 Throughout this period, they benefited from a close connection with the local King Edward's Grammar School, which had introduced rugby into the curriculum nine years earlier.Until the breakup of the system, it was the Grammar School that produced the core of players, administrators and supporters that accounted for the prosperity of the club.There was a memorable 1933–34 season when only two games were lost and apart from the inevitable break during the Second World War, the club has flourished ever since.