World Schools Festival 2022 Thailand Schedule Confirmed

The quarter-final line-up and World Schools Festival 2022 schedule has been partially announced by the organisers with the tournament taking place in Thailand for the first time.

Updated 12 December 2022

The Cup competition for the tournament starts on Tuesday 13th December with an innovative new format planned for later on in the Festival week which was scheduled to run from 11-18 December 2022.

Seven of the eight schools were confirmed for the school’s tournament, which includes sides from South Africa, England, Ireland, Wales and New Zealand – and a late decision was made to include the Odyssey XV team in the main Cup draw.

Apparently, two Malaysian U20 players are in the Odyssey XV.

Ratu Kadavulevu School (RKS) from Fiji was due t participate but the organiser confirmed the team “had to withdraw due to the country’s educational external schedules, which impacted on the squad with 16 of their players becoming unavailable to attend because of their examinations on the proposed week of the tournament. The examinations were moved as a consequence of COVID impacting term times in 2022.”

Ratu Kadavulevu School (RKS) has managed to send 14 players to join the Odyssey Squad to play in the Open Trophy competition.

World Schools Festival 2022 Cup Schedule

Tuesday  13 December

The kick-off times for the Cup quarterfinals were confirmed (see image above) but initially, the information below was supplied.

The winners will progress and play each other in the Cup Semi-Final 1.

• CUP QF 1: Grey College (South Africa) 22-7 Trinity College (England).
• CUP QF 2: St Michael’s College (Ireland) 11-12 Cardiff and Vale College (Wales)

The winners of these matches will play each other in the Cup Semi-Final 2.

• CUP QF 3: Sedbergh School (England) 10-15  Millfield School (England)
• CUP QF 4: Hamilton Boys’ High School (New Zealand) 56-0 Odyssey XV (a replacement team for RKS)

Open

• Rugby Travel Academy 29-12 Odyssey XV

Matches 15 December 2022

Cup Semifinals

• SF 1 Grey College (South Africa) vs Cardiff and Vale College (Wales)
• SF 2 Hamilton Boys’ High School (New Zealand) vs Millfield School (England)

Shield Semifinals

• SF 1 Sedbergh School (England) vs Rugby Travel Academy
• SF 2 Trinity College (England) vs St Michael’s College (Ireland)

Open

• Rugby Travel Academy vs Odyssey XV

Open Teams

Only two of the proposed four teams of the Open section were confirmed – this is still the information available on the tournament website as of 12 December 2022:

1. Rugby Travel Academy
2. Odyssey XV

How to watch the World Schools Festival 2022 Thailand?

All matches are due to be streamed live on the RugbyPass YouTube channel.

Rugby Tournaments in Asia 2022-2023

• HKRU 2023 New Year’s Day Youth Rugby Tournament.
• Bangkok 10s 2023 Confirms Tournament Divisions.
• Asian Touch Cup to be held in Malaysia in 2023.
• Singapore International Touch Knockout 2023.