TSRF Rhinos to tour Ireland
On Tuesday 29 September 2015, a squad of 23 youngsters drawn from 43 teams participating at the 2015 Tony Stoops Rugby Festival will leave Cape Town for a three match tour of Ireland.…
Maritzburg College looking for a 1st XV rugby coach again
Just one season after acquiring the services of MCOB Francois Lubbe from Kearsney, Maritzburg College are in the market for a new 1st XV coach again. Lubbe is set to emigrate to Australia at the end of the year.…
Noordvaal u16 Bondedag Tournament touring team to Ireland.
Very few people outside the Northvaal region are aware that an u16 Academy Week occurs just before the annual Grant Khomo Week and has been going on for nine seasons now. This year it was held at the Isak Steyl Stadium in Vanderbijlpark and consisted of three matchdays.…
SA under-16 HP 2015
Obtaining the official full list has proven quite difficult to come by. With the help of several bloggers, here’s what we do have so far:…
DHS makes up 5 out of 8 KZN players in the SARU u16 mix
Content from DHS website:
Durban High School announced that five of its learners have been selected for the South African Rugby Union (SARU) U16 Training Camp which will take place in Paarl in October.…
Rugby World Cup 2015 – All Blacks almost as old as the Boks
SuperBru Pool Code for SchoolboyRugbyBlog: swadawed
Worth checking out – the Mr Price Sport Superbru : https://www.superbru.com/rwcpredictor/pool_landing.php?p=11462383…
Roland Norris is the new Westville head coach
Current Afrikaans and History teacher Roland Norris has been appointed as Westville 1st XV Head Rugby coach for the next 3-year cycle with effect from 1 October 2015. He will be assisted by JoAsh van Aswegen.…
The MMXVI Season
MMXVI = 2016
Request from Kattes:
…Can we not start a new thread on next year’s predictions, possible new line-ups etc.? I know it is way to early to speculate on the coming season, but it will be interesting to see how many players will again be available, how the Seccies and under-16 sides performed, new coaching staff etc.
Commonwealth Youth Games u18 Sevens
The Commonwealth Youth Games took place in Samoa starting on Wednesday, 09 September 2015.
SA beat Australia 24-5 to win the gold medal.
Samoa who lost 29-0 to SA in the semifinal, claimed the bronze.
The SA under-18 team taking part was:…
WP u21 player’s condition improving after being resuscitated on the field
From WPRugby website on Monday 07 September 2015:
Hooker Daniel du Plessis suffered a cardiac arrest on Saturday afternoon whilst playing for the DHL Western Province Under-21 team at DHL Newlands. However, on Monday Du Plessis began to show a steady improvement which is a very positive sign for a full recovery.…
Combined school rugby rankings for 2015
FINALISED…
Monnas are the Coke-Reeks champs for 2015
Monument of Krugersdorp defeated 2014 champs Menlopark 23-13 in the final to become the Coke-Reeks title holders for 2015.…
Hilton & Michaelhouse change their head coaches
Brad Macloed-Henderson has been reappointed by Hilton while Michael Schwartz has been replaced after steering Michaelhouse to their first unbeaten season in over a century.…
Official Final Rankings for 2015
Here are the final rankings for 2015 as presented by BHP. For the last couple of week provisional rankings were used.
The BHP scoring system works as follows:
Win : the full category points of the opponent
Win Bonus: 0.5 points for a win by a score of 30 points or more.
Loss: no points for a loss.
Loss Bonus for losing by less than 6 points: 60% of opponent’s category points
Loss Bonus for losing by less than 11 points: 40% of opponent’s category points
Loss Deduction: a deduction of 0.5 for a loss to a school in a lower category
Draw: 80% of opponent’s category points…
Beeld Trofee final 2015 highlights on TV
Catch a 30min highlight package on Supersport channel 208 at 19h30 on Tuesday, 01 September 2015. Garsfontein beat HTS Middelburg in the record-breaking high scoring final to claim their first ever Beeld title.
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SACS or Rondebosch – who is Cape Town’s top school rugby team for 2015?
A very interesting last day of the Western Province season might have had a few asking who ended as Cape Town number 1 team of the big four.…
Eastern Cape Season Wrap Up 2015
Contribution from Rugbyfan
How the 1st XV’s performed and what their lower age-groups are looking like.
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School Rugby fixtures & results – week ending 29 August 2015
| TIME | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | EVENT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue.25Aug | Labori | 16 | 11 | Milnerton | Maties TSC Medium semi | |
| Sat.29Aug | Diamantveld | 16 | 18 | Welkom Gim | Shimla-Liga Final | |
| Sat.29Aug | Oakdale | 21 | 19 | Boland Landbou | ||
| Sat.29Aug | Rondebosch | 55 | 12 | Bishops | ||
| Sat.29Aug | Tygerberg | 27 | 11 | Brackenfell | ||
| Sat.29Aug | Malibu | 19 | 42 | Humansdorp Sec | Maties TSC Small final | |
| Sat.29Aug | Brandwag | 76 | 3 | Labori | Maties TSC Medium final | |
| Sat.29Aug | HJS Paarl BH | 30 | 28 | Outeniqua | Maties TSC Big final | |
| Sat.29Aug | Wynberg | 30 | 23 | SACS | ||
| Sat.29Aug | De Kuilen | 8 | 20 | Worcester Gim |
Finals of the Steinhoff Maties Rugby Top Schools Competition
The finals of the Steinhoff Maties Rugby Top Schools Competition (formerly known as Die Burger Rugby Competition for High Schools) will take place on Saturday 29 August at the Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch.…
Schoolboy rugby players committed to Rugby Unions for 2016
Update: Cheetahs players added
A work-in-progress list of where some of the top schoolboy rugby players of 2015 may be playing rugby in 2016:…
Dale pips Queen’s 15-14 after a pulsating finish
Geez what an incredible finish to this good game. Queen’s scored an awesome try with hardly any time lift to take the lead. Dale struck back with a superb effort of their own to regain the lead by a point. Queen’s then produced some outstanding focused rugby combining good handling with continuity from rucks as part of a patient attack but the Dale defensive structures were up to the task and held out for a memorable win.…
Rondebosch wins 22-18 & prevents a SACS Cape Town clean-sweep
SACS who are having a terrific season were on 4 out of 4 in the big Cape Town derbies prior to this Bosch game and on course to complete double triple crown in 2015.…
Four Alternative Rankings
Here is some useless info for you to digest: FOUR different rankings arrived at by using a sample of 65 schools. It is not the BHP official rankings for this site but where possible the formula has been adopted.…
History of the Beeld : Garsies make history
After losing out by one point to Nelspruit in 2014, Garsfontein from Pretoria rewrote the history books on Saturday when they beat HTS Middelburg 42-40 in the Beeld Noordvaal Trofee final to claim the much sort after “Macro Schools” title for the first time in their history. Garsfontein opened its doors in 1988. The 2015 final also accounted for the highest number of points scored in a final – 82 points. The previous highest was 43 – 23 in 1998 when Affies beat Waterkloof.…