The
King’s School has maintained its position as one of the great strongholds
of the school game in Australia. It has won the competition played regularly
between eight leading Sydney Schools more often than any except traditional
rivals St. Joseph’s College. The School has produced a steady stream
of international players, mainly – naturally enough – for Australia;
but a few for British teams.
Playing Traditional Rivals St. Joseph’s College at Hunters
Hill
(Source: TKS Archive Collections)
During the winter months, Saturday morning is sacred to junior rugby.
From 9 o’clock onwards games will be played every hour on each of
eight or nine pitches. With the senior games to follow in the afternoon,
this means a total of from 35 to 40 matches, or up to 600 boys representing
their school, from Under 13’s to Open Age groups. If participation
is the essence of sport, this is surely a notable achievement.
Until about 1970 rugby was the only winter game in the School.
Since then other sports have been introduced for example soccer and cross-country.
In spite of this a great majority of boys play rugby.
In recent years the School has experienced one the of the
most successful periods in it’s history, being the Premier School
in the GPS from 1997-2000. The run of four successive titles equaled the
feat achieved by the School from 1892-95. In 2001 both the 2nd XV and
16A XV’s went through their seasons unbeaten. The 1st XV were also
undefeated GPS Premiers in 2002.
Website: www.tksrugbyclub.com
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