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.…
It might feel like a case of déjà vu for Grey High School in Port Elizabeth right now. They have learnt that they will be losing a second head coach to professional rugby in a little over a year. …
The St Andrew’s College of Grahamstown December 2014 newsletter named Andrew Royle as their new Director of Rugby. He replaces Graeme College bound Allan Miles who’s achievements were also highlighted in the same newsletter.…
Little private school Southdowns, who play in the Beeld Trofee competition for small schools, has built up a bit of a reputation over the last few years for “acquiring” top school players from prominent Border high schools. Now it’s their turn to experience what it’s like to lose a promising youngster.
Kwezi Mafu, a highly rated loose-forward who represented the Blue Bulls under-16 team at Grant Khomo Week in 2013 and in 2014, has left Southdowns College in Centurion, Pretoria to join Grey High School in Port Elizabeth.…
Eastern Province has contracted 19 youngsters for their 2015 season.…
St Andrew’s College of Grahamstown is in the process of finding a new Director of Rugby. The reason for this is that Old Selbornian Allan Miles, their head of rugby for the past five seasons has decided not to renew his contract. He will instead be follow a different career path by take up a full-time teaching post and senior housemaster position at neighbouring Graeme College, starting in 2015.…
Marlow was crowned on Saturday as the champions of Die Burger Rugby Competition after beating Paarl Boys High 11-10 in a thrilling final.…
The finals of Die Burger Rugby Competition for High Schools will take place on Saturday 30 August at Cradock.
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Home team Marlow caused an upset by beating Outeniqua 17-10 in their Die Burger Large Schools semi-final. This is a reversal of the 2013 result when Marlow lost to the 18-6 to Kwaggas in George in the same competition. By beating Outeniqua (SWD) in their semi-final clash this afternoon, Marlow (EP) assured themselves a home final.
The finals of the 2014 Die Burger Rugby Competition for High Schools will be played on Saturday August 30 at Cradock.…
Queen’s College First XV Match Report versus Dale College by John Duncan, Queen’s Head of Rugby.
Queen’s College and Dale College did battle against one another, in an FNB Classic Clash, on Saturday the 23rd of August in Queenstown. The 173rd match between these, proud Border Schools,’ proved to be a game of two halves and a tightly contested affair.…
The Victoria Recreation Ground, home of Queen’s College is where the 173rd game between Queen’s and Dale will take place. The closeness of the 123-year-old rivalry is told in the head-to-head where Queen’s hold a narrow 80-76 (16 draws) lead.…
Former Queen’s College 1st XV head coach John Duncan has returned to head up the Queenstown school’s rugby programme after an almost two year absence. The well-respected rugby man resigned during November 2012 (link to blog here). …
By John Duncan – Queen’s College Head of Rugby
Queen’s College travelled to East London to do battle against Cambridge in East London. The hosts, who have had an impressive run, would have fancied their chances against Queen’s but it was not to be in this tightly contested affair.…
Die Burger still seems to be struggling to establish itself as a knock-out tournament of significance.
The concept for this small Cape coastal belt competition is borrowed from the highly successful Noordvaal Beeldtrofee (formerly Administrators’ Cup) and is therefore a good one.…
The Eastern Cape school rugby season has been building up towards this huge intercity clash almost since Day 1. Selborne of East London and Grey High School of Port Elizabeth, the top two teams in the province will battle it out for top honours on Saturday, 16 August 2014.…
By John Duncan
On Saturday the 9th of May, Queen’s College and Hangklip Hoerskool, clashed for the 50th game between these two schools which saw Queeen’s College win the local derby 61-7.…
“Once again and for the third successive year Dale College First Rugby XV will wear their Pink Strip of Pink jerseys and shorts to highlight the disease of Cancer when Dale College and a formidable Selborne College play the 189th game against each other in King William’s Town. This history of rugby rivalry goes back to 1892! Dale’s sort after motivating Pink Strip is only worn by Dale once a year at present. The initiative and motivation behind Pink Day at Dale and playing in Pink strip to highlight Cancer is still possibly a first for any South African schools”…
Kingswood broke their derby day hoodoo with a determined victory over Graeme College, in a pulsating fixture on Somerset Field. Kingswood came back from a 19-8 deficit to clinch the game at the death.…
Since the problems being experienced by the Border Rugby Football Union have been put forward as a good reason for top school rugby players kids from schools in the region wanting to jump ship (with consent of their parents / guardians off course), I wanted to explore this. Can the problems at the Rugby Union rightfully be blamed for any sort of exodus or is this just a convenient excuse being used?…
With Queen’s a little off the pace in 2014, it’s been left to regional powerhouses Selborne and Dale to battle it out for the Border title in 2014. Selborne will be the favourites but Dale can’t be underestimated. The boys from King put up a huge challenge against a good Grey High 1st XV in Port Elizabeth a fortnight ago.…
By Jon Leiper (Kingswood)
Kingswood and St Andrews once again served up a thriller on City Lords in their annual derby match. Both sides committed themselves to playing positive, attacking rugby, and this resulted in a match that was full of thrilling moments. In a game very much of two halves, ultimately it was College who won the match, 42-28. However this score line did not truly reflect the events on the field.…
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