Hilton’s white wall denies DHS any tryline access in 10-6 win
One week after scoring 12 tries against Northwood, DHS could not cross the white chalk once as Hilton’s seemingly impenetrable defence stood firm, helping the “visitors” to record a bit of an upset 10-6 win at Kings Park in Durban.…
On fire Beytell of EG makes two big statements
Figuratively speaking, EG Jansen captain Ruben Beytell has made two big statements this weekend.…
School Rugby fixtures & results – week ending 18 March 2017
| DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | EVENT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue.14Mar | Jeppe | 22 | 17 | Kempton Park | |
| Wed.15Mar | St Benedict’s | 15 | 17 | Zwartkop | |
| Wed.15Mar | Drostdy | 13 | 21 | San Isidro (Arg) | |
| Wed.15Mar | Frikkie Meyer | 08 | 03 | Centurion | PUK-Reeks |
| Thu.16Mar | St Charles | X | X | Maritzburg College | Cancelled Practice match |
| Thu.16Mar | Swartland | X | X | Paul Roos | Practice match SL7-56PR |
| Thu.16Mar | Oosterlig | 18 | 29 | Middelburg | |
| Thu.16Mar | Jeugland | 00 | 52 | Marais Viljoen | |
| Thu.16Mar | Noordheuwel | 10 | 08 | Pretoria BH | |
| Fri.17Mar | Paarl Gim | 31 | 19 | Stellenberg | |
| Sat.18Mar | Selborne | 24 | 03 | Hudson Park | Border Rugby Day |
| Sat.18Mar | Cambridge | 29 | 00 | Chief Boklein | Border Rugby Day |
| Sat.18Mar | Dale | 21 | 10 | Grens | Border Rugby Day |
| Sat.18Mar | Queen’s | 18 | 10 | Stirling | Border Rugby Day |
| Sat.18Mar | TBA | – | – | Nico Malan | EP Schools R/D |
| Sat.18Mar | Ben Vorster | 34 | 08 | Oos-Moot | PUK-Reeks |
| Sat.18Mar | Menlopark | 17 | 11 | Kempton Park | Tuks Reeks |
| Sat.18Mar | Monument | 22 | 27 | Eldoraigne | @ Ellis Park |
| Sat.18Mar | EG Jansen | 34 | 28 | Garsfontein | Tuks Reeks |
| Sat.18Mar | HTS Middelburg | 59 | 10 | Klerksdorp | Tuks Reeks |
| Sat.18Mar | Florida | 22 | 29 | Nelspruit | Tuks Reeks |
| Sat.18Mar | DHS | 06 | 10 | Hilton | @ Kingspark |
| Sat.18Mar | Michaelhouse | 24 | 18 | Westville | |
| Sat.18Mar | Northwood | 03 | 45 | Kearsney | |
| Sat.18Mar | St Charles | 70 | 00 | St Andrew’s School | |
| Sat.18Mar | Clifton | 41 | 05 | Fourways | |
| Sat.18Mar | Marlow | 78 | 8 | Humansdorp | |
| Sat.18Mar | St Andrew’s | 66 | 10 | Union | |
| Sat.18Mar | Kingswood | 45 | 00 | Muir | |
| Sat.18Mar | Diamantveld | 32 | 17 | Duineveld | |
| Sat.18Mar | Goudveld | 19 | 59 | Waterkloof | |
| Sat.18Mar | Noord-Kaap | 48 | 11 | Upington | |
| Sat.18Mar | Witteberg | 35 | 25 | Jim Fouche | |
| Sat.18Mar | Fichardtpark | 14 | 07 | AHS Kroonstad | |
| Sat.18Mar | Parktown | 19 | 27 | St John’s | |
| Sat.18Mar | St Benedict’s | 63 | 07 | Springs | |
| Sat.18Mar | St David’s | 14 | 17 | St Alban’s | |
| Sat.18Mar | Helpmekaar | 19 | 31 | Affies | |
| Sat.18Mar | Jeppe | 26 | 23 | St Stithians |
Noordheuwel bucking the trend
Nories recorded a 10-8 win against Pretoria Boys’ High on Thursday 16 March. It’s all starting to come together nicely for the Krugersdorp co-ed school who hardly have a rugby culture and like it or not are branded as the West Rand rich academic girls’ school, one that very much lives in the rugby shadow of rugby high-flying neighbours Monument.…
The Jansies & the Bere meet in one of March’s biggest games
First place in three of the four Tuks-Reeks groups are still up for grabs but the competition spotlight should be on Boksburg for one of the biggest matches of the whole schoolboy rugby season so far when EG Jansen takes on Garsfontein (Pretoria).…
Stellenberg team for the first big game of the Western Cape season
Even though Stellenberg near the Durbanville/Bellville residential borderline in Cape Town’s northern suburbs is still regarded as a Premier B league school in their very competitive region, the school has successfully created outstanding opportunities for their under-19A rugby team to showcase its ability as a top rugby school against some of the best SA has to offer.…
Boland Landbou Rugby Day 2017
15min per half – no kicking annual event…
Border Rugby Day 2017 – fixtures
Matches streamed by www.SchoolSportLive.com
The annual Border Schools’ Rugby Day will take place at Selborne on 18 March 2017. It is the starting point of what promises to be an interesting regional season. At this early stage not too many locals are prepared to put their heads on the block and predict who of three big guns Dale, Queen’s or Selborne will finish the season on top.
Main field fixtures:
| GAME# | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonubie | Alphandale | |
| 2 | Breidbach | Lilyfontein | |
| 3 | Port Rex | Jamangile | |
| 4 | Queen’s | Stirling | |
| 5 | Cambridge | Chief Boklein | |
| 6 | Dale | Grens | |
| 7 | Selborne | Hudson Park |
Note re-streaming:
All the Border Schools Rugby Day 2017 matches on the Selborne College A Field will be live streamed on the internet. Click on the respective link of the match you want to view, as follows:
09h00 Gonubie High 1st XV vs Alphandale High 1st XV
10h10 Breidbach High 1st XV vs Lillyfontein High 1st XV
11h20 George Randell 1st XV vs Tsholomnqa 1st XV
12h40 Port Rex 1st XV vs Jamangile High 1st XV
13h50 Queens College 1st XV vs Stirling High 1st XV
15h00 Dale College 1st XV vs Grens High 1st XV
16h10 Selborne College 1st XV vs Hudson Park 1st XV
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KZN : 2 big clashes to start the local interschools season
DHS versus Hilton and Michaelhouse versus Westville will take centre stage in KwaZulu-Natal schoolboy rugby this coming weekend.…
Monnas without 4+1 for Eldos
Match at Ellis Park
Krugersdorp’s Monument heads into a potential banana peel Tuks-reeks match against Pretoria high school Eldoraigne on Saturday 18 March without five regular starters.…
School Rugby fixtures & results – week ending 11 March 2017
| DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | EVENT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue.07Mar | Pionier | 08 | 33 | Kearsney | Bulls’ Prestige Schools @ Loftus |
| Tue.07Mar | Pretoria BH | 25 | 20 | Oos-Moot | Bulls’ Prestige Schools @ Loftus |
| Tue.07Mar | HTS Pretoria | 30 | 25 | Curro Heuwelkruin | Bulls’ Prestige Schools @ Loftus |
| Tue.07Mar | Ben Vorster | 10 | 10 | St. Alban’s | Bulls’ Prestige Schools @ Loftus |
| Tue.07Mar | Kempton Park | 10 | 10 | Goudveld | Bulls’ Prestige Schools @ Loftus |
| Tue.07Mar | Zwartkop | 30 | 30 | Potch Gim | Bulls’ Prestige Schools @ Loftus |
| Tue.07Mar | Menlopark | 30 | 30 | Jeppe | Bulls’ Prestige Schools @ Loftus |
| Tue.07Mar | EG Jansen | 40 | 10 | Voortrekker (Beth) | Bulls’ Prestige Schools @ Loftus |
| Tue.07Mar | Monument | 40 | 10 | Welkom Gim | Bulls’ Prestige Schools @ Loftus |
| Tue.07Mar | Garsfontein | 25 | 05 | Diamantveld | Bulls’ Prestige Schools @ Loftus |
| Tue.07Mar | Nelspruit | 22 | 25 | HTS Middelburg | Tuks Reeks |
| Wed.08Mar | Sarel Cilliers | 15 | 40 | Kearsney | |
| Fri.10Mar | Maritzburg College | X | X | Sarel Cilliers | Vories N/S : MC 33-3 SC |
| Fri.10Mar | Westville | X | X | Voortrekker (Pmb) | Vories N/S : Wvl 17-7 VT |
| Fri.10Mar | Stellenberg | 66 | 07 | Bellville South | Masibambane Festival |
| Sat.11Mar | Oudtshoorn | 12 | 43 | Framesby | Gill College R/D (40min game) |
| Sat.11Mar | Victoria Park | 03 | 45 | Nico Malan | Gill College R/D |
| Sat.11Mar | Oos-Moot | 06 | 08 | Frikkie Meyer | PUK-Reeks |
| Sat.11Mar | Kempton Park | 18 | 13 | Transvalia | Tuks Reeks |
| Sat.11Mar | Pietersburg | 13 | 85 | Monument | Tuks Reeks |
| Sat.11Mar | Rustenburg | 17 | 32 | Garsfontein | Tuks Reeks |
| Sat.11Mar | Klerksdorp | 14 | 49 | Nelspruit | Tuks Reeks |
| Sat.11Mar | Florida | 29 | 38 | HTS Middelburg | Tuks Reeks |
| Sat.11Mar | Jeugland | 00 | 54 | Noordheuwel | |
| Sat.11Mar | Marais Viljoen | 26 | 07 | Hugenote (Springs) | |
| Sat.11Mar | Die Anker | 16 | 15 | Potch Gim | |
| Sat.11Mar | Driehoek | 34 | 12 | Montana | |
| Sat.11Mar | Potch Volkskool | 08 | 12 | Zwartkop | |
| Sat.11Mar | Randburg | 23 | 23 | HTS Witbank | |
| Sat.11Mar | Middelburg | 13 | 43 | Lichtenburg | |
| Sat.11Mar | Wesvalia | 22 | 06 | Oosterlig | |
| Sat.11Mar | DHS | 82 | 00 | Northwood | |
| Sat.11Mar | Kearsney | 29 | 15 | Welkom Gim | |
| Sat.11Mar | Hilton | X | X | Glenwood | Practice match |
| Sat.11Mar | Michaelhouse | X | X | Clifton | Practice match |
| Sat.11Mar | AHS Kroonstad | 52 | 00 | Reddersburg | Brandfort S/D |
| Sat.11Mar | Louis Botha | 45 | 12 | Hentie Cilliers | Brandfort S/D |
| Sat.11Mar | Outeniqua | 59 | 19 | Sentraal | Brandfort S/D |
| Sat.11Mar | Hudson Park | 17 | 26 | Marlow | |
| Sat.11Mar | Muir | X | X | Otto du Plessis | Otto cancelled |
| Sat.11Mar | Port Rex | 29 | 00 | Hangklip | Grens Fest |
| Sat.11Mar | Stirling | 15 | 17 | Brandwag | Grens Fest |
| Sat.11Mar | Cambridge | 05 | 25 | Queen’s | Grens Fest |
| Sat.11Mar | Grens | 13 | 13 | Daniel Pienaar | Grens Fest |
| Sat.11Mar | Grey College | 73 | 18 | Waterkloof | |
| Sat.11Mar | Landboudal | 14 | 22 | Fichardtpark | |
| Sat.11Mar | Diamantveld | 10 | 45 | Affies | |
| Sat.11Mar | Helpmekaar | 36 | 17 | Eldoraigne | |
| Sat.11Mar | Menlopark | 37 | 36 | Noord-Kaap | |
| Sat.11Mar | Witteberg | 55 | 10 | Ermelo | |
| Sat.11Mar | Jim Fouche | 15 | 22 | Voortrekker (Beth) | |
| Sat.11Mar | Hugenote | 05 | 10 | Tygerberg |
SARU u18 Elite Player Development (EPD) Camp 2017
Updated. SARU is conducting an under-18 training camp at Hugenote High School in Wellington from 17-21 March 2017. Players from around the country have been invited to attend.…
Grey College get ready to unleash their potent backline
Even without star flyhalf Chris Schreuder in the Grey College starting line-up for Saturday’s home match against Waterkloof, the “les bleus” backline looks like it has the ability to test and pass the defensive capability of the strongest wall any opponent puts up in an effort to halt them. …
Helpmekaar – a team with a dream
So much has already been made about this year’s Helpmekaar first team’s chances that expectations have been building for a while now. …
Bulls region heavyweights ready to roll
One weekend after Menlopark and Eldoraigne got their respective seasons off to a formal start in the Tuks-Reeks, its the turn of the three top rated Pretoria schools to enter the fray.…
Porterville Sports Weekend 2017 – rugby fixtures
With annual participants Paarl Boishaai 1st XV, 2nd XV and under-16 away on a rugby tour of New Zealand, numerically small school Porterville turns to Cape Town schools Bishops and Stellenberg to provide the top quality rugby at their annual event. This year’s Sports Weekend might prove to be the quiet before the storm in 2018. In what could still become the worst kept secret before the year 2018 arrives, it seems like Porterville could potentially play hosts to a series of age-group matches involving a powerhouse from the South versus a powerhouse from the North.…
Gill College Sports Day 2017
On Saturday, 11 March 2017
| # | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Malan | Victoria Park | |
| 2 | Oudtshoorn | Framesby | |
| 3 | Otto du Plessis | Cradock | |
| 4 | Adelaide | Humansdorp | |
| 5 | Despatch | Aeroville | |
| 6 | Newton | Winterberg | |
| 7 | Cillie | Michausdal | |
| 8 | Volkskool Graaff-Reneit | Andrew Rabie | |
| 9 | Gill | Kirkwood |
Blue Bulls Prestige Schools Evening 2017 – fixtures
The evening will take place on 7 March 2017 at Loftus Versfeld Stadium.
| # | TIME | SCHOOL | REGION | SCHOOL | REGION | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13:00 | Oos-Moot | Bulls | 20-25 | Pretoria BH | Bulls |
| 1 | 14:00 | Pretoria Tech | Bulls | 30-25 | Curro Heuwelkruin | Limpopo Bulls |
| 2 | 15:00 | Ben Vorster | Limpopo Bulls | 10-10 | St. Alban’s | Bulls |
| 3 | 16:00 | Kempton Park | Valke | 10-10 | Goudveld | Griffons |
| 4 | 17:00 | Zwartkop | Bulls | 30-30 | Potch Gim | Leopards |
| 5 | 18:00 | Menlopark | Bulls | 30-30 | Jeppe | Golden Lions |
| 6 | 19:00 | EG Jansen | Valke | 40-10 | Voortrekker Bethlehem | Griffons |
| 7 | 20:00 | Monument | Golden Lions | 30-10 | Welkom Gim | Griffons |
| 8 | 21:00 | Garsfontein | Bulls | 25-05 | Diamantveld | Griquas |
SA u18 Sevens wins 2017 Windhoek tournament
South Africa Sevens u18 beat Namibia u18 45-0 to win the inaugural Capricorn Group Seven Rugby Festival at Windhoek Gymnasium on Saturday, 04 March 2017.…
School Rugby fixtures & results – week ending 04 March 2017
| DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | EVENT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon.13Feb | Louis Botha | 14 | 14 | Diamantveld | |
| Sat.18Feb | Pionier | 07 | 35 | DHS | Sarel Cilliers Rugby Day |
| Sat.25Feb | Noord-Kaap | 82 | 00 | Klerksdorp | |
| Sat.25Feb | Lichtenburg | X | X | Florida | Cancelled |
| Sat.25Feb | Transvalia | 18 | 10 | HTS Middelburg | |
| Sat.25Feb | Middelburg | 27 | 20 | Ermelo | |
| Thu.02Mar | Oudtshoorn | 29 | 17 | Uru Cure (Argentina) | |
| Fri.03Mar | DHS Preseason XV | 12 | 18 | Westville Preseason XV | |
| Fri.03Mar | Voortrekker (Pmb) | 00 | 26 | Maritzburg C. Preseason XV | |
| Sat.04Mar | Sand du Plessis | 19 | 12 | Aliwal North | Fichardtpark S/D |
| Sat.04Mar | Hendrik Potgieter | 19 | 18 | De Aar | Fichardtpark S/D |
| Sat.04Mar | Landboudal | 12 | 10 | Hentie Cilliers | Fichardtpark S/D |
| Sat.04Mar | AHS Kroonstad | 14 | 03 | Duineveld | Fichardtpark S/D |
| Sat.04Mar | Marlow | 24 | 09 | Upington | Fichardtpark S/D |
| Sat.04Mar | Welkom Gim | 21 | 12 | Jim Fouche | Fichardtpark S/D |
| Sat.04Mar | Louis Botha | 13 | 17 | Noord-Kaap | Fichardtpark S/D |
| Sat.04Mar | Fichardtpark | 18 | 13 | Wesvalia | Fichardtpark S/D |
| Sat.04Mar | Centurion | 16 | 16 | Oos-Moot | PUK-Reeks |
| Sat.04Mar | Ben Vorster | 24 | 19 | Wonderboom | PUK-Reeks |
| Sat.04Mar | Transvalia | 36 | 40 | Menlopark | Tuks Reeks |
| Sat.04Mar | Pietersburg | 10 | 26 | Eldoraigne | Tuks Reeks |
| Sat.04Mar | EG Jansen | 30 | 07 | Rustenburg | Tuks Reeks |
| Sat.04Mar | Klerksdorp | 19 | 33 | Florida | Tuks Reeks |
| Sat.04Mar | Sentraal | 07 | 37 | Diamantveld | |
| Sat.04Mar | Ermelo | 22 | 17 | Lydenburg | |
| Sat.04Mar | Waterkloof | X | X | Montana | Practice match |
| Sat.04Mar | Garsfontein | X | X | Kempton Park | Practice match |
| Sat.04Mar | Hugenote (Springs) | 27 | 10 | Die Anker | |
| Sat.04Mar | Potch Gim | 20 | 19 | Vereeniging Gim |