
Boland Landbou vs Paul Roos on 23 April 2021
Winelands headliners Boland Landbou and Paul Roos are all set to get the WP schoolboy rugby season underway after over a year of no rugby.…
Winelands headliners Boland Landbou and Paul Roos are all set to get the WP schoolboy rugby season underway after over a year of no rugby.…
In retrospective one realises just how hard it is to organise a successful one-off school rugby festival. Forget Covid times, in normal times it’s hard enough.…
Fichardtpark are on track to host their annual rugby event. With a lot of last minute interest being show and the timing of the festival it might turn out to be something well worth following.…
The SA School Challenge logo appears as an official sponsor of the Monument Centenary Rugby Festival. To find out a bit more about the trust and what it stands for, here is the mission statement:…
As new information came to light, it turned out that Monnas had been let down. Promises of a sponsor being onboard never materialised. There was no sponsor! With little over a week to go until kickoff, a third party initially responsible for organising the festival announced it was off. 100 years of history was not about to be buried and forgotten though. For those who care about Monnas, it presented an opportunity to show what could be achieved by working hard together in the face of adversity.
Paragraph from document confirming the inability to obtain a sponsor
It is important that we are transparent with all stakeholders and in this respect, we must inform you that due to some major obstacles experienced over the course of preparations we have been unable to secure a title sponsor for the tournament. This ultimately placed immeasurable pressure on us and the organizers of this event. Regrettably, we have been unable to overcome this hurdle to date, despite fighting to the bitter end
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Fixtures work in progress table…
Pending the COVID-19 situation a final decision regarding the tournament will be made by end of June 2021
Main match days: Saturday 7 August 2021 and Monday 9 August 2021
Venue: Hoërskool Diamantveld (and Kimberley Boys’ High)
Age Groups: 1st XV, u16A, u15A and u14A (no primary school tournament)…
It has been a very bleak year or so living with Covid. One of the few positive spin-offs is on the cards though. For the first time in a long time, just about every one of the KwaZulu-Natal top level rugby high schools have committed to playing rugby fixtures during the opening few weeks of the third term. …
Update on 01 April 2021:
While club teams received the go-ahead to return to play on Monday, 12 April, schools rugby will be able to resume with matches a little later, on Friday, 23 April.…
The ball gets rolling for new SA Under-20 head coach Bafana Nhleko who has his first taste of hands on national team leadership when a 41-man strong squad takes part in the first training camp from Wednesday, April 7 until Wednesday, June 30 at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport. By all accounts it is a very young squad with almost half still belonging to the under-19 age group and therefore being eligible for selection in 2022 as well.…
THE HEART OF A TRUE RUGBY SUPPORTER…
Most private schools will start their school year on Monday 01 February 2021, while state schools are expected to return on 15 February 2021.…
South African high schools keen to keep the door open for rugby to return in 2021, but is it realistic?…
The Bledisloe Cup 2020 produced internationals debuts for All Blacks Blues players Caleb Clarke and Hoskins Sotutu. Both are sons of former test players. Here is a list of current players who’s fathers also played at the very top level.…
An obvious talking point after two rounds of u21 competition is how good the Bulls are. Lots can be said of their preparation, particularly up front but also their player depth.…
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