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'There's an added pressure': Auckland Grammar cracking down on social media rugby footage

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 24 Jun 2026, 3:41pm
Auckland Grammar players at the end of the match after beating Saint Kentigern College this month, with headmaster Tim O'Connor (inset). Photo / Photosport, NZME composite
Auckland Grammar players at the end of the match after beating Saint Kentigern College this month, with headmaster Tim O'Connor (inset). Photo / Photosport, NZME composite

The debate over media coverage of Auckland 1A schoolboy rugby is starting up again.

Auckland Grammar broke new ground by sending a “cease and desist” letter to a website that has broadcast brief social media clips of the school’s First XV.

Mount Albert Grammar School headmaster Patrick Drumm says more schools are looking to protect their students and the community with tighter regulations.

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