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First rugby playing school?
St Andrew’s College celebrated its 150th jubilee earlier this year. A rugby festival formed part of the celebrations, as St Andrew's was one of the earliest schools, if not the earliest in the country, to play "rugby football” in 1875. The school's staff were originally from England and Ireland, and had experienced the game in their student days and brought the sport to St Andrew’s. At that time, Cape Town-based Diocesan College (Bishops) and the South African College School (Sacs) were playing a form of the game known as “Gog’s game” (Winchester rules). Old Andrean Nick Mallett, who in 1974 captained the St Andrew’s 1st XV, went on to play for and coach South Africa. The current Springbok coach Jake White was a former teacher at the school.