the school excels in sports and olympiad events. it became a powerhouse in rugby during the 1950s and still has one of the best rugby school teams in the johore. nicknamed "stingboks" after the south africa national rugby union team for its all yellow and green strip, they perform the haka before matches. it has held a match series against singapore elite schools since 1960. in odd-numbered years, the match is held in seri gelam field( home of english college rugby team). in addition to this, ec competes with rival royal military college, malay college kuala kangsar, sultan abdul hamid college, sultan ismail college and tanjung puteri vocational college every year in a multi-games carnival.