Queen’s College took on hosts, Graeme College, in Grahamstown this past weekend. The match was played in near perfect conditions, which was conducive for running rugby. Queen’s won the toss and played with the gentle breeze at their backs.…
It’s almost never that one gets to use the terms Grey College and losing streak in the same sentence. SA’s most successful rugby school has lost three in a row but will be hoping to get their injury hampered season back on course with a win in East London. …
THE annual Meyer Sauerman Tournament will take place at Brandwag on Saturday (May 16).
The tournament features the final trials teams in the U18 and U16 age-groups, after which the teams for the interprovincials in July will be chosen.…
From EP Rugby:
THERE will be plenty to play for when the Meyer Sauerman tournament takes place at Brandwag in Uitenhage on Saturday (May 16) as players from around the province vie for spots in the provincial teams for the junior weeks to be played in July.…
Queen’s College hosted Kingswood College, from Grahamstown, at The Recreation Ground. The match was played in overcast and windy conditions but this did not hamper the flow of the game as both teams attacked relentlessly for the entire match. The game produced eleven tries which had the crowd on the edge of their seats till the final whistle.…
From EP Rugby
Grahamstown schools St Andrew’s and Kingswood will be itching to get back into action this weekend when they open their schools rugby programmes after the first-term holidays.…
From Queen’s College
Queen’s College hosted Welkom Gimnasium at The Recreation Ground, on Friday the 24th of April, for the first time in the two schools’ history. The game was played in perfect conditions.…
From Queen’s College
A record number of teams from Queen’s College, in Queenstown, participated in various rugby festivals throughout the country over the Easter Holidays. The Queen’s College First XV and Queen’s College Junior U13A participated at the KES Easter Festival, whilst the U16A took part in the Jeppe Festival and the U15A and U14A teams took part at the Grey High School Festival in Port Elizabeth. All the teams performed admirably and managed to win all their fixtures against their various opponents.…
For a bit of fun I asked a number of the die-hard Eastern Cape supporters to pick their team of the day from this year’s Graeme Rugby Day, a festival that showcases many of the Eastern Cape’s most talented 1st XV players. Bishops were the invited guests and a couple of their players also grabbed the attention of the locals Here’s the team arrived at by combining everyone’s input:…
From Queen’s College
Queen’s College played against Pearson, at Graeme College Rugby Day, in Grahamstown this last weekend. The field was still wet underfoot after the previous week’s rain.…
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| Time | School | School | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08h00 | Union | 0 | 8 | Cambridge |
| 09h10 | Muir | 0 | 26 | Hudson Park |
| 10h20 | Queen’s | 41 | 7 | Pearson |
| 11h30 | Selborne | 45 | 12 | Brandwag |
| 12h40 | Kingswood | 28 | 31 | Marlow |
| 13h50 | St Andrew’s | 33 | 20 | Nico Malan |
| 15h00 | Graeme | 0 | 27 | Dale |
| 16h10 | Grey HS | 24 | 15 | Bishops |
Bishops has an extended stay over in Grahamstown this year. The Cape Town based school normally travels to the City of Saints every other year to compete in inter-schools against St Andrew’s College. This time around Bishops has agreed be part of the annual Graeme College Rugby Day as well and will be up against Port Elizabeth powerhouse, Grey High School in the main game of that event.…
From Queen’s College
Queen’s College started the season off with a tough encounter against Grens, from East London, at the annual Border Schools’ Rugby Day. The match was played in windy conditions at Selborne College.…
Place: Graeme College in Grahamstown
Date: Saturday, 28 March 2015
| School | School | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Union | 0 | 8 | Cambridge |
| Muir | 0 | 26 | Hudson Park |
| Queen’s | 41 | 7 | Pearson |
| Selborne | 45 | 12 | Brandwag |
| Kingswood | 28 | 31 | Marlow |
| St Andrew’s | 33 | 20 | Nico Malan |
| Graeme | 0 | 27 | Dale |
| Grey HS | 24 | 15 | Bishops |
Paarl Boys High’s under-19A will come up against Port Elizabeth’s Framesby this Saturday evening in the main rugby match of the festival at Porterville. Earlier in the evening, the Boishaai under-19B’s play Boland’s Schoonspruit. …
The annual Border Rugby Day is at Selborne College in East London on 21 March 2015…
Port Elizabeth high school Pearson might have something to offer by way of competitiveness when they take on local rivals this season. Most of their 1st XV that did duty in 2014 is back for this season’s action.…
Thank you to Eastern Cape school rugby supporter “Rugbyfan” for this blog about many of the leading contenders on the Eastern Cape scene:…
There is a BIG problem in EPCD. Two of their main schools Kingswood and St Andrew’s, both privates based in Grahamstown have placed their own annual inter-schools meeting above the region’s Craven Week preparations on the rugby priority list.…
The DHS 1st XV enters the 2015 season minus two standout rugby players who have returned to the Eastern Cape.…
An article with the header “New Kids on the Block” appearing in the recent edition of regional newspaper The Bulge added warmth to the welcoming function attended by three new Dalians Solomon Makhubela (Leopards Craven Week 2014), Oratile Mabusela (Leopards Craven Week 2014) and Thabiso Msiza (Leopards Craven Week 2014) in King William’s Town.…
Ahead of what’s expected to be a cracker of a rugby season for Selborne comes the news that Andrew Dewar will replace now retired principal Sam Gunn who has provided the East London school with 21 years of unbelievable service. Interestingly Andrew Dewar is the deputy headmaster at Queen’s College just like Mr Gunn was before he joined Selborne back in 1993.…
Prop Lupumlo Mguca who was one of only eight under-17 players to have represented the SA Schools team in under-18 internationals last year, is jetting off to New Zealand to attend Burnside, a co-ed high school in Christchurch, home to the Crusaders Super Rugby team.…
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