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Scott Mathie takes charge at DHS

6 March, 2016 beet 2

Within a year of joining DHS, former Sharks scrumhalf and DHS old boy, Scott Mathie has been appointed as the 1st XV head coach. DHS celebrates 150 years in 2016 …

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Garsies 58-17 Menlo in the first big clash of 2016:

4 March, 2016 beet 96

Pretoria heavyweights Garsfontein and Menlopark lock horns in the Tuks Skole Reeks on Saturday. This is the first of many big Noordvaal school rugby clashes set for 2016 and could even prove to be a defining game as far as national ranking aspirations are concerned. …

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School Rugby fixtures & results – week ending 05 March 2016

3 March, 2016 beet 93
TIME DATE SCHOOL SCHOOL EVENT
Wed.24Feb Diamantveld 10 3 Jim Fouche
Sat.27Feb Louis Botha 8 23 Welkom Gim
Sat.27Feb Goudveld 31 17 Landboudal
Sat.27Feb Noord-Kaap 22 19 Klerksdorp
Sat.27Feb Jim Fouche 44 8 Witteberg
Sat.27Feb HTS Middelburg 17 0 Transvalia
Sat.27Feb HTS Middelburg 17 0 Transvalia
Sat.27Feb Drostdy 17 10 Champagnat (Arg)
Mon.29Feb Pionier 8 16 Kearsney
Wed.02Mar Sarel Cilliers 14 25 Kearsney
15:55 Sat.05Mar Port Natal 15 18 George Campbell @ Kings Park
13:50 Sat.05Mar Queen’s 23 7 Hudson Park Border Rugby Day
15:00 Sat.05Mar Dale 40 0 Port Rex Border Rugby Day
16:10 Sat.05Mar Selborne 19 10 Grens Border Rugby Day
12:40 Sat.05Mar Cambridge 29 0 Maria Louw Border Rugby Day
Sat.05Mar Framesby 44 0 Oudtshoorn Gill Festival : 25min/half
08:00 Sat.05Mar Hentie Cilliers 5 23 Kalahari Fichardtpark S/D
09:10 Sat.05Mar Diamantveld 61 5 Goudveld Fichardtpark S/D
10:20 Sat.05Mar AHS Kroonstad 13 20 Upington Fichardtpark S/D
11:30 Sat.05Mar Welkom Gim 32 5 Noord-Kaap Fichardtpark S/D
12:40 Sat.05Mar Louis Botha 55 0 Witteberg Fichardtpark S/D
13:50 Sat.05Mar Jim Fouche 19 17 Duineveld Fichardtpark S/D
15:00 Sat.05Mar Sentraal 13 25 Marlow Fichardtpark S/D
16:10 Sat.05Mar Fichardtpark 46 7 Landboudal Fichardtpark S/D
Sat.05Mar Nelspruit X X Waterkloof Practice Match N24-17W
Sat.05Mar Hugenote (Springs) 16 23 Wonderboom PUK Prestige Reeks
Sat.05Mar Middelburg 44 17 Wesvalia PUK Prestige Reeks
Sat.05Mar Potch Volkskool 24 15 Oosterlig Pukke Prestige
Sat.05Mar Kempton Park 22 17 Transvalia Tuks Reeks
Sat.05Mar Menlopark 17 56 Garsfontein Tuks Reeks
Sat.05Mar Marais Viljoen 17 66 EG Jansen Tuks Reeks
Sat.05Mar Pietersburg 26 29 Rustenburg Tuks Reeks
Sat.05Mar HTS Middelburg 33 8 Klerksdorp Tuks Reeks
Sat.05Mar Linden 18 7 Hans Moore
Sat.05Mar Centurion 8 42 Lichtenburg
Sat.05Mar Eldoraigne 7 21 Helpmekaar
Sat.05Mar Oos-Moot 5 10 Montana
Sat.05Mar Ben Vorster 57 0 Jeugland
Sat.05Mar Volkskool Heidelberg 28 22 Hougenhout
Sat.05Mar Die Anker 27 24 Driehoek
Sat.05Mar Outeniqua 69 5 Tygerberg
Sat.05Mar Vereeniging Gim 43 0 Potch Gim
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Blue Bulls school rugby evening at Loftus – fixtures

2 March, 2016 beet 106

The Blue Bulls will be hosting a rugby evening on Thursday 03 March 2016. Participating schools will be allowed to use 26 players on rotation in 25-min per half matches with no place kicking allowed.
15h00 Merensky 20-20 Pretoria THS
16h00 Montana 10-05 Oos-Moot
17h00 Ben Vorster 30-10 Potch Gim
18h00 EG Jansen 45-00 Tuks Invitational
19h00 Jeppe 50-10 Zwartkop
20h00 Monument 15-10 Diamantveld
21h00 Welkom Gim 25-15 Waterkloof

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2016 schoolboy rugby season: schools tipped for the top

21 February, 2016 beet 136

Affies may just be the team to beat in 2016. With there are handful of seriously talented rival teams to consider and lots of competitive matches lying ahead, it’s by no means a sure bet that the Pretoria Witbulle will come out on top, nevertheless there is just too much quality at their disposal to deny them the tag of early favourites to finish at number one.…

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Port Natal Night Series 2016 – fixtures

3 February, 2016 beet 13

After the fantastic high of the 2015 tournament which featured DHS and produced a number of memorable games including a nail-biting finish to the final between after the final hooter winners Glenwood and Westville, the Port Natal Night Series 2016 sponsored by Kenfield Tyres has been characterised by the withdrawal of all three KZN Tier-1 rugby teams’ 1st XV squads. …

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Rugby Skillset App available

1 February, 2016 beet 3

MatchDay-Android-4A user-friendly tool to help school teams generate pro stats using just an ANDROID smartphone or a tablet is now available. …

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Accredited agent vs talent scout

25 January, 2016 beet 0

In the wake of the Parktown/KES matter where two talented rugby players who are both younger than 18 moved between the schools, with Parktown using the word “agent” in their own letter describing on how events unfolded, it called into question whether or not the players could be represented by a rugby agent given their respective ages.…

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Opportunity for Hilton to add to their rugby coaching structure

24 January, 2016 beet 0

Hilton are already in the fortunate position of being able to afford both Brad Macleod-Henderson and Greg Miller to oversee their rugby. Recently it was confirmed that Shane Gaffney, their existing Director of Sports and Director of Coaching Cricket had been announced as the St Dominic’s College Welkom Headmaster with effect from the 2nd term of 2016.…

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Parktown disagreement with KES

21 January, 2016 beet 224

Included: letter from Parktown detailing their views as well as a letter issued by KES to their own community prior to the Parktown letter

Parktown has withdrawn (suspended) sporting fixtures against KES in the interim. The two schools are busy talking about this so there are chances that the Parktown issues will be resolved. Two ex-Parktown boys were amongst a group of 20 odd boys (some from state schools, some from independent both boys and co-ed schools) who enrolled from grade 9 -11 at KES this year and are the cause of Parktown’s decision.…