Free State contracted school rugby players for 2015
The Free State contracted junior players for 2015 has been announced with 30 schoolboys making up the list.…
KZN Coaches and Selectors for 2015
There are plenty of changes in the KZN provincial age group rugby coaching and selector panel structures for the 2015 season.…
Michaelhouse well represented in Currie Cup Final 2014
The analysis below was forwarded to blogger Steve. It’s of the schools of origin of the players in Saturdays Currie Cup final per SARFU’s data. As always it makes for interesting reading in terms of some of the “smaller” rugby schools contribution to SA rugby and certainly from a Michaelhouse perspective 5 players is a first (there were 4 in the 2011 final at Ellis Park which was unprecedented at the time). 24 out of 44!…
A new over-age player at Glenwood allegation
The Sunday Times article of 19 October 2014 entitled “School rugby in crisis as hulks loom over lads” had a subheading: “Allegations that team is using an over-aged boy” which refers to a Glenwood 1st XV rugby player of 2014. …
St Andrew’s loss is Graeme College’s gain
St Andrew’s College of Grahamstown is in the process of finding a new Director of Rugby. The reason for this is that Old Selbornian Allan Miles, their head of rugby for the past five seasons has decided not to renew his contract. He will instead be follow a different career path by take up a full-time teaching post and senior housemaster position at neighbouring Graeme College, starting in 2015.…
SA Schools to senior cricket conversion rate (1994-2010)
A concerned parent forwarded this.
Using the SA Schools cricket team by year lists available on the website www.SchoolSportsNews.co.za, he was able to identify that between the 1994 team containing legendary wicketkeeper Mark Boucher and the 2010 team which capped the rising international star Quinton de Kock, 79 out of 243 listed places belonged to players who went on to make it to senior cricket level. That’s just a shade under 33% or 1 out of every 3.…
Craven Week, Academy Week, Grant Khomo Week 2015 Dates & Venues
| YOUTH WEEK | DATE | VENUE | UNION |
|---|---|---|---|
| u13 Craven Week | 29 June – 3 July | Hoërskool Rob Ferreira White River |
Pumas |
| u16 Grant Khomo Week | 6 – 9 July | Bridgton Sports Grounds Oudtshoorn |
SWD |
| u18 Academy Week | 06 – 10 July | Isak Steyl Stadium Vanderbijlpark |
Valke |
| u18 Craven Week | 13 – 18 July | Markötter Fields, PRG Stellenbosch |
WP |
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Blue Bulls & KZN Share The Spoils at IPT 2014
After an intense week of youth club rugby hosted by the KZNRU at Woodburn Stadium in Pietermaritzburg, the Blue Bulls and KZN Duikers emerged as winners in the five participating age groups.
The Blue Bulls were victorious in the Under 13, Under 14 and Under 15 age groups with KZN lifting the trophies in the Under 16 and Under 18 age groups.…
WP wins National u18 Sevens tournament 2014
Monument of Krugersdorp hosted the fourth National under-18 Sevens tournament from Monday to Tuesday 06 – 07 October 2014. 15 provincial teams and Namibia took part. The Valke were the defending champions. Western Province beat South Western Districts 31-24 in the Cup Final to claim the 2014 title. …
Most expensive schools in South Africa
The website Businesstech recently published its list of the most expensive private schools in SA. You can check it out with pictures of the different schools that made the list here: http://businesstech.co.za/news/general/70063/most-expensive-schools-in-south-africa/…
Stefan Terblanche to host “Great Debate” at Maritzburg College
The SchoolboyRugby Blog had the honour of Stefan Terblanche doing some free publicity work for the website via twitter recent. But before anyone gets overexcited that Stefan’s now taking a greater interest in school rugby its worth mentioning that he is hosting a Gala Debate Evening at Maritzburg College on 01 October, so his tweets are probably just amounted to a bit of self-promotion more than anything else (not that I’m unhappy about it 
)…
George Campbell coach to join Kearsney in 2015
Likeable and well-respected George Campbell head coach Antonie Prinsloo has accepted a Maths teaching post at Kearsney and will start in January 2015.…
Sharks u19 vs EP u19: do or die time!
The Sharks and Eastern Province under-19 teams clash in a must win round-robin match at Kings Park on Saturday, 27 September 2014 (09h30). Along with the Golden Lions, the the three teams find themselves battling it out for the last remaining semifinal spot in this year ABSA under-19 competition. The Lions have a bye this weekend but appear to have a slightly easier finish after that, so defeat for either of the other two will probably spell the end of their hopes of making the playoffs. …
ABSA u19 Currie Cup Fixtures & Results 2014
| TEAM | P | W | PTS |
| Group A | |||
| Blue Bulls U19 | 9 | 7 | 37 |
| WP U19 | 9 | 7 | 32 |
| Free State U19 | 9 | 6 | 31 |
| Sharks U19 | 9 | 4 | 22 |
| EP Kings U19 | 10 | 4 | 20 |
| Golden Lions U19 | 10 | 4 | 20 |
| Leopards U19 | 10 | 1 | 9 |
RESULTS…
Westville has a new rugby assistant coach
UPDATED
Dean Carelse is officially the new Westville 1st XV rugby assistant coach. Carelse joined Westville from Grey High, where he had at a stage been the 1st XV coach. In this his first rugby season at Westville in 2014, he was head coach of their under-16A team. So it has been a meteoric rise to the top. You can find out more about Dean Carelse’s background here: link …
KZN / Natal Schools Craven Week teams of the 1970’s
Thank you once again to Johan of Affiesrugby.co.za for taking the time to provide this information.…
KZN Duikers u18 named for club rugby’s IPT 2014
The 2014 Inter Provincial Tournament will be hosted in KwaZulu Natal by the KZN Rugby Union and all matches will take place at Woodburn Stadium in Pietermaritzburg from 06-11 October 2014.…
WP under-18 Elite Squad for 2015
Western Province announced a list of 65 players…
School Rugby Top 30 Combo Final Rankings 2014 – using 6 school rugby websites
It wasn’t that long ago that there was just one national school rugby ranking system, now every about every website that covers rugby has it’s own one. Here is the combined effect of 6 such website’s rankings. Points have been allocated on the basis of 20 for 1st, 19 for 2nd, etc, etc. while the remaining few teams are from those who were ranked best outside the Top 20.…
Selborne refuses to play Glenwood at KERF 2015
The original Kearsney Easter Festival fixture list had Selborne and Glenwood matched up to play on Day-3, Monday, 06 April 2015. Selborne subsequently held a meeting Friday, 12 September 2014 and a decision was made on Monday, 15 September not to honour the Glenwood fixture. …
ABSA u19 Currie Cup – Week 11 teams & results
Absa Under 19 Competition
Saturday, September 20 2014
Leopards U19 24 – 46 Blue Bulls U19
WP U19 21 – 20 EP Kings U19
Friday, September 19 2014
Golden Lions U19 41 – 36 Sharks U19…
Recruitment: traditional schools headmasters’ fail to come up with solution
One of the hot topics in school rugby at the moment is recruitment/poaching/buying/”gapsing” of good players from other high schools.…
Bleak future for quality pro rugby in SA
I switched on the telly this morning and caught the highlights of the UEFA Champions League (UCL) soccer match between Ajax Amsterdam of Holland and Paris St Germain (PSG) of France. And I know, I know, not many of you who come to read the pages here have any time for soccer but bear with me – I believe there are going to be some parallels to be drawn between the declining Dutch football league (Eredivisie) and the future of professional rugby structures in South Africa.…
2 new rugby coaches for Affies
Affies have upped their game by appointed two new 1st XV coaches ahead of the 2015 school rugby season. Jan-Hendrik Hattingh (history teacher) and Jaco Koch (gym manager/biokineticist) will take charge of the Witbulle backs and forwards respectively. Koch’s promotion means a new conditioning coach Janus Kruger (previously Boishaai) also comes into the mix.…
Menlo are Coke-Reeks champs again
Menlopark retained their Coke-Reeks title recently by beating Marais Viljoen 29-0 in the final.…