not subsidise their tuition fees. The college usually accepts entrants from overseas in Years 10–12, so that an appropriate ratio of local to overseas students is maintained. Sport Since the foundation of the school, sport has been an important part of the college curriculum as a means of promoting teamwork, sportsmanship and fair play. Five Olympians have graduated from the school, and The college has also produced numerous State and National representatives in rugby union, rugby league, football (soccer), basketball, swimming, athletics, cricket, AFL, water polo and rowing. Rugby At the time of the college's opening in 1956, Rugby Union was chosen as the Winter sport. It was played between the Colour "Houses" on Thursday afternoons – Sports Day. The various locations for these Colour Comp games were Brookvale Oval; Griffiths Park, Collaroy; Millers Reserve and David Thomas Reserve, Manly Vale; Manly District Park – now known as Nolans - and Kierle Park, Queenscliff. Another reason for choosing Rugby was that the Brisbane Augustinian School, Villanova College played Rugby and St Augustine's was later to institute annual games against Villanova – the first of which took place at Kierle Park in 1962. There is some anecdotal evidence that Rugby League might have been played by the college in local competitions on the weekends. Photos in the college's Archives Collection would seem to support this. It has also been said that the Augustinians aspired to become a GPS school and GPS Schools played Rugby. St Augustine's was also to help establish and later join the ISA – Independent Sporting Association and this group of schools also played Rugby. 2008 saw the selection of the first St Augustine's first Australian Schoolboys Representative. The list of reps since then is as follows:- 2008 Kotoni Ale 2008 Salesi Manu 2010 Malietoa Hingano 2012 Matt Philip 2015 Will McRae 2017 Albert Hopoate 2018 Daniel Ala Several boys have also represented as NSW Schoolboys including in addition to those Australian Reps above - Tevita Haliafonua, Salesi Ma’afu and Mitchell Greenway. St Augustine's has, since 2008, won the prestigious state-wide Waratah Shield in nine of the last ten years under the tutelage of Head Coach John Papahatzis and Assistant Coach Mark Downey. Pastoral Houses When the college opened in 1956, the boys were allotted to one of three Colour groups named after the college colours of Red, Green or Gold. To make competition easier, a fourth group