Deans Trophy

The Deans Trophy is the top prize of the Fiji Secondary Schools Rugby Union (FSSRU)competition. The competition introduced in 1939 is the oldest competitive tournament in Fiji rugby. It was first won by Queen Victoria School (QVS).

For the first time in its 74-year history, Ratu Navula College, a school from the Western Division of the main island of Fiji, Viti Levu, has won the coveted trophy in the 2013 FSSRU Coke Zero Deans Competition.

QVS has won the Deans Trophy 21 times and drawn 6 times.

Lelean Memorial School (LMS), has won the trophy 14 times and drawn five times. Lelean first won the Deans Trophy in 1944. LMS has won the most times in the 2000 to 2010 decade. Lelean is now the current Deans 2014 champion, as way back in 2011 when the decision was made to lower the Deans from Under 19 to the Under 18 grade.

Ratu Kadavulevu School (RKS) has won the trophy 20 times and drawn 5 times. RKS first won the trophy in 1961. RKS holds the record for the longest defence of the Deans Trophy from 1980 to 1985.

Marist Brothers High School has won the Deans Trophy on four occasions and drawn twice. They first won in 1965.

Latter Day Saints (LDS) College, Nasinu Teachers' College, Navuso Agricultural College and Suva Grammar School (SGS) have each won the trophy once. SGS also drew with RKS in 2005.

The original Deans Trophy was donated by the Maori All Blacks team that toured Fiji in 1938 to be competed for by the Secondary Schools of Fiji. It is now kept at the Fiji Museum in Suva.

In 2008, the Coca Cola (Amatil) company became the official sponsors of Fiji Secondary Schools' Rugby and donated a replica of the original Deans Trophy. Lelean was the first school to win the new sponsored trophy.

The Deans Trophy Records are as follows:

Deans Trophy Champions

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