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Over-analysing the KZN tier-1’s heading into Saturday

9 May, 2013 beet 40

To put it mildly Michaelhouse are not enjoying the best of seasons. In recent weeks they have been on the receiving end against Glenwood, Hilton and Kearsney. Having watched both the Midlands derby against Hilton and the game at Kearsney a week later, it was quite interesting to note the differences in approach of both winning teams. With the big three private schools taking on the big three government schools, it’s an interesting weekend that lies ahead in KZN Tier-1.…

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NuPower TUKS finals for 2013

7 May, 2013 beet 27

NuPower TUKS for 2013 comes to an exciting end on Saturday at the LC de Villiers Stadium (University of Pretoria sports campus). The main game is the much anticipated match-up between two of the best school rugby 1st XV’s in South Africa this season. Finalists  HTS Middelburg and Nelspruit, the two Mpumalanga powerhouses both have outstanding records to date and are worthy of their places in the main event. It looks like it will be a titanic battle to decide who gets crowned the NuPower TUKS champions for 2013.…

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SBR Tjampions League

7 May, 2013 beet 43

Based on an idea that Tjoppa had hence the name, here is an attempt to rank teams based on strength vs strength. All other results are removed from the equation and only games against other strong rugby schools in 2013 are recorded. Admittedly even this process of deciding which teams should form part of the equation and which ones should not, is also very subjective.

The points system is win = 4 , draw = 2, loss = 0 and 1 bonus point to the losing team if the score difference is less than 10, otherwise the bonus goes to the winning team.…

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Results – week ending 04 May 2013

5 May, 2013 beet 182
SCHOOL SCHOOL NOTES TIME
EG Jansen 36 12 Noord-Kaap Wildeklawer – 02/05/13 07h50
Glenwood 36 13 Boland Landbou Wildeklawer – 02/05/13 09h00
Monnas 36 14 Drostdy Wildeklawer – 02/05/13 10h10
Affies 41 21 Framesby Wildeklawer – 02/05/13 10h10 (B-field)
Grey College 42 20 Oakdale Wildeklawer – 02/05/13 11h20
HJS Paarl BH 55 15 Paarl BH Wildeklawer – 02/05/13 11h20 (B-field)
Grey High 51 10 Diamantveld Wildeklawer – 02/05/13 12h30
Paarl Gim 43 18 Harmony (WK Inv) Wildeklawer – 02/05/13 13h40
Paul Roos 30 17 Maritzburg College Wildeklawer – 02/05/13 14h50
Outeniqua 39 19 Waterkloof Wildeklawer – 02/05/13 16h00
Oakdale 40 3 Sharks Inv Wildeklawer 07h15
Paarl Gim 34 6 Waterkloof Wildeklawer 08h25
EG Jansen 64 0 Diamantveld Wildeklawer 09h35
Outeniqua 48 15 Grey High Wildeklawer 09h35 (B-field)
Glenwood 17 15 Paarl BH Wildeklawer 10h45
Drostdy 29 7 Wildeklawer Inv Wildeklawer 10h45 (B-field)
Boland Landbou 20 16 Noord-Kaap Wildeklawer 11h55
Affies 17 10 Paul Roos Wildeklawer 13h05
Grey College 13 8 Monument Wildeklawer 14h15
M. College 16 16 Framesby Wildeklawer 15h25
Die Brandwag 18 19 St Andrews EP top 2 at the moment
Selborne 27 23 Queens Postponed until Monday
Dale 46 12 Stirling
Hudson Park  – – Kingswood Cancelled. Waterlogged field
Nico Malan 26 10 Despatch
Jim Fouche 21 22 Marlow
Hilton 34 0 St Charles
Kearsney 38 5 Michaelhouse
Sarel Cilliers 59 5 Newcastle  50min game
KES 16 22 Westville
Parktown 33 5 DHS
Pretoria BH 28 27 Jeppe Gauteng English schools top 2 currently
Garsfontein 61 21 Centurion Huge game
Transvalia 72 0 Volkskool, Heidelberg
Strand 14 21 SACS
Tygerberg 3 54 Rondebosch
Wynberg 75 3 Primrose
Durbanville 20 16 Hugenote
Bellville 23 45 Bishops
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Spare a thought for Michaelhouse today

4 May, 2013 beet 5

After losing 36-5 to Glenwood and 42-12 to Hilton, it seemed like things could not get worse for Michaelhouse as far as first team rugby is concerned. Well it seemingly has. Between last weekend’s Midlands derby and a round of KZN regional trials and training, House has lost 7 1st XV players ahead of their away game at Kearsney today. …

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Wildeklawer Player and Team of Day 2

4 May, 2013 beet 143

With most of today’s Saturday games being televised, it would be good to see who you rate over the course of today’s action. Let us know who you’d pick for your:

  • Player of the Day
  • Back of the Day
  • Forward of the Day
  • Team of the Day

Woltrui’s choices:

Span van die dag: EG Jansen
Voorspeler van dag: Loskop stut van Monnas. Frans van Wyk
Agterspeler van dag: Loskakel van EG Jansen Ruan Potgieter
Speler van dag: Morne Swart, no 7, van EG Jansen

Beet’s choices:
Team of  the day: Monnas. There were some closely contested big games but nothing quite came close to the thrill of the Monnas vs Grey College game, in which Monnas did just about everything to deserve to win it but somehow didn’t. They should have taken their penalty kicks near the end.
Player of the Day: JD Schikerling (Paarl Gim)
Forward of the Day: Morne Swart (EG Jansen). Monnas no.8 Wiehan Jacobs also very good.
Back of the Day: Jurie Linde (Affies)
Character of the Day: Corne Vermaak (Glenwood) who put a nightmare first half behind him and did well in the second half.

 

 

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Other SA school rugby rankings – 29 April 2013

1 May, 2013 beet 25

The other ranking systems are starting to look a lot like the SBR Thumbsuck now. The Thumbsuck is 1 month old now and comparing the current rankings to the first one, 3 teams have dropped out: Maritzburg College, Pretoria BH and Marlow which have effectively been replaced by Wynberg, HTS Middelburg and Oakdale. Wildeklawer is set to be a defining 2 match days for Waterkloof. If Klofies win both their games at WK, they will take over as the No.1 team in the country next week as far as the Thumbsuck is concerned.…

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Wildeklawer 2013 – results & team sheets

30 April, 2013 beet 179
DATE SCHOOL SCHOOL
Thu.02May EG Jansen 36 12 Noord-Kaap
Thu.02May Glenwood 36 13 Boland Landbou
Thu.02May Monument 36 14 Drostdy
Thu.02May Affies 41 21 Framesby
Thu.02May Grey College 42 20 Oakdale
Thu.02May HJS Paarl BH 55 15 Sharks Invitation
Thu.02May Grey HS 51 10 Diamantveld
Thu.02May Paarl Gim 43 18 Harmony SA
Thu.02May Paul Roos 30 17 Maritzburg College
Thu.02May Outeniqua 39 19 Waterkloof
Sat.04May Oakdale 40 03 Sharks Invitation
Sat.04May Paarl Gim 34 06 Waterkloof
Sat.04May EG Jansen 64 00 Diamantveld
Sat.04May Outeniqua 48 15 Grey HS
Sat.04May Glenwood 17 15 HJS Paarl BH
Sat.04May Drostdy 29 07 Harmony SA
Sat.04May Boland Landbou 20 16 Noord-Kaap
Sat.04May Affies 17 10 Paul Roos
Sat.04May Grey College 13 08 Monument
Sat.04May Maritzburg College 16 16 Framesby
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Which school has the toughest fixtures at Wildeklawer 2013

30 April, 2013 beet 16

Using BHP’s ranking for this week and assigning a value based on a formula of 100 minus current rank to each school with the two invitation teams given the benefit of being ranked jointly in 85th position (100-85=15 points), the sum of each school’s two opponents was arrived at and used as the basis for determining who had the hardest schedule. Waterkloof came out tops. The school from Pretoria has to play Outeniqua and Paarl Gymnasium at this year’s Wildeklawer Skouspel. …

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KZN needs crucial road victories to keep Grogper Cup dreams alive

29 April, 2013 beet 56

After Gauteng raced into a 4-0 lead thanks to outstanding efforts by St Davids and St Albans, KZN’s Northwood spearheaded by their frontrow trio put a spirited fightback to come from 11-3 down at home to beat a gutsy St Benedicts team. Westville backed up this first win in the compo with a very meaningful home result of their own against a strong Pretoria Boys High outfit.  At 4-2 and with many feeling that the tail end of this compo will favour the KZN schools, it makes this weekend’s two games tie-breakers of sorts. …

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KZN vs Gauteng Festival at George Campbell

29 April, 2013 beet 13

UPDATED: KZN wins 11-8 with 1 draw.

There is a real McCoy annual festival in which schools from KwaZulu-Natal take on their Gauteng counterparts. This year as part of their Golden Jubilee celebrations, George Campbell from North Beach in Durban will be hosting this 20-school strong festival which consists of two match days, Saturday 27 April and Monday 29 April 2013. After the Saturday games, organisers will determine which KZN and Gauteng schools to pair up for the Monday fixtures. Their aim is to match strength versus strength.…

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BHP Top 50 – week ending 27 April 2013

29 April, 2013 beet 1

This formula-driven ranking system is the only one on any school rugby website to have ranked Paarl Gim as the No.1 team in SA last week.  This week EG Jansen and Centurion make the noticeable gains at the top, while Monnas falls 15 places to the unfamiliar possie of 31.…

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WP Final u18 trial teams announced

29 April, 2013 beet 43

stoopstatslogoThe WP schools rugby selectors have announced the three final Under 18 trials teams, which will practice at De Kuilen on Monday 13 and 20 May 2013 and then, after any tweaking necessitated by injury, take on their Boland counterparts at Wellington on Wednesday 22 May.…

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Match breakdown: Paarl Gim 37 Outeniqua 25

28 April, 2013 beet 28

Paarl Gymnasium defeated Outeniqua 37-25 in an away game the many got to enjoy as a result of the Premier Interschools live T.V. coverage. By winning the game Gimmies effectively put a target on their backs as the new team to beat in SA schoolboy rugby.

The game was little like a “Rock, Paper, Scissors!” contest with the Kwaggas constantly opting for individual brilliance (scissors) and almost always being trumped by Gim’s teamwork approach (rock). …

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Results – 27 April 2013

27 April, 2013 beet 397

UPDATED

SCHOOL SCHOOL NOTES
M.College 38 11 DHS Midweek game – College raced to a 31-6 (5 try) halftime lead, then seemed to take their foot off the pedal. Also brought on subs. DHS only lost 2nd half 5-7
Affies 46 6 KES Midweek game
St Charles 17 18 Voortrekker Midweek game – Voortrekker caused a major upset by winning this one
Port Natal 11 20 George Campbell Midweek game – Campbell seemed well in control leading 17-3 at one stage. Porties fought back in the last 15min to make it respectable.
Centurion 16 12 Monnas NuPower Pool decider – Centurion are in the Top 4 semi-final
Rustenburg 34 39 Kempton Park NuPower Monday game – Kempies play Centurion in NuPower semi
Voortrekker (Beth) 27 21 Hentie Cilliers
Outeniqua 25 37 Paarl Gim Live on TV : SS1 compliments of Premier Interschools
DHS 3 42 Westville
Hilton 42 12 Michaelhouse Huge derby
Northwood 13 26 M. College
St Charles 0 55 Kearsney
Selborne 5 41 Grey College
Wynberg 19 15 Grey HS
Graeme 22 23 St Andrews Graeme missed a final kick to win it
Marlow 34 19 Nico Malan
Kingswood 50 7 Kirkwood
Itembelihle 0 69 Die Brandwag
Primrose 9 52 Bishops
Rondebosch 31 16 Stellenberg
SACS 0 32 Paul Roos
Tygerberg 59 6 Bellville
Oakdale 36 10 Lagenhoven Gim
Menlopark 27 17 KES
Affies 36 18 Jeppe
Helpmekaar 14 34 Waterkloof
Parktown 3 56 Pretoria BH
HTS Witbank 24 8 Middelburg PUK Prestige League final (see picture of champions below)
HTS Middelburg 30 30 Centurion NuPower – 1st-4th semi. HTS Middelburg advances to final by scoring more tries
Nelspruit 42 23 Kempton Park NuPower – 1st-4th semi
EG Jansen 32 18 Monnas NuPower – 5th-8th semi
Garfontein 55 20 Ermelo NuPower – 5th-8th semi
Transvalia 34 14 Rustenburg NuPower – 9th-12th semi
Vereeniging Gim 17 31 Florida NuPower – 9th-12th semi
Marais Viljoen 15 34 Eldoraigne NuPower – 13th-16th semi
Pietersburg 18 34 Klerksdorp NuPower – 13th-16th semi

HTS Witbank, PUK Prestige League winners 2013
HTS Witbank

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Super Rugby Superbru Round 12

26 April, 2013 beet 4

Archie from Ben Vorster is still hanging onto a slender lead ahead of this weekend’s round.

GAME DATE DAY TIME HOME AWAY
62 26/04/13 Fri 09:35 Hurricanes Stormers
63 26/04/13 Fri 11:40 Reds Blues
64 27/04/13 Sat 09:35 Chiefs Sharks
65 27/04/13 Sat 11:40 Brumbies Force
66 27/04/13 Sat 17:05 Bulls Waratahs
67 27/04/13 Sat 19:10 Cheetahs Kings
68 28/04/13 Sun 05:05 Crusaders Rebels

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SA Baby Boks u20 team for the JWC 2013

25 April, 2013 beet 20

Dawie Theron has named his final team of 28 players to take part in the Junior World Championships in France during June.

The team will be captained by former Monnas and SA Schools captain Stoney Steenkamp and includes 11 SA Schools players from 2011 and 2012.…

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NuPower Tuks semi-finals 2013

25 April, 2013 beet 9

The NuPower-Tuks semi-final playoffs will take place this Saturday at the  LC de Villiers Stadium, University of Pretoria on Saturday 27 April 2013. Here is the full schedule of games from under-14 to 1st XV.…

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At long last Outeniqua for the masses!

24 April, 2013 beet 104

How good is Outeniqua? Well this Saturday you don’t have to rely on a written report or word of mouth. You will be able to judge for yourself. The Outeniqua versus Paarl Gim game will be televised live on SuperSport 1 as a result of the Premier Interschools initiative to provide coverage of the very best of South African schoolboy rugby. BTW Gimmies are no slouches either. Prepare to be thrilled.…

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Mike Fennell’s schools face tough midweek assignments

23 April, 2013 beet 88

The schools of Mike Fennell past and present have their work cut out if they want to achieve the desired results against strong midweek opposition.

Fennell the former headmaster and an old boy of KES took up the post of CEO at DHS earlier this year. On Wednesday KES are away to Affies, while DHS makes the trip up to Pietermaritzburg to face College.…