Jonny Wilkinson have all earned their stripes in this great competition and the players positioned to compete in the 2009/10 finals are sure to show just as much promise.
If you entered the 2009/10 Daily Mail RBS Schools Competition you are entitled to up to 50 free tickets per team entered, please download, complete and return the Daily Mail RBS Schools Day complimentary ticket booking form (MS Word DOC 1.9MB).
If you did not enter into the 2009/10 competition and are therefore not entitled to free tickets you can still purchase tickets to the event by downloading, completing and returning the Daily Mail RBS Schools Day paid ticket booking form (MS Word DOC 783kB).
We hope you can come along and join us for this fantastic day of school boy rugby!
Daily Mail RBS Schools Competition Regulations
It is important to draw everyone’s attention to Regulation 4 of the Daily Mail RBS Schools Competition Regulations 2009/2010 on Eligibility of Players.
Please note the following:
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Under 15 Competition – players must be Under 15 years of age at midnight on the 31st August/1st September 2009, therefore if their birthday is before 31st August 1994 they are too old to compete in this Under 15 Competition.
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Under 18 Competition – players must be Under 18 years of age at midnight on the 31st August/1st September 2009, therefore if their birthday is before 31st August 1991 they are too old to compete in this Under 18 Competition.
Please consult the full Daily Mail RBS Schools Competition Regulations (PDF 184kB) for further information.
Please use the following forms to comply with the cup regulations:
Cup Draw
Please use the below links to view the Daily Mail RBS Schools Competition draws in each category.
Daily Mail RBS Schools Under 18 Cup Competition
Daily Mail RBS Schools Under 18 Vase Competition
Daily Mail RBS Schools Under 15 Cup Competition
Daily Mail RBS Schools Under 15 Vase Competition
In line with the RFU communication policy introduced this season, we will keep postal send outs to a minimum. Therefore please ensure that any email address supplied is operational and will be checked on a regular basis.
Please view the Daily Mail RBS Schools Competition Round Dates for 2009/2010 season to find out when you should play the matches. Please remember that these dates must be adhered to.
Changes for 2009/10 Season
As you can no doubt imagine England Rugby Football Schools Union (ERFSU) takes the management of the Daily Mail RBS cup competitions very seriously and is continuously considering ways in which to improve the experience for all our key stakeholders – player, teachers, coaches, supporters and sponsors.
Once again, see the Daily Mail RBS Schools Competition Regulations (PDF 184kB) for the latest information.
Rugby Union Core Values
Last season we were compelled to write about the spectator behaviour during the Daily Mail RBS Schools Semi Finals and Finals. Although the level of behaviour at these events improved this season I must urge everyone involved in rugby to stay vigilant against all behaviour that detracts from the ethos of our game.
For those with any association with rugby, two of the key values we treasure are mutual respect and self-discipline. Regrettably there is a growing tendency among the supporters from schools to disregard these values by jeering and whistling during attempts at goal. While this may seem a somewhat petty point on which to focus, if we allow this trend to continue unchecked we will quickly lose the very sporting ethos that marks the game out from other sports.
Therefore, we again would like to make this plea to all schools that you do your utmost to instil into your pupils the essence of mutual respect and self-discipline that for so long has been associated with the game. In this way those who feel the urge to put their opponents off by whistling and jeering are countered by their teammates.
Further Information
The latest RFU news on the Daily Mail RBS Cup & Vase is available in the news section, while the Daily Mail newspaper offers extensive coverage of the schoolboy competition.