The annual Mr Price DPHS Primary Schools National Rugby Festival has become a highlight on the calendar for all the schools taking part and has firmly established itself as one of the country’s top primary school sports festivals.
This year DPHS will host four out-of-province schools – SACS, Trinityhouse, Bishops and WPPS and Pelham and Merchiston from Pietermaritzburg, as well as, for the first time, a Durban Development team.
The matches between the eight First XV teams form the highlight of the three-day festival, but games involving various Durban teams against the SACS 2nd, 3rd and 4th teams as well as DPHS under 11s will ensure more than 25 teams are in action during the tournament.

As with the current Rugby Festival, DPHS has its own Cricket Festival. Held in February this year, it brought together old and new friends and competitors from Grey College (Bloemfontein), KEPS, (Gauteng), Trinityhouse Preparatory (Gauteng) as well as from Durban-based Northlands Primary and Virginia Preparatory.