A leading sports scientist has called for a ban on pre-primary and primary school rugby, claiming it causes emotional harm.
Article by Sipokazi Fokazi for the Cape Argus (An Afrikaans version of the report here: http://www.nwupuknews.co.za/n/af/85)…
Article from www.stoopstats.co.za
The selectors have named four teams plus reserves for what should be the penultimate round of trials, to be held at Bellville High School on Wednesday 24 April 2013.
While one would normally assume that the Stoffberg and Links teams, who meet at 16:15 are more highly regarded than the Jasper and van Rensburg selections, who play each other at 15:15, there is always room for surprises in the final selections.…
The third and final round of NuPower-Tuks pool matches will be played this weekend. In terms of the new Super-16 format, only the top team from each group progresses to the knock-out semi-final.…
Nothing beats a formula driven ranking system.
BoishaaiPa: “This shows current form and not actual strength. The model will even out when more games have been played.”…
JOHANNESBURG, 17 April 2013: The Mutual & Federal Premier Interschools magazine show will hit television screens tonight for the first time in the build-up to Saturday’s season-opening match between Johannesburg rivals KES and Jeppe.
The first episode, which will preview the match and provide viewers with in-depth insights on the rich traditions and rugby legends associated with the participating schools, will be broadcast on SuperSport One, SuperSport One Africa and SuperSport CSN at 17:45. …
Not too much happened this week to affect the top of the table rankings IMHO. There was one huge game at Brug Street in Paarl. The Kwaggas who were already my No.1 team won it but Boishaai did not disgrace themselves and in my books they are still pretty much a Top 10 team, a view that Rugby15.co.za and SASchoolSports.co.za do not seem to share. At least SASchoolsports was able to promote the Kwaggas to No.1 on their list.…
In February SBRer Rugbyfan got us underway with his predictions of how the season would turn out: http://schoolboyrugby.co.za/blog/?p=2493. All the top contenders have a few games under the belt now. St Andrews is there somewhere above the cloud. At this stage they appear to be the overachievers in the region in terms of the pre-season forecasts.…
KZN teams College and Northwood put in spirited performances against difficult opponents in the form of Pretoria Boys High and Jeppe over the weekend. However 2 more loses, now means that the Gauteng boys have a 4-0 lead with 8 to play. KZN look like they are going to need a European Ryder Cup team like comeback to win this one.…
SBRer Tjoppa forwarded an study undertaken by SAFU a while back.
www.schoolboyrugby.co.za/BokSmart 2010-Age vs Weight Category Rugby.pdf…
| Home | Away | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pretoria BH | 25 | 23 | M. College | |
| Framesby | 42 | 8 | Despatch | |
| Nico Malan | 24 | 29 | Grey HS | |
| Jeppe | 33 | 24 | Northwood | |
| Grens | 27 | 19 | Dale | |
| Duineveld | – | – | Noord-Kaap | NK withdrew |
| Empangeni | 0 | 49 | Westville | |
| Pinetown | 0 | 82 | Glenwood | |
| George Campbell | 48 | 7 | Hillcrest | |
| Paarl BH | 36 | 45 | Outeniqua | |
| Wynberg | 10 | 10 | Rondebosch | |
| Paul Roos | 22 | 22 | Bishops | |
| SACS | 26 | 22 | Boland Landbou | |
| Stellenberg | 12 | 29 | Drostdy | |
| Tygerberg | 66 | 0 | Primrose | |
| KES | 45 | 22 | Parktown | |
| Affies | 88 | 9 | John Vorster | |
| Waterkloof | 25 | 20 | Sentraal | |
| Marlow | 20 | 34 | Brandwag (EP) | |
| Jeppe | 33 | 24 | Northwood | |
| Sarel Cilliers | 27 | 10 | Ladysmith | |
| Windhoek | 3 | 15 | Kearsney | |
| Daniel Pienaar | 34 | 3 | Itembelihle | |
| Grey College | 62 | 10 | Jim Fouche | |
| Hentie Cilliers | 31 | 22 | Welkom Gim | |
| Louis Botha | 56 | 6 | Sand du Plessis | |
| HTS Middelburg | 59 | 3 | Zwartkop | |
| Ben Vorster | 44 | 20 | Frikkie Meyer | |
| EG Jansen | 62 | 3 | Florida |
JOHANNESBURG, 10 April 2013: South Africa’s popular Premier Interschools rugby series on Wednesday received a massive boost with the announcement that leading short term insurer Mutual & Federal had signed a three-year contract as the title sponsor, with Cell C and G4S as associate sponsors.…
Outeniqua is on top while Worcester Gim occupies 50th place. Lots of rugby still to come this season, so expect the formula driven ranking systems like this one to eventually start delivering the more trustworthy placings once all teams have played 6 or more games under the belt.…
Two websites: Rugby15.co.za and SASchoolSports.co.za have put out their rankings for the Week ended 05/04/2013.
At this stage apart from the top 2 on both, things look very different. Anyway you decide which is the more accurate one.…
Edited. Okay so your probably wondering what this is all about. Very simple, KZN schools versus English medium Gauteng Schools, eleven games, one on one with the aim to assign all-important bragging rights at the end of the season to the region that wins the most games.…
The only thing official about the WP Premier League is that it is officially tough. The competition is hot down south. Quality players make for quality teams. As a result, well the analysis of the Super Rugby players’ schools attended says it all, the region produces more professional rugby players than any other in South Africa. It’s an annual norm but worth mentioning once more that several WP schools will hold down national Top 20 places come the end of the season. …
JONATHAN COOK reports:
Saturday’s second and final day of the Husqvarna Skonk Nicholson Rugby Festival at Maritzburg College saw a number of schools make it two wins from two festival starts.…
Updated: Belated congratulations to Archie and Cyndi for making it all the way to number 1 in recent weeks.
| GAME | DATE | DAY | TIME | HOME | AWAY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 05/04/13 | Fri | 08:35 | Blues | 29 | 18 | Highlanders |
| 44 | 05/04/13 | Fri | 10:40 | Brumbies | 28 | 28 | Kings |
| 45 | 05/04/13 | Fri | 19:10 | Sharks | 21 | 17 | Crusaders |
| 46 | 06/04/13 | Sat | 08:35 | Hurricanes | 41 | 29 | Waratahs |
| 47 | 06/04/13 | Sat | 10:40 | Force | 23 | 30 | Rebels |
| 48 | 06/04/13 | Sat | 17:05 | Cheetahs | 26 | 24 | Stormers |
…
Day 1:
| AGE GROUP | TIME | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 16 | 10h30 | Kearsney | 31 | 7 | Trinityhouse |
| Under 16 | 11h50 | Hilton | 19 | 24 | Marais Viljoen |
| Under 16 | 13h10 | Westville | 51 | 0 | KZN Development |
| Under 16 | 14h30 | M. College | 21 | 5 | Hudson Park |
| Under 14 | 10h30 | Voortrekker | 0 | 31 | Trinityhouse |
| Under 14 | 11h50 | Westville | 22 | 20 | Jeppe |
| Under 14 | 13h10 | M. College | 0 | 64 | Menlo Park |
| Under 14 | 14h30 | Hudson Park | 41 | 5 | Marais Viljoen |
Day 2:
| AGE GROUP | TIME | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 16 | 08h30 | Hudson Park | 12 | 31 | Westville |
| Under 16 | 09h40 | Hilton | 41 | 0 | Trinityhouse |
| Under 16 | 10h50 | Kearsney | 14 | 12 | Marais Viljoen |
| Under 16 | 12h00 | M. College | 67 | 7 | KZN Development |
| Under 14 | 08h30 | Hudson Park | 0 | 43 | Menlo Park |
| Under 14 | 09h40 | Voortrekker | 7 | 61 | Marais Viljoen |
| Under 14 | 10h50 | Trinityhouse | 15 | 36 | Westville |
| Under 14 | 12h00 | M. College | 14 | 14 | Jeppe |
| TIME | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day-1 | ||||
| 08h30 | Strand | 36 | 3 | Punt |
| 09h30 | Brackenfell | 7 | 17 | Westville |
| 10h30 | Tygerberg | 22 | 18 | Menlopark |
| 11h30 | SACS | 10 | 6 | Framesby |
| 12h30 | Oakdale | 22 | 12 | Glenwood |
| 13h30 | Paul Roos | 12 | 12 | Monument |
| 14h30 | Boland Landbou | 19 | 0 | Kempton Park |
| 15h30 | Paarl Gim | 12 | 19 | Grey College |
| 16h30 | HJS Paarl | 20 | 25 | Waterkloof |
| Day-2 | ||||
| 09h00 | Tygerberg | 0 | 21 | Westville |
| 10h00 | Paarl Gim | 7 | 10 | Glenwood |
| 11h00 | HJS Paarl | 25 | 15 | Menlo Park |
| 12h00 | Grey College | 14 | 3 | Oakdale |
| 13h30 | Paul Roos | 17 | 5 | Waterkloof |
| 14h30 | Boland Landbou | 10 | 14 | Monument |
| 09h00 | Brackenfell | 7 | 6 | Kempton Park |
| 10h00 | SACS | 34 | 0 | Punt |
| 11h00 | Strand | 10 | 13 | Framesby |
| Day-3 | ||||
| 08h30 | Grey Kollege | 39 | 0 | Waterkloof |
| 09h30 | Framesby | 24 | 21 | Tygerberg |
| 10h30 | Glenwood | 12 | 19 | HJS Paarl |
| 11h30 | Paul Roos | 22 | 5 | Westville |
| 12h30 | Paarl Gim | 13 | 15 | Monument |
| 08h30 | Oakdale Landbou | 3 | 6 | SACS |
| 09h30 | Brackenfell | 14 | 10 | Punt |
| 10h30 | Strand | 0 | 41 | Kempton Park |
| 11h30 | Menlo Park | 10 | 15 | Boland Landbou |
Day 1 Results: http://schoolboyrugby.co.za/?p=3253
Day 2 Results: http://schoolboyrugby.co.za/?p=3282
| TIME | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08h30 | Grey College | 19 | 0 | Paarl Gim |
| 08h30 | Waterkloof | 7 | 50 | Paul Roos |
| 08h30 | Marlow | 28 | 18 | Brackenfell |
| 09h30 | HJS Paarl | 8 | 38 | Affies |
| 09h30 | Framesby | 17 | 21 | Centurion |
| 09h30 | Michael House | 10 | 27 | Boland Landbou |
| 10h50 | Monnas | 24 | 36 | Oakdale |
| 10h50 | Diamantveld | 8 | 36 | Garsfontein |
| 10h50 | Rustenburg | 10 | 26 | Glenwood |
| 12h00 | Potch Gim | 42 | 7 | Tygerberg |
| 12h00 | EG Jansen | 17 | 14 | Outeniequa |
| 12h00 | Oudtshoorn | 7 | 56 | Kempton Park |
Reports by JONATHAN COOK
The third and final day of the FNB Maritzburg College 150th Rugby Festival, an integral part of the Maritzburg College 150th Winter Sports Festival in honour of KZN’s oldest boys’ school’s 150th birthday, saw the powerful Affies line-up emerge with a 100% win record, comprising of a 27-13 defeat of Queens College on day one, the 31-3 victory against Grey High School on day two and Wednesday’s 53-0 demolition of Dale College.
| FESTIVAL | TIME | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC150 | Dale | 0 | 53 | Affies | |
| MC150 | Rondebosch | 24 | 5 | Jeppe | |
| MC150 | Grey High | 71 | 0 | Development XV | |
| MC150 | Monument | 21 | 3 | Noord-Kaap | |
| MC150 | M. College | 23 | 34 | Queens | |
| Oakdale | Augsburg | 21 | 15 | Brackenfell | |
| Oakdale | Bellville | 36 | 7 | Stellenbosch | |
| Oakdale | Bredasdorp | 60 | 6 | Sentraal (B/West) | |
| Oakdale | Diamantveld | 26 | 3 | Strand | |
| Oakdale | Hermanus | 29 | 15 | Vredendal | |
| Oakdale | Hugenote | 14 | 5 | Voortrekker (Beth) | |
| Oakdale | Middelburg | 24 | 7 | Knysna | |
| Oakdale | Montagu | 10 | 6 | Upington | |
| Oakdale | Monumentpark | 23 | 10 | Aliwal-Noord | |
| Oakdale | Oakdale | 39 | 0 | HTS Louis Botha | |
| Oakdale | Overberg | 24 | 18 | Durbanville | |
| Oakdale | Sentraal (Bfn) | 36 | 8 | Pietersburg | |
| Oakdale | Vereeniging Gim | 50 | 10 | Oudsthoorn |
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