Sport
Sport is a strong tradition at Mount Albert Grammar. In 2009 and 2007 M.A.G.S won Auckland major senior titles in Rugby, Soccer and Netball. The 1st XI girls football and the Premier Girls Basketball also won their first Auckland championship in 2009.
The schools 1st XI Football team has a record unequalled by any school in New Zealand winning the Auckland Premier League championship 37 times since 1928. In 1999 the 1st XI won the Auckland Premier League, Knockout Cup and the New Zealand title. In 2008 the 1st XI won all three titles again. Also in 2009 won the 1A comp for the 6th year in row and equaled a record also set by M.A.G.S in the 1930s.
The 1st XV Rugby team has played since 1922 when it joined the Auckland Secondary Schools Rugby competition, winning the Championship in 1924 and 1925 . Since then it has won 18 times, the latest being 2009. It was also the New Zealand Champions in 1938 and 1982. In addition, the 1st XV has finished runners-up on numerous occasions, the most recent being runners-up to Gisborne Boys' High School in 2007.
The Premier Netball team performs strongly in the Auckland competition winning the title in 2007 for the first time since girls were introduced into the school in 2000. The Premier Netball team won the Upper North Island championship in 2007, 2008 and 2009. They became runners up in the national tournament in 2008. They also won the Auckland title again in 2009.
The Premier Boys Badminton team won the Auckland Championship in 2008 and finished in third place at the national tournament.
The schools Premier Tennis teams have recently put Mount Albert Grammar at the top in the country at tennis with the Boys becoming second in the nation whilst the Girls become first in the current year of 2009.
In 2008 one sports staff member and a parent coach were suspended by the schools' sport body College Sport and nine students who had transferred to the school were prevented from playing by rules designed to prevent poaching of young players.
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