SCHOOLS REPORT
By TOM JEFFREYS

Christmas holidays mean the end of the rugby season for most schools. While the elite of the country’s independent schools will battle on through term two as the Cup, Plate, Vase, and Bowl semi-finals take place, the country’s ACE schools have finished.
Here is how their season went:
The first phase of competition split the 14 teams across a North/South divide. This year’s competition had a heavy southern weighting, with the northern division containing schools ranging from Oxford to Newcastle.
The northern-most side, Newcastle’s Gosforth, went unbeaten in t...