W/Cape

One of the biggest Craven Week questions every years is why does Western Province not have two representative teams. For many it seems like a logical step, which if anything would cater for the higher concentration of talent in their region and improve the quality on offer at Craven Week. Upon request, Ploegskaar was kind enough to put together his form choices for WP Country and WP City Craven Week teams. As expected both teams look very strong.…

SACS came back down to earth with a bang against Paarl Gimnasium. Playing at home SACS had high hopes of upsetting the Boland powerhouse but it was not to be as they succumbed 39-15 (Half time 22-3) on an overcast morning in Newlands. …

For the second week in a row The South African College High School (SACS) travelled a short distance down the road to one of their traditional Southern Suburb rivals, this time Rondebosch Boys’ High. Once again the hosts were firm favourites, most of their largely Grade 12 team, having never lost a Southern Suburbs derby in their High School careers. For the second week in a row SACS started slowly conceding an early lead before coming back to win 27-15 (Half-time 10-8). …

Leading rugby schools in Western Province were summoned to attend a meeting at headquarters earlier this week, where they were told that the use of the squad system which involves using fresh reserves off the bench for 1st XV inter-schools matches, would no longer be permitted.…

The South African College High School (SACS) travelled down the road to Diocesan College (Bishops) for another instalment in the oldest schoolboy rugby match in recorded history. Bishops have been in a rich vein of form this season and playing at home they were clear favourites even though SACS have been playing well themselves. Bishops started like a house on fire…

Having beaten Australia’s Brisbane Boys’ College 35-3 in Japan to become the fourth South African team to claim the international Sanix title, Paul Roos Gymnasium must now set their eyes on achieving a far more unique and possibly more prestigious goal – the powerhouse grand slam!…

After the success they’ve enjoyed against schools from other provinces during the Easter holidays, Western Cape schoolboy rugby is looking stronger than ever. Now starts the process of battling it out against each other as most of the province’s leading rugby schools take to the field on Saturday. Here is Ploegskaar’s take on what’s to come.…

In 2015, Paul Roos Gymnasium celebrates their 150th birthday. As part of those celebrations, the school has organised an outstanding rugby day on Saturday, 28 March 2015.

TEAM LISTS:…

26 school teams will play two shortened matches each at The Farm near Paarl as the Western Cape preseason winds down.…

Apart from 60+ rugby teams, there are also 20 schools competing in netball over the weekend, so something for everybody. All the kids participate for free, including meals on Friday evening and Saturday thanks to Porterville’s great sponsors.[1200 participate,700 sleepover].…

Western Province is adopting a new national youth week selection strategy that should improve the fairness of their process quite considerably.…

This probably won’t be news to the well-informed Western Province community but for the rest of the schoolboy rugby loving country it might be a good thing to keep an eye on Bellville High School’s progress this season. This year’s 1st XV senior group has achieved really good results coming up through the age-groups.…

At Paul Roos, 2015 marks the start of their 150th year of existence. However the first few days of the new school year saw some of their avid adult rugby supporters stopping to focus on a disappointment rather than the celebrations that are set to come at the school. The unhappiness was caused when it was discovered that one of their top sportsmen (rugby and athletics) from last year’s under-15 age-group would not be returning to the school as he had joined rivals Paarl Gymnasium.…