The competition has been running since 1895. Many different teams have competed in the competition since the start as there is a promotion/relegation fixture involved at the end of every season. The competition has had 12 different winners over 127 years. On 16 occasions, the title has been shared by two or more teams. In recent years the winner of the Auckland 1A 1st XV Rugby competition will play either the winner of the
North Harbour 1st XV competition or the
Northland 1st XV competition to become the
Blues representative at the
National First XV Championship. For many years the competition winner was decided after round-robin play but in recent years the competition has added Semi Finals and Finals after round-robin play to find an outright winner.
Auckland Grammar are the most successful school in the competition.
Auckland Grammar has had a rugby team dating back to 1871 where they played against club teams.
Auckland Grammar has won a title in every decade since the competition started in 1895. The Auckland Rugby Union, along with Collegesport and the Secondary Schools Executive Committee are responsible for administering the local
secondary school competitions.
Auckland 1st XV rugby is split into three divisions 1A, 1B, 1C. == Broadcast ==