Dr Brendan Venter is the new Sharks Director of Rugby
Former Springbok centre Brendan Venter will take up the position of Director of Rugby just as soon as he concludes his business with the Baby Bokke at the under-20 Junior World Champs in France.…
BHP Top 50 – week ending 08 June 2013
A formula-driven ranking system…
KZN: no names, just off the field issues
Here are some of the things that came up in the last few weeks which might make for interesting discussion. There are no guarantees that names might come into it and cause certain individuals to respond in set ways but for now there is opportunity to look past the personal attachments and discuss just the principles.…
K-day 2013 about to hit Grahamstown
It was May 1898 and the Kingswood College Rugby Union Football team wandered across the Valley to Lower Field and met the St Andrews College team in the first of what was to become one of the most enduring school rugby matches in South Africa. While this was the first time the two schools’ 1st XV’s in fact met it was not the first time that they had played each other as in 1896 The St Andrews 2nd XV played the Kingswood 1st XV and this match was drawn. The first 1st XV’s outing was won 6-3 by St Andrews and this match has been won more often than not by St Andrews. This has become particularly noticeable from the middle of the last century up to the present. The two schools should probably not be playing each other as the number of boys at each actually put them into different classifications but the traditions and camaraderie of this fixture are what have kept it alive. The week leading up to, and the weekend itself, are what create the vibe and atmosphere which is about far more than just a rugby match.…
SBR tables by region
Same scoring system as the Tjampions League but this time only looking at how the schools performed against other schools from their respective regions and as listed on the tables below. …
Tjampions League – week ending 08 June 2013
This week the Tjamps League has been expanded to 41 schools. All are shown on the table below so one can see that it was only games between the 41 schools that count. Match points (MP) = 4 for a win, 2 for a draw. Bonus point (BP) = 1 to either winner if the difference in score is 10 points or greater or the loser if the difference in score is less than 10.…
Baby Boks beat England 31-24 at under-20 JWC
The South African under-20 team moved one big step closer to a place in IRB Junior World Cup semi-finals with a vital 31-24 win against England in a Pool A match. This was mainly due to a very good start which saw the Baby Boks playing with good continuity and flair.…
Baby Boks must do or die vs England in IRB JWC
Starting at 16h45 on Sunday, 09 June the SA under-20 team faces a critical challenge at the IRB Junior World Champions in France when they play England. Although it’s defined as a pool match, it’s is a knockout game of sorts, from which the winners placing themselves in a very strong position to advance to the semi-finals and the losers facing the distinct probability of being eliminated from the first place chase.…
Results – week ending 08 June 2013
| SCHOOL | SCHOOL | NOTES | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishops | 7 | 22 | Rondebosch | Premier Interschools Match – on TV | |
| Hugenote | 48 | 5 | Schoonspruit | ||
| Paarl BH | 24 | 13 | Boland Landbou | ||
| Paarl Gim | 17 | 17 | Oakdale | ||
| SACS | 7 | 15 | Wynberg | ||
| Stellenberg | 18 | 23 | Tygerberg | ||
| Michaelhouse | 37 | 10 | St Charles | ||
| Called off. May be played on 20/06/2013 | |||||
| Northwood | 11 | 33 | Glenwood | ||
| Westville | 64 | 7 | George Campbell | ||
| DHS | 3 | 23 | Hilton | ||
| Ithembehle | 7 | 75 | Grey HS | ||
| Stirling | 7 | 50 | Queens | ||
| Selborne | 17 | 17 | St Andrews | ||
| Cambridge | 18 | 21 | Dale | ||
| Kingswood | 23 | 22 | Muir | ||
| Graeme | 71 | 3 | Woodridge | ||
| St Johns | 22 | 53 | KES | ||
| Waterkloof | 71 | 5 | Eldoraigne | ||
| St Benedicts | 24 | 45 | Jeppe | ||
| Pretoria BH | 35 | 6 | St Albans | ||
| Helpies withdrew | |||||
| Monnas | Florida | ||||
| EG Jansen | 103 | 17 | Die Anker | ||
| Ben Vorster | 47 | 16 | Nylstroom | ||
| Centurion | 25 | 20 | Montana | ||
| HTS Middelburg | 38 | 12 | Middelburg | ||
Craven Week 2013: Golden Lions team & Academy Week team
The Golden Lions under-18 teams have the usual Monnas flavour about them. 15 out of 44 come from the Krugersdorp school, with 9 of those picks being Craven Week players. Jeppe picked up a decent reward for their above average season to date with 8 players. Florida have had two relatively weak 1st XV’s in a row now but still managed to be well represented again this year with 8 players as well.…
Wynland Skole vs Southern Suburbs Schools 2009-2013
UPDATED. Here compliments of BHP is a factual analysis table of the results achieved by the four Wynland Skole namely Boland Landbou (BL), Paarl Gymnasium (Gim), Paul Roos (PRG) and Paarl Boys High (HJS) in their matches against the four Cape Town Southern Suburbs schools of Bishops, Rondebosch, SACS and Wynberg. It goes so way to explaining why the Wynland boys seem to dominate WP age-group team selections every season.…
Would the real KZN Tier-1 No.1 please stand up!
Updated. Time is running out to determine the KZN Tier -1 no.1 team for 2013. Matters have not been helped by bad weather and disagreements…
Craven Week 2013: Free State team almost finalised
Free State are in the process of finalising their Craven Week team. They named a fairly predictable blend of 13 Grey College and 9 HTS Louis Botha players for a trial match against the Griffons. The squad is very much along the lines of the quota system in place for Craven Week which stipulates that each team must have a minimum of 9 Previously Disadvantaged Individuals (PDI) in their squad of 22 with no fewer than 5 required to be in the starting line-up and on the field at all times. …
BHP Top 50 – week ending 01 June 2013
With the school rugby season now past halfway point, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to rank teams, especially those in the teens and upwards. Fortunately the BHP ranking system is formula driven, meaning that it does not rely on human guesswork. …
IRB Junior World Championships 2013
The IRB Junior World Championships for under-20’s being in France today. Although the South African Baby Bokke have an easy first assignment against the USA, they are in the pool of death along with France and England.…
Wynberg’s account of the Paarl Gim incident
This report is based on Wynberg eye-witness accounts as received from players and parents at the match. …
Cape Schools Week 2013
Updated. Fixtures finalised.
Cape Schools Week takes place at Paarl Gymnasium between Friday, 21 June and Wednesday, 26 June.…
Craven Week 2013: Day 1 & Day 2 fixtures
The Craven Week match-day 1 and 2 fixtures are not quite what the doctor ordered. It was anticipated that the Bulls and Western Province would be kept apart, to set up the potential unofficial final that viewers were robbed of in 2012. …
Springbok squad analysis by school 2013
Initial research by Djou. A look at the players’ schools, franchises, movements, Craven Week and SA Schools history.…
Hilton beats Maritzburg College 38-22
Hilton beat Maritzburg College 38-22 in an entertaining match played on Gilfillan. Right from the start both teams set out to play positive rugby resulting in 70-minutes worth of action. Although Hilton took the lead in the third minute and never looked back, the result was really only secured by the home team in the last five or so minutes when they scored 10 unanswered points. Up until then College were still in with a shout.…
Golden Lions join Craven Week selection circus
During their TV coverage of the Premier Interschools match between Monument and Glenwood today, the commentators made several references to 8 Monnas players being chosen for Craven Week, while a further 5 were included the Academy Week team. Furthermore the commentary team seem to know who the selected players were by name. It all seemed plausible right up until the end of the production when Defender (read player) of the Match, Monnas’ no.8 Wiehan Jacobs was asked a question related to his selection for Craven Week. Jacobs quickly replied along the lines that he was still hoping to be selected and that the Golden Lions Craven Week team had not been announce yet.…
Glenwood’s Corné the Ver-marquee player
Glenwood takes on the Monument Witbulle in a Premier Interschools game this afternoon. The match will be shown on a delayed broadcast at 21:30 on Supersport 1 tonight. One of the players well worth keeping an eye on is Glenwood fullback Corné Vermaak. Vermaak is in outstanding form at the moment. With each passing game he looks to have peaked but then seems to set the bar a little higher with his next outing. …
Results – week ending 01 June 2013
| SCHOOL | SCHOOL | NOTES | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundee | 16 | 26 | Sarel Cilliers | ||
| Glenwood | 20 | 26 | Monument | Glenwood Old Boys Day. Premier Interschools – on TV | |
| Westville | 21 | 17 | Michaelhouse | Westville Old Boys Day | |
| Hilton | 38 | 22 | M. College | ||
| Kearsney | 76 | 6 | DHS | ||
| St Charles | 29 | 24 | Northwood | St Charles Old Boys Day | |
| Empangeni | 19 | 36 | George Campbell | ||
| Framesby | 30 | 31 | Marlow | ||
| Dale | 3 | 38 | Grey HS | ||
| Queens | 30 | 19 | St Andrews | ||
| Otto du Plessis | 17 | 73 | Die Brandwag | ||
| Muir | 22 | 29 | Nico Malan | ||
| Boland Landbou | 10 | 0 | Bishops | ||
| Langenhoven Gim | 9 | 71 | Outeniqua | ||
| Drostdy | 27 | 27 | Tygerberg | ||
| Paarl BH | 29 | 5 | SACS | ||
| Paarl Gim | 40 | 3 | Wynberg | ||
| Rondebosch | 5 | 10 | Paul Roos | u16 game bound to draw much interest | |
| Stellenberg | 6 | 15 | Hugenote | ||
| Kingswood | 47 | 3 | Stirling | ||
| Jeppe | 88 | 0 | St Albans | ||
| St Johns | 18 | 17 | Marais Viljoen | ||
| Pretoria BH | 17 | 17 | KES | ||
| St Stithians | 20 | 10 | Parktown | ||
| St Benedicts | 75 | 12 | Sutherland | ||
| Centurion | 60 | 11 | John Vorster | Beeld | |
| Garsfontein | 40 | 37 | Eldoraigne | Beeld | |
| Wonderboom | 48 | 3 | Zwartkop | Beeld | |
| HTS Middelburg | 36 | 3 | HTS Witbank | Beeld | |
| Nelspruit | 18 | 11 | Middelburg | Beeld | |
| Kempton Park | 44 | 9 | Die Anker | Beeld | |
| EG Jansen | 94 | 0 | Jeugland | Beeld | |
| Transvalia | 40 | 19 | Vereeniging Gim | Beeld | |
| Florida | 52 | 6 | Noordheuwel | Beeld | |
| Ben Vorster | 31 | 3 | Pietersburg | Beeld. On TV | |
| Voortrekker (Beth) | 28 | 21 | AHS Kroonstad |
2 more Boishaai players in WP u18 team!
A few people might be unsure what to make of this but effectively two more Paarl Boys High players have been called up to replace injured Craven Week players JD Schickerling and Ryan Oosthuizen (both Paarl Gim). …