Monmouth School has a proud rugby tradition and has produced players who have gone on to achieve National Representative honours for Wales, England and Ireland, as well as the British Lions, such as Eddie Butler (Wales and British Lions) and more recently, Richard Parks (Wales 2002).
Coaching is of the highest standard and is overseen by John Bevan (Wales and British Lions) who coaches the 1st XV squad. The school fields 1st, 2nd, 3rd and sometimes 4th XV teams on Saturday afternoons during the Michaelmas term, against Welsh and English Schools. Seven a side rugby is played in the Lent term, culminating in the Rosslyn Park National Seven a side competition. Regular tours are also arranged by the Rugby Club.
Michaelmas Term 2009 - Vintage Season for Monmouth Rugby
With 2/3 of the games completed, the various Monmouth teams have been enjoying one of their most successful seasons in recent times. Of the 90 matches played so far, no fewer than 74 have been won and another couple ended as draws meaning that only 16 games have slipped through the net. Equally impressive has been the average points tally of over 30 points for and around 9 points against. Pride of place goes to the 2nd , 3rd U15A and U15B XVs all of whom remain unbeaten and with some tough matches still to come it will be interesting to see if they can maintain this impressive record!
Under 16s at the Nationals Sevens Tournament
Monmouth School’s Under 16 rugby team attended the National Sevens tournament recently.Going into the first game against Isleworth and Syon School side it was difficult to know what to expect but Monmouth School gained their first victory by a comfortable 42-5 margin. Their second match was against a tough side from Ridgeway School but Monmouth dominated and the boys ran out 49-0 winners. With both Monmouth School and Bedford School contesting to be winners of group S, their next opponents were to give Monmouth their toughest game yet. The boys fought hard and eventually ended a successful group campaign with a 21-12 win.
This meant that Monmouth would go on to play Tonbridge School in the semi finals. The Monmouth boys put up a good fight but the strength of Tonbridge meant the final score was 38-5 to the opposition. However, Monmouth should take no shame in losing as Tonbridge overcame Millfield School, St. Peter’s York and Eton before losing to the infamous Brynteg School (the school that produced current Welsh centre Gavin Henson) in a closely contested final where the welsh side ended 14-5 winners.
The boys from Monmouth School would like to thank Mr Bevan and Mr Collins for everything they did on the trip.