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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 However, this record has been superseded by Ratu Kadavulevu School in 2017 who won all grades age-wise (Under-14 to Under-19 trophies).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

See also

Under 14-under 19 grades score RKS

References

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