Northwood’s Craven Week prop
Northwood didn’t officially have a player at Craven Week 2015 but they might be able to claim a share of Griffons prop Neo Mohapi.…
50% quota requirement for SA Schools 2015
2 SA Schools team consisting of 26 players per team are set to announced on Supersport’s Boots ‘n All show on Thursday evening of 23 July ( some media outlets reporting Tuesday as the announcement date). The quota requirement is believed to have been set at 50% for both teams.…
Who’s your Craven Week Player of 2015?
It’s a SARU award to be won and by my reckoning outside centre Imanuel Libbok’s two stand out attacking performances for South Western Districts should have him in pole position heading into the final day at Craven Week 2015.…
Craven Week 2015 Final Day : results & reports
FINAL DAY RESULTS
Sat.18-Jul : Griquas 51 – 10 EPCD
Sat.18-Jul : Namibia 29 – 7 Zimbabwe
Sat.18-Jul : Border 28 – 15 Valke
Sat.18-Jul : Griquas CD 54 – 39 Border CD
Sat.18-Jul : Free State 63 – 35 Pumas
Sat.18-Jul : Blue Bulls 40 – 12 Boland
Sat.18-Jul : Golden Lions 47 – 29 Griffons
Sat.18-Jul : Leopards 42 – 17 Limpopo BB
Sat.18-Jul : South Western Districts 24 – 19 KwaZulu-Natal
Sat.18-Jul : Western Province 95 – 0 Eastern Province
PREVIOUS DAYS RESULTS
13-Jul : Namibia 38 – 14 Border CD
13-Jul : Boland 52 – 7 Limpopo BB
13-Jul : Border 32 – 28 Pumas
13-Jul : Free State 22 – 41 Griffons
13-Jul : Western Province 20 – 13 Blue Bulls
Tue.14-Jul : Griquas CD 17 – 12 Zimbabwe (Zim made over 100 tackles & led 12-5 with 5 min to go)
Tue.14-Jul : Valke 43 – 27 Eastern Province CD
Tue.14-Jul : Griquas 28 – 17 Leopards
Tue.14-Jul : KwaZulu-Natal 18 – 16 Golden Lions
Tue.14-Jul : Eastern Province 41 – 31 South Western Districts
Wed.15-Jul : Limpopo BB 34 – 20 Border CD
Wed.15-Jul : Free State 43 – 19 Namibia
Wed.15-Jul : Blue Bulls 35 – 17 Pumas
Wed.15-Jul : Boland 20 – 15 Border
Wed.15-Jul : Western Province 65 – 5 Griffons (semi-final)
Thu.16-Jul : Leopards 18 – 17 Griquas CD
Thu.16-Jul : EPCD 51 – 20 Zimbabwe
Thu.16-Jul : South Western Districts 28 – 19 Golden Lions
Thu.16-Jul : Valke 34 – 21 Griquas
Thu.16-Jul : Eastern Province 23 – 22 KwaZulu-Natal…
Craven Week 2015 Day 4 : results, reports & standout players
Thu.16-Jul : Leopards 18 – 17 Griquas CD
Thu.16-Jul : EPCD 51 – 20 Zimbabwe
Thu.16-Jul : South Western Districts 28 – 19 Golden Lions
Thu.16-Jul : Valke 34 – 21 Griquas
Thu.16-Jul : Eastern Province 23 – 22 KwaZulu-Natal…
Craven Week provincial team restructuring to be discussed
From Ruggas.co.za: article link: http://www.ruggas.co.za/?p=2959
Craven Week 2015 Day 3 : results, reports & standout players
Wed.15-Jul : Limpopo BB 34 – 20 Border CD
Wed.15-Jul : Free State 43 – 19 Namibia
Wed.15-Jul : Blue Bulls 35 – 17 Pumas
Wed.15-Jul : Boland 20 – 15 Border
Wed.15-Jul : Western Province 65 – 5 Griffons (semi-final)…
Craven Week 2015 Day 2 : results, reports & standout players
Tue.14-Jul : Griquas CD 17 – 12 Zimbabwe (Zim made over 100 tackles & led 12-5 with 5 min to go)
Tue.14-Jul : Valke 43 – 27 Eastern Province CD
Tue.14-Jul : Griquas 28 – 17 Leopards
Tue.14-Jul : KwaZulu-Natal 18 – 16 Golden Lions
Tue.14-Jul : Eastern Province 41 – 31 South Western Districts…
Craven Week Day 2015: 1 results, reports & standout players
13-Jul : Namibia 38 – 14 Border CD
13-Jul : Boland 52 – 7 Limpopo BB
13-Jul : Border 32 – 28 Pumas
13-Jul : Free State 22 – 41 Griffons
13-Jul : Western Province 20 – 13 Blue Bulls…
Does the Bosch signature change the Sharks’ outlook?
The question is whether or not Bosch coming to Durban will somehow project such a positive image that it will overshadow the difficulties the union has been experiencing in attracting top schoolboy rugby players to sign up for 2016. …
Remembering WP vs Bulls at Craven Week 2012
Western Province and the Blue Bulls are about to go head to head in the main game of Day 1 at Craven Week. Province are the favours coming into Craven Week 2015 while not that much is being said of the Affies powered Bulls under-18 team.…
Craven Week 2015 – fixtures
On at Paul Roos Gymnasium, Stellenbosch.
13-Jul : Namibia vs Border CD
13-Jul : Boland vs Limpopo BB
13-Jul : Pumas vs Border
13-Jul : Free State vs Griffons
13-Jul : Western Province vs Blue Bulls
vs
14-Jul : Griquas CD vs Zimbabwe
14-Jul : Valke vs Eastern Province CD
14-Jul : Leopards vs Griquas
14-Jul : KwaZulu-Natal vs Golden Lions
14-Jul : Eastern Province vs South Western Districts…
Stassen age rumour put to bed
There’s an interesting article by Hannes Nienaber on his www.SchoolofRugby.co.za website.
Link: http://www.schoolofrugby.co.za/news/8568-ondersoek-deur-valke-rugbyunie-bevind-stassen-is-wel-o-18 …
2 SA Schools teams for 2015
I don’t know the exact details at this stage but it looks like two SA Schools teams will be picked for international duty this season.…
Talented players to look out for at Craven Week
Craven Week starts on Monday 13 July 2015. In some positions like lock, loose-forward and flyhalf, the selectors will be blessed for choice. However in others like hooker, scrumhalf and outside centre (the last two being national problem areas along with tighthead prop), quality might not be in great abundance.…
Upbeat WP supporters see the glass as half full after GK defeat
Most of my attempts to have a friendly dig at WP SBR supporters following the KZN under-16’s impressive come from behind 19-17 win against WP at Grant Khomo Week 2015 have been taken very well and not necessarily because these folks are great sports either. There is something more at play here.…
SA Schools assignment for Boishaai coach
Paarl Boys’ High head coach Sean Erasmus is the newly appointed SA Schools assistant coach and will serve alongside head coach Hein Kriel (Paul Roos) during this year’s under-18 international series.…
u13 Craven Week 2015 fixtures, results, teams & match reports
Unbeaten Western Province wins Craven Week u13 for 2015!
| DAY 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SWD u13 | 19 | 0 | Free State u13 |
| Border CD u13 | 22 | 16 | Griffons u13 |
| Golden Lions u13 | 13 | 12 | Eastern Province u13 |
| Namibia u13 | 12 | 7 | Griquas u13 |
| Boland u13 | 20 | 15 | Leopards u13 |
| Blue Bulls u13 | 40 | 0 | Zimbabwe u13 |
| Western Province u13 | 24 | 19 | Valke u13 |
| Border u13 | 29 | 7 | Limpopo Blue Bulls u13 |
| KwaZulu-Natal u13 | 21 | 7 | Pumas u13 |
| DAY 2 | |||
| Griffons u13 | 37 | 13 | Namibia u13 |
| Griquas u13 | 15 | 7 | Zimbabwe u13 |
| Valke u13 | 21 | 19 | Blue Bulls u13 |
| Limpopo Blue Bulls u13 | 33 | 5 | Free State u13 |
| Border CD u13 | 19 | 14 | Pumas u13 |
| SWD u13 | 37 | 13 | Golden Lions u13 |
| Boland u13 | 34 | 7 | KwaZulu-Natal u13 |
| Leopards u13 | 18 | 17 | Eastern Province u13 |
| Western Province u13 | 33 | 0 | Border u13 |
| DAY 3 | |||
| Eastern Province u13 | 31 | 12 | Limpopo Blue Bulls u13 |
| Griffons u13 | 18 | 0 | Griquas u13 |
| Namibia u13 | 14 | 13 | Zimbabwe u13 |
| Pumas u13 | 31 | 14 | Free State u13 |
| Leopards u13 | 27 | 15 | Border u13 |
| KwaZulu-Natal u13 | 0 | 33 | Golden Lions u13 |
| Blue Bulls u13 | 29 | 0 | Border CD u13 |
| Western Province u13 | 17 | 3 | SWD u13 |
| Boland u13 | 18 | 15 | Valke u13 |
| DAY 4 | |||
| Free State u13 | 14 | 14 | Zimbabwe u13 |
| Limpopo Blue Bulls u13 | 19 | 5 | Griquas u13 |
| Border u13 | 17 | 7 | Pumas u13 |
| Border CD u13 | 40 | 7 | Namibia u13 |
| Griffons u13 | 15 | 12 | Golden Lions u13 |
| Blue Bulls u13 | 38 | 14 | Eastern Province u13 |
| KwaZulu-Natal u13 | 24 | 3 | Leopards u13 |
| Valke u13 | 28 | 12 | SWD u13 |
| Western Province u13 | 34 | 14 | Boland u13 |
More 2nd XV players added to KZN Academy Week team
KwaZulu-Natal must surely be on course to set a new Academy Week record for the number of regular second team players in their 22-player squad. The initial count of 8 (6 Glenwood and 2 Westville) has been increased to 10 with the inclusion of two more 2nd XV players. …