Noord-Kaap at the centre of the latest Eastern Cape “poaching” drama
Two Muir College students returned to their school in Uitenhage, Eastern Province last week after a short stay at Noord-Kaap in Kimberley did not live up to their expectations.…
Going rate of a school rugby player poaching package
The parent of a prominent up and coming Western Province age-group elite squad rugby player let the cat out of the bag with regards to the current type of offer that gets put on the table for a high school slash rugby union alliance inspired under-16 or older relocation to another province. In this particular case the offer was refused.…
Shawn van Rensburg named as Glenwood Director of Rugby
Glenwood has added the last piece to the puzzle in their efforts to replace former Head Coach and Director of Rugby Sean Erasmus (now at Paarl Boys High). Last year experienced assistant coach Rudi Dames was promoted to head coach and late last week the KZN school issued a press release confirming that former pro rugby player Shawn van Rensburg had taken over the reigns as Director of Rugby.…
DHS aiming to get R45 million for scholarships & capex
From the DHS website:
Durban High School (DHS), one of the oldest boys’ high schools in Kwazulu-Natal, is set to benefit from income on the investment of the proceeds of the sale of the property, which is currently occupied by the DHS Old Boy’s Club and some lessees. The property belongs to The Durban High School Foundation Trust.
The property, which is approximately 4,3 hectares (43 000 m2) in extent, is flanked by Marlborough Crescent and Gainsborough Drive in Durban North and is expected to realize above R45m. …
EG Jansen accused of kidnapping 2 u15 rugby players
A story in the Beeld yesterday (http://www.beeld.com/nuus/2014-01-23-2-onnies-ontvoer-glo-rugbyseuns) tells of how Vereeniging Gymnasium opened a case of kidnapping against EG Jansen teachers at the police station. This was after the two EG Jansen teachers allegedly drove onto the Gimmies premises last week to picked up two “brilliant” Gimmies rugby players and then left without informing either the Gimmies hostel housemaster or the teacher on duty of their intentions.…
Straight A matric students are failing varsity entrance exams
I heard this news report on 5FM this morning. It was just too bizarre and probably merits an investigation into just how these students got their straight A’s to begin with.…
OFS stands for Opportunity Free State
2013 was meant to be the Kings’ Super Rugby break though season but from a South African standpoint the tournament will probably be best remembered for the achievements of the Cheetahs from Free State.
The positives from that campaign seem to have reinvigorated Free State rugby. …
Court dismisses St Charles cricket parent’s case
The St Charles College (Pietermaritzburg) parent that sued his son’s school because they dropped his son as captain (asking the court to reinstate his son as captain) had his application dismissed with costs on Tuesday, 22 January 2014.…
Steroids quite easy to buy
Okay so today a social media picture of a known SBR rugby player did the rounds and caused quite a stir, prompting numerous discussions about the use of steroids in school and post-school sport.…
KZN 2014 1st XV rugby teams – possible line ups
There is a first look at what the KwaZulu-Natal tier 1 1st XV teams of Hilton, Glenwood, Kearsney, Maritzburg College, Michaelhouse, Northwood and Westville might look like this season.…
Eastern Cape government to hand Dale College R250 000 for rugby bursaries
Report from Old Dalian Denver Donian a reporter from the Bugle
DALE COLLEGE was privileged to be at the centre of a program set to improve the face of school rugby in the area when they hosted the Sport Focus Capacity Building Programme – a school rugby coaching workshop facilitated by the South African Rugby Union (SARU) and the Border Rugby Union (BRU).…
Eastern Cape school rugby preseason vibes
Rugbyfan has been out and about. He had a chance to catch up with some of folks from the various top Eastern Cape rugby school and got some feedback from them on what lies ahead in 2014.
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DHS assignment for Donald Ngwenya
Former Northwood 1st XV coach and current Durban youth rugby coach Donald Ngwenya has been appointed as the new DHS under-16 coach. This means he takes charge of DHS’s all-important 150th birthday 1st XV in 2016 group this season. No pressure! No ways! All the pressure in the world for sure.…
Grey College & Free State – Griquas rugby fixtures 2014
What would amount to an extremely challenging season of fixtures for just about every other South African school rugby team is par for the course for SA’s best Grey College of Bloemfontein. …
Paul Roos looking promising for 2014
A good way to describe Paul Roos supporters ahead of the 2014 season is quietly confident. No one is under any kind of illusion either. Annually Paul Roos has one of the most demanding school rugby schedules in the country which affords them little room for comfort. That said there is a reason why they are labelled as one of South African school rugby’s powerhouse teams. …
Westville’s Eastern Cape recruitments cause unhappiness
Westville who already have tremendous rugby depth in their open age group welcomed two new and very talented under-16 players from Hudson Park in East London into the fold late last year. Both boys were part of the highly successful Border 2013 Grant Khomo team that went through the under-16 tournament unbeaten, including defeating the always competitive Free State along the way.
These recruitments have not to go down well in the Eastern Cape. A positive movement to stop so called “poaching” has started to gain a lot of momentum in the Border region, where young players from less privileged backgrounds are increasingly becoming the targets …
SA Schools post for George Campbell’s Noel Ingle
Noel Ingle, the Chairman of the KwaZulu-Natal High School Rugby Association, has been named as an SA Schools Vice Chairman. Part of the duties include attending 10 meetings per annum where key issues regarding school rugby will be discussed and some important decisions made.…
Sharks u19 contracted players for 2014
The Sharks only hand out a limited number of contracts every year and are very proud of their success rate which is up around 80% when it comes to converting schoolboy rugby players into professionals for the senior team. For 2014, fourteen talented players received contracts and there is a great deal of optimism around about the future prospects for all these youngsters. The Sharks placed emphasis on procuring forwards this year in terms of their succession planning.
Standing L->R: Petrus du Buson, Johan du Toit, Hyron Andrews, Ayron Schramm, Wandile Mazibuko, JL du Preez, Thomas du Toit, Ruan Kramer & Daniel du Preez.
Kneeling L->R: Philip Marais, Cameron Wright, Innocent Radebe, Marius Louw & Andrew du Plessis…
60 not out for uncle Tony
Happy 60th birthday for today Tony Stoops.
Bishops Old Boy and retired teacher Tony produces all kinds on detailed stats for Western Cape 1st XV schoolboy rugby on his website www.stoopstats.co.za. He also runs the largest 1st XV school rugby festival during the Easter holidays, so chances are he won’t have too much time to celebrate this milestone.…
Western Cape school rugby returning players for 2014
Compliments of Stoopstats.co.za here is a list of the players that did duty for the respective top Western Cape school teams during 2013 and will be back to represent their schools in 2014.
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England targets a top Glenwood / KZN school rugby player
Brandon Staples of Glenwood is one of KwaZulu-Natal’s best schoolboy rugby players. The big No.8 who is now under-17 has represented KZN at both under-13 and under-16 levels in the past. He is now very high up on England’s “must have” list. …
Analysis of SA Schools Cricket, Hockey, Rugby & Water Polo Representatives for 2013
Analysing the 78 SA Schools representatives for 2013, shows that Kearsney from Botha’s Hill in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and their Methodist brother school St Stithians from Randburg in Gauteng top the list with 5 representatives apiece followed by the likes of Affies (Pretoria), Paarl Gymnasium and Rondebosch (Cape Town) with 4 each. As a provincial region, no one comes close to the Western Cape (41%) and even by splitting the province into Western Province (WP), Boland and South Western Districts (SWD), WP still commands a 33% share of the overall pie.…