Voortrekker has organised a night series tournament along similar lines to the one they arranged last year. This year’s event takes place at the school itself where their their new floodlights will be put to the test. KZN tier-1 teams College, Kearsney and Westville (fielding two teams) will once again be in attendance.…
Port Elizabeth based Framesby will travel to Durban to play Glenwood in a Super Rugby curtain raiser to the Sharks versus Stormers encounter on 02 March 2013.…
Dates, times and matches:…
The Super Rugby season starts on Friday,15 February so there is very little time left to join our Superbru Pool
Pool Name: schoolboyrugby.co.za
Pool Code: pestpalp…
With Northwood’s first assignments of the KZN Tier-1 season being March dates with Kearsney on their lush green Reece-Edwards pitch in Durban North followed by Michaelhouse up at the Meadows in Balgowan, they might well have been tipped to cause an early season upset or possibly even two. The six pre-season games at the Damelin Night Series provides an excellent lead up to these two regular season games against opponents who are expected to have had less match practice and should therefore be a little cold coming into those Northwood games. …
Some good news. DHS has put their differences with Glenwood aside and all fixtures between the Durban neighbours have been reinstated with immediate effect.…
The NWU-PUK-Rugbyinstituut Skole Skouspel brings together a unique collection of schools from around South Africa every year, including some of the teams that general end up being hot contenders for Top 20 rankings spots during the season. The teams are usually well matched resulting in some good contests.…
In-form and unbeaten Port Natal moved a big step closer to securing a place in this year’s Damelin Night Series thanks to an after the hooter goal against George Campbell. Trailing 22-17 with time up on the clock, the White Knights carried the ball from halfway to over the try-line via a series of phases that showed a huge amount of character.…
One of the first questions that came up when the new SARU age-band rules were implemented was what effect will it have on the smaller schools in KwaZulu-Natal. The ruling which comes into effect this year prohibits all under-16 players from playing in under-19 (open age-group) games, something that was allowed up until the end of the 2012 season. Many of the KZN Tier-2 schools do not field an under-16 age group. Players go directly from under-15 to the open age-group. …
In the latest article on Stoopstat.co.za entitled “Player Poaching, Same Old Story Slightly New Cast”, the second last paragraph points to an unfortunate development in Pretoria:…
In his February blog new Grey College headmaster Deon Scheepers cuts straight to the chase, mentioning how the increasing overlap of school and professional rugby as well as schools using rugby as a marketing strategy is placing pressure on boys to perform well like never before.…
Northwood had to come from 6-0 down at half time to edge out George Campbell 10-6 in the first major clash of this year’s Damelin Night Series at Port Natal. The match may not have been everyone’s cup of tea due to the number of unforced errors committed but in the context of it still being the first week of February and just the second competitive game of the season for both teams following relatively easy first round matches last week, the match provided good spectator entertainment and an opportunity to gather a lot of meaningful intel on the teams.…
We had a very informative talk last night on the new laws by Test Referee Stuart Berry. The following are the main points:…
| DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu.28Mar | New Orleans | 05 | 08 | St John’s (Zim) |
| Thu.28Mar | Presidents XV | 00 | 52 | Nelspruit |
| Thu.28Mar | Waterkloof | 57 | 00 | Noordheuwel |
| Thu.28Mar | Marais Viljoen | 17 | 45 | Windhoek Gim |
| Thu.28Mar | HJS Paarl BH | 36 | 14 | Daniel Pienaar |
| Thu.28Mar | Filton (UK) | 35 | 29 | St John’s |
| Sat.30Mar | Noordheuwel | 12 | 26 | Windhoek Gim |
| Sat.30Mar | Marais Viljoen | 21 | 13 | New Orleans |
| Sat.30Mar | Presidents XV | 07 | 33 | Daniel Pienaar |
| Sat.30Mar | St John’s | 15 | 18 | St John’s (Zim) |
| Sat.30Mar | HJS Paarl BH | 72 | 05 | Filton (UK) |
| Sat.30Mar | Nelspruit | 17 | 22 | Waterkloof |
| Mon.01Apr | New Orleans | 20 | 22 | Presidents XV |
| Mon.01Apr | St John’s (Zim) | 06 | 40 | Windhoek Gim |
| Mon.01Apr | Filton (UK) | 22 | 52 | Nelspruit |
| Mon.01Apr | Marais Viljoen | 13 | 19 | Daniel Pienaar |
| Mon.01Apr | Noordheuwel | 35 | 31 | St John’s |
| Mon.01Apr | HJS Paarl BH | 20 | 26 | Waterkloof |
| DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu.28Mar | St Benedict’s | 13 | 36 | Wynberg |
| Thu.28Mar | St Andrew’s | 31 | 12 | Helpmekaar |
| Thu.28Mar | Invitation XV | 33 | 36 | St Alban’s |
| Thu.28Mar | St Stithians | 31 | 41 | Windhoek HS |
| Thu.28Mar | Pretoria BH | 23 | 10 | SACS |
| Thu.28Mar | Bishops | 29 | 13 | Hilton |
| Sat.30Mar | St Benedict’s | 36 | 07 | Invitation XV |
| Sat.30Mar | St Alban’s | 07 | 60 | Wynberg |
| Sat.30Mar | SACS | 14 | 12 | Windhoek HS |
| Sat.30Mar | Hilton | 23 | 10 | Helpmekaar |
| Sat.30Mar | Bishops | 15 | 20 | Pretoria BH |
| Sat.30Mar | St Stithians | 16 | 32 | St Andrew’s |
| Mon.01Apr | SACS | 49 | 00 | Invitation XV |
| Mon.01Apr | Helpmekaar | 14 | 34 | Bishops |
| Mon.01Apr | Windhoek | 42 | 08 | St Benedict’s |
| Mon.01Apr | Hilton | 25 | 26 | St Alban’s |
| Mon.01Apr | Pretoria BH | 20 | 22 | St Andrew’s |
| Mon.01Apr | St Stithians | 12 | 50 | Wynberg |
Monday turned out to be a sad day at Glenwood with news being shared that Peter Shedlock, an old boy from the Class of 1948 had passed away on Sunday, 03 February…
The University of Free State Kovies under-20’s are busy with a series of warm-up games ahead of their very testing Varsity Cup Young Guns opening match against powerful defending champions Tuks from Pretoria University on 18 February 2013. The Kovsies have assembled a nice array of talented students from across the country…
The Western Province Rugby Institute (WPRI) officially came into being in 2007. Its objective is to tap into the vast rugby talent pool that exists in the Western Cape and then to fill any positional gaps with players from outside the region. The Institute accepts that it is not the beginning point of rugby development (schools are), nor is it the end point, however what it has set out to achieve is use a one year programme to transform dedicated rugby players from “young boys into rugby playing men.” …
A good crowd turned up for the opening round of the Damelin Night Series. Port Natal has to be commended for creating a pleasant setting for visitors. …
There were a few years during which the two Pretoria powerhouse teams were not playing each other. Fortunately this period of “isolation” came to an end last year when the two schools squared off…
I have to extend a humble apology to coach Steve Turner, Dale supporters and other readers for misleading all with a blog that suggested Luke Smith is the new head coach at Dale.…
Imagine the Kings Superugby team could use players that at least attended junior schools within the Border, SWD and EP. I know could put together a nice side. I had a look at under-13 Craven Week before they moved to high school.…
Thanks to the efforts of BoishaaiPa and with the help of a few SBR bloggers who have a vested interest in what happens in the scrums, we were able to present Richard Visagie, the Paarl Boys High scrum guru with a handful of questions about the new school scrumming laws that will come into effect this season. Apart from playing over 100 games at hooker for Boland, Richard has over 30 years of school rugby coaching experience. Along the way he has coached the WP Craven Week team and is currently a WP school selector. He has been responsible for helping to shape the careers of a number of good props (and hookers) over the years.…
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