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Western Cape school player recruitment dramas

14 May, 2014 beet 138

Introduction:
With school rugby becoming more professional by the day, more funds, usually made available via external sources, are being channeled towards rugby player acquisitions after Grade 8, than ever before. One thing that is evident in South African schoolboy rugby is that the Western Cape has a surplus of talent. So by connecting the two: more money for recruitment and a surplus talent pool, it seems obvious that the Western Cape is increasingly going to become the shopping ground of rich rugby schools from afar who want to improve their rugby profiles, with all that’s likely to vary being the means they use to acquire players.…

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KZN one win away from Grogper Cup 2014 glory

14 May, 2014 beet 19

One and a half points secured on the road via a come from behind draw by Maritzburg College against KES and a convincing win by Westville against Pretoria Boys High has placed KZN within one game of winning the 2014 Grogper Cup. The next set of games are in KZN and take place on Saturday 24 May 2014.…

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Meyer Sauerman: the EP & EPCD Craven Week Trials format

13 May, 2014 beet 2

Meyer Sauerman is the Eastern Province and Eastern Province Country Districts tournament. The name originates from the surnames of the people most involved in the inception of this idea (format) of final trials. It has been going for many years, although the format has changed slightly over the years.…

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Blue Bulls under-18 trials teams 2014

13 May, 2014 beet 90

The Blue Bulls under-18 Craven Week / Academy Week trials takes place at Southdowns College on Tuesday 13 May 2014. 8 teams as well as two teams of reserves have been selected to participate.…

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Match report: Westville beats Pretoria Boys High 35-5

12 May, 2014 beet 30

From the Westville Boys High School website:

Westville Boys’ High made their annual pilgrimage north to take on Pretoria Boys’ on Saturday the 10th of May.  The host team were playing their first game on their home field and were keen to put on a good display in front of a massive crowd of local spectators.…

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Match Report: Kearsney beats Clifton 43-8

12 May, 2014 beet 0

Report courtesy of Working Words with input from a Clifton official.

On a cold and overcast Saturday afternoon Kearsney played Clifton College on Stott field for the first time in history.…

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Match Report: Northwood beats Hilton 32-14

11 May, 2014 beet 2

Hosts Northwood has beaten Hilton College for the first time since their outstanding first team led Michael Alison won 12-6 back in 1991.

This was a match of two halves. The first half belonged to Hilton, who played the far more constructive game in the opening 35-minutes and enjoyed territorial advantage. However they could not translate this into a lead on the scoreboard and changed ends at 7-11 down. Under the floodlights, Northwood upped their game considerably in the second half.…

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Match Report: Glenwood beats DHS 38-13

11 May, 2014 beet 26

The 133rd meeting between Glenwood and DHS, saw hosts Glenwood winning 38-13, meaning they improve to 54 wins versus DHS’s 68, with 11 draws since the first game in 1922.

During this match, DHS did ever so well to keep the score at 0-0 for the first 33 minutes but after that the floodgates opened and Glenwood scored 6 tries in 29 minutes before DHS got a consolation try.…

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Tuks-Reeks 2014: EG Jansen claims rugby title, Monnas are overall winners

10 May, 2014 beet 92

Dr EG Jansen of Boksburg continues to grow their profile as a top rugby school by adding the Tuks-Reeks 2014 title to their 2013 Beeldtrofee victory. Jansies beat HTS Middelburg 37-22 in the final in the LC de Villiers Stadium at the University of Pretoria to secure the title of best 1st XV for 2014, in the huge Tuks-Reeks competition that incorporates a girls’ competition as well and also consists of sports such as hockey, netball, tennis, squash, golf and chess.

As far as overall results are concerned, Monument of Krugersdorp finished in first place ahead of Garsfontein from Pretoria.

Overall results

PLACE SCHOOL POINTS
1 Monument 166.0
2 Garsfontein 163.5
3 HTS Middelburg 151.5
4 Nelspruit 138.5
5 Pietersburg 137.0
6 Eldoraigne 124.5
7 Kempton Park 121.5
8 EG Jansen 113.5
9 Transvalia 102.0
10 Marais Viljoen 96.5
11 Rustenburg 94.0
12 Vereeniging Gim 68.5
13 Florida 65.5
14 Klerksdorp 62.5
15 Ermelo 48.5
16 Centurion 45.0
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School Rugby Fixtures & Results – week ending 10/05/2014

10 May, 2014 beet 266
DAY DATE SCHOOL SCHOOL EVENT
Mon 05/05/2014 Bishops 39 15 St Andrew’s  Oldest Derby in SA
Wed 06/05/2014 Centurion 13 17 Eldoraigne
Wed 07/05/2014 Waterkloof Kempton Park  On B – E teams playing
Sat 10/05/2014 EG Jansen 37 22 HTS Middelburg Tuks-Reeks Final
Sat 10/05/2014 Garsfontein 27 28 Nelspruit Tuks-Reeks 3/4 Playoff
Sat 10/05/2014 Monument 18 19 Kempton Park Tuks-Reeks 5/6 Playoff
Sat 10/05/2014 Eldoraigne 13 14 Transvalia Tuks-Reeks 7/8 Playoff
Sat 10/05/2014 Marais Viljoen 12 40 Centurion Tuks-Reeks 9/10 Playoff
Sat 10/05/2014 Klerksdorp 28 25 Florida Tuks-Reeks 11/12 Playoff
Sat 10/05/2014 Pietersburg 22 46 Rustenburg Tuks-Reeks 13/14 Playoff
Sat 10/05/2014 Ermelo 22 32 Vereeniging Gim Tuks-Reeks 15/16 Playoff
Sat 10/05/2014 Glenwood 38 13 DHS
Sat 10/05/2014 KES 25 25 Maritzburg College Grogper Cup
Sat 10/05/2014 Pretoria BH 5 35 Westville Grogper Cup
Sat 10/05/2014 Michaelhouse 50 10 St Charles
Sat 10/05/2014 Northwood 32 14 Hilton
Sat 10/05/2014 Kearsney 43 8 Clifton
Sat 10/05/2014 Kearsney 2nd XV 15 10 George Campbell
Sat 10/05/2014 Voortrekker (Pmb) 15 20 Port Natal
Sat 10/05/2014 Daniel Pienaar 9 10 Brandwag (Uitenhage)
Sat 10/05/2014 De Vos Malan Selborne  Selborne 1sts not playing
Sat 10/05/2014 Grens 61 7 Hangklip
Sat 10/05/2014 Framesby 81 0 Otto du Plessis
Sat 10/05/2014 Kingswood 20 19 Hudson Park
Sat 10/05/2014 Nico Malan 24 10 Muir
Sat 10/05/2014 Port Rex 15 24 Cambridge
Sat 10/05/2014 Queen’s 29 25 Grey HS
Sat 10/05/2014 St Andrew’s 31 17 Graeme
Sat 10/05/2014 Stirling 10 78 Dale
Sat 10/05/2014 Marlow 27 23 Jim Fouche
Sat 10/05/2014 Parktown 11 11 St Alban’s
Sat 10/05/2014 St Andrew’s (FS) 14 75 St John’s
Sat 10/05/2014 St David’s 21 31 St Benedict’s
Sat 10/05/2014 St Stithians 14 50 Jeppe
Sat 10/05/2014 Augsburg 36 5 Porterville
Sat 10/05/2014 Boland Landbou 27 13 Rondebosch
Sat 10/05/2014 Drostdy 20 12 Worcester Gim
Sat 10/05/2014 Hugenote 31 3 Durbanville
Sat 10/05/2014 Paarl Gim 10 16 Paul Roos  On TV
Sat 10/05/2014 SACS 5 80 Bishops
Sat 10/05/2014 Stellenberg 19 13 Bellville
Sat 10/05/2014 Swartland 5 29 De Kuilen
Sat 10/05/2014 Tygerberg 22 20 Strand
Sat 10/05/2014 Wynberg 22 24 HJS Paarl BH
Sat 10/05/2014 Menlopark 30 55 Waterkloof Beeld
Sat 10/05/2014 Affies 31 42 Grey College  On TV
Sat 10/05/2014 AHS Kroonstad 17 23 Welkom Gim
Sat 10/05/2014 Hentie Cilliers 14 23 Voortrekker (Beth)
Sat 10/05/2014 Fichardtpark 33 29 Sentraal (FS)
Sat 10/05/2014 Louis Botha 34 29 Sand du Plessis
Sat 10/05/2014 Alberton 14 19 Bastion  Beeld
Fri 09/05/2014 Linden 29 19 Riebeeckrand  Beeld
Sat 10/05/2014 Ben Vorster 24 31 Helpmekaar
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Grey College beats Affies 42-31 in a school rugby showpiece

9 May, 2014 beet 75

The FNB Classic Clash between Affies and Grey College in Pretoria on Saturday, 10 May 2014 was televised and turned out to be an outstanding advert for schoolboy rugby. The match was played at a high tempo and featured some very good offloads that assisted in tries.…

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Tuks Reeks – Finals kick-off times schedule

8 May, 2014 beet 4

The finals of the TuksSkole-reeks will be played at the LC de Villiers Stadium at the University of Pretoria on Saturday, 10 May 2014. Dr EG Jansen of Boksburg and HTS Middelburg will contest the main final for 1st XV’s.…

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Jaco Willemse out of big Gimmies vs Paul Roos clash

8 May, 2014 beet 5

Paarl Gymnasium ace lock Jaco Willemse has been ruled out for Saturday’s big Premier Interschool’s game against visiting fellow national powerhouse school Paul Roos Gymnasium from Stellenbosch. Willemse who stands 1.98m, weighs a massive 128kg…

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Weekend Prediction Pool

7 May, 2014 beet 17

Okay. So the SBR Blog! has 12 games lined up for you to test your ability this weekend. If you’re a registered user all you have to do is click on the SBR Prediction Pools menu option at the top of the page. There are some huge games coming up and three of them will be on TV this Saturday.…

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Form team Northwood has Hilton on their radar

7 May, 2014 beet 2

This weekend Northwood School will host Hilton College on their beautiful fields in Durban North. Northwood is one of those schools that really knows how to make home field advantage count. They can usually be worth up to 10 points on home soil but given the high they are currently on having recorded wins by scoring over 30 points per game during their last two home matches against Gauteng English Medium Schools Jeppe and Parktown; that figure might have to be bumped up even more. …

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DPHS 2009 team – where are they today

7 May, 2014 beet 23

A comment last week by Hilty before the Hilton-Michaelhouse derby about the two captains Jayson Gouws (Penzance, Hilton) and Thomas Walker (DPHS, MHS) both being the 2009 KZN under-13 Craven Week flanks, prompted this research on what had happened to Thomas Walker’s teammates from the DPHS 2009 team.…

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TVPC Media’s LIVE school sports on TV

7 May, 2014 beet 7

From www.schoolsportsnews.co.za
TVPC Media has confirmed a provisional fixture list for their live school sports broadcasts, The Game, for the 2014 season.

The matches will all be broadcast on DSTV channel 319 and will also be broadcast at the same time on Channel 319 on Top TV and Channel 201 on OpenView HD.…

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Baby Boks team for 2nd Argentina match

6 May, 2014 beet 15

SA Under-20 coach Dawie Theron made 11 changes from the team that overwhelmed Los Pumitas in the first encounter between the sides last Friday in Saldanha Bay on the West Coast.The SA U20 team to face their Argentinean counterparts on Tuesday at the Paul Roos Markötter Stadium in Stellenbosch at 15h00 on Tuesday, 6 May 2014:…