KZN Tier-1 match reports from Sat 07 June 2014
Here are the reports on the various KZN Tier-1 games that took place over the weekend.…
Maritzburg College beats Michaelhouse 25-24
The KZN schoolboy rugby season was crying out for a match of the season. This 25-24 Maritzburg College victory over Michaelhouse on Meadows in Balgowan seems to have answered that call. It was a pulsating game of rugger with the most exciting finish imaginable as College scored a try from the last play of the match and then converted to earn the single point victory. A fair result would have been a draw. Michaelhouse with a 4-tries to 3 count certainly didn’t deserve to be losers in this showpiece, but at the same time full-marks has to be awarded to College for way they clawed their way back after being shell-shocked at 10-0 down in less that 4-minutes and for the BMT the Red, Black, White showed at the end.…
Fixtures & Results – week ending 07/06/2014
| DAY | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | EVENT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Hilton | 7 | 67 | Glenwood | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Michaelhouse | 24 | 25 | Maritzburg College | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Port Natal | 14 | 76 | Westville | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | DHS | 16 | 33 | Kearsney | On TV. Ch 319 |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Northwood | 41 | 10 | St Charles | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | George Campbell | 38 | 15 | Richards Bay | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Treverton | 14 | 45 | Clifton | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Framesby | 29 | 32 | Brandwag (Uitenhage) | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Grey HS | 46 | 38 | Dale | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Nico Malan | 35 | 17 | Graeme | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Selborne | 92 | 0 | Port Rex | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | St Andrew’s | 47 | 17 | Queen’s | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Stirling | 5 | 29 | Kingswood | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Cambridge | 14 | 45 | Grens | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Bishops | 94 | 7 | Bellville | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Brackenfell | 31 | 26 | SACS | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Durbanville | 15 | 19 | Rondebosch | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Drostdy | 10 | 13 | Paarl Gim | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Hugenote | 22 | 16 | Stellenberg | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Tygerberg | 14 | 47 | Oakdale | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Paul Roos | 17 | 13 | HJS Paarl BH | On TV SS210 12h00 |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Wynberg | 21 | 20 | Boland Landbou | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Outeniqua | 88 | 17 | Langenhoven Gim | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | St John’s | 24 | 22 | Parktown | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Pretoria BH | 19 | 26 | KES | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | St Alban’s | 10 | 42 | Jeppe | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Kempton Park | 66 | 12 | Die Anker | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Affies | 44 | 18 | Eldoraigne | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Garsfontein | 64 | 28 | Centurion | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Monument | 77 | 26 | Marais Viljoen | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Nelspruit | 27 | 12 | Middelburg | Pumas – Beeld Semi |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Florida | 38 | 11 | Noordheuwel | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Transvalia | 79 | 0 | Dr Malan | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | St Andrew’s (FS) | 43 | 3 | Bryanston | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | EG Jansen | 52 | 15 | Rustenburg | |
| Sat | 07/06/2014 | Alberton | 0 | 43 | Randburg |
Craven Week, Academy Week, Grant Khomo Week 2014 dates, venues & fixtures
Pre-arranged fixtures added
| YOUTH WEEK | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|
| u13 Craven Week | 30 Jun – 4 Jul | Durban |
| u16 Grant Khomo Week | 07 – 10 Jul | Pretoria |
| u18 Academy Week | 07 – 10 Jul | Worcester |
| u18 Craven Week | 14 – 19 Jul | Middelburg |
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KZN school rugby weekend – 07/06/2014
DHS vs Kearsney, Michaelhouse vs Maritzburg College, Northwood vs St Charles and Hilton vs Glenwood…
SBR Prediction Pool
This weekend’s prediction pool games are 
:…
Number of rugby players per high school in South Africa
In 2011, Paarl Gymnasium compiled a data analysis of all the schools that participated in their annual under-16 tournament. This analysis indicated the number of students attending each school, the number of students that were boys and the number of boys that played rugby. The findings of their research are tabulated below with a couple of extra fields added.…
Dale faces a tough challenge against Grey in PE
Dale College will make a 250km trip from King Williams Town to Grey High in Port Elizabeth for this weekend’s big Eastern Cape clash. As things stand Selborne, Dale and Grey are the three teams battling it out for Eastern Cape top honours this year.…
Paul Roos vs Paarl Boys High
Paul Roos hosts Paarl Boys High at Markotter in Stellenbosch on Saturday, 07 June 2014 at 12h00. The match which will be broadcast live on Supersport channel 210, is arguably the biggest game of the Western Cape season to date and might go a long way to determining who finishes the year as the top team in what is traditionally the most competitive school rugby region in South Africa.…
The Witness: talent poachers lurk at schools
by Rowan Philip :
UNION agents and KZN school scouts are lurking on the sidelines of schoolboy rugby matches, armed with “incentives” and cunning strategies to poach talented teenagers away from the schools that groomed them…
You can log on and read the article here
http://www.witness.co.za/?search&global[fields][categoryISbb_content_categoriesID]=9
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Geez, what’s with the high scores!
This last week produced a high number of one sided contests. Here are the Top 15 big scores amongst the schools that this blog tracks:…
Affies pulls out of the Garsfontein match – why?
Affies was set to play Garsfontein on 14 June 2014. That match was cancelled.
The Beeld newspaper covered the cancellation of the Affies versus Garsfontein inter-schools rugby fixture. …
School Rugby Fixtures & Results – 31/05/2014
| DAY | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | EVENT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed | 28/05/2014 | Westville | George Campbell | cancelled | ||
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Maritzburg College | 37 | 5 | Hilton | On TV |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Monument | 30 | 19 | Glenwood | On TV |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Michaelhouse | 52 | 10 | St John’s | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Kearsney | 63 | 19 | St Stithians | On TV |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Northwood | 31 | 6 | Port Natal | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | George Campbell | 20 | 29 | Clifton | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | DHS | 31 | 6 | St Charles | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Cambridge | 10 | 74 | Selborne | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Despatch | 0 | 65 | Nico Malan | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Grey HS | 67 | 24 | St Andrew’s | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Hudson Park | 18 | 20 | Queen’s | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Kingswood | 23 | 40 | Dale | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Marlow | 25 | 12 | Framesby | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Pearson | 8 | 32 | Daniel Pienaar | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Otto du Plessis | 7 | 41 | Brandwag (Uitenhage) | |
| Wed | 28/05/2014 | Grens | 73 | 5 | Port Rex | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Grens | 80 | 3 | Stirling | |
| Thu | 29/05/2014 | Oakdale | 73 | 5 | Oudtshoorn | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Bellville | 22 | 15 | Worcester Gim | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Bishops | 19 | 20 | Wynberg | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | De Kuilen | 17 | 22 | Langenhoven Gim | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | HJS Paarl BH | 25 | 10 | Rondebosch | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Paarl Gim | 16 | 23 | Outeniqua | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Paul Roos | 78 | 7 | SACS | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Stellenberg | 29 | 12 | Strand | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Tygerberg | 32 | 6 | Durbanville | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Vredenburg | 3 | 31 | Swartland | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Affies | 23 | 11 | Jeppe | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | KES | 43 | 8 | St Alban’s | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Pretoria BH | 31 | 29 | St Benedict’s | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | St Andrew’s (FS) | 6 | 29 | St David’s | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Waterkloof | 36 | 31 | Centurion | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Eldoraigne | 20 | 75 | Garsfontein | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Menlopark | 85 | 15 | Parktown | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Middelberg | 11 | 10 | Nelspruit | WOW!!! |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | HTS Witbank | 22 | 24 | HTS Middelburg | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | EG Jansen | Die Anker | Cancelled | ||
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Kempton Park | 89 | 13 | Noordheuwel | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Vereeninging Gim | 15 | 50 | Transvalia | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Florida | 41 | 19 | Marais Viljoen | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Alberton | 8 | 24 | Linden | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Ligbron | 13 | 0 | Ermelo | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Goudveld | 62 | 6 | Welkom THS | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Kroonstad HS | 52 | 5 | Hentie Cilliers | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Voortrekker (Beth) | 37 | 17 | Welkom Gim | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Witteberg | 19 | 20 | AHS Kroonstad | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Diamantveld | 27 | 22 | Landboudal | |
| Sat | 31/05/2014 | Helpmekaar | 35 | 20 | Noord-Kaap |
SBR Prediction Pool for 31/05/2014
Maritzburg College vs Hilton
Monument vs Glenwood
Kearsney vs St Stithians
Port Natal vs Northwood
DHS vs St Charles
Grey HS vs St Andrew’s
Hudson Park vs Queen’s
Kingswood vs Dale
Marlow vs Framesby
Bishops vs Wynberg
Paarl Gim vs Outeniqua
Affies vs Jeppe
Waterkloof vs Centurion
Eldoraigne vs Garsfontein
Alberton vs Linden…
St Andrew’s College place academics ahead of Craven Week
When the Eastern Province Craven Week team was announced earlier this month, it came as a huge surprise to see that not a single St Andrew’s College player had been selected. St Andrew’s has been a force to be reckoned with in their region and this year again, just like in many of the past few seasons they are aiming to finished first in EPCD. The clash with examinations is the reason for their boys being withdrawn from the EPCD trials. …
BHP Top 50 – week ending 24 May 2014
The formula driven ranking system.
Word from BHP: “Only schools who have played 8 matches or more (or for whom I have scores for 8 matches or more) is listed. If a school has played 8 matches or more and has done well but is not on the current list, Bloggers and Readers, please email me your school scores at Bo********@*****co.za. Thank you”…