A snippet of Garsfontein and Pretoria’s history
Here is something I was able to piece together from various emails and the blog. It would be go if bloggers could add contributions to help expand it.…
SchoolBoyRugby Blog House Rules
This is overdue. A set of guidelines to ensure that the SchoolBoyRugby blog stays on course to delivering something that is meaningful and interesting in the context of school rugby rather than it deteriorate into a type of soap opera or MTV like reality show that is far removed from anything that is normal or liked. As usual nothing is set in stone. Everyone is welcome to add their views on what needs to be done to keep the quality of comments good without being rigid.…
Contract dispute sidelines 2 schoolboy rugby players in the Free State
Free State. According to a report in Netwerk24 (link) two promising schoolboy rugby players that joined Welkom Gymnasium from Hennie Cilliers in Virginia this year are not allowed to play rugby for any school except the Virginia Sports Academy (Hentie Cilliers) until a dispute that has arisen over their respective contracts with the Academy are laid to rest. The Welkom magistrate has enforced this until the charges for breach of contract is resolved by arbitration on 19 March. The boys are from George and Port Elizabeth and the report mentions that the academy had already spent a large sum of money on them.…
Schoolboy Rugby Recruitment Scorecard
For the first time it’s possible to assign a value to a high school rugby recruit thanks to the SBR Recruitment Scorecard.…
What’s the plan SARU?
SARU needs to stop ball watching and come up with a game plan to preserve quality rugby in South Africa.…
Bellville could be a 2015 surprise package
This probably won’t be news to the well-informed Western Province community but for the rest of the schoolboy rugby loving country it might be a good thing to keep an eye on Bellville High School’s progress this season. This year’s 1st XV senior group has achieved really good results coming up through the age-groups.…
FAQ: how long is the school rugby sin bin time?
Schoolboy rugby players don’t often get sent to the bin but when they do this sort of thing happens a lot: someone in the crowd turns to you or the guy sitting near you and asks how long the player has to stay in the bin. Well if you didn’t know the answer to that question, here we go. On their website, the the SA Referees have specified maximum playing times for various age-group levels and provided the sin bin times to coincide with these playing times. …
UKZN ready to kickoff the Varsity Shield
The Varsity Cup B-section known as the Varsity Shield gets underway with the televised game at 16h35 between the University of KwaZulu-Natal Impis and the University of the Western Cape (UWC).…
Mastercoach 2015 Rugby Konferensie
MASTERCOACH 2015
RUGBY KONFERENSIE
26 & 27 Februarie 2015
(by HS Monument, Krugersdorp)
Mastercoach 2014 was ‘n uiters suksesvolle, opwindende en prakties-gerigte rugby konferensie. Die referente wat opgetree het was van hoogstaande gehalte en elkeen was afrigters wat hulle merk op die internasionale verhoog gemaak het.…
Grey College fixtures for 2015
The finalisation of the Grey College fixture list for 2015 is being delayed because the Bloemfontein City League is yet to confirm the local inter-schools matches. For now here is the provisional fixture list. It is as impressive as always. Grey pits their strength against many of the toughest schoolboy rugby opponents in the land.…
SA schoolboy rugby : who will be tops in 2015
The changing of 1st XV personnel every season in some cases amounts to a complete overhaul of first choice players and makes schoolboy rugby a lot more of a challenge when it comes to predicting who will finish up where at the end of the season. So with that in mind there is a quickly put together list of teams that are attracting pre-season attention:…
Foreign players boost for Northwood rugby
News out of Durban North is that Northwood has welcomed several new foreigner students to their school. It’s unconfirmed but believed that as many as five boys from the Netherlands and Zimbabwe stand a good chance of being incorporated into their 1st XV rugby squad for 2015, which if all goes well should improve the school’s rugby outlook for this season.…
Big times ahead for Menlopark
It may not be the perfect schedule but it’s very close to one. Menlopark rugby is on the rise and their 2015 fixture list speaks volumes about their focus and ambitions to be regarded as a top rugby school.…
Dale College strengthened by arrival of 3 Potch High players
An article with the header “New Kids on the Block” appearing in the recent edition of regional newspaper The Bulge added warmth to the welcoming function attended by three new Dalians Solomon Makhubela (Leopards Craven Week 2014), Oratile Mabusela (Leopards Craven Week 2014) and Thabiso Msiza (Leopards Craven Week 2014) in King William’s Town.…
Up and coming Paul Roos star enrols at Paarl Gim
At Paul Roos, 2015 marks the start of their 150th year of existence. However the first few days of the new school year saw some of their avid adult rugby supporters stopping to focus on a disappointment rather than the celebrations that are set to come at the school. The unhappiness was caused when it was discovered that one of their top sportsmen (rugby and athletics) from last year’s under-15 age-group would not be returning to the school as he had joined rivals Paarl Gymnasium.…
Selborne announces their new headmaster
Ahead of what’s expected to be a cracker of a rugby season for Selborne comes the news that Andrew Dewar will replace now retired principal Sam Gunn who has provided the East London school with 21 years of unbelievable service. Interestingly Andrew Dewar is the deputy headmaster at Queen’s College just like Mr Gunn was before he joined Selborne back in 1993.…
Curwin Bosch is the Craven Week Player of the Year 2014
Grey High School, Eastern Province Craven Week and SA Schools flyhalf Curwin Bosch is the Craven Week Player of the Year for 2014.…
Daniel Pienaar’s SA Schools prop off to New Zealand
Prop Lupumlo Mguca who was one of only eight under-17 players to have represented the SA Schools team in under-18 internationals last year, is jetting off to New Zealand to attend Burnside, a co-ed high school in Christchurch, home to the Crusaders Super Rugby team.…
Another Grey PE head coach set to join the pro rugby ranks
It might feel like a case of déjà vu for Grey High School in Port Elizabeth right now. They have learnt that they will be losing a second head coach to professional rugby in a little over a year. …
Eldoraigne leaves Bulls Beeld Macro Schools A-section
Eldoraigne from Centurion near Pretoria have decided to drop down to the Blue Bulls Region Macro Schools B-section for the Beeld this year. With Centurion High also in the B-section and Affies no longer part of the Beeld, the Blue Bulls A-section is looking very small. Chances are the Eldoraigne move will encourage the remaining A-section Marco schools to press ahead with the formation of a proper Noordvaal premier league. Where this will leave the Beeldtrofee with its rich tradition, remains to be determined.
The Blue Bulls Macro Schools sections now look like this:…
Matric Results 2014 – Maths & Physics Distinctions & Varsity Pass Rankings
RUGBY SCHOOLS’ RANKINGS FOR MATHS AND PHYSICS DISTINCTIONS (NSC schools + 2 IEB schools):…
Western Province Rugby Academy in-take for 2015
The Western Province Rugby Academy is into it’s second year now.
From their website: www.wprugbyacademy.com…