The under-18 Deans is the pinnacle of secondary school rugby for decades now. It is considered the highest form of an award in secondary school rugby. The victors would see them having bragging rights for up to 12 months till a new winner is selected.

Over the past 83 years, the Eastern Zone schools such as Queen Victoria School, Lelean Memorial School, and Ratu Kadavulevu School were often victors throughout the years. However, this year will be a first in Deans history where two schools from the Southern Zone, Marist Brothers High School and Suva Grammar will faceoff for the under-18 Deans trophy.

Here is a list from Wikipedia that shows the list of past victors from 1939 till 2019.

Deans Trophy Champions by year
Year School
1939 QVS (Queen Victoria School)
1940 QVS
1941 QVS
1942 QVS
1943 QVS
1944 LMS (Lelean Memorial School)
1945 PSS (Provincial School Southern – later to be moved to Lodoni, Tailevu and renamed Ratu Kadavulevu School, RKS)
1946 PSS
1947 QVS
1948 LMS
1950 LMS/NTC (Nasinu Teachers’ College)
1951 LMS
1952 LMS/QVS
1953 QVS
1954 LMS/QVS
1955 LMS
1956 QVS
1957 QVS
1958 NO COMPETITION (Due an epidemic that had struck Fiji in that year)
1959 LMS
1960 LMS
1961 RKS
1962 RKS
1963 RKS/QVS
1964 RKS
1965 MBHS
1966 QVS
1967 NAS (Navuso Agricultural School)
1968 QVS
1969 MBHS (Marist Brothers High School)
1970 QVS
1971 RKS
1972 LMS/MBHS
1973 RKS
1974 QVS
1975 RKS
1976 MBHS
1977 MBHS
1978 RKS/MBHS
1979 LMS
1980 RKS
1981 RKS
1982 RKS
1983 RKS
1984 RKS
1985 RKS
1986 LDS (Latter Day Saints College)
1987 RKS
1988 RKS
1989 RKS/QVS
1990 RKS/QVS
1991 RKS
1992 RKS
1993 RKS
1994 LMS
1995 RKS
1996 QVS
1997 QVS
1998 QVS
1999 QVS
2000 LMS
2001 SGS (Suva Grammar School)
2002 RKS
2003 QVS
2004 QVS/LMS
2005 RKS/SGS
2006 LMS
2007 QVS
2008 LMS
2009 LMS
2010 LMS
2011 QVS
2012 QVS
2013 RNC (Ratu Navula College)
2014 LMS
2015 RKS
2016 QVS
2017 RKS
2018 RKS
2019 QVS
2020 Covid Pandemic (No match)
2021 Covid Pandemic (No match)