Queen’s vs Dale: derby no. 173
The Victoria Recreation Ground, home of Queen’s College is where the 173rd game between Queen’s and Dale will take place. The closeness of the 123-year-old rivalry is told in the head-to-head where Queen’s hold a narrow 80-76 (16 draws) lead.…
John Duncan returns to head up Queen’s College rugby
Former Queen’s College 1st XV head coach John Duncan has returned to head up the Queenstown school’s rugby programme after an almost two year absence. The well-respected rugby man resigned during November 2012 (link to blog here). …
Match Report: Queen’s beats Cambridge 34-7
By John Duncan – Queen’s College Head of Rugby
Queen’s College travelled to East London to do battle against Cambridge in East London. The hosts, who have had an impressive run, would have fancied their chances against Queen’s but it was not to be in this tightly contested affair.…
KZN takes school Sevens more seriously
Realising that school Sevens rugby offers players more opportunities than possibly given credit for in the past, including the chance to represent the provincial under-18 team in a televised game or two, which in turn could open several doors to a player who performs well, the KZNRU under the guidance of chairman Noel Ingle has introduced a welcomed restructuring, with the intention of making the selection of players a lot fairer than in the past.…
Beeld Trofee 2014 – Macro Schools playoffs
Blog started on 22 June 2014:…
Beeld Trofee 2014 – Large Schools regional finals & playoffs
A breakdown of the Beeld Trofee for large schools showing the regional playoffs and knockout stage results:…
School Rugby fixtures & results – week ending 16/08/2014
| DAY | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | EVENT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri | 15/08/2014 | Italy u18 | 12 | 45 | WP XV | On TV |
| Fri | 15/08/2014 | England u18 | 24 | 21 | Wales u18 | On TV |
| Fri | 15/08/2014 | South Africa u18 | 28 | 13 | France u18 | On TV |
| Sat | 16/08/2014 | Grey College | 46 | 20 | Maritzburg College | On TV |
| Sat | 16/08/2014 | Selborne | 18 | 20 | Grey HS | On TV |
| Sat | 16/08/2014 | Cambridge | 7 | 34 | Queen’s | |
| Sat | 16/08/2014 | Dale | 35 | 8 | Hudson Park | |
| Sat | 16/08/2014 | Framesby | 20 | 16 | Oakdale | |
| Sat | 16/08/2014 | Nico Malan | 52 | 14 | Pearson | |
| Sat | 16/08/2014 | Brandwag (Uitenhage) | 44 | 19 | Humansdorp | |
| Sat | 16/08/2014 | Augsburg | 52 | 8 | Vredenburg | |
| Sat | 16/08/2014 | Bellville | 55 | 21 | Tygerberg RFC | |
| Sat | 16/08/2014 | Brackenfell | 26 | 29 | Hugenote | |
| Sat | 16/08/2014 | HJS Paarl BH | 36 | 14 | Tygerberg | |
| Sat | 16/08/2014 | Paarl Gim | can | cel | Stellenberg | Cancelled |
| Sat | 16/08/2014 | Paul Roos | 43 | 32 | Boland Landbou | |
| Sat | 16/08/2014 | Rondebosch | 28 | 22 | SACS | |
| Sat | 16/08/2014 | Wynberg | 34 | 17 | Bishops | |
| Sat | 16/08/2014 | Louis Botha | 37 | 13 | Jim Fouche | FS A1-Liga Final |
| Sat | 16/08/2014 | Voortrekker (Beth) | 31 | 13 | Hentie Cilliers | Griffons Final |
| Sat | 16/08/2014 | Transvalia | 30 | 22 | Tuine | Beeld SF: Large Sch |
| Sat | 16/08/2014 | Klerksdorp | 8 | 3 | Standerton | Beeld SF: Large Sch |
| Sat | 16/08/2014 | EG Jansen | 29 | 32 | Garsfontein | Beeld SF: Macro Sch |
| Sat | 16/08/2014 | Monument | 19 | 24 | Nelspruit | Beeld SF: Macro Sch |
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De Allende to become yet another “small” school Bok
Who says you have to go to a big fancy traditional rugby school to become a modern day Springbok rugby player. Milnerton old boy Damien de Allende will become Springbok number 862 when he runs onto the field in the Green and Gold on Saturday. It will be a proud moment for the player, his loved ones, his supporters and his old school. All who are affiliated to non-mainstream rugby schools should also find cause to rejoice.…
ABSA u19 Currie Cup – Week 6 teams & results
Of interest this weekend is that HTS Middelburg’s reliable scrummy Rowan Gouws starts for the Sharks while regular captain Ayron Schramm is ruled out by injury and flu. The strong Free State team’s starting lineup includes Limpopo sprinter Arno van Staden who came off the bench last weekend to score two tries in the win against the Leopards. Glenwood’s Corne Vermaak who’s had off the field issues to take car of also finds a spot on the bench this weekend. Outeniqua’s powerful no.8 Dian Koen is at long last called on to be a reserve for WP. Two really good hookers go head to head when Pieter Jansen (EG Jansen, Golden Lions) takes on JP Jamieson (Kingswood/Grey PE, EP Kings). The Lions regular flyhalf Shaun Reynolds (Goudveld) is out meaning that Jameel Warnick of Garsfontein steps in. He will be up against the versatile Jason Baggott who usually plies his trade at scrumhalf…
Grey College vs Maritzburg College back on fixture list
Grey College and Maritzburg College have restored annual interschools ties after five seasons of inactivity. Their match will be broadcast on DSTV Supersport at 14h00 on Saturday, 16 August 2014.
Prior to 1997, the two schools met a handful of times over the years with the first meeting taking place way back in 1940. Then from 1997 for 12 consecutive seasons Grey against Maritzburg College was an annual fixture.…
BHP Top 50 – week ending 09 August 2014
Word from BHP: It has occurred to me after chatting with a few SBR followers that they see the rankings as a relative strength measure of teams, which it not really is. The ranking system is there to measure how you are doing this season relatively compared to other teams.…
Die Burger Trophy 2014 – Large Schools
Die Burger still seems to be struggling to establish itself as a knock-out tournament of significance.
The concept for this small Cape coastal belt competition is borrowed from the highly successful Noordvaal Beeldtrofee (formerly Administrators’ Cup) and is therefore a good one.…
Eastern Cape decider: Selborne vs Grey High
The Eastern Cape school rugby season has been building up towards this huge intercity clash almost since Day 1. Selborne of East London and Grey High School of Port Elizabeth, the top two teams in the province will battle it out for top honours on Saturday, 16 August 2014.…
Queen’s win the Queenstown derby
By John Duncan
On Saturday the 9th of May, Queen’s College and Hangklip Hoerskool, clashed for the 50th game between these two schools which saw Queeen’s College win the local derby 61-7.…
Match report: Glenwood beats Maritzburg College 21-20
Maritzburg College versus Glenwood games on Goldstones in Pietermaritzburg should carry a health warning. The closing stages of the last four matches between the KwaZulu-Natals intercity rivals on the famous ground have gone down to the wire. There is no ways this can be good for the hearts or nerves of the respective supporters but boy does it make for entertaining to watch rugby. …
School Rugby fixtures & results – week ending 09/08/2014
| DAY | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | EVENT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 04/08/2014 | Kingswood | 31 | 22 | Pearson | |
| Tue | 05/08/2014 | KES | 21 | 47 | Monument | |
| Tue | 05/08/2014 | Grey College Cherries | 26 | 32 | Louis Botha | |
| Thu | 07/08/2014 | Boland Landbou | 59 | 8 | Hugenote | |
| Thu | 07/08/2014 | Grey College | 66 | 13 | Sand du Plessis | |
| Thu | 07/08/2014 | Hudson Park | 25 | 26 | Grens | |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Maritzburg College | 20 | 21 | Glenwood | |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Grey HS | 29 | 19 | Framesby | |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Brandwag (Uitenhage) | 23 | 20 | Nico Malan | |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Dale | 11 | 20 | Selborne | |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Hangklip | 7 | 61 | Queen’s | |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Marlow | 38 | 35 | Daniel Pienaar | |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Stirling | 17 | 68 | Cambridge | |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Parktown | 6 | 12 | Jeppe | |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Affies | 34 | 26 | Pretoria BH | On TV |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Augsburg | 30 | 12 | Swartland | |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Bishops | 26 | 12 | SACS | |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | De Kuilen | 17 | 14 | Bellville | |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Drostdy | 41 | 14 | Durbanville | |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Rondebosch | 26 | 57 | Paarl Gim | |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Stellenberg | 46 | 24 | Brackenfell | |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Tygerberg | 15 | 24 | Wynberg | |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Langenhoven Gim | 13 | 36 | Oakdale | |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Oudtshoorn | 10 | 59 | Outeniqua | |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Diamantveld | 24 | 12 | Noord-Kaap | |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Pietersburg | 18 | 29 | Transvalia | Beeld: Large Schools SF |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Klerksdorp | 6 | 3 | Oos-Moot | Beeld: Large Schools SF |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Tuine | 21 | 18 | Helpmekaar | Beeld: Large Schools SF |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Standerton | 47 | 28 | Hugenote (Springs) | Beeld: Large Schools SF |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Menlopark | 24 | 31 | EG Jansen | Beeld: Macro Schools SF |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Kempton Park | 29 | 33 | Nelspruit | Beeld: Macro Schools SF |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | HTS Middelburg | 5 | 25 | Monument | Beeld: Macro Schools SF |
| Sat | 09/08/2014 | Centurion | 24 | 41 | Garsfontein | Beeld: Macro Schools SF |
ABSA u19 Currie Cup – Week 5 teams & results – Grant Hermanus starts
Grant Hermanus, Paarl Gim current fullback and 2013 Craven Week player of the Year will start on the wing for the WP that takes on EP in the under-19 competition today. Interestingly Paarl Gim has a game against Rondebosch tomorrow.…
Currie Cup debut for Old Hiltonian Cameron Wright
Last year he was the Hilton College scrumhalf and captain and now just a few months out of school, Cameron Wright is on the verge of making his senior Currie Cup debut for the Sharks against the Griquas. …
Dale to wear pink for cancer awareness
“Once again and for the third successive year Dale College First Rugby XV will wear their Pink Strip of Pink jerseys and shorts to highlight the disease of Cancer when Dale College and a formidable Selborne College play the 189th game against each other in King William’s Town. This history of rugby rivalry goes back to 1892! Dale’s sort after motivating Pink Strip is only worn by Dale once a year at present. The initiative and motivation behind Pink Day at Dale and playing in Pink strip to highlight Cancer is still possibly a first for any South African schools”…
Top 30 Combo Rankings – using 7 school rugby websites
It wasn’t that long ago that there was just one national school rugby ranking system, now every about every website that covers rugby has it’s own one. Here is the combined effect of 7 such website’s rankings. Points have been allocated on the basis of 20 for 1st, 19 for 2nd, etc, etc. while the remaining few teams are from those who were ranked best outside the Top 20.…