Grey College is the best rugby school the world has ever known, according to the “number one rugby podcast in the United Kingdom”.
Grey has long been considered one of the greatest rugby schools and the famed institution received support for this claim from UK-based podcast, The Rugby Pod.
Host Andy Rowe came to the conclusion that Grey is without rival based on all-time results as well as the volume of professional talent produced by the programme.
Grey has produced 45 Springboks since its inception in 1855. Among them, World Cup winners Ruan Pienaar, Frans Steyn, Bismarck and Jannie Du Plessis and Cobus Reinach.
“Without debate, Grey College has the single greatest rugby program on the planet and by some distance. Their historical win rate, 91% since 1855, is perhaps the most impressive in any school sport,” said Rowe.
“A whopping 110 Grey College boys have gone on to receive U18 national colours, which is impressive considering the second-highest producer being Paarl Gym with merely 37. It shows how dominant Grey are.”
Another South African school, Paul Roos Gymnasium featured in fifth place, with New Zealand’s Christchurch Boys, Ireland’s Black Rock College, and Australia’s St Joseph’s completing the top five.
TOP FIVE GREATEST RUGBY SCHOOLS IN THE WORLD:
1. Grey College (South Africa)
2. St Joseph’s (Australia)
3. Black Rock College (Ireland)
4. Christchurch Boys’ (New Zealand)
5. Paul Roos (South Africa)
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