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@schoolofrugbyThe match between Affies & Outeniqua scheduled for 10 August has been canceled.
This was meant to be the highlight of Kwagga Dag. News filtering through is that Affies pulled the plug.…
On 19 August 2006, Paul Roos recorded a famous 16-11 win against Grey College in Bloemfontein. For a total of 2458 days thereafter the Grey College home ground became an impenetrable fortress as they built up what must surely be one of the longest unbeaten home streaks in modern era school rugby history. …
The Boland High Schools rugby selectors have announced three teams (plus reserves) to play against their Western Province counterparts at the CPUT (old WOK) fields in Wellington on Wednesday 22 May 2013 (starting time 14:30)…
The South Western Districts under-18 team will go to Craven Week this year with a genuine chance of doing well and perhaps even featuring in the main game on the final day. SWD won the unofficial Craven Week final back in 2008 when outstanding no.8 CJ Stander of Oakdale was at the helm.…
Paul Roos is a much improved team from the one that started the season. They however have a mountain to climb if they are to beat SA’s best schoolboy rugby team Paarl Gim today in the next installment of the Premier Interschools live coverage rugby.…
The WP schools rugby selectors have announced the three final Under 18 trials teams, which will practice at De Kuilen on Monday 13 and 20 May 2013 and then, after any tweaking necessitated by injury, take on their Boland counterparts at Wellington on Wednesday 22 May.…
Paarl Gymnasium defeated Outeniqua 37-25 in an away game the many got to enjoy as a result of the Premier Interschools live T.V. coverage. By winning the game Gimmies effectively put a target on their backs as the new team to beat in SA schoolboy rugby.
The game was little like a “Rock, Paper, Scissors!” contest with the Kwaggas constantly opting for individual brilliance (scissors) and almost always being trumped by Gim’s teamwork approach (rock). …
Article from www.stoopstats.co.za
The selectors have named four teams plus reserves for what should be the penultimate round of trials, to be held at Bellville High School on Wednesday 24 April 2013.
While one would normally assume that the Stoffberg and Links teams, who meet at 16:15 are more highly regarded than the Jasper and van Rensburg selections, who play each other at 15:15, there is always room for surprises in the final selections.…
Enlisting the help of numerous bloggers from around the country that actively follow schoolboy rugby in South Africa, a list was compiled of the top 20 Easter festival matches that will be taking place over the next few days.
It was unanimously decided that the Grey College versus Outeniqua game to be played at the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival (KERF) on Monday, 01 April 2013, is going to be by far and away the biggest game of them all. …
It’s a really cool initiative by the organisers of the NWU-Puk Skouspel. Every year they select a team of stand out players from the schools that participate in the tournament. This year’s team turned out to be a blend of talent from all around the country.
Latest: Hanro Liebenberg (Drostdy) is named player of the tournament, Dimitrio Tieties (Noord-Kaap) is the top backline player and Ox Nche (louis Botha) is the top forward.…
Pundits have been saying ever since last year that Outeniqua from George is going to make a strong challenge for the unofficial title of best team in South Africa come 2013. The Kwaggas have 12 returning 1st XV players from the team that claimed a top 5 finish in 2012. …
20 minutes per half and no kicking will again be the order of the day at WP Rugby Day to be played at Newlands on Monday 18-Mar-2013. Entrance is FREE so make sure you get there!
| 15:55 | SACS | 5 | 5 | Strand |
| 16:40 | Bishops | 25 | 10 | Stellenberg |
| 17:25 | Wynberg | 15 | 20 | Paul Roos |
| 18:10 | Rondebosch | 0 | 0 | HJS Paarl |
| 18:53 | Paarl Gim | 20 | 5 | Boland Landbou |
Paul Roos has named their team for the WP Rugby Day match against Wynberg at 18:53 on 18-Mar-2013.…
Paarl Boys High overcame a determined San Isidro from Argentina 38-20 after leading 24-6 at the break. The match played in 37 degree heat was Boishaai’s first for 2013. Judging by the result and the calibre of the opposition who’s reputation had been enhanced by good showings against Drostdy and Paul Roos, Boishaai has all rights to feels happy about this positive start to the season.…
San Isidro, the high school from Buenos Aires in Argentina has three teams out on a tour of the Western Cape at the moment. Having just outscored Drostdy by three tries to one in a 17-17 draw at fortress Trappespark, suggests that these tourists mean business. …
25 Feb 2013. Paul Roos has agreed a 3-year sponsorship deal…
Blue Bulls scout Xander Janse van Rensburg, who is known to travel the length and breadth of South Africa during the school rugby season in search of talent to sign up for the Loftus based team and the University of Pretoria, is in the Western Cape at the moment. Since the local school season is still weeks away from kicking off, his much earlier than anticipated trip down south has a number of loyal Province officials feeling a bit uncomfortable. …
Some SACS fans are already out in force to drum up more support for their team using twitter and facebook. …
The Western Province Rugby Institute (WPRI) officially came into being in 2007. Its objective is to tap into the vast rugby talent pool that exists in the Western Cape and then to fill any positional gaps with players from outside the region. The Institute accepts that it is not the beginning point of rugby development (schools are), nor is it the end point, however what it has set out to achieve is use a one year programme to transform dedicated rugby players from “young boys into rugby playing men.” …
Taking the South African Superugby wider squads for 2013 as they appear on Wikipedia, here is the long list of the 202 players with the schools that 197 of them attended. The 5 Kings foreigners are overlooked.…
Silly season is nearing its completion and soon all questions about where the various school teams actually fit into the big picture will start to be answered. When it comes to pre-season discussions about who will be top of the pile in the Western Cape, conversations don’t often progress much further than a chat about what the outcomes will be in the intense and pulsating games between Paarl Boys High (HJS), Paarl Gim and Paul Roos.…
Dawie Snyman Sr is the new Paul Roos Gymnasium assistant coach. Snyman coached Western Province to five consecutive Currie Cup final victories between 1982 and 1986. He’ll now be applying his wisdom and vast experience as the backline coach, a support role to newly promoted head coach Hein Kriek.…
Justin Geduld of Western Province is a sight for sore eyes on the rugby field. He is able to rely on a combination of speed, balance, strength on the feet and vision to pick out perfect lines. This has helped him to unhinge even the most well-organised and tightly guarded midfield defensive structures.…
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