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Grey High vs Wynberg on Reunion Day

22 May, 2014 beet 32

Grey PE, the school that came from 26-0 down to beat Paul Roos, the current no.2 ranked team in SA, by a single point in one of the most memorable games of the season, looked all set to claim a national top 5 position back in April. But what happened to them?…

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Live on TV: HJS Paarl BH vs Grey College

22 May, 2014 beet 53

With the exception of unfortunate first choice fullback Henry Immelman, who picked up a nasty looking injury against Affies a couple of weeks ago, Grey College will have a full strength team to take on Boishaai in Paarl on Saturday. The game will be televised on SuperSport 1 at 14h00. …

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Tygerberg loss means Grey Bloem is the last man standing

19 May, 2014 beet 12

Four tries either side of halftime in a game that Paarl Gim dominated up front and finished through their backs, saw previously unbeaten Tygerberg lose their unbeaten tag in unceremonious fashion. The final score was an massive 48-0 to Gimmies. That means Grey College is the only major unbeaten team left in South Africa in 2014!…

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Western Province u18 squad to play Boland

15 May, 2014 beet 23

Western Province has named a squad of 66 under-18 players for trials teams to play against Boland at Bellville High School on Wednesday 21 May 2014 as part of final Craven Week / Academy Week trials.…

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Western Cape school player recruitment dramas

14 May, 2014 beet 138

Introduction:
With school rugby becoming more professional by the day, more funds, usually made available via external sources, are being channeled towards rugby player acquisitions after Grade 8, than ever before. One thing that is evident in South African schoolboy rugby is that the Western Cape has a surplus of talent. So by connecting the two: more money for recruitment and a surplus talent pool, it seems obvious that the Western Cape is increasingly going to become the shopping ground of rich rugby schools from afar who want to improve their rugby profiles, with all that’s likely to vary being the means they use to acquire players.…

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Jaco Willemse out of big Gimmies vs Paul Roos clash

8 May, 2014 beet 5

Paarl Gymnasium ace lock Jaco Willemse has been ruled out for Saturday’s big Premier Interschool’s game against visiting fellow national powerhouse school Paul Roos Gymnasium from Stellenbosch. Willemse who stands 1.98m, weighs a massive 128kg…

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Match log: Grey High 27 Paul Roos 26

13 April, 2014 beet 30

Just when you thought that the UCT win against Pukke would be the comeback of the season, Grey High pulled off a 26-0 turnaround in less than 20 minutes to win this game 27-26 with the winning points coming off the last play of the game. Below is a match journal of the highlights from Paul Roos vs Grey High inter-schools match on 12 April 2014. …

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Western Cape: first big weekend of 2014 season

6 April, 2014 beet 26

Western Cape schoolboy rugby will be at peak activity this Saturday, 12 March. The televised game between Paul Roos and Grey High (PE) will be an option for everyone to watch. However the live game for neutrals to get to must surely be Bishops versus Boland Landbou…

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Paarl Gim’s touring squad for the Noord-Suid Toernooi

3 April, 2014 beet 34

Paarl Gynmasium are talking part in the inaugural Noord-Suid Toernooi at Menlopark in Pretoria. Having just beaten the local powerhouse Waterkloof 24-10 on Tuesday, Gimmies must now turn their attention to the improving Menlopark on Friday, 04 April. Here are the names the Paarl Gim squad on tour as well as the Klofies 1st XV, followed by some feedback on the game.…

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Tony Stoops Rugby Festival 2014 (TSRF)

25 March, 2014 beet 25

BIGGEST 1ST XV SCHOOL RUGBY FESTIVAL IN SOUTH AFRICA

The biggest just seems to get better every year!

The Tony Stoops Rugby Festival is the biggest 1st XV rugby festival in South Africa. This year’s  tournament looked like it had maxed out with a record 33 schools taking part. Not so. Next year no fewer than 44 schools are lined up. That is incredible!…

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Harrismith part of the Noord-Suid Toernooi

23 March, 2014 beet 1

The lesson learned from the Noord-Suid Toernooi 2014 will be that irrespective of how much money organisers have at their disposals, attracting top teams to participate is in a first time festival played during the school holidays is a lot easier said than done.

In their desperation to find a fourth team to be part of the inaugural Noord-Suid Toernooi, those in charge have had to settle on relatively unknown Free State Griffons rugby school Harrismith…

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WP Newlands Day 2014

23 March, 2014 beet 36

Tuesday, 25 March 2014

TIME SCHOOL SCHOOL
15h53 Milnerton 15 0 President
16h40 Boland Landbou 5 10 Wynberg
17h27 Paul Roos 25 0 SACS
18h14 Paarl Gim 25 10 Rondebosch
19h01 HJS Paarl BH 0 10 Bishops
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It’s Paarl Boys High up next after Paul Roos for brave San Isidro

13 March, 2014 beet 3

It looks like it might be a case of out of the frying pan, into the fire for San Isidro, the touring club from Argentina. Last Thursday they took on Paul Roos and this Friday they’ll pit their talents against Paarl Boys High (HJS). One thing is for sure, San Isidro will return to South America with the proud knowledge that they took on a couple of the best that South Africa has to offer.…

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Paarl Boys High select 30 players for the Sanix World Youth Tournament

6 March, 2014 beet 4

A rugby coaching transformation took place at Paarl Boys’ High School – Hoër Jongenskool Paarl (HJS) at the start of this year. The good news is that Sean Erasmus, new man in charge of rugby affairs at the school has already formed a productive working relationship with well-respected coach Elmo Wolfaardt. Sean has taken charge of the forwards, while Elmo is responsible for the backs. It’s just what the doctor ordered because Boishaai has an extra busy season ahead of them. The reason being they have accepted the challenge to represent South Africa at the annual Sanix (under-18) World Youth Tournament in Japan from 26 April to 07 May 2014.…

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Porterville Sportnaweek / Sports Weekend 2014

4 March, 2014 beet 0

1200 school students will take part in rugby and netball at this year’s Porterville Sports Weekend, sponsored by OK Grocers. Amongst them are 10 1st XV’s including powerhouse HJS Paarl Boys High, with new coach Sean Erasmus making his debut at this not to be missed event.…

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It’s Paul vs Roos at PRG school rugby trials

26 February, 2014 beet 12

Paul Roos Gymnasium head coach Hein Kriek is bound to have one of those preferred headaches tomorrow when the process of narrowing down a big pool of talented  candidates to just a starting 1st XV starts in earnest with a rugby trial match on Thursday, 27 February.…