Clifton College swelling in numbers
The Clifton College intake for Grade 8 this year is in the region of 100 boys, making it by far their biggest class since the high school came into being. Doing the maths suggests that if they continue to enroll this many students every year, they will be up to 500 boys in the high school by 2018.…
WP under-16 Elite Squad for 2014
The WP under-16 Elite Squad was named during September 2013. A new list was put out this week. It contains just two changes – C Serdyn (HJS) and R Harris (Scottsdene) have been added.…
WP under-18 Elite Group for 2014
Updated: The names of the players chosen for the Western Province under-18 Elite group, which will practice regularly throughout the close season, were originally announced on Wednesday 11 September 2013. Recently a revised list was put out with Rondebosch prop Ashwyn Adam and Gimmies’ flyhalf Walter Smit being added, while another Rondebosch player Zain Davids is moved from prop to his more accustomed position on the flank.…
Many coaching changes made 2013 a hectic year in KZN
What an eventful year 2013 turned out to be in terms of reporting news mainly about personnel changes in rugby-related posts at KwaZulu-Natal’s leading rugby high schools. So much happened last year. It seems almost impossible for 2014 to be as busy a year in this regard.…
2014 Western Province u19’s could be as good as the 2010 team
The Western Province Rugby Institute (WPRI) recently held an opening function to welcome this year’s batch of aspiring professionals to their world class facility in Stellenbosch. Judging by the talent they managed to secure, there is every chance that a WP under-19 team coming out of this group could contain as much skill and potential as the successful WP under-19 team of 2010.…
2014 school rugby fixtures of Pretoria’s big guns
This is not the completed product but a useful first look at what the top Pretoria rugby schools Affies, Centurion, Eldoraigne, Garsfontein, Menlopark, Pretoria Boys High, St Alban’s and Waterkloof will have on their plates this season. …
Noord-Kaap at the centre of the latest Eastern Cape “poaching” drama
Two Muir College students returned to their school in Uitenhage, Eastern Province last week after a short stay at Noord-Kaap in Kimberley did not live up to their expectations.…
Going rate of a school rugby player poaching package
The parent of a prominent up and coming Western Province age-group elite squad rugby player let the cat out of the bag with regards to the current type of offer that gets put on the table for a high school slash rugby union alliance inspired under-16 or older relocation to another province. In this particular case the offer was refused.…
Shawn van Rensburg named as Glenwood Director of Rugby
Glenwood has added the last piece to the puzzle in their efforts to replace former Head Coach and Director of Rugby Sean Erasmus (now at Paarl Boys High). Last year experienced assistant coach Rudi Dames was promoted to head coach and late last week the KZN school issued a press release confirming that former pro rugby player Shawn van Rensburg had taken over the reigns as Director of Rugby.…
DHS aiming to get R45 million for scholarships & capex
From the DHS website:
Durban High School (DHS), one of the oldest boys’ high schools in Kwazulu-Natal, is set to benefit from income on the investment of the proceeds of the sale of the property, which is currently occupied by the DHS Old Boy’s Club and some lessees. The property belongs to The Durban High School Foundation Trust.
The property, which is approximately 4,3 hectares (43 000 m2) in extent, is flanked by Marlborough Crescent and Gainsborough Drive in Durban North and is expected to realize above R45m. …
EG Jansen accused of kidnapping 2 u15 rugby players
A story in the Beeld yesterday (http://www.beeld.com/nuus/2014-01-23-2-onnies-ontvoer-glo-rugbyseuns) tells of how Vereeniging Gymnasium opened a case of kidnapping against EG Jansen teachers at the police station. This was after the two EG Jansen teachers allegedly drove onto the Gimmies premises last week to picked up two “brilliant” Gimmies rugby players and then left without informing either the Gimmies hostel housemaster or the teacher on duty of their intentions.…
Straight A matric students are failing varsity entrance exams
I heard this news report on 5FM this morning. It was just too bizarre and probably merits an investigation into just how these students got their straight A’s to begin with.…
OFS stands for Opportunity Free State
2013 was meant to be the Kings’ Super Rugby break though season but from a South African standpoint the tournament will probably be best remembered for the achievements of the Cheetahs from Free State.
The positives from that campaign seem to have reinvigorated Free State rugby. …
Court dismisses St Charles cricket parent’s case
The St Charles College (Pietermaritzburg) parent that sued his son’s school because they dropped his son as captain (asking the court to reinstate his son as captain) had his application dismissed with costs on Tuesday, 22 January 2014.…
Steroids quite easy to buy
Okay so today a social media picture of a known SBR rugby player did the rounds and caused quite a stir, prompting numerous discussions about the use of steroids in school and post-school sport.…
KZN 2014 1st XV rugby teams – possible line ups
There is a first look at what the KwaZulu-Natal tier 1 1st XV teams of Hilton, Glenwood, Kearsney, Maritzburg College, Michaelhouse, Northwood and Westville might look like this season.…
Eastern Cape government to hand Dale College R250 000 for rugby bursaries
Report from Old Dalian Denver Donian a reporter from the Bugle
DALE COLLEGE was privileged to be at the centre of a program set to improve the face of school rugby in the area when they hosted the Sport Focus Capacity Building Programme – a school rugby coaching workshop facilitated by the South African Rugby Union (SARU) and the Border Rugby Union (BRU).…
Eastern Cape school rugby preseason vibes
Rugbyfan has been out and about. He had a chance to catch up with some of folks from the various top Eastern Cape rugby school and got some feedback from them on what lies ahead in 2014.
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DHS assignment for Donald Ngwenya
Former Northwood 1st XV coach and current Durban youth rugby coach Donald Ngwenya has been appointed as the new DHS under-16 coach. This means he takes charge of DHS’s all-important 150th birthday 1st XV in 2016 group this season. No pressure! No ways! All the pressure in the world for sure.…
Grey College & Free State – Griquas rugby fixtures 2014
What would amount to an extremely challenging season of fixtures for just about every other South African school rugby team is par for the course for SA’s best Grey College of Bloemfontein. …
Paul Roos looking promising for 2014
A good way to describe Paul Roos supporters ahead of the 2014 season is quietly confident. No one is under any kind of illusion either. Annually Paul Roos has one of the most demanding school rugby schedules in the country which affords them little room for comfort. That said there is a reason why they are labelled as one of South African school rugby’s powerhouse teams. …