World Schools Festival final preview: Grey College vs Hamilton Boys’

We look ahead to the highly-anticipated World Schools Festival Cup final between South Africa’s Grey College and New Zealand’s Hamilton Boys’ High, which takes place on Saturday.

Grey College won their qaurter-final clash against Trinity School from England 22-7 and their semi-final against Welsh side Cardiff and Vale College 14-11 to secure a spot in the Cup final of the World Schools Festival.

Hamilton Boys’ High crushed the composite team Odyssey XV 56-0 in the quarters before defeating England’s Millfield 14-0 in the semis.

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Grey College captain, JJ Theron, is adamant they can see off the challenge of Hamilton Boys’, but has warned his teammates that an improved disciplinary performance is needed if they are to be crowned champions of world schools rugby.

Grey captain’s interview below:

PREVIEW: 2022 WORLD SCHOOLS FESTIVAL FINAL

Grey College memorably progressed to the final of the World Schools Festival in Thailand by claiming late 14-11 victory against Welsh side Cardiff and Vale College.

Grey College will now play Hamilton Boys’ High in the final on Saturday. Hamilton are the New Zealand schools champions and like Grey, they are unbeaten so far at the festival in Thailand.

The final will take place on Saturday 17th December at 4:35pm local time in Thailand, which will be 11:35am SA time.

The final of the Shield competition will see Sedbergh School from England take on St Michael’s College from Ireland. 

The matches can be watched on the RugbyPass’ YouTube channel throughout Saturday, with the link below.

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Grey were made to work hard for their semi-final victory, but they once again proved their powerhouse status within the schools rugby community with a stirring late effort to win the game despite not being at their ruthless best.

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Made up of a mix of U17 and U16 players, the large majority of this Grey squad will only play first team rugby next season, but still managed to get the better of Cardiff and Vale College, who are back-to-back Welsh Schools and Colleges League and Cup champions.

Before this semi-final, Grey also laid to waste current RFU National Cup champions Trinity School in the quarter final of the tournament on Tuesday.

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