AFTER a year's absence due to COVID-19, The Armidale School will kick off its GPS rugby campaign on Saturday - playing six fixtures against The Scots College in Sydney.
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Teams from under-13s to opens will take to the field against the Sydney school for the first time since 2019, with TAS's First XV again part of the GPS thirds competition.
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Due to COVID restrictions that prevented teams from travelling to Sydney in 2020, TAS returned to the North West Regional Youth competition last season after a long absence.
The school took out the opens and under-16 competitions against arch-rivals Farrer and again contest the competition this year.
"The structure of this year's fixtures should provide the best of both worlds for our players," said TAS director of co-curricular Huon Barrett.
He said the "combined format has also meant a boost in numbers for rugby overall, because students can now play rugby in the North West comp on Friday, in addition to another sport at the weekend, and not have the extra travel".
GPS fixtures (home team first):
Saturday 22 May: TSC v TAS
Saturday 29 May: St Joseph's College v TAS
Saturday 19 June: TAS v SBHS
Saturday 17 July: TAS v Riverview (venue tbc)
Saturday 31 July: TAS v Shore
Friday 6 August: TAS v Kings
Saturday 14 August: TAS v Sydney Grammar
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