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Over-aged KZN school player resurfaces in provincial sevens

13 November, 2012 beet 32

On 03 November 2012 the Sharks team defeated Eastern Province Kings 29-14 in the SARU national sevens final for and I stress here for mens teams. A member of the impressive EP team was none other than one Mbembe Payi. Payi was a student at DHS earlier this year…

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2012 @Lantic Provincial 7s : KZN finishes 4th

8 October, 2012 beet 1

Free State was crowned as national provincial under-18 7s champions for 2012 on Friday after they defeated the Valke 40-33 in the final of the @lantic tournament. KwaZulu-Natal finished in fourth place.…

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SA HP u16 Squad 2012

24 August, 2012 beet 19

After much delay, the 50 player strong HP under-16 squad has finally been published. KwaZulu-Natal has four representatives, while the Lions have nine and Western Province plus the Free State contribute eight boys apiece. Grey College from Bloemfontein is the best represented school with four followed by Glenwood with three. The players will attend  a training camp from 30 September to 7 October at the Paarl Gymnasium High School…

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SBR Weekend – 04/08/2012

6 August, 2012 beet 5
Maritzburg College 27 27 Glenwood
Grey College 58 10 Kearsney
Dale 12 7 Selborne
Daniel Pienaar 29 19 Marlow
Grey PE 35 29 Framesby
Queens 47 3 Hangklip
St Andrews 47 17 Muir
Diamantveld 46 10 Jeppe
Affies 36 20 Pretoria BH
Ermelo 36 12 Ben Vorster
Garsfontein 23 17 Florida
Middelburg 25 25 Garsfontein
Middelburg HTS 26 16 Menlopark
Kempton Park 19 19 Centurion
Kempton Park 31 24 Rustenburg
KES 82 3 Parktown
Klerksdorp 31 25 Alberton
Monument 25 8 Middelburg
Waterkloof 46 21 EG Jansen
Boland Landbou 55 10 De Kuilen
Drostdy 12 11 Paul Roos
Oakdale 41 5 Punt
Outeniqua 68 14 Oudtshoorn
Paarl Gim 16 9 Paarl BH
SACS 26 6 Rondebosch
Tygerberg 22 20 Swartland
Wynberg 25 16 Bishops
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2012 SA Schools Squad named

28 July, 2012 beet 15

Four Kwazulu-Natal players have been included in the SA Schools 28-player strong squad to take on England, France and Wales during August…

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Preview: Selborne vs Queens

27 July, 2012 Ludz 41

On Saturday Selborne College will welcome Queen’s College to The Fortress in what is one of the most anticipated schoolboy derbies of the season. The match will come off the back of 2 reasonably comfortable victories for both teams, Queen’s having a bit of a runaway victory winning 52-10 against Port Rex and Selborne winning 20-7 against Hudson Park.…

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SBR Weekend – 28/07/2012

26 July, 2012 beet 0
Affies 28 10 Glenwood
Pretoria BH 26 25 Maritzburg College
Marlow 39 10 Oakdale
Outeniqua 39 8 Framesby
Drostdy 19 18 SACS
Rondebosch 8 38 Paarl Gym
Bishops 10 26 Paul Roos
Bellville 8 49 Boland Landbou
Wynberg 6 12 Paarl BH
Tygerberg 19 24 De Kuilen
Graeme College 15 11 Kingswood
Selborne 17 26 Queens
Grey College 22 3 Grey High
Dale 22 20 St Andrews
Jeppe 28 13 KES
Centurion  19 19 Kempton Park Beeld Trofee – 31/07
HTS Middelburg  26 16 Menlopark Beeld Trofee – 31/07
Garsfontein  23  17 Florida Beeld Trofee – 31/07
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SA Schools u18 Trial Group 2012 (50 players)

14 July, 2012 beet 17

Maritzburg College’s Jesse Kriel, one of the star players of Craven Week 2012 along with the Kearsney College trio of Sandile Kubeka and the du Preez twins Daniel and Jean-Luc have all cracked the nod to be included in the SA Schools 50-player squad. 

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KZN take on EP on Craven Week final day

13 July, 2012 beet 58

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.…

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Craven Week 2012 Fixtures : How Day 1 & 2 might turn out

8 July, 2012 beet 68

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.…

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Craven Week 2012 : Players to watch

8 July, 2012 beet 3

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.…

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Academy Week Day 1 results

3 July, 2012 beet 0

 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.…

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Academy Week 2012

1 July, 2012 beet 15

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.…

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Grant Khomo Week 2012

1 July, 2012 beet 22

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.…