According to newspaper reports, following a tragic accident that claimed the lives of 10 school children, all under the age of 13 in Bergville, KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday, the Provincial Education MEC Senzo Mchunu, announced on Sunday that all school trips in KZN have been suspended for the rest of the year.…
The 12-player KwaZulu-Natal 7’s team to take part in the national tournament was finalised earlier this week.
KZN will join 19 other Provincial teams at the annual @lantic Provincial u18 Sevens Tournament to be held at Tukkies in Pretoria on 4-5 October 2012.…
The semi-finals of the DRSU youth club rugby season takes place on Sunday, 16 September 2012 with the top four teams from every age-group division having qualified for the knockout phase. The final regular season log positions used to determine the teams that advanced to the playoffs in 2012 are as follows:…
The DRSU club rugby season enters it’s knockout phase this weekend with no fewer than 14 semi-finals matches set to take place at Varsity College on Sunday, 16 September. …
After a rather cold and rainy week, the sun came out on the weekend and Hillcrest hosted a wonderful tournament in perfect weather. …
Okay here’s a bit of lighthearted stuff compliments of serial blogger Andre T who didn’t forget his KZN (KXN) blogging friends.…
Hilton College’s Cameron Wright and Hugenote’s SA Schools lock Gideon Koegelenberg are the latest additions to the Sharks under-19 team. The two schoolboy debutants will feature alongside Glenwood’s Marne Coetzee in Saturday’s crucial away game against Free State.…
After what has been described as extremely tough trials, the DRSU has announced the IPT 2012 squad that will be representing Durban and surrounding areas youth club rugby in Gauteng at the beginning of October 2012. The squad consists of five 22-player age-group teams.…
Paarl Boys’ High School, Hoër Jongenskool Paarl, Boishaai, HJS and Galpille are the many names of the Western Cape dual medium school that ends 2012 as the top South African rugby school. In so doing they bring to an end a long streak of first place finishes by Grey College. Well done Boishaai!…
Hats off to the officials in KwaZulu-Natal. While other unions and their schools appear to either be turning a blind eye to this issue or trying to convince the world that the problem does not exist in their neck of the woods (when it does), at least in KZN there are ongoing efforts to rid the school rugby system of over-aged players.…
The DRSU trials take place at Riverside Sports Complex in Durban North this weekend.…
The 2013 Glenwood versus Westville rugby fixture has been scratched. It is uncertain whether or not the fixture will be reinstated before the start of next season. …
Marne Coetzee has been praised by both friend and foe for his performance for the Sharks under-19s against the Leopards in Potchefstroom last Saturday.…
The first draft of the KwaZulu-Natal 2013 fixtures has been completed. Being early days it is subject to changes …
Schoolboy rugby statistician Boishaaipa, who’s formula driven national rankings system is used by another website and often complimented as being the most accurate one in South Africa, has taken it upon himself to determine the “regional champions” for 2012. He has used the same formula and criteria that drives his national rankings and applied it to results achieved by schools within their own regions only.…
Looking at the two KwaZulu-Natal under-16 representative teams of 2011 alongside the Grant Khomo 2012, gives an indication of who to be on the lookout for in 2013 as far as individual talent is concerned. Going by the current batch of under-17 that played at either Craven Week or Academy rugby in 2012, Grant Khomo selection never quite tell the full story though.…
After much delay, the 50 player strong HP under-16 squad has finally been published. KwaZulu-Natal has four representatives, while the Lions have nine and Western Province plus the Free State contribute eight boys apiece. Grey College from Bloemfontein is the best represented school with four followed by Glenwood with three. The players will attend a training camp from 30 September to 7 October at the Paarl Gymnasium High School…
Marné Coetzee (Glenwood 2012) and Duan Coertzen (Westville 2010) will make their debuts against the Leopards for the Sharks under-19 and under-21 teams respectively…
Just one week after putting in a very inspiring performance against College on Goldstones, Glenwood’s Morné Joubert picked up the Player of the Tournament award at the conclusion of the Durban leg of the @lantic 7s, held at Glenwood on 18 August 2012.…
There isn’t a league or a knockout competition in KwaZulu-Natal, however with all the top rugby schools playing against one another on an annual basis, there is opportunity to compare the KwaZulu-Natal inter-schools results in any given season and determine who the top team is. This is the exact purpose for which the eighth annual Traditional Rugby Schools Awards Luncheon was held on 15 August 2012. …
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