U19 Currie Cup gets underway
The annual under-19 Currie Cup gets underway today. Seven teams compete over two rounds with the hopes of finishing in the top four and in that way earning a place in the semi-finals.…
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KZN take on EP on Craven Week final day
KwaZulu-Natal will feature in the penultimate game of Craven Week 2012. Their opponents are Eastern Province who are unbeaten so far and should be worthy opposition, perhaps even slight favourites going into the game.…
KZN’s Craven Week final hopes dashed by the Lions
Just a couple of days after tasting the good life, Kwazulu-Natal and their supporters had to experience the flip side of the Craven Week experience when the team was beaten 17-8 by the Golden Lions on Wednesday.…
KZN have a Craven Week date with the Lions
…Following their mesmerising 48-24 performance against a seemingly shell-shocked Free State, the KwaZulu-Natal under-18 schools team now has to turn their attentions the Lions. A much stronger pack of forwards and a flyhalf who prefers to seek out field position awaits the KZN boys.
SA court case to decide on dirty play in SBR
On 11 September 2012 a significant case in sports law will be argued in the Supreme Court of Appeal involving an injury sustained in a schoolboy rugby match.…
Craven Week 2012 Fixtures : How Day 1 & 2 might turn out
The tried and tested format at Craven Week is amongst other considerations and objectives to work towards two teams, one from the Day 1 group and the other from the Day 2 group, meeting in Saturday’s unofficial final. This means that the main matches on days 3 and 4 have to more or less serve as semi-finals.…
Craven Week 2012 : Players to watch
Craven Week is about to kick off. Handre Pollard the Paarl Gim, Western Province under 18 and Junior World Championship winning flyhalf has certainly added considerable weight to the term “high-profile player” this SBR season.…
Independent Schools Week 2012
The ISRF kicks off at Penryn School near Nelpruit today. Five Kwazulu-Natal schools are participating. They are Clifton (Durban), Hilton, Kearsney, Michaelhouse and Thomas More.…
Academy Week – Day 2 results
The KZN Country Districts continued to impress with another win, while the KZN team suffered a heavy defeat.…
Grant Khomo Week Day 2
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Academy Week Day 2
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Academy Week Day 1 results
Things didn’t go according to plan for the KZN Academy team on Day 1 in Wellington. They went down 34-19 to South Western Districts, this after being just 14-15 behind at the halftime break. It seems like disciple was a major cause for concern with no fewer than three yellow cards being issued to KZN players during the match.…
u19s: Free State 13 Sharks 12
The Sharks under-19s traveled to Winterton, a little town sort of midway between Escourt and Ladysmith on the KZN map, for a Currie Cup warm-up match against the Free State on Saturday 30 June.…
Academy Week 2012
Wellington in the Boland is the venue for this year’s provincial under-18 Academy Week running from 02-05 July. The match days are Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, so it’s quite congested and will be physically demanding on the players.…
Grant Khomo Week 2012
The Grant Khomo Week for under-16 provincial players starts at the University of Johannesburg on Monday 02 July 2012. The scheduling is very tight with each of the twenty teams playing three games over just four days.…
Bus burns: close call for KZN u18s
The KZN u18 players and coaching staff were fortunate to escape unharmed when their bus caught alight and eventually burnt to smithereens on the way back to Durban from East London earlier this week. Not so lucky was their new Mr Price Sport kit that was reduced to ashes.…
Thoughts on Hilton vs Michaelhouse game
With probably over 10000 people in attendance, Hilton’s Gilfillan field had this sort of mini amphitheatre feel about it. The atmosphere throughout the game was incredible but probably peaked just prior to kickoff. Reason…
Mr Price Sport backs the KZN u18 team
Mr Price Sport, well-known in schoolboy rugby circles throughout the country for their generous kit support, are continuing the existing partnership with the Kwazulu-Natal under 18 Craven Week team. …
The Bulls name a powerful u19 team
The Bulls have named their under-19 team to take on the Leopards in a Currie Cup under 19 preseason friendly at Loftus at 12:00pm on Thursday 28 June.…
u13 Craven Week Day 3
Fixtures for Thursday 28 June:
09:30am: Free State 34 Zimbabwe 0
10:20am: Namibia 10 Pumas 7
11:10am: Border Country Districts 19 Golden Lions 5
12:00pm: Border 5 Leopards 24
12:50pm: Griffons 22 Limpopo 0
01:40pm: Boland 22 Eastern Province 12
02:30pm: Griquas 11 KwaZulu Natal 5
03:20pm: Blue Bulls 28 South Western Districts 5
04:10pm: Valke 0 Western Province 17…
Cheetahs u19 team filled with Grey Bloem OBs
The Free State under-19 team to take on the Sharks in Winterton on Saturday 30 June has been named. Its interesting to see that the Union has been able to retain the services of many of the players that formed part of the unbeaten Grey College team of 2011. …
u13 Craven Week Day 2
The KZN u13s bounced back in the best way possible from an opening day defeat at the hands of the Valke to beat the hosts Free State 26-12. This certainly sets a good precedent for their u18 counterparts to follow when they meet Free State at Craven Week.
Eastern Province 12 Golden Lions 7 Limpopo 0 South Western Districts 15 Griffons 19 Pumas 7 Border Country Districts 0 Griquas 10 Boland 7 Valke 8 Leopards 0 Western Province 45 Namibia 36 Zimbabwe 5 Blue Bulls 34 Border 10 Free State 12 KwaZulu Natal 26…
Sharks u19 squad to take on the Cheetahs
The Sharks u19 team has finally been named. They will take on the Free State Cheetahs u19 team in Winterton on Saturday 30 June 2012.…
One-way traffic for KZN Schools u18 against Border
Well it’s a long way to go on a bus for a warm-up game, so hopefully the KZN Schools team and management got some sort of value out of their trip down to East London. KZN 62 Border 3 is how the game ended.…