Paul Roos settle on Pearson headmaster after 9 month process
Pearson headmaster Andre van Staden will replace Jannie van der Westhuizen as the schools rector. Paul Roos Media Release – New Rector…
Worrying start for the Rooibulle
HTS Middelburg played without several first choice players including injured flyhalf Riekert Barnard but ultimately paid the price for poor defence and went down 10-18 to Transvalia …
Who will it be in 2017?
Leading to the question of who will it be in 2017, here are my personal Schoolboy Rugby Blog awards for 2016.…
Which school’s 1st XV has the hardest April 2017 fixture list?
BoishaaiPa suggested this a few months back: a look at the various April (and 01 May) 2017 schoolboy rugby fixtures with the aim of determining which school has the hardest fixture list during this jam-packed period. So the million dollar question being asked is: “who got the X2 Magic Mountain ride?” and just for the fun the billion Zim dollar question: “who’s got the easiest ride?”…
Fichardtpark Sportsdag 2017
| SLOT | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat.04Mar | Sand du Plessis | Aliwal North | ||
| 2 | Sat.04Mar | Hendrik Potgieter | De Aar | ||
| 3 | Sat.04Mar | Hentie Cilliers | Landboudal | ||
| 4 | Sat.04Mar | AHS Kroonstad | Duineveld | ||
| 5 | Sat.04Mar | Marlow | Upington | ||
| 6 | Sat.04Mar | Welkom Gim | Jim Fouche | ||
| 7 | Sat.04Mar | Louis Botha | Noord-Kaap | ||
| 8 | Sat.04Mar | Fichardtpark | Wesvalia |
Virsekerbeker (formerly Beeldtrofee) matches on Kyknet
It’s being reported on SchoolofRugby that Kyknet will be broadcasting several games including those involving smaller schools participating in the Virsekerbeker.…
u19s at school: bona fide players or “huursoldate”?
The 2017 national schoolboy rugby season is fast approaching and there are already allegations doing the rounds about several schools who are expected to field 1st XV’s with excessive numbers of under-19 players.…
Artificial pitches – will Western Cape high schools consider them?
Picture from of the Windhoek Gim facebook page.
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Bad news for Junior Commonwealth games Sevens hopefuls
The Junior Commonwealth Games takes places in the Bahamas this year. The under-18 Sevens event will be staged from 19 to 23 July 2017. These dates clash with Craven Week which will be hosted by St Stithians in Randburg from 17-22 July.…
Saints Sports Festival 2017 – press release
St Stithians College is delighted to host its 34th Easter sports festival in April. Many of you know this festival as the Easter Sports Festival. St Stithians have decided to refer to the festival as the Saints Sports Festival to include both the Prep schools’ festival and the College festival culminating in a riveting 7 days of sport. …
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11 Gauteng schools ask Hilton College to refrain from “poaching”
Following the meeting of the Gauteng Heads of Boys’ Schools held in November 2016, no fewer than eleven Gauteng high schools were listed on a letter sent as a collective to Hilton College in same month.
The letter expressed concern over the transfer of boys from several Gauteng schools to Hilton College. It emphasised the issue at stake, made mention of what constitutes good values, asked for mutual respect and most importantly requested that Hilton refrains from “poaching” their players.…
Mastercoach Rugby Conference 2017
MasterCoach 2017 is an exciting, practical rugby conference taking place at Noordheuwel High School, Krugersdorp on 9 and 10 February 2017. The conference presents the opportunity to learn from the best and to improve your rugby coaching skills for the upcoming season.
During the conference the focus will be on the basics as well as new developments in modern rugby.…
Western Province Rugby Institute – Class of 2017 intake
On their Facebook page, the WPRI displays the profiles of 39 players making up their Class of 2017 (WPRI Facebook – Class of 2017)…
55 Bulls u19 contracted players for 2017
The Bulls recently announced their under-19 new arrivals for 2017.…
SA u20 Junior Springbok Training Camp 2017
85 players have been invited to attend a two-day training camp in Pretoria beginning on Monday 23 January.…
WP premier league boost for TSRF 2017
The 10th edition of the Tony Stoops Rugby Festival takes place at Brackenfell on 01, 03 and 05 April 2017. …
St Benedict’s College Rugby Preview 2017
Submitted article.
St Benedict’s started preseason training in October where our opens attended two field sessions a week and gym sessions coordinated by our strength and conditioning coach Miguel Caldeira to kick start preparations for the 2017 1st XV season.…
DPHS’s high school scholarship recipients
The DPHS success story continues. A few million Rands worth of scholarship money will be invested in these 29 future Class of 2021 students over the next 5 years.…
KZN Sharks Youth Week coaches for 2017 : plenty of changes
All three KZN Sharks u18 Craven Week 2016 coaches have moved on from their respective high school posts and are no longer eligible for reappointment. The ripple-effect is a number of promotions and a few new appointments in the overall KZN Sharks youth week coaching set up for 2017.…
Craven Week Player of the Year 2016
| YEAR | NAME | SCHOOL | PROVINCE | POSITION |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Damian Willemse | Paul Roos | Western Province | Flyhalf |
| 2015 | Ernst van Rhyn | Paarl Gymnasium | Western Province | Flank |
| 2014 | Curwin Bosch | Grey High | Eastern Province | Flyhalf |
| 2013 | Grant Hermanus | Paarl Gymnasium | Western Province | Wing |
| 2012 | Sergeal Petersen | Grey High | Eastern Province | Wing |
| 2011 | Jan Serfontein | Grey College | Free State | Centre |
| 2010 | Johan Goosen | Grey College | Free State | Flyhalf |
| 2009 | Andile Jho | Dale College | Border | Centre |
| 2008 | Sampie Mastriet | HTS Drostdy | Boland | Wing |
Wildeklawer Junior Tournament 2017 – u14, u15, u16 fixtures
The Wildeklawer Junior Tournament 2017 for under-14, under-15 and under-16 teams will again take on a North versus South theme. Diamantveld in Kimberley are the hosts of the event.…