Rapport: “Rugby Boys stranded after promises (broken)”
An article entitled “Rugbyseuns gestrand ná beloftes” by Julian Jansen in the Rapport newspaper highlights that Centurion High School in Pretoria is under financial pressure and has had to close down it’s boarding establishment. The school therefore cannot fulfil it’s bursary obligation to a young talented player Brandon Smith, who was part of the SA Elite under-16 group. …
Kearsney head coach Barend Steyn steps down
This one will come as a huge surprise to those outside the Kearsney circle of rugby interest. The highly respected and humble Barend Steyn, Kearsney’s head coach ever since 2001 and by far the longest serving KZN tier-1 head coach, has made the decision to step down and allow his assistant Francois Lubbe to take up the reins. …
Grey High appoint Hayidakis as interim coach
Message from the Grey High (PE) Rector regarding the 1st XV coaching set up:…
It’s official Rudi Dames is the new Glenwood coach
Glenwood have moved swiftly to fill the 1st XV head coaching position vacated by Sean Erasmus who has moved to Paarl Boys High. Assistant coach Rudi Dames will be the man steering the Green ship from 2014 onwards. …
Nominations completed for SA Rugby Player of the Year Awards
From SARugby.net
Five key members of the Springbok squad in 2013 will go head-to-head for the annual SA Rugby Player of the Year Award, while the Steval Pumas have been rewarded for their great form this season with nominations in four categories.…
South Africa’s greatest ever sportsmen
As a tribute to former four-time world flyweight (50kg) boxing champion Baby Jake Motlala who sadly passed away at the age of 51 recently and is regarded as probably South Africa’s most successful boxer of all times, I thought it would be a fun exercise to find out who you believe SA’s top sportsmen of your time are (preferably in rank order).…
Grey High School (PE) Rugby Tour to UK 2013
A squad of 25 prospective Grey 1st XV players undertook a 13 day and a five match of the United Kingdom in late November and early December. Much is expected of this group of U17 and U16 players who will make up the Grey 1st XV next season, and they didn’t disappoint – winning all 5 of their matches on tour.…
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013)
Nelson Mandela, the father of the nation, died on December 5 2013 at the age of 95.
A great leader who respected all and earned the respect of all.
He will be remembered forever throughout the world.…
SA rugby player makes it onto American Football team
Struggling former rugby union player Daniel Adongo has found his true calling in life – American football. The big surprise of it all is that the Kenyan born player was not even considering a future in NFL. …
School rugby quotas
Okay this one is not as bad as the title might lead you to believe. It’s has nothing to do with politics or transformation. Instead it’s about an idea I thought of to deal with an imminent threat that has the undesirable ability to undermine the integrity and enjoyment of schoolboy rugby.
The danger I’m talking about the so-called “arms race” …
Smaller rugby schools’ players dominate Golden Lions awards 2013
This year’s annual Golden Lions awards ceremony turned out to be a fitting tribute to the big role smaller schools still play in developing talent for senior rugby. Some of those rewarded for achievement in the different team categories (u19, u21 and senior) schooled at the likes of Alberton, Bredasdorp, Hartswater, Marais Viljoen, Pretoria North, Standerton and Transvalia.…
Big Fish in a Little Pond
I watched a CNN interview with author Malcolm Gladwell a short while back. In it he discusses his latest book “David and Golliath”. This is the same Gladwell that wrote the book Outliers in which he highlights the school age sportsman advantages of being born earlier in the calendar year.…
SARU may have to answer for quotas
An interesting article coming from the PlanetRugby.com website
…Civil rights organisation AfriForum has warned the South African Rugby Union in a letter that its decision to implement racial quotas in the Vodacom Cup series next year
Dale, Queen’s & Selborne rugby fixtures 2014
Provisional 2014 rugby fixtures for the Border region powerhouse schools…
Brendan Venter sluit aan by Paul Roos afrigtingspan
Brendan Venter sluit aan en Hein Kriek sal steeds die eerstespan hoofafrigter wees.
Brief vanaf Frans van Niekerk, die Paul Roos hoof van rugby:…
EP Kings u19 contracted players for 2014
The EP Kings under-19 team did incredibly well to earn themselves promotion this year after hitting form towards the end of the Currie Cup B-division season. They came from third on the log to win the title and then beat Border in the promotion-relegation play-off. This means that their under-19 team will be playing against all the big unions in the under-19 A-division championship in 2014.…
Slow start for Pieter Rossouw’s ‘Noord vs Suid’ Fest
Well the idea might not be original but it’s always been a great one. Get the top schools from the Noordvaal to play the best that the Western Cape has to offer on an annual basis. These schools so seldom get the chance to meet on the rugby field, simple because of the logistics.
Putting the theory into practice has not been quite so easy. …
BHP SA Schoolboy Rugby Top 75 2009 – 2013
BoishaaiPa has been compiling a ranking system since 2009. Here is the combined effect of those 5 schoolboy rugby seasons.…
Paul Roos coach to face the music
Hein Kriek finds himself in a difficult position at the moment and there is a possibility that he could be relieved of his position as 1st XV head coach at Paul Roos.
Up until now Kriek has steadily being building a reputation as a top class schoolboy rugby coach. …
KZN looking for a new Craven Week forwards coach
The departure of coach Sean Erasmus from Glenwood to Paarl Boys High will leave the KwaZulu-Natal under-18 Craven Week team with a vacancy at forwards coach.
The clear cut criteria for selection of a new assistant coach has been provided by the KZNRU High Schools’ Association:…
Why only 24 schools are part of the “anti-poaching” charter
Email sent in:
The bloggers on schoolboyrugby.co.za are making far too much about who is on and who is not on the list of 24 schools.
What no one has noticed is that these 24 for schools are all part of the informal organisation of state-aided monastic boys’ high schools that has been in existence for about 17 years now.…
Grey College changes head coach
Grey College will head into 2014 with the relatively young coach Wessel du Plessis official in control of 1st XV coaching matters.…
24 schools making up the rugby anti-poaching charter
The Burger newspaper has revealed the names of the 24 government schools that have agreed to a “ons sal nie spelers met geld lok nie” (we won’t use money to attract players) charter that is in the process of being established.…
Springboks end their improved 2013 year against Les Bleus
The talking points ahead of this game in France have been:
- Connie Oosthuizen starting at tighthead prop