Coached by future Western Suburbs Magpies Team of the 20th Century coach, Roy Masters, and featuring future internationals Ian Schubert, Craig Young, Les Boyd, and Royce Ayliffe, the side toured Great Britain, going undefeated on the tour and scoring 108 tries in their 11 games to their opponents' 1.

In 1978, the first official Australian Schoolboys Championships were held, but NSW Combined Catholic Colleges did not attend.

The Schoolboys returned to touring with the 1979 team, featuring future Australian internationals Ben Elias and Andrew Farrar.

Fittler was named again in 1989, as the Schoolboys hosted the British Amateur Rugby League under 19's (BARLA) for two games, winning both.

The 1990 Schoolboys side was originally a merit team, but played a one-off game against the Australian Youth Development Squad, which they won 38–6.

On the tour, the Schoolboys lost their first ever Test match to a New Zealand side featuring future Kiwis Gene Ngamu, Joe Vagana and Ruben Wiki.

Future NSW State of Origin player and world champion boxer Anthony Mundine was in the team.

The side featured future Australian internationals Trent Barrett and Matthew Gidley and World Cup winning New Zealand captain Nathan Cayless.

The squad featured future Australian internationals Justin Hodges, Jamie Lyon, Corey Parker and Brent Tate.

The Schoolboys went undefeated in three games and featured future internationals Greg Bird and Michael Weyman (who represented again in 2002).

The team featured future Australian international stars Michael Jennings, David Taylor, Darius Boyd and Akuila Uate.

Over the three years the side featured future first grade players Martin Kennedy, Kieran Foran, Lachlan Coote, Andrew McCullough, William Hopoate, Jamal Idris, Aaron Woods, Jason Taumalolo, Cheyse Blair and Joseph Leilua, amongst a host of others.

Richard Kennar, from Craigieburn Secondary College CAS, became the first Victorian player to play for the Australian Schoolboys.

[6] The side broke the record for biggest win by the Australian Schoolboys, defeating the Cumbria Combined Regional Academy 86–6.

On the first match of the tour the Schoolboys set a new biggest win record beating the England Colleges team 92–0.

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