Different punishments given to brawling Grammar and Kelston rugby players have much to do with their future playing schedules, the committee charged with punishing them says.

Labour MP David Cunliffe asks why "the 'least guilty' Kelston boy received a sentence 6 to 7 times longer than the 'guiltiest' Grammar boy."

Five Kelston Boys High and four Auckland Grammar students banned for various periods.

The police say they might drop their sponsorship of Auckland secondary schools rugby if violence on the field continues.

Auckland Grammar's 1st XV will find out today whether it will be banned from the secondary school's rugby final this weekend.

Auckland Grammar's 1st XV rugby side will head into a judicial hearing tonight knowing it could see the team banned from this weekend's final

A referee of secondary school rugby insists the weekend brawl at the Auckland Grammar and Kelston Boys match is not a trend.

New Zealand's poorest high schools will lose out under Government policy billed as helping more children to play sport.