KZN school rugby tape swapping
Three significant matches take place in Durban on Saturday. Two of these presented prime opportunities for rival schools to work together to get their hands on valuable match tapes of their next opponents.…
Paul Roos 150th Rugby Day fixtures & team lists
In 2015, Paul Roos Gymnasium celebrates their 150th birthday. As part of those celebrations, the school has organised an outstanding rugby day on Saturday, 28 March 2015.
| TIME | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08h00 | Hugenote | 10 | 8 | Hermanus |
| 09h10 | SACS | 18 | 7 | Langenhoven Gim |
| 10h20 | Oakdale | 71 | 0 | Landboudal |
| 11h30 | Boland Landbou | 45 | 5 | Worcester Gim |
| 12h40 | Paarl Gim | 74 | 5 | Pietersburg |
| 13h50 | Rondebosch | 35 | 10 | Outeniqua |
| 15h00 | HJS Paarl BH | 22 | 12 | Diamantveld |
| 16h15 | Paul Roos | 29 | 12 | Affies |
TEAM LISTS:…
Graeme Rugby Day 2015 – squads & preview
On 28 March 2015. Preview at bottom of page
| Time | School | School | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08h00 | Union | 0 | 8 | Cambridge |
| 09h10 | Muir | 0 | 26 | Hudson Park |
| 10h20 | Queen’s | 41 | 7 | Pearson |
| 11h30 | Selborne | 45 | 12 | Brandwag |
| 12h40 | Kingswood | 28 | 31 | Marlow |
| 13h50 | St Andrew’s | 33 | 20 | Nico Malan |
| 15h00 | Graeme | 0 | 27 | Dale |
| 16h10 | Grey HS | 24 | 15 | Bishops |
The Enemy of Excellence in Youth Sports
the emphasis on playing games instead of practicing, and winning at the expense of teaching the game the right way
Read this outstanding article on the website ChangingtheGameProject.com:
http://changingthegameproject.com/the-enemy-of-excellence-in-youth-sports/
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Bishops squad to take on 2 of EP’s finest
Bishops has an extended stay over in Grahamstown this year. The Cape Town based school normally travels to the City of Saints every other year to compete in inter-schools against St Andrew’s College. This time around Bishops has agreed be part of the annual Graeme College Rugby Day as well and will be up against Port Elizabeth powerhouse, Grey High School in the main game of that event.…
KZN defines high school rugby running time vs playing time
From the KZNRU High Schools Rugby Association
…RE: PLAYING TIME FOR HIGH SCHOOL MATCHES
Kearsney beats Hilton 34-22 – match report
From Kearsney College (Working Words)
Kearsney hosted Hilton on a hot and humid Saturday afternoon on Botha’s Hill. The teams combined to produce a high scoring entertaining match that could be defined as a game of two halves. The first half belonged to Hilton who established a 17-6 lead at a stage with the help of a structured and well-executed game plan. The second half saw Kearsney making tactical adjustments and outscoring a tired looking Hilton 21-5.…
Queen’s beats Grens 19-0 – match report
From Queen’s College
Queen’s College started the season off with a tough encounter against Grens, from East London, at the annual Border Schools’ Rugby Day. The match was played in windy conditions at Selborne College.…
Westville beats Northwood 29-7 – match report
From Westville Boys High
The 1st Team clash was won by Westville in a fairly convincing fashion 29 – 7. The visitors outscored the home team by four tries to one but it was the home team who got on the scoreboard first after Westville was reduced to 14 men when lock JP Pelser was sin binned.…
Graeme Rugby Day 2015
Place: Graeme College in Grahamstown
Date: Saturday, 28 March 2015
| School | School | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Union | 0 | 8 | Cambridge |
| Muir | 0 | 26 | Hudson Park |
| Queen’s | 41 | 7 | Pearson |
| Selborne | 45 | 12 | Brandwag |
| Kingswood | 28 | 31 | Marlow |
| St Andrew’s | 33 | 20 | Nico Malan |
| Graeme | 0 | 27 | Dale |
| Grey HS | 24 | 15 | Bishops |
WPRU Schools Rugby Day at Newlands – fixtures
The Annual WP Rugby Schools day, takes place on Tuesday 24 March 2015, at the DHL Newlands Rugby Stadium. Entry to the Stadium is FREE!!
| 15h00 | u9 Mini Rugby | |||
| 15h20 | Dr GJ Joubert P/S | Parklands P/S | ||
| 15h55 | Wynberg | 20 | 15 | Stellenberg |
| 16h40 | Bellville | 10 | 5 | SACS |
| 17h25 | HJS Paarl BH | 10 | 0 | Boland Landbou |
| 18h10 | Paarl Gim | 30 | 5 | Tygerberg |
| 18h53 | Rondebosch | 15 | 10 | Paul Roos |
Michaelhouse beats Glenwood 18-13 – match report
Gareth Jenkinson and the Natal Witness Newspaper please do not copy and/or pass this article off as your own work
Michaelhouse broke a decade long rugby drought against Glenwood thanks to an inspired 18-13 home win on Saturday 21 March. In a heart stopping finish on Meadows field in Balgowan the result was decided by a Frank Goble try just 4-minutes from time followed up by stubborn defence to keep Glenwood from replying with a try of their own at the death. …
School Rugby fixtures & results – week ending 21 March 2015
| TIME/GR | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | EVENT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 17 Mar | Jeppe | 24 | 12 | Kempton Park | ||
| Wed 18 Mar | Brandwag | 66 | 3 | Solomon Mahlangu | ||
| Thu 19 Mar | Pearson | X | X | Grey HS | Practice: Grey won 25-5 | |
| Thu 19 Mar | Swartland | X | X | Paul Roos | Practice: PRG won 65-0 | |
| Sat 21 Mar | Kearsney | 34 | 22 | Hilton | ||
| Sat 21 Mar | Northwood | 7 | 29 | Westville | ||
| Sat 21 Mar | Clifton | 36 | 21 | Port Shepstone | ||
| Sat 21 Mar | Michaelhouse | 18 | 13 | Glenwood | ||
| Sat 21 Mar | Maritzburg College | 15 | 10 | DHS | ||
| Sat 21 Mar | George Campbell | 15 | 22 | Hillcrest | ||
| Sat 21 Mar | Port Natal | 41 | 19 | Pinetown | ||
| 11h20 | Sat 21 Mar | Queen’s | 19 | 0 | Grens | Border R/D |
| 12h30 | Sat 21 Mar | Cambridge | 39 | 0 | Zweliyandila | Border R/D |
| 13h50 | Sat 21 Mar | Stirling | 17 | 10 | Maclear Academy | Border R/D |
| 15h00 | Sat 21 Mar | Dale | 41 | 0 | Port Rex | Border R/D |
| 16h10 | Sat 21 Mar | Selborne | 43 | 22 | Hudson Park | Border R/D |
| Sat 21 Mar | Brandwag | 25 | 20 | St Andrew’s | ||
| Sat 21 Mar | Muir | 29 | 34 | Kingswood | ||
| Sat 21 Mar | Marlow | 28 | 0 | Nico Malan | ||
| Sat 21 Mar | Daniel Pienaar | 9 | 50 | Oakdale | ||
| Sat 21 Mar | Sutherland | 15 | 13 | St Alban’s | ||
| Sat 21 Mar | Kynoch Noord-Kaap | 19 | 7 | Landboudal | Kynoch NK S/D | |
| Sat 21 Mar | Louis Botha | 12 | 13 | AHS Kroonstad | Rooiskool S/D | |
| Sat 21 Mar | Welkom Gim | 55 | 3 | Sasolburg | Rooiskool S/D | |
| Sat 21 Mar | Grey College | 50 | 27 | Menlopark | ||
| Sat 21 Mar | Fichardtpark | 5 | 22 | Voortrekker (Beth) | ||
| Sat 21 Mar | Diamantveld | 24 | 0 | Duineveld | ||
| Sat 21 Mar | Jim Fouche | 24 | 23 | Witteberg | ||
| Sat 21 Mar | Parktown | 43 | 21 | St David’s | ||
| Sat 21 Mar | St John’s | 15 | 19 | KES | ||
| Sat 21 Mar | Waterkloof | X | X | Pretoria BH | Practice match | |
| Sat 21 Mar | Linden | 12 | 10 | Standerton | Puk Vaal Reeks | |
| Sat 21 Mar | Frikkie Meyer | 12 | 64 | Ben Vorster | Puk Vaal Reeks | |
| Sat 21 Mar | Oos-Moot | 19 | 8 | Montana | Puk Vaal Reeks | |
| A | Sat 21 Mar | Monument | 18 | 8 | EG Jansen | Tuks-Reeks |
| A | Sat 21 Mar | Transvalia | 14 | 14 | Centurion | Tuks-Reeks |
| B | Sat 21 Mar | Kempton Park | 30 | 27 | Garsfontein | Tuks-Reeks |
| B | Sat 21 Mar | Ermelo | 8 | 5 | Marais Viljoen | Tuks-Reeks |
| C | Sat 21 Mar | HTS Middelburg | 41 | 26 | Rustenburg | Tuks-Reeks |
| C | Sat 21 Mar | Klerksdorp | 0 | 12 | Eldoraigne | Tuks-Reeks |
| D | Sat 21 Mar | Nelspruit | 30 | 21 | Pietersburg | Tuks-Reeks |
| D | Sat 21 Mar | Vereeniging Gim | 14 | 32 | Florida | Tuks-Reeks |
| Sat 21 Mar | Helpmekaar | 0 | 24 | Affies | ||
| Sat 21 Mar | Oosterlig | 13 | 33 | Die Anker | ||
| Sat 21 Mar | Jeppe | 51 | 15 | St Stithians | ||
| 13h00 | Sat 21 Mar | Brackenfell | 17 | 0 | Namakwaland | Porterville S/W |
| 14h00 | Sat 21 Mar | Punt | 3 | 12 | Upington | Porterville S/W |
| 16h10 | Sat 21 Mar | Dirkie Uys | 29 | 15 | Langenhoven HS | Porterville S/W |
| 17h20 | Sat 21 Mar | Tygerberg | 52 | 3 | Piketberg | Porterville S/W |
| 18h30 | Sat 21 Mar | Porterville | 20 | 12 | Union | Porterville S/W |
| 19h40 | Sat 21 Mar | HJS Paarl BH | 39 | 3 | Framesby | Porterville S/W |
| Sat 21 Mar | Hugenote | 27 | 0 | Oudtshoorn |
KZN quiz question re: Grade-8 recruitment & team sheets
Here’s a good KZN quiz question:
Of the teams listed below, which starting XV contains the MOST players that enrolled at their current school in Grade 8?
a) Michaelhouse
b) Glenwood
c) Kearsney
d) Hilton
e) Northwood
f) Westville
g) Maritzburg College
h) DHS…
Boland Landbou Rugby Day 2015 – fixtures
26 school teams will play two shortened matches each at The Farm near Paarl as the Western Cape preseason winds down.…
Boishaai plays Framesby at Porterville
Paarl Boys High’s under-19A will come up against Port Elizabeth’s Framesby this Saturday evening in the main rugby match of the festival at Porterville. Earlier in the evening, the Boishaai under-19B’s play Boland’s Schoonspruit. …
Border Schools Rugby Day 2015 – fixtures + Dale, Queen’s & Selborne squads
The annual Border Rugby Day is at Selborne College in East London on 21 March 2015…
Kwagga Junior Rugbyweek 2015
Eerskomende vakansie, vanaf Woensdag 1 April tot Maandag 6 April 2015, bied Hoërskool Outeniqua weer die Nashua Kwagga Junior Rugbyweek aan. …
Monument against EG Jansen – the battle of the big packs
They are big, they are strong, they are physical and they love to dominate! That’s an adequate description of the two sets of packs that will do battle on Saturday, 21 March 2015 when Monument (Krugersdorp) the Tuks Skole Reeks for Co-ed schools overall winners in 2014 and EG Jansen (Boksburg) the competition’s 1st XV rugby defending champions meet in the eagerly awaited Group-A final round match. …
DHS beats Port Natal 49-5 – match report
Report from Durban High School:
DHS were looking to put last year’s upset against “Porties” firmly behind them and turn over a new leaf going into the 2015 season. The pre-season nite-series provided little insight into the ability of both these teams, as they each had a win a piece against each the other. However the game played at Van Heerden’s (DHS beloved main field), proved to be a different story all together, with DHS running out convincing 49-5 winners.…
Menlopark looking forward to the privilege of playing Grey College
The second part of a three year arrangement comes into effect this weekend when an honoured and enthusiatic Menlopark travels to Bloemfontein to take on Grey College. After the 2016 match the schools will decide whether or not to enter a new arrangement.…
Affies take on Helpies in the first of 3 tough games on the road
Affies 1st XV kicks off what promises to be good rugby campaign with an away match against unpredictable private school Helpmekaar on Saturday 21 March 2015.…
Kearsney beats Glenwood 13-11 – match report
From Kearsney – Working Words
Kearsney hosted Glenwood on a hot and humid afternoon for what proved to be a very exciting and closely contested match.…
Northwood beats George Campbell 24-10 – match report
From Northwood School:
The first game of the 2015 season saw Northwood take on a determined, big-hearted George Campbell away. Many have been anticipating the Knights squad of 2015. With some senior forwards in the squad still out due to injury and playing against a team that has come off a 5 week festival, one can forgive the slow start to Knights game.…