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Bleak future for quality pro rugby in SA

20 September, 2014 beet 9

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.…

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2 new rugby coaches for Affies

17 September, 2014 beet 2

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.…

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Kearsney in the market for a new rugby coach

15 September, 2014 beet 8

Existing Kearsney head coach Frank Lubbe enjoyed a fitting end to his tenure at Kearsney when his team won the Voortrekker Sevens tournament on Saturday. Ironically the team they beat in the final was Maritzburg College, where Lubbe will ply his trade next year. On Botha’s Hill, the process to find his replacement is underway. Including Lubbe, Kearsney has had just 10 head coaches during a total of 73 seasons as a KwaZulu-Natal tier-1 team.…

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EG Jansen stayers to tour England & France

9 September, 2014 beet 9

Dr EG Jansen of Boksburg will embark on an 11-day (27 Nov – 07 Dec) end of year rugby tour to England and France, which will include matches against at least three different teams. 34 stayers will make up the touring party and each player is guaranteed to play in two games. …

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Affies’ return to the Beeldtrofee shortlived

8 September, 2014 beet 66

Affies’ return to and limited participation in the Beeldtrofee Macro schools competition did not last long. It was just a half a season long return in fact for the school that holds the record number of wins in the tournaments long and illustrious history.…

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Garsfontein teammates become opponents

8 September, 2014 beet 10

When it was brought to my attention, this one sort of reminded me of the late Gerbrand Grobler who in the latter part of his sports career would charge into the crease to deliver a ball for the Northern Transvaal cricket team during the summer months and then cross the Jukskei and turn out at fullback for the Transvaal rugby team during winter.…

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Afriforum prepares to legally challenge rugby quota system

7 September, 2014 beet 19

An article in the Rapport newspaper (http://www.rapport.co.za/Nuus/Nuus/AfriForum-is-bereid-om-internasionaal-te-veg-20140906) mentions that a legal team of AfriForum will be acting on behalf of six under-16 players and their parents in a matter to oppose the racial quota system in South Africa. The complaint will be lodged with the IRB and will be taken up with the International Court of Arbitration in Sports (Lausanne, Switzerland), if the IRB is unwilling to prohibit the racial quota system in South African rugby. …

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KZN u18 Sevens team 2014

5 September, 2014 beet 2

The KwaZulu-Natal Under-18 Sevens team to take place in the National tournament in October has been release:…

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School coach suspended for breaching age-group regulations

4 September, 2014 beet 6

From SARugby.net
September 04, 2014

A schools rugby coach who breached South African Rugby Union (SARU) rules governing under age rugby has been suspended and the points his school took for the match were overturned, following a SARU disciplinary hearing.The charge was the first brought to SARU under new regulations that were introduced to protect players under the age of 18 at the start of last season.

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KZN / Natal Schools Craven Week teams of the 1990’s

4 September, 2014 beet 50

First of all I just want to say a big big thank you to Johan Snyman who updates the AffiesRugby.co.za website. Without his time and effort to retrieve the info and forward it, the database below would not have been possible.

If you have the first names of the players listed by just their initials, please forward it to be***@******sa.net, so that the record can be completed. There is also a missing backline player’s name from 1997 as a result of a duplication. If you remember it, please post or forward it.…

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A new look Westville rugby fixture list for 2015

3 September, 2014 beet 21

Westville’s rugby fixture list for 2015 has a host of unexpected exciting surprises. Out of province schools Affies, Jeppe and Garsfontein (unconfirmed but close)  have been lined up as brand new inter-schools opponents. Maritzburg College will become a home and away fixture for the first time. …

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BHP Top 50 – 2014 season preliminary final results

2 September, 2014 beet 78

Before finalising the 2014 formula driven rankings, BHP has asked if bloggers can check if all their schools’s games are in the “played” category below. Some early season friendlies and shortened games are not taken into account and neither are any games played overseas on tours. Once I have updated all the data of outstanding games he will bring out the final rankings but doubt if it will change the top 20 anyway. Email: Bo********@***il.com…

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Glenwood recognised as KZN’s no.1 school rugby team 2014

1 September, 2014 beet 20

Traditional Boys’ Schools Rugby Luncheon – 2014 (Report from Glenwood)

On Friday 29 August, the 10th annual Traditional Schools Rugby Luncheon was again successfully hosted by Rob Visick, Doug Tweedie and their team at the Salt Rock Hotel on the KZN North Coast.

The 2014 edition continues to highlight the growth in popularity of the event with 180 guests from 9 of the Province’s Traditional Boys’ Rugby Schools all enjoying the camaraderie shared amongst these traditional rivals – both the Province and Schools were represented by some of their most well-known Old Boys and Rugby Families. …