Noordvaal
Tuks Reeks champs take down the SANIX champs
The Monument Witbulle from Krugersdorp continued to build on their success rate against Glenwood of Durban ever since their interschool was established a few years ago, winning 40-15 this time around.…
Recent Golden Lions u18 provisional teams 2016
The Golden Lions are in the process of finalising their provisional under-18 teams and going through the annual ritual of playing matches against neighbouring unions to test players further. Here is a recent selection of teams. …
Affies looking to make it 4 wins in 5 years against Grey
On TV – Supersport 210 at 14h50…
Jeppe beats Northwood 46-14 – match report 2016
Johannesburg visitors Jeppe produced a five-star first half backline performance on their way to recording a 46-14 victory against Northwood. The Jeppe backs combined brilliantly to exploit the spaces on the field. Using speed, superior handling and vision, they scored five tries in the first 35-minutes, helping their team to change ends at 41-7 to the good. All credit to Northwood as well. The second half score of 7-5 in the home team’s favour speaks volumes about a team that never threw in the towel and showed a lot of character.…
Affies beats Westville 62-0 : match report
Simply put Affies were sublime and Westville hit the self-destruct button a few too many times to gain any sort of meaningful foothold for most of the match.…
Golden Lions u18 trials
At Alberton Rugby Club on Monday 04 April 2016. Games is 2x 20 minute and no kicking at goal allowed. Therefore not proper matches.
| 12:00 | Jan Viljoen | Invitation |
| 12:50 | Florida | Randburg |
| 13:40 | Marais Viljoen | Bastion |
| 14:30 | St Stithians | Dinamika |
| 15:20 | St David’s | Linden |
| 16:10 | St Benedict’s | Noordheuwel |
| 17:00 | St John’s | Alberton |
| 17:50 | Monument | Jeppe |
| 18:40 | KES | Helpmekaar |
Garsies 58-17 Menlo in the first big clash of 2016:
Pretoria heavyweights Garsfontein and Menlopark lock horns in the Tuks Skole Reeks on Saturday. This is the first of many big Noordvaal school rugby clashes set for 2016 and could even prove to be a defining game as far as national ranking aspirations are concerned. …
Blue Bulls school rugby evening at Loftus – fixtures
The Blue Bulls will be hosting a rugby evening on Thursday 03 March 2016. Participating schools will be allowed to use 26 players on rotation in 25-min per half matches with no place kicking allowed.
| 15h00 | Merensky | 20-20 | Pretoria THS |
| 16h00 | Montana | 10-05 | Oos-Moot |
| 17h00 | Ben Vorster | 30-10 | Potch Gim |
| 18h00 | EG Jansen | 45-00 | Tuks Invitational |
| 19h00 | Jeppe | 50-10 | Zwartkop |
| 20h00 | Monument | 15-10 | Diamantveld |
| 21h00 | Welkom Gim | 25-15 | Waterkloof |
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Tuks Reeks 2015 revisited
The Tuks Skole Reeks for 2016 is about to kick off. Here’s a summary of 2015 results.…
Parktown disagreement with KES
Included: letter from Parktown detailing their views as well as a letter issued by KES to their own community prior to the Parktown letter
Parktown has withdrawn (suspended) sporting fixtures against KES in the interim. The two schools are busy talking about this so there are chances that the Parktown issues will be resolved. Two ex-Parktown boys were amongst a group of 20 odd boys (some from state schools, some from independent both boys and co-ed schools) who enrolled from grade 9 -11 at KES this year and are the cause of Parktown’s decision.…
Centurion & Eldoraigne kill two birds with one stone
A smart joint decision has been made by Centurion and Eldoraigne. They have agreed to have their Tuks Reeks match in March double as a Beeld Bulls Macro B-league encounter. As a result the two Pretoria Co-eds avoid having to play each other twice via scheduled matches. There is however no guarantee that they won’t meet during the knockout phase of either cup competition. …
Kennedy Tsimba to head up St Alban’s rugby
Former Zimbabwean test player Kennedy Tsimba who really made a name for himself in South Africa as a creative flyhalf wearing the colours of Free State, has been appointed to the position of Director of Rugby here at St Alban’s College, with effect from 1 January 2016.…
Beeld champions Garsfontein to make their debut at Wildeklawer 2016
Garsfontein, who made history in 2015 by capturing the first ever Beeld Trophy Makro Schools title, are close to finalising what looks like a very challenging fixture list for 2016. A significant change is the effective switching from St John’s Rugby Festival to Wildeklawer, where they will take on Grey College in the opening match.…
Affies 1st XV rugby fixtures for 2016
The www.Affiesrugby.co.za has put up a detailed list of the Affies rugby fixtures for 2016 here: http://www.affiesrugby.co.za/2016-bepalings.html…
Noordvaal u16 Bondedag Tournament touring team to Ireland.
Very few people outside the Northvaal region are aware that an u16 Academy Week occurs just before the annual Grant Khomo Week and has been going on for nine seasons now. This year it was held at the Isak Steyl Stadium in Vanderbijlpark and consisted of three matchdays.…
Monnas are the Coke-Reeks champs for 2015
Monument of Krugersdorp defeated 2014 champs Menlopark 23-13 in the final to become the Coke-Reeks title holders for 2015.…
Beeld Trofee final 2015 highlights on TV
Catch a 30min highlight package on Supersport channel 208 at 19h30 on Tuesday, 01 September 2015. Garsfontein beat HTS Middelburg in the record-breaking high scoring final to claim their first ever Beeld title.
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History of the Beeld : Garsies make history
After losing out by one point to Nelspruit in 2014, Garsfontein from Pretoria rewrote the history books on Saturday when they beat HTS Middelburg 42-40 in the Beeld Noordvaal Trofee final to claim the much sort after “Macro Schools” title for the first time in their history. Garsfontein opened its doors in 1988. The 2015 final also accounted for the highest number of points scored in a final – 82 points. The previous highest was 43 – 23 in 1998 when Affies beat Waterkloof.…
Beeld Noordvaal Trofee 2015
GARSFONTEIN ARE THE 2015 CHAMPIONS!!!
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Photos could help trace school referee’s attacker
There’s a new development in the case of the school rugby referee that was attacked by a spectator on Saturday 15 August 2015, after the Beeld Large School’s semifinal at Oos-Moot in Pretoria. It is being reported that the Blue Bulls Rugby Union are now in possession of photographs showing the bakkie and number-plate of the alleged assailant. …
A braai-selector’s Monnas team of the last decade
Updated
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Heidelberg Volkies’ impressive season continues
From a reader: HEIDELBERG VOLKIES “WHITE TIGERS” WIN THE “VALKE GROOT SKOLE” LEAGUE
On a cold and windy winter’s afternoon Heidelberg Volkies and Hugenote contested the crown for the 2015 “Valke Groot Skole” Champion.…
Affies beats Maritzburg College 50-19
Affies and Maritzburg College square off on the A-field in Pretoria. The match will be televised on DSTV channel 206 at 14h00.…
Affies – Menlopark game cancelled for a second year running
The planned Affies versus Menlopark inter-schools has been scratched off the rugby fixture list once again.…
Bulls u18 team to play the Lions
Haiving losing 29-10 to the Pumas in a friendly on Tuesday night, the Blue Bulls have made seven changes to their squad to face the Lions in a Craven Week warm up game on Tuesday, 26 May 2015…
Waterkloof & Affies meet for the 40th time
The form book suggests that home team Affies are the overwhelming favourites to beat Klofies for the 31st time on Saturday. Klofies was only established in 1979 but they quickly rose to become a major force in the Blue Bulls region.…
Westville can wrap up Grogper ’15 for KZN
With a 13-10 lead, KZN is just one win away from retaining the English Medium Schools Grogper Cup. It could be a done deal by this Saturday if Westville can produce match-winning form in their rematch against the KES.…
Valke ambition gets a Craven Week cold shoulder
With 13 of the power EG Jansen team in their squad of 22, it’s reasonable to expect the Valke to be a handful for any top provincial under-18 team they come up against this season. Their Craven Week schedule may however not do them justice. …
Monnas claim the overall Tuks Skole Reeks 2015 title
Monument of Krugersdorp is the overall winners of Tuks Skole Reeks competition for Co-ed schools. 8 different sports namely rugby, hockey, netball, golf, chess, squash, cross country and tennis across all high school age-groups contributed to points scored in the 16-strong school competition.
| School | Rugby | G Hky | B Hky | Nball | Golf | Chess | Squash | CrossC | Tennis | Total | |
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| 1 | Monument | 64 | 24 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 171 |
| 2 | Garsfontein | 60 | 28 | 15 | 24 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 7.5 | 11 | 13 | 168.5 |
| 3 | Nelspruit | 56 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 155 |
| 4 | Eldoraigne | 48 | 22 | 10 | 32 | 4 | 7.5 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 150.5 |
| 5 | HTS Middelburg | 40 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 10 | 15 | 133.5 |
| 6 | Pietersburg | 36 | 30 | 9 | 22 | 3.5 | 3 | 5.5 | 8 | 10 | 127 |
| 7 | Marais Viljoen | 32 | 16 | 4 | 30 | 6 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 9 | 14 | 119 |
| 8 | Kempton Park | 44 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 2.5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 112.5 |
| 9 | Transvalia | 28 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 6.5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 104.5 |
| 10 | EG Jansen | 52 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 5 | 5 | 97 |
| 11 | Rustenburg | 24 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 7.5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 95.5 |
| 12 | Ermelo | 4 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 60 |
| 13 | Klerksdorp | 20 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 57 |
| 14 | Centurion | 12 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 12 | 2 | 55 |
| 14 | Vereeniging Gim | 8 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 1.5 | 2 | 3.5 | 7 | 1 | 55 |
| 16 | Florida | 16 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0.5 | 7 | 1.5 | 2 | 3 | 39 |
| Total on offer | 544 | 272 | 136 | 272 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 136 | 136 | 1700 |
EG Jansen turn the tables on Monnas to become Tuks Reeks champs 2015
Boksburg’s EG Jansen rebounded from a strong start by Krugerdorp’s Monument, to win 29-17 and claim the Tuks Skole Reeks under-18 rugby title for 2015.…