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Results – week ending 15 June 2013

13 June, 2013 beet 128
SCHOOL SCHOOL NOTES
St Andrews 46 23 Kingswood  K-DAY
M. College 10 50 Westville
Kearsney 34 9 Hilton  Founders Day
George Campbell 13 12 Glenwood
Northwood – – Clifton Cancelled by Clifton
Clifton 17 22 St Charles
Michaelhouse 45 13 DHS
Hudson Park 10 21 Dale
Nico Malan 52 10 Dirkie Uys
Union 13 10 Graeme
Selborne 57 0 Grens
Pretoria BH 70 14 St Johns
St Davids 37 39 St Albans
St Benedicts 32 12 St Stithians
Menlopark 34 17 Montana
Centurion 33 8 Eldoraigne
Kempton Park 49 27 Vereeniging Gim
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Baby Boks play France at JWC2013

12 June, 2013 beet 57

The Baby Bok team to play France in the final round of pool games at 20:45 on Thursday, 13 June 2013 has been announced. The big news is that SA’s star player Handre Pollard has been moved back to flyhalf after a miserable outing at inside centre against England. Pollard played flyhalf for the victorious JWC team of 2012, while he was still a schoolboy at Paarl Gymnasium.…

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DPHS National Rugby Festival

12 June, 2013 beet 6

Durban Preparatory High School (DPHS) or Prep as they are so often called is hosting a sizable primary schools rugby festival at their grounds in Morningside beginning next Thursday, 13 June 2013. …

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KZN: no names, just off the field issues

11 June, 2013 beet 93

Here are some of the things that came up in the last few weeks which might make for interesting discussion. There are no guarantees that names might come into it and cause certain individuals to respond in set ways but for now there is opportunity to look past the personal attachments and discuss just the principles.…

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K-day 2013 about to hit Grahamstown

10 June, 2013 beet 84

It was May 1898 and the Kingswood College Rugby Union Football team wandered across the Valley to Lower Field and met the St Andrews College team in the first of what was to become one of the most enduring school rugby matches in South Africa. While this was the first time the two schools’ 1st XV’s  in fact met it was not the first time that they had played each other as in 1896 The St Andrews 2nd XV played the Kingswood 1st XV  and this match was drawn. The first 1st XV’s outing was won 6-3 by St Andrews and this match has been won more often than not by St Andrews. This has become particularly noticeable from the middle of the last century up to the present. The two schools should probably not be playing each other as the number of boys at each actually put them into different classifications but the traditions and camaraderie of this fixture are what have kept it alive. The week leading up to, and the weekend itself, are what create the vibe and atmosphere which is about far more than just a rugby match.…

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SBR tables by region

10 June, 2013 beet 139

Same scoring system as the Tjampions League but this time only looking at how the schools performed against other schools from their respective regions and as listed on the tables below. …

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Tjampions League – week ending 08 June 2013

10 June, 2013 beet 2

This week the Tjamps League has been expanded to 41 schools. All are shown on the table below so one can see that it was only games between the 41 schools that count. Match points (MP) = 4 for a win, 2 for a draw. Bonus point (BP) = 1 to either winner if the difference in score is 10 points or greater or the loser if the difference in score is less than 10.…

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Baby Boks beat England 31-24 at under-20 JWC

9 June, 2013 beet 132

The South African under-20 team moved one big step closer to a place in IRB Junior World Cup semi-finals with a vital 31-24 win against England in a Pool A match. This was mainly due to a very good start which saw the Baby Boks playing with good continuity and flair.…

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Baby Boks must do or die vs England in IRB JWC

9 June, 2013 beet 1

Starting at 16h45 on Sunday, 09 June the SA under-20 team faces a critical challenge at the IRB Junior World Champions in France when they play England. Although it’s defined as a pool match, it’s is a knockout game of sorts, from which the winners placing themselves in a very strong position to advance to the semi-finals and the losers facing the distinct probability of being eliminated from the first place chase.…

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Results – week ending 08 June 2013

8 June, 2013 beet 201
SCHOOL SCHOOL NOTES
Bishops 7 22 Rondebosch Premier Interschools Match – on TV
Hugenote 48 5 Schoonspruit
Paarl BH 24 13 Boland Landbou
Paarl Gim 17 17 Oakdale
SACS 7 15 Wynberg
Stellenberg 18 23 Tygerberg
Michaelhouse 37 10 St Charles
Kearsney M. College  Called off. May be played on 20/06/2013
Northwood 11 33 Glenwood
Westville 64 7 George Campbell
DHS 3 23 Hilton
Ithembehle 7 75 Grey HS
Stirling 7 50 Queens
Selborne 17 17 St Andrews
Cambridge 18 21 Dale
Kingswood 23 22 Muir
Graeme 71 3 Woodridge
St Johns 22 53 KES
Waterkloof 71 5 Eldoraigne
St Benedicts 24 45 Jeppe
Pretoria BH 35 6 St Albans
Helpmekaar Garsfontein Helpies withdrew
Monnas Florida
EG Jansen 103 17 Die Anker
Ben Vorster 47 16 Nylstroom
Centurion 25 20 Montana
HTS Middelburg 38 12 Middelburg
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Craven Week 2013: Golden Lions team & Academy Week team

6 June, 2013 beet 15

The Golden Lions under-18 teams have the usual Monnas flavour about them. 15 out of 44 come from the Krugersdorp school, with 9 of those picks being Craven Week players. Jeppe picked up a decent reward for their above average season to date with 8 players. Florida have had two relatively weak 1st XV’s in a row now but still managed to be well represented again this year with 8 players as well.…

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Wynland Skole vs Southern Suburbs Schools 2009-2013

6 June, 2013 beet 50

UPDATED. Here compliments of BHP is a factual analysis table of the results achieved by the four Wynland Skole namely Boland Landbou (BL), Paarl Gymnasium (Gim), Paul Roos (PRG) and Paarl Boys High (HJS) in their matches against the four Cape Town Southern Suburbs schools of Bishops, Rondebosch, SACS and Wynberg. It goes so way to explaining why the Wynland boys seem to dominate WP age-group team selections every season.…

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Craven Week 2013: Free State team almost finalised

6 June, 2013 beet 16

Free State are in the process of finalising their Craven Week team. They named a fairly predictable blend of 13 Grey College  and 9 HTS Louis Botha players for a trial match against the Griffons.  The squad is very much along the lines of the quota system in place for Craven Week which stipulates that each team must have a minimum of 9 Previously Disadvantaged Individuals (PDI) in their squad of 22 with no fewer than 5 required to be in the starting line-up and on the field at all times. …

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BHP Top 50 – week ending 01 June 2013

5 June, 2013 beet 23

With the school rugby season now past halfway point, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to rank teams, especially those in the teens and upwards. Fortunately the BHP ranking system is formula driven, meaning that it does not rely on human guesswork. …

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IRB Junior World Championships 2013

5 June, 2013 beet 94

The IRB Junior World Championships for under-20’s being in France today. Although the South African Baby Bokke have an easy first assignment against the USA, they are in the pool of death along with France and England.…

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Cape Schools Week 2013

4 June, 2013 beet 40

Updated. Fixtures finalised.

Cape Schools Week takes place at Paarl Gymnasium between Friday, 21 June and Wednesday, 26 June.…

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Craven Week 2013: Day 1 & Day 2 fixtures

3 June, 2013 beet 125

The Craven Week match-day 1 and 2 fixtures are not quite what the doctor ordered. It was anticipated that the Bulls and Western Province would be kept apart, to set up the potential unofficial final that viewers were robbed of in 2012. …

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Hilton beats Maritzburg College 38-22

2 June, 2013 beet 77

Hilton beat Maritzburg College 38-22 in an entertaining match played on Gilfillan. Right from the start both teams set out to play positive rugby resulting in 70-minutes worth of action. Although Hilton took the lead in the third minute and never looked back, the result was really only secured by the home team in the last five or so minutes when they scored 10 unanswered points. Up until then College were still in with a shout.…

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Golden Lions join Craven Week selection circus

2 June, 2013 beet 48

During their TV coverage of the Premier Interschools match between Monument and Glenwood today, the commentators made several references to 8 Monnas players being chosen for Craven Week, while a further 5 were included the Academy Week team. Furthermore the commentary team seem to know who the selected players were by name. It all seemed plausible right up until the end of the production when Defender (read player) of the Match, Monnas’ no.8 Wiehan Jacobs was asked a question related to his selection for Craven Week. Jacobs quickly replied along the lines that he was still hoping to be selected and that the Golden Lions Craven Week team had not been announce yet.…