20 big surprise results of 2013 so far
The 2013 schoolboy rugby season has produced quite a few unanticipated results to date.
Here is a list of 20 surprises.…
Jesse Kriel replaces Sergeal Petersen for World Championships
An injury sustained during the Kings Super Rugby campaign has ruled Grey High and SA Schools 2012 wing Sergeal Petersen out of the 2013 under-20 Junior World Champs in France, starting in June.
His replacement is fellow 2012 SA Schools player Jesse Kriel.…
BHP Top 50 – week ending 25 May 2013
Word from BHP:
…Midway through the season and I did some adjustments on the schools categories and shifted some up and some down according to the results against them so far. I also tweaked a little on my formula and adjusted the points scored for a draw. The result looks a little different than the previous weeks but I think maybe more accurate in current strengths.
Tjampions League – 25 May 2013
The Tjampions League (subjective in its own right) was designed to measure the performances of teams in strength vs strength match ups only. 4 points to the winner and a bonus point to the team that win either losers by less than 10 or wins by 10 or more.…
Annual Craven Week selection dramas
South African schoolboy rugby is well into it’s drama filled Craven Week selection season now. Of the major regions, KwaZulu-Natal, the Bulls, Eastern Province, Boland and South Western Districts have concluded trials and made their selections. This week there appears to be at least two storms brewing when Western Province and Border make their teams official this week.…
Glenwood beats College in an epic match, 44-40
The huge crowd that had gathered at Goldstones to enjoy the Maritzburg College 150th Reunion Day match against Glenwood was treated to a brand of all-out attacking schoolboy rugby. The action was literally non-stop. The match was played at a furious pace. Eleven tries were scored and the lead changed hands no fewer than seven times with the outcome being decided in the last move of the game, when Glenwood scored a try in the right-hand corner to clinch a 44-40 victory. …
Grey College vs Paarl Boys High
Live on SuperSport…
Results – 25 May 2013
| SCHOOL | SCHOOL | NOTES | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. College | 40 | 44 | Glenwood | 150th REUNION DAY!!!!! The pace at which this game was played was just insane. 10 out of 10 for excitement | |
| Grey College | 35 | 28 | Paarl BH | Premier Interschools game on TV | |
| Affies | 19 | 18 | Waterkloof | 5-star game. Huge! | |
| St Andrews | 14 | 39 | Grey HS | Potential Eastern Cape decider. Big Game | |
| Outeniqua | 13 | 7 | Oakdale | SWD decider | |
| Die Brandwag | 26 | 29 | Framesby | ||
| Queens | 38 | 30 | Hudson Park | ||
| Nico Malan | 53 | 10 | Otto du Plessis | ||
| Dale | 44 | 14 | Kingswood | ||
| Westville | 45 | 0 | Northwood | ||
| Clifton | 11 | 28 | DHS | Midweek game | |
| St Charles | 10 | 25 | DHS | ||
| Hilton | 39 | 10 | George Campbell | ||
| De Kuilen | 20 | 50 | Tygerberg | ||
| Paarl Gim | 35 | 14 | Rondebosch | ||
| Stellenberg | 23 | 38 | SACS | ||
| Worcester Gim | 10 | 31 | Drostdy | ||
| Wynberg | 42 | 28 | Bishops | ||
| Jeppe | 34 | 25 | St Stithians | ||
| St Johns | 19 | 55 | Michaelhouse | Grogper Cup: Gauteng 6 KZN 6 with one game to go | |
| KES | 31 | 31 | Monnas | ||
| Garsfontein | 57 | 27 | Menlopark | ||
| Middelburg | 16 | 29 | HTS Middelburg | ||
| Marlow | 58 | 5 | Diamantveld | ||
| Parktown | 54 | 20 | St Davids | ||
| Marais Viljoen | 42 | 65 | St Benedicts | Aggregate of 107 points | |
| Welkom Gim | 20 | 22 | Voortrekker (Beth) | ||
| EG Jansen | 50 | 26 | Vereeniging Gim | ||
| Centurion | 29 | 28 | Wonderboom | ||
| Eldoraigne | 87 | 0 | Zwartkop |
u13 Craven Week 2013: KZN team
KZN’s under-13 Craven Week team to play at Bela-Bela Primary School in Limpopo starting on 28 June. …
Craven Week 2013: Bulls team named along with Academy & Noordvaal
The Bulls have named there extremely powerful team for Craven Week. The competition for starting places was fierce. In the end Francois Steyn held off Vean Roodt, Hyron Andrews got the nod ahead of Abongile Nonkwantana and Justin Phillips edged out Ivan van Zyl to be in the starting XV.…
Grant Khomo 2013: Bulls name team & 2 Noordvaal u16 teams
The Bulls have named 3 under-16 teams, the Grant Khomo team as well as 2 teams to take park in the Noordvaal under-16 tournament. …
Academy Week 2013: KwaZulu-Natal Country Districts team
For the second year in a row, a KZN CD team has been selected to play at Academy Week. Judging by the final trial match, they should combine to form a decent team, even though the players come from no fewer than 14 different schools across KZN.…
Grant Khomo 2013: KwaZulu-Natal team
Glenwood (8), Maritzburg College (4), Westville (3), Hilton (3), DHS (2), Northwood (1) and Michaelhouse (1)…
Academy Week 2013: KwaZulu-Natal team
Glenwood (9), Maritzburg College (6), Kearsney (2), Hilton (2) and Westville (1)…
Craven Week 2013: KwaZulu-Natal team
The KZN team is officially out. Glenwood (9) and Kearsney (6) dominate the selections with Maritzburg College (4), Westville (2) and DHS (1).…
Tjampions League – 18 May 2013
STRENGTH VS STRENGTH…
SBR combo rankings – 18 May 2013
After receiving a request from one of the two websites not to compare their rankings to others, that project along with the Thumbsuck for 2013 has been scrapped in favour of this new initiate which combines the Top 20 rankings of 5 different websites including the well respected BHP model used on this site. The results were arrived at using a weighting and are quite interest as it seems to produce a fairly accurate Top 30.…
Craven Week 2013: EP and EPCD teams
The Eastern Province and Eastern Province Country Districts teams to play at Craven Week have been finalised.
Grey High School and Die Brandwag are well represented in the EP Schools team with 9 and 5 players respectively while the Country Districts team is predominantly made up of Marlow (8) and St Andrews (7) players.…
Outeniqua vs Affies – Kwagga Dag special cancelled
From twitter:
School of Rugby
@schoolofrugbyThe match between Affies & Outeniqua scheduled for 10 August has been canceled.
This was meant to be the highlight of Kwagga Dag. News filtering through is that Affies pulled the plug.…
Craven Week 2013: Free State trials
On Monday 27 May 2013, 138 hopefuls will take part in Free State under-18 trials at Sentraal.…
KZN u16 & u18 final trials
Updated. Cutting to the chase, trials were held on 2 different fields at the same time as per usual, so it was impossible to follow both under-16 and under-18 games. On the main field at Woodburn Stadium in Pietermaritzburg on a fairly warm afternoon the under-18 trial unfolded as follows: …
Battleground Pretoria: Affies vs Klofies
The fact that the Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool Pretoria (Affies) versus Hoërskool Waterkloof (Klofies) match did not take place for a few years did not dim anyone’s enthusiasm. On the contrary it just seemed to increase everyone’s desire to see this game return so that the schools regarded as the top two in Pretoria had a showdown.…
The 150th Maritzburg College Reunion Day
Reunion Day is always a special event at College. Old boys, students, teachers and even parents who have been part of the occasion will testify to this amazing vibe all around them that can definitely be felt and almost tasted.
Indications are that Maritzburg College Old Boys will arrive in droves to be part of the 150th celebration Reunion Day on Saturday 25 May 2013, making it possibly the biggest Reunion Day of all times and creating a wonderful atmosphere. …
Day zero at Grey College
On 19 August 2006, Paul Roos recorded a famous 16-11 win against Grey College in Bloemfontein. For a total of 2458 days thereafter the Grey College home ground became an impenetrable fortress as they built up what must surely be one of the longest unbeaten home streaks in modern era school rugby history. …
Waterkloof beats Garsies in an epic battle! 36-34
Klofies first rugby team beat Garsies on Saturday, this after Waterkloof experienced three losses in a row. The match could have gone either way. Waterkloof beat Garsies 36 – 34 in a very tight match. The match was played in front of a crowd of about 5000 spectators. Garsfontein were optimistic. Their first team has never beaten Waterkloof. …