Picking your SA Schools team
As we await the SA Schools selections it’s always a bit of fun to jot down your own team so here are a few things to consider if you want to be a little more serious about the exercise……
General
Border Craven Week team 2017
Not yet official
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World Rugby states u20s may not be next senior national representative team
World Rugby sent out mixed signals about “the important and necessary step to protecting the integrity and credibility of international rugby”.
World Rugby’s confirmed change from 3 to 5 years of residency will certainly help increasingly under fire nations like South Africa however scrapping the u20 national B-team status could have counter productive.…
Menlopark wins the overall Tuksreeks title for 2017
| – | SCHOOL | Rugby | HockeyB | HockeyG | Netball | Golf | Chess | Squash | C/Country | Tennis | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Menlopark | 60 | 15 | 32 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 184 |
| 2 | Garsfontein | 48 | 16 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 165 |
| 3 | Monument | 64 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 158 |
| 4 | Nelspruit | 44 | 14 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 150 |
| 5 | HTS Middelburg | 36 | 11 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 135 |
| 6 | Transvalia | 52 | 9 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 121 |
| 7 | Rustenburg | 40 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 120 |
| 8 | Eldoraigne | 32 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 119 |
| 9 | EG Jansen | 56 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 117 |
| 10 | Kempton Park | 28 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 110 |
| 11 | Pietersburg | 24 | 12 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 110 |
| 12 | Klerksdorp | 16 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 77 |
| 13 | Florida | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | – | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 61 |
Coaches welcome rolling subs at Easter Festival games
A dozen or so asked school rugby coaches applauded the use of rolling subs at all three big annual Johannesburg based Easter Rugby Festivals this year.…
KERF ref explains “controversial” yellow card
SLAPPING DOWN A BALL TOWARDS YOUR OWN GOAL-LINE IS STILL ALLOWED.
JUST DON’T DELIBERATELY KNOCK-ON A BALL TO STOP THE OPPONENTS’ ATTACKING PLAY! …
Easter Festival Predictions 2017
Since I can no longer use the old prediction pool plugin, here’s an experimental prediction template for all 4 major Easter Festivals but you’ll need a newer version of MS Excel.…
Andre T’s Kearsney ELV Big Braai
As quite a few of you already know, Andre T is organising an ELV braai at the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival. …
Saints Festival: app and recovery centres
The St Stithians College Sports Festival has used an app (find it here -> http://bit.ly/2mFw3Zo)…
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.…