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Squad system in school rugby – right, wrong or other?

10 April, 2014 beet 51

If you switch your telly over to Supersport HD at 14:05 this Saturday, 12 April 2014, you’ll be able to catch one of the top schoolboy rugby matches of the year between hosts Paul Roos and Grey High (PE).  Something you might not know about or even pick during the broadcast is the use of the squad system.…

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Eastern Cape XV of the 1st Term

8 April, 2014 beet 47

Many passionate school rugby followers of the Eastern Cape region were able to attend the Graeme Rugby Day and the Grey High Festival. I asked a handful of these supporters of the wonderful game to come up with their selections for a combined Eastern Province / Border team. Here is the net result of their combined efforts:…

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Tuks-Reeks 2014: results & quarterfinals

8 April, 2014 beet 17

There is a very positive vibe about Noordvaal school rugby going around right now. The 2014 season is still young but recent victories by Noordvaal schools over last season’s Western Cape pace setters, Paarl Gim and Outeniqua has certainly shifted attention to the Highveld where there looks to be plenty of quality on offer.…

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DHS takes on Clifton as part of a challenging week

8 April, 2014 beet 10

Midweek action in KZN sees Durban High School square off against potential banana peel team Clifton College on Wednesday evening at 19h15 on Van Heerden’s field. 3 days later DHS travels up the M13 to play an ever improving Westville.…

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Varsity Cup 2014 : UCT’s amazing comeback win! Unbelievable!

7 April, 2014 beet 33

What a final! UCT looked dead and buried and then some at 33-15 after 73-minutes. Pukke’s machine of a hooker Armand van der Merwe (Duhan’s older boet) looked all set to be the Man of the Match. The fat lady was warming up her vocal cords, the engraver was about to incise the letters “N-W-U” on the cup but then it happened. The dramatic and incredible comeback. UCT scored once, scored twice! Got the score back to 33-31 down with virtually no time left. Then Pukke had the ball game with time up, hooter gone and a deep pass to flyhalf Johnny Welthagen in the pocket. All he had to do was kick the ball into touch, knock it on or kill play somehow but instead he went for the drop goal, got charged down and possession was turned over to the Ikeys students. Huge BMT followed and via some excellent composed handling the Tiger stripes created some space on an inside line and the rest is history. UCT 39 Pukke 33. What a great final!

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Schoolboy rugby – Size of players

7 April, 2014 Grasshopper 28

By Grasshopper

Many believe that today’s schoolboy players are far larger than 20 years ago. I agree that today due to improved supplements, gym programmes, professional trainers etc that the boys are physically better conditioned and the games have more ‘physicality’ if such a word actually exists. It seems to be all that commentators talk about these days.…

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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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Bishop’s: their 1992 1st XV with Herschelle Gibbs in it

6 April, 2014 beet 142

SA cricketer Herschelle Gibbs of Bishop’s has often been described as one of the finest SA schoolboy rugby flyhalves of all times. Interestingly when it comes to conversations about outstanding school flyhalves, there are still strong associations made to the performances of SA cricketing greats Peter Kirsten (SACS), Lee Barnard (KES) and Daryll Cullinan (Queen’s). Apart from Gibbs, Maritzburg College flyhalf Udo Goedeke also represented both codes at SA Schools level.…

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SA u20 training squad reduced to 36 players

6 April, 2014 beet 10
From the SARugby.net website
April 04, 2014

The South African Rugby Union (SARU) on Friday named a reduced SA Under-20 training squad of 36 players for the remainder of the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship (JWC) training camp following two trial matches in Stellenbosch this week.

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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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The BHP Top 50 Ranking formula explained

3 April, 2014 beet 320

The 2014 school rugby season is in full swing now with the first proper rankings expected to come out just after Easter. Here is an explanation of how the BHP statistics are derived.…

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Grogper Cup 2014 – all square after 4 games

2 April, 2014 beet 24

The Gauteng English Medium Schools (GEMS) got the defence of their Grogper Cup title off to a perfect start via Boys High but then had to sweat as KES needed a late winner after they threw away a 17-0 lead against DHS. Jeppe gave debutants Glenwood a run for their money before it was Kearsney’s turn to hang on for a win after Boys High launched a late fight back from 0-21 down.…

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School Rugby Fixtures & Results – week ending 05/04/2014

1 April, 2014 beet 45
FIELD TIME DAY DATE SCHOOL SCHOOL EVENT
Tue 01/04/2014 Menlopark 98 0 Harrismith Noord-Suid Toernooi
Tue 01/04/2014 Waterkloof 10 24 Paarl Gim Noord-Suid Toernooi
Fri 04/04/2014 Waterkloof Harrismith Noord-Suid Toernooi
Fri 04/04/2014 Menlopark 22 18 Paarl Gim Noord-Suid Toernooi
Wed 02/04/2014 Outeniqua 31 12 Transvalia Pukke Skouspel
Wed 02/04/2014 Garsfontein 68 14 Potch Gim Pukke Skouspel
Wed 02/04/2014 Florida 24 43 Boland Landbou Pukke Skouspel
Wed 02/04/2014 Framesby 31 14 Centurion Pukke Skouspel
Wed 02/04/2014 Klerksdorp 24 30 Drostdy Pukke Skouspel
Philip 08h30 Wed 02/04/2014 Westville 22 8 Louis Botha Grey PE Fest
Philip 09h45 Wed 02/04/2014 Hudson Park 8 20 Pretoria BH Grey PE Fest
Philip 11h00 Wed 02/04/2014 Windhoek Gim 13 13 Graeme Grey PE Fest
Philip 12h15 Wed 02/04/2014 Muir 17 15 Parktown Grey PE Fest
Philip 13h30 Wed 02/04/2014 Grey HS 10 7 Michaelhouse Grey PE Fest
Pollock 09h45 Wed 02/04/2014 SACS 24 13 DHS Grey PE Fest
Pollock 11h00 Wed 02/04/2014 Ithembelihle 0 41 Grey Unicorns Grey PE Fest
Wed 02/04/2014 Oakdale 12 3 Sentraal (FS) Oakdale Festival
Wed 02/04/2014 Brandwag (Uitenhage) 21 7 Kempton Park Oakdale Festival
Wed 02/04/2014 Augsburg 13 19 Hugenote Oakdale Festival
Wed 02/04/2014 Diamantveld 20 17 Voortrekker (Beth) Oakdale Festival
Wed 02/04/2014 Piketberg 38 7 Sasolburg Tony Stoops RF
Wed 02/04/2014 Tygerberg 25 10 Noord-Kaap Tony Stoops RF
Tue 01/04/2014 Merensky 0 45 Lichtenburg Bizsport
Tue 01/04/2014 Middelburg 51 0 Dr Malan Bizsport
Tue 01/04/2014 Ben Vorster 7 3 Potch Volkskool Bizsport
Tue 01/04/2014 Jim Fouche 32 24 Rustenburg Bizsport
Tue 01/04/2014 Benoni 21 20 Northcliff Bizsport
Tue 01/04/2014 HTS Witbank 17 3 Montana Bizsport
Thu 03/04/2014 Ben Vorster 83 0 Benoni Bizsport
Thu 03/04/2014 Potch Volkskool 36 20 Montana Bizsport
Thu 03/04/2014 Middelburg 7 29 Jim Fouche Bizsport
Thu 03/04/2014 Merensky 32 5 Northcliff Bizsport
Thu 03/04/2014 Lichtenburg 0 5 HTS Witbank Bizsport
Thu 03/04/2014 Dr Malan 0 47 Rustenburg Bizsport
Sat 05/04/2014 Ben Vorster 7 31 Jim Fouche Bizsport
Sat 05/04/2014 HTS Witbank 65 0 Northcliff Bizsport
Sat 05/04/2014 Lichtenburg 33 20 Montana Bizsport
Sat 05/04/2014 Potch Volkskool 26 0 Merensky Bizsport
Sat 05/04/2014 Middelburg 20 17 Rustenburg Bizsport
Sat 05/04/2014 Dr Malan 7 20 Benoni Bizsport
Wed 02/04/2014 Daniel Pienaar 34 15 Elnatan Woestyn Fees – Walvisbaai
Wed 02/04/2014 Clifton 29 8 Pro-Ed Akademie Woestyn Fees – Walvisbaai
Wed 02/04/2014 Monument 34 15 Windhoek APS Woestyn Fees – Walvisbaai
Tue 01/04/2014 Italian Nat. Academy 31 25 Stellenberg
Tue 01/04/2014 Linden 55 5 Weston
Wed 02/04/2014 Linden 55 7 Tom Naude
Sat 05/04/2014 Brandwag (Benoni) 10 30 Paul Roos
Sat 05/04/2014 St John’s 15 0 St Benedict’s
Sat 05/04/2014 St Stithians 21 15 St Alban’s
Sat 05/04/2014 Marais Viljoen 38 12 Piet Potgieter