Month: November 2012
SuperBru EOYT – weekend 4
Once again it looks like the winner of this contest will be decided by the tight 5. Barring a miracle our winner should emerge from one of the current top five on the leaderboard. Paarlbok, QC86, KlofiePa, Greenblooded and PaulRoosPa …
Sandile Kubeka wins a KZN school sports award
Sandile Kubeka the Kearsney College, KZN Schools and SA Schools rugby player has won Daily News School Sports Zone Hero of the Year award. He was chosen from a list of 36 school sports achievers.…
Graeme Rugby Day 2013 fixtures & results
| DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | EVENT | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu.21Mar | Cambridge | 49 | 00 | Port Alfred | Graeme Rugby Day | ||
| Thu.21Mar | Hudson Park | 22 | 21 | Muir | Graeme Rugby Day | ||
| Thu.21Mar | Dale | 16 | 28 | Nico Malan | Graeme Rugby Day | ||
| Thu.21Mar | Queen’s | 19 | 21 | Brandwag | Graeme Rugby Day | ||
| Thu.21Mar | Grey HS | 16 | 10 | Westville | Graeme Rugby Day | ||
| Thu.21Mar | Kingswood | 08 | 20 | Marlow | Graeme Rugby Day | ||
| Thu.21Mar | St Andrew’s | 21 | 12 | Pearson | Graeme Rugby Day | ||
| Thu.21Mar | Graeme | 03 | 08 | Selborne | Graeme Rugby Day |
Northwood coaching structure confirmed
If it wasn’t official before, it is now. Northwood will be coached by Sharks Academy coach Swys de Bruin. Malcolm Kennedy is the new Head of Rugby and fitness guru Simon Vickers shifts to the position of Conditioning Coach. …
IRB nominees for Player of the Year
The International Rugby Board has announced the shortlist of nominees for the prestigious IRB Player of the Year 2012 Award. The less said about the list the better. Four players cracked the nod. They are three times winner Richie McCaw, 2005 winner Daniel Carter, Freddy Michalak and 21-year-old Owen Farrell.…
Grey College & Free State -Griquas rugby fixtures 2013
As usual Grey College set the standard when it comes to playing against the very best that South African schoolboy rugby has to offer.…
Age-group rugby scrumming laws to be discussed
A bit long-winded but here is an excerpt from one of the resolutions for discussion at the 3 December SARU meeting. …
IRB Rugby Trials & Law Amendments 2012 – what’s the verdict
Well anyone who has followed the end of year Northern Hemisphere tour test matches has by now had a chance to see most of the new IRB stuff coming into play at some stage. During the Currie Cup in South Africa we had a taste of the extra TMO involvement and concussion bin. The big one on tour was always going to be the new scrum engage requirement. Let’s face it scrums this November have generally not been that pretty a sight…
Sergeal Petersen in the Kings Superugby squad
Sergeal Petersen, the 18-year-old Grey High and SA Schools wing has been named in the Southern Kings Superugby extended squad.…
The best 5 SA school coaches includes 3 rugby mentors
In the December issue of SA Sports Illustrated magazine coaches Sakkie van der Walt of Affies, Grant Griffy Griffiths of Dale and Barend Steyn of Kearsney are named along with a soccer and a cricket coach as the Five Best School Coaches in South Africa…
Beeldtrofee 2013: Is EG Jansen leaving the Macro Schools competition?
The Beeldtrofee is divided into four school divisions competitions that play matches at under-14, under-15, under-16 and first XV levels. The four divisions are Small Schools, Medium Schools, Big Schools and Macro Schools. The Macro Schools competition sees many of the well-known for rugby Afrikaans high schools situated north of the Vaal River battle it out in a knockout style format with the winners of each age-group claiming a Beeld trophy.…
Westville Rugby 2013
Griffon has put together this potential squad for the 2013 season:…
DHS Rugby 2013
Horsefly No.1 has put together a potential squad for the 2013 season.…
SuperBru EOYT – weekend 3
UPDATED…
Appeal to all Craven Week players 1964-2012
The 50th Craven Week will take place in Polokwane starting 13 July 2013. Hannes from School of Rugby is looking for details of any player who has played in the High School CW over the past 50 years.
Please contact this email address: hannes@schoolofrugby.co.za…
Glenwood Rugby 2013
Glenwood old boy Grasshopper has listed a potential 1st XV squad for 2013.…
5 schoolboys named in Bulls SupeRugby training group
If you live in Pretoria you’d better look for your name on this list below. It seems like the Bulls have named everyone that resides in the greater Tshwane district in their wider training group for SupeRugby 2013.…
Maritzburg College 150th Festival fixtures
Maritzburg College is the oldest high school in KwaZulu-Natal and one of the oldest schools in South Africa. In 2013 the school turns 150 years old. An Easter rugby festival featuring well recognised rugby schools has been arranged as part of the 150th celebrations. …
Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival (KERF) 2013 fixtures
Kearsney’s sixth annual Easter rugby festival (KERF) will take place from Thursday 28 March to Monday 01 April 2013 on Botha’s Hill. The organisers have once again managed to assemble a top quality field including Grey College (Bloemfontein), Paarl Gymnasium and Paul Roos (Stellenbosch) who are regarded as three of the all-time best rugby schools in South Africa. In 2013 Boland Landbou (near Paarl), Framesby (Port Elizabeth) and Outeniqua (George) will make their debuts.…
Baby Bok u20 squad for 2nd training camp
Baby Boks head coach Dawie Theron has named a trimmed down squad of 38 players to attend his second SA under-20 trials and training camp in Stellenbosch from 2-9 December.…
School athletes suspended for taking drugs
According to a Sunday Times news report, King Edward VII School has banned three of its athletes from all sports activities after they confessed to using performance enhancing drugs. …