Varsity Cup & Young Guns 2014 logs, fixtures & results
Tables and results of the Varsity Cup and Young Guns (u20) competitions.…
It’s Glenwood vs Westville for the 48th time in history
It may not have started out that way in 1964 but Glenwood and Westville are now the two most power rugby schools in Durban, making their derby on Saturday 15 March, the biggest match on the city’s school rugby calendar. Let’s just say: HUGE game ahead!…
Coca Cola T20 cricket: Kingswood victims of their own success
A short while back I blogged about how jacked up Kingswood were with their preseason rugby preparations. In spite of every one of the rugby players in their 1st XV squad being a dual sportsman, the little Grahamstown co-ed private school had managed to organise their 1st XV squad well ahead of other bigger high schools from the Eastern Cape. Now much closer to the start of the rugby season well laid plans are slightly derailed.…
Over-age school rugby player Siyabonga Tom: all you see is green & white, green & white, green & white!
Before becoming South African schoolboy rugby’s most well-known over-age fraudster, TV audiences might have seen Siyabonga Tom wearing the green jersey and white shorts of Glenwood or perhaps the green jersey and white shorts of the SA Schools team. This past weekend he was back on TV, wearing the number 21 for Spring Rose from the Eastern Province in the Cell C Community Cup.…
New coach has Hilton College training twice a day
If there were any doubts about Hilton College being able to maintain the same standard of rugby perseverance that was experienced under their former professional head coach Brad Macloed-Henderson, these must now surely be cast aside by reports that under new teacher-coach AC Blume, 1st XV hopefuls are being put through their paces sometimes twice a day in preparation for the private school’s season of 13 games.…
So far so good for Kearsney ahead of Northwood game
Kearsney returned home from their short annual tour of Northern Natal with two confidence boosting wins under the belt. The results in themselves against Vryheid High (57-0) and Pionier (35-10) are probably not as significant as what the coaches and players achieved in terms of building team spirit, developing cohesion, gaining match fitness and working on game plans in live match conditions.
Prior to the tour, Kearsney started with an encouraging 29-3 win against the hosts at the Voortrekker Night Series.…
First Thumbsuck Rankings of 2014
As you know the SchoolBoyRugby Blog Thumbsuck had to fight off strong competition from another school rugby ranking system available in South Africa to claim the title of worst in 2013. So I figured the only way to ensure that we claim bottom spot no contest in 2014, its to allow you the bloggers and readers to contribute as well.…
SBR Fixtures & Results – week ending 08/03/2014
| DAY | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | EVENT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 03/03/14 | Vryheid | 0 | 57 | Kearsney | |
| Wed | 05/03/14 | Pionier | 10 | 35 | Kearsney | |
| Sat | 08/03/14 | Paul Roos | 42 | 17 | San Isidro (Arg) | |
| Fri | 07/03/14 | Voortrekker (Pmb) | Greytown | Voortrekker Night Series | ||
| Sat | 08/03/14 | George Campbell | 13 | 18 | Port Natal | |
| Sat | 08/03/14 | DHS | 45 | 7 | KZN Development | |
| Sat | 08/03/14 | Maritzburg College | 38 | 17 | Saral Cilliers | Wartburg Festival |
| Sat | 08/03/14 | Westville | 38 | 3 | Clifton | Wartburg Festival |
| Sat | 08/03/14 | Dale | 53 | 0 | De Vos Malan | |
| Sat | 08/03/14 | Gill | 14 | 45 | Brandwag (Uitenhage) | |
| Sat | 08/03/14 | Nico Malan | 19 | 12 | Oudtshoorn | Gill College Sports Day |
| Sat | 08/03/14 | Noord-Kaap | 27 | 16 | Marlow | |
| Sat | 08/03/14 | Grey College | 53 | 0 | Potch Gim | Fichardtpark Sports Day |
| Sat | 08/03/14 | Jim Fouche | 34 | 22 | Voortrekker (Beth) | Fichardtpark Sports Day |
| Sat | 08/03/14 | St Andrew’s (FS) | 19 | 29 | Union | Fichardtpark Sports Day |
| Sat | 08/03/14 | Sentraal (FS) | 25 | 23 | Hentie Cilliers | Fichardtpark Sports Day |
| Sat | 08/03/14 | Fichardtpark | 35 | 16 | Grens | Fichardtpark Sports Day |
| Sat | 08/03/14 | Louis Botha | 16 | 13 | Diamantveld | Fichardtpark Sports Day |
| Sat | 08/03/14 | Duineveld | 10 | 3 | Welkom Gim | Fichardtpark Sports Day |
| Sat | 08/03/14 | Rustenburg | 20 | 22 | Klerksdorp | Tuks-Reeks |
| Sat | 08/03/14 | Marais Viljoen | 3 | 30 | Kempton Park | |
| Sat | 08/03/14 | Florida | 20 | 20 | Die Anker | |
| Sat | 08/03/14 | Montana | 22 | 7 | Standerton | |
| Sat | 08/03/14 | Middelburg | 49 | 7 | Hoogenhout | |
| Sat | 08/03/14 | Vereeniging Gim | HTS Middelburg | Tuks-Reeks | ||
| Sat | 08/03/14 | EG Jansen | Centurion | Tuks-Reeks – postponed | ||
| Sat | 08/03/14 | Ermelo | Pietersburg | Tuks-Reeks | ||
| Sat | 08/03/14 | Eldoraigne | Transvalia | Tuks-Reeks | ||
| Sat | 08/03/14 | Helpmekaar | Menlopark | |||
| Sat | 08/03/14 | Ben Vorster | – | – | Nelspruit | Cancelled due to wet field |
Dale College 1st XV to play De Vos Malan
The Dale College first team to face De Vos Malan in the derby of King on 08 March 2014…
Oakdale Festival 2014
Fixtures for Day 1 of the Oakdale Festival have been confirmed. The first of four big games kicks off at 15h10. It sees Hugenote of Wellington in the Boland taking on Sentraal from Bloemfontein. That’s followed by Uitenhage’s Die Brandwag up against Pietersburg. Kempton Park has performed well in the Beeldtrofee in recent years comes and are up against a formidable Bellville team. In the main game the highly rated hosts Oakdale will give a taste of what to expect from them this year when they meet Voortrekker from Bethlehem, Free State.…
Pick your Springbok team
Here’s your chance to play coach by selecting the players you think should represent the Boks during this year’s first international window.
Click on this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/B2RG2PK…
Border Schools Rugby Day 2014
The 2014 Border schools rugby season officially gets underway with the annual Border Rugby Day which takes place at Border Stadium in East London on Saturday, 15 March 2014. This is super early season opportunity for supporters to see what talent that the best rugby schools in the region are packing this year.…
Paarl Boys High select 30 players for the Sanix World Youth Tournament
A rugby coaching transformation took place at Paarl Boys’ High School – Hoër Jongenskool Paarl (HJS) at the start of this year. The good news is that Sean Erasmus, new man in charge of rugby affairs at the school has already formed a productive working relationship with well-respected coach Elmo Wolfaardt. Sean has taken charge of the forwards, while Elmo is responsible for the backs. It’s just what the doctor ordered because Boishaai has an extra busy season ahead of them. The reason being they have accepted the challenge to represent South Africa at the annual Sanix (under-18) World Youth Tournament in Japan from 26 April to 07 May 2014.…
Grey College names a strong team to face Potch Gim
Grey College has named a very strong line-up to take on Potchefstroom Gymnasium at the Fichardtpark Rugby Day in Bloemfontein on Saturday, 08 March. …
Krugersdorp High’s Best of the West Rugby Festival
This year Krugersdorp High School has chosen to host their annual “Best of the West” Rugby Festival during the first term end school holiday as opposed to their usual Easter Weekend slot. The tournament will also have an under-14 age group rugby festival on the go on a field alongside the main field. It promises to a great weekend of great rugby so hopefully locals turn out in large numbers to add to the atmosphere.…
Porterville Sportnaweek / Sports Weekend 2014
1200 school students will take part in rugby and netball at this year’s Porterville Sports Weekend, sponsored by OK Grocers. Amongst them are 10 1st XV’s including powerhouse HJS Paarl Boys High, with new coach Sean Erasmus making his debut at this not to be missed event.…
Wartburg Festival: College & Westville in action again
Maritzburg College and Westville will be in action at the same venue for the third weekend running when both schools participate in the WKS RUGBY HOCKEY NETBALL FESTIVAL at Wartburg, 33km outside Pietermaritzburg.
The two KZN powerhouse schools each played a match against different opponents at the KFC Voortrekker Night Series before they met on Friday, 28 February in possibly the most physical encounter of the local preseason to date.…
“The state of schools rugby is in the dwang – ethically, educationally…”
An article from the Saturday Star, written by Theo Garrun
A couple of weeks ago I wrote of the kidnapping of two under-14 rugby players by a coach at another school. I’ve not heard anything more about the matter, so I suspect it didn’t actually happen – I hope not, anyway.
A day or two later another story did the social media rounds – about two young rugby players – Xhosa speakers – who were lured to an up-country Afrikaans medium school, no doubt by bursaries and promises of big money. Apparently, they soon discovered that they couldn’t speak the language, didn’t fit in and were very unhappy.…
SBR Fixtures & Results – week ending 01/03/2014
| DAY | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | EVENT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri | 28/02/14 | M/College Preseason XV | 12 | 5 | Westville Preseason XV | Voortrekker Night Series |
| Fri | 28/02/14 | Voortrekker (Pmb) | 3 | 29 | Kearsney Preseason XV | Voortrekker Night Series |
| Fri | 28/02/14 | Howick | Linpark | Voortrekker Night Series | ||
| Fri | 28/02/14 | Greytown | 0 | 34 | Westville 2nds | Voortrekker Night Series |
| Sat | 01/03/14 | Pinetown | 0 | 67 | Port Natal | |
| Sat | 01/03/14 | George Campbell | 27 | 0 | KZN Development | |
| Mon | 24/02/14 | Diamantveld | 21 | 14 | Fichardtpark | |
| Sat | 01/03/14 | Jim Fouche | 26 | 0 | Klerksdorp | Brandfort Rugby Day |
| Sat | 01/03/14 | Duineveld | 11 | 20 | Diamantveld | |
| Sat | 01/03/14 | Hentie Cilliers | 43 | 0 | Zastron | |
| Sat | 01/03/14 | Sentraal (FS) | 20 | 12 | Noord-Kaap | |
| Sat | 01/03/14 | Louis Botha | 32 | 8 | Landboudal | |
| Sat | 01/03/14 | Goudveld | 0 | 111 | Grey College | |
| Sat | 01/03/14 | HTS Middelburg | 9 | 11 | Transvalia | |
| Sat | 01/03/14 | Alberton | 26 | 29 | Jeugland | |
| Sat | 01/03/14 | Middelburg | 17 | 8 | Ermelo | |
| Sat | 01/03/14 | Marais Viljoen | 15 | 10 | Rustenburg | |
| Sat | 01/03/14 | Standerton | 3 | 7 | Ben Vorster | |
| Sat | 01/03/14 | Brandwag (Benoni) | 27 | 22 | Florida | |
| Fri | 28/02/14 | Stellenberg | 14 | 12 | Drostdy |
Voortrekker Night Series: Day 2 Maritzburg College & Westville teams
Maritzburg College takes on Westville at 19h30 on Friday, 28 February in the KFC Voortrekker Night Series. This is a 25-minute per half preseason game. Both coaches are still experimenting and missing a few key players due to summer sports commitments.…
Stellenberg is ready to get the ball rolling against Drostdy
The Stellenberg u19A team will be in action against HTS Drostdy on Friday 28 February at the Kraaifontein Rugby club schoolsday. Time: 19h45.
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Butch James invites the KZN school coaches to discuss u19 rugby
The correspondence from former Rugby World Cup winning Springbok flyhalf and Maritzburg College Old Boy, Butch James reads as follows: “please see attached invitation to join Jake White and Myself to a Cocktail Party to discuss U19 Rugby at the Sharks and other rugby matters going forward. Hope to see you there and to get your input.” …
Voortrekker Night Series 2014
The annual Voortrekker Night Series will be sponsored by KFC and will be played over three Friday evenings starting on 21 February 2014. Three top KZN rugby schools, Kearsney, Maritzburg College and Westville will participate alongside the hosts Voortrekker (Pietermaritzburg), Greytown, Howick, Linpark and Weston in the unstructured preseason friendlies tournament.…
Top u19 recruiter Gavin Melvill leaves the Sharks
Former Natal centre from the 1970’s Gavin Melvill makes up 17 years worth of a total of 227 years of coaching experience that will no longer be part of the Sharks set up as a result of personnel departures. Melvill has serviced in different roles at the rugby union but has always had a hands on approach with regards to the contracting of junior players. …
Blue Bulls to combine u19 school & club rugby
Blue Bulls schools/club league gets major boost
The Blue Bulls Rugby Union and their Schools Rugby Association, in co-operation with sports promoter Willem Strauss and coffee retail franchise Enrista, on Wednesday announced an innovative and exciting new rugby competition that will combine club and schools rugby that will boost player numbers for both entities.…