There are so many reasons to love rugby. While boarding school rugby can be a great starting point if you have aspirations to professional rugby, it can also be a challenging secondary sport if you are pursuing other athletics, or it can simply be a riot of fun. And there is strong talk that rugby sevens will be included as an Olympic sport by 2016.
Rugby can be seen as a model boarding school sport – and as the most physically demanding and essentially toughest team sport in sports history.
Boarding school serves as one of few places where high school aged students can get a taste of rugby. Rugby – for both girls and boys – is an ideal way to challenge yourself to be your best. Many first time rugby players are surprised by what a unique challenge it is. As one rookie rugby player told us: "You have to co-operate really well to make it work. I never played it before I came here."
The Canadian Association of Independent Schools holds an annual three-day invitational tournament, at which boarding schools such as Ashbury College most often figure strongly in the winner's circle.
"Never in my life would I have tried it. I was afraid I might get hurt. But when all your friends are playing and they tell you how fun it is and how great the tournaments are, you want to try it too."
—Andrea, Stanstead College
Upper Canada College 200 Lonsdale Road, Toronto, Ontario, M4V 1W6 Type: Liberal Arts, International Baccalaureate |
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Branksome Hall 10 Elm Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1N4 Type: Liberal Arts, International Baccalaureate |
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Athol Murray College of Notre Dame P.O. Box 100, Wilcox, Saskatchewan, S0G 5E0 Type: Traditional |
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Havergal College 1451 Avenue Road, Toronto, Ontario, M5N 2H9 Type: Liberal Arts |
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Appleby College 540 Lakeshore Road West, Oakville, Ontario, L6K 3P1 Type: Liberal Arts |
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Lakefield College School 4391 County Road 29, Lakefield, Ontario, K0L 2H0 Type: Liberal Arts |
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Trinity College School 55 Deblaquire Street North, Port Hope, Ontario, L1A 4K7 Type: Liberal Arts |
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St. George's School 4175 West 29th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6S 1V1 Type: Traditional |
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The Hill Academy 20490 Porterfield Road, Caledon, Ontario, L7K1T2 Type: Traditional |
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St. Michaels University School 3400 Richmond Road, Victoria, British Columbia, V8P 4P5 Type: Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia |
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Rothesay Netherwood School 40 College Hill Road, Rothesay, New Brunswick, E2E 5H1 Type: Liberal Arts, International Baccalaureate |
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Balmoral Hall School 630 Westminster Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 3S1 Type: Progressive, International Baccalaureate |
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Glenlyon Norfolk School 781 Richmond Avenue, Victoria, British Columbia, V8S 3Z2 Type: Progressive, International Baccalaureate |
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The Bishop Strachan School 298 Lonsdale Road, Toronto, Ontario, M4V 1X2 Type: Progressive |
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Bodwell High School 955 Harbourside Drive, North Vancouver, British Columbia, V7P 3S4 Type: Progressive, International Baccalaureate |
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Stanstead College 450 Dufferin Street, Stanstead, Quebec, J0B 3E0 Type: Traditional |
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Queen Margaret's School 660 Brownsey Avenue, Duncan, British Columbia, V9L 1C2 Type: Progressive |
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Rosseau Lake College 1967 Bright Street, Rosseau, Ontario, P0C 1J0 Type: Progressive |
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King's-Edgehill School 33 King's-Edgehill Lane, Windsor, Nova Scotia, B0N 2T0 Type: Traditional, International Baccalaureate |
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Brentwood College School 2735 Mount Baker Road, Mill Bay, British Columbia, V0R 2P1 Type: Liberal Arts |
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Albert College 160 Dundas Street West, Belleville, Ontario, K8P 1A6 Type: Traditional |
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Ridley College 2 Ridley Road, St. Catharines, Ontario, L2R 7C3 Type: Progressive, International Baccalaureate |
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Bishop's College School 80 chemin Moulton Hill, Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1M 1Z8 Type: Traditional, International Baccalaureate |
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Ashbury College 362 Mariposa Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1M 0T3 Type: Traditional, International Baccalaureate |
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Shawnigan Lake School 1975 Renfrew Road, Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, V8H 2G7 Type: Traditional |
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St. Margaret's School 1080 Lucas Avenue, Victoria, British Columbia, V8X 3P7 Type: Traditional, International Baccalaureate |
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St. Andrew's College 15800 Yonge Street, Aurora, Ontario, L4G 3H7 Type: Traditional |
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