Deans Trophy

The Deans Trophy is the highest award in the Fiji Secondary Schools Rugby Union. The annual competition was introduced in 1939 and is the oldest tournament in the Fiji rugby union. The trophy was first won by Queen Victoria School and the current champion is Queen Victoria School (QVS).

History

RKS shared the championship with Suva Grammar School in 2005.

Queen Victoria School won the Deans Trophy 24 times and drawn 6 times. It won the trophy in the Under 18 age group in 2011. The Queen Victoria School Dream Team retained the Deans Trophy in 2012 undefeated from Under 14 in 2008 till Under 18 in 2012. In 2019, QVS has won the Dean's trophy for a record 24 times after they defeated favorites and neighbors Ratu Kadavulevu School (RKS) in the final.

In 2011 the decision was made to lower the Deans Trophy Competition from Under 19 to Under 18. Hopes for the RKS U14 2006 dream team was shattered by this executive decision, after winning all their finals including the 2011 U19 but did not get to take the Title Trophy.

Ratu Kadavulevu School (RKS) have also won the trophy 22 times and drawn 5 times. RKS first won the trophy in 1961. RKS holds the record for the longest defense of the Deans Trophy from 1980 to 1985. RKS again won the Deans Trophy in 2015. In the 2017 Competition, RKS became the first school to win all 6 trophies on offer.

Lelean Memorial School (LMS) has won the trophy 14 times and drawn five times. Lelean first won the Deans Trophy in 1944. Lelean last won the Deans Trophy in 2014. Lelean set a record in 1955 by winning all 4 trophies on offer or the Bantam Grades (weight) which were, the Donnelly Cup for the Midget Grade, Russel Shield for the Junior Grade, the Tomling Cup for the Intermediate, and the Deans Trophy for the Senior Grade. However, this record has been superseded by Ratu Kadavulevu School in 2017 who won all grades age-wise (Under-14 to Under-19 trophies).

Marist Brothers High School won the Deans Trophy on 4 occasions and drew twice. They first won was in 1965.

Latter Day Saints (LDS) College, Nasinu Teachers' College, Navuso Agricultural College, and Suva Grammar School (SGS) each won the trophy once. Provincial School Eastern (now RKS) have won the trophy twice.

Ratu Navula College, a school from the Western Division of Fiji's main island, Viti Levu, won the trophy in the 2013 Fiji Secondary Schools Rugby Union Coke Zero Deans Competition. Ratu Navula College's Dream Team was undefeated from the Under 15 grade in 2010 right up to the Under 18 Grade in 2013.

List of past winners
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See also

Under 14-under 19 grades score RKS

References
Deans Trophy Champions by year
YearSchool 1939QVS (Queen Victoria School)
1940QVS
1941QVS
1942QVS
1943QVS
1944LMS (Lelean Memorial School)
1945PSS (Provincial School Southern - later to be moved to Lodoni, Tailevu and renamed Ratu Kadavulevu School, RKS)
1946PSS
1947QVS
1948LMS
1950LMS/NTC (Nasinu Teachers' College)
1951LMS
1952LMS/QVS
1953QVS
1954LMS/QVS
1955LMS
1956QVS
1957QVS
1958NO COMPETITION (Due an epidemic that had struck Fiji in that year)
1959LMS
1960LMS
1961RKS
1962RKS
1963RKS/QVS
1964SMC (Suva Muslim College)
1965MBHS
1966QVS
1967NAS (Navuso Agricultural School)
1968QVS
1969MBHS (Marist Brothers High School)
1970QVS
1971RKS
1972LMS/MBHS
1973RKS
1974QVS
1975RKS
1976MBHS
1977SMC (Suva Muslim College)
1978RKS/MBHS
1979LMS
1980RKS
1981RKS
1982RKS
1983RKS
1984RKS
1985RKS
1986LDS (Latter Day Saints College)
1987RKS
1988RKS
1989RKS/QVS
1990RKS/QVS
1991RKS
1992RKS
1993RKS
1994LMS
1995RKS
1996QVS
1997QVS
1998QVS
1999QVS
2000LMS
2001SGS (Suva Grammar School)
2002RKS
2003QVS
2004QVS/LMS
2005RKS/SGS
2006LMS
2007QVS
2008LMS
2009LMS
2010LMS
2011QVS
2012QVS
2013RNC (Ratu Navula College)
2014LMS
2015RKS
2016QVS
2017RKS
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