Auckland 1A 1st XV Rugby is the Premier Rugby Union competition for Secondary Schools/Colleges in Auckland, New Zealand.
Sport | Rugby Union |
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Founded | 1895; 128 years ago |
No. of teams | 12 (2022) |
Country | New Zealand |
Most recent champion(s) | Kelston Boys High School (2022) |
Most titles | Auckland Grammar (64 titles) |
1A Teams (2022 Season)
The Competition has been running since 1895. Many different teams have competed in the competition since the start as there is a promotion/relegation fixture involved at the end of every season. The Competition has had 12 different winners over 127 years. On 16 occasions the title has been shared by two or more teams. In Recent years the winner of the Auckland 1A 1st XV Rugby competition will play either the winner of the North Harbour 1st XV competition or the Northland 1st XV competition to become the Blues representative at the National First XV Championship. For many years the competition winner was decided after round robin play but in recent years the competition have added Semi Finals and Finals after round robin play to find an outright winner.
Teams | Titles | Outright | Shared | First Title | Last Title | National Titles | National Top 4
Appearances |
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Auckland Grammar | 64 | 53 | 11 | 1895 | 2014 | 3 | 6 |
Mount Albert Grammar | 24 | 18 | 6 | 1923 | 2016 | 3 | 5 |
King's College | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1908 | 2019 | 0 | 2 |
Kelston Boys High School | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1977 | 2022 | 5 | 6 |
Sacred Heart College | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1906 | 1965 | 0 | 0 |
St Kentigern College | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2001 | 2017 | 1 | 4 |
St Peter's College | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1987 | 2018 | 3 | 3 |
St Paul's (Ponsonby) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1969 | 1978 | 0 | 0 |
De La Salle College | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2003 | 2008 | 1 | 2 |
Otahuhu College | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1957 | 1997 | 0 | 0 |
St John's College | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1903 | 1904 | 0 | 0 |
Takapuna Grammar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1941 | 1941 | 0 | 0 |