Month: April 2015

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School Rugby fixtures & results – week ending 18 April 2015

18 April, 2015 beet 277
INFO DATE SCHOOL SCHOOL EVENT
Tue.14Apr Monument 55 10 Noordheuwel
Fri.17Apr Lazio (Ita) 10 0 St David’s O/seas Tour
Fri.17Apr Roma (Ital 5 19 St David’s O/seas Tour
Fri.17Apr Drostdy 55 10 Klein Nederburg
Fri.17Apr Grens 20 49 Selborne
Sat.18Apr Glenwood 57 12 Maritzburg College @ Kings Park
Sat.18Apr Clifton 10 50 DHS
Sat.18Apr George Campbell 15 12 St Charles
Sat.18Apr Port Natal 15 17 Kloof
Sat.18Apr Queen’s 19 29 Dale
Sat.18Apr Cambridge 0 12 Hudson Park
Sat.18Apr Marlow 20 22 Brandwag
Sat.18Apr Kirkwood 10 51 Muir
Sat.18Apr Nico Malan 32 18 Langenhoven Gim
Sat.18Apr Grey HS 3 34 Paul Roos
Sat.18Apr Diamantveld 37 3 Menlopark
Sat.18Apr Upington 66 0 Menlopark 2nd XV
Sat.18Apr Grey College 52 0 Fichardtpark
Sat.18Apr Grey Cherries 33 12 Jim Fouche
Sat.18Apr Sentraal 41 34 Louis Botha
Sat.18Apr AHS Kroonstad 12 10 Voortrekker (Beth)
Sat.18Apr Kroonstad 34 43 Hentie Cilliers
Sat.18Apr Welkom Gim 20 12 Witteberg
Sat.18Apr Goudveld 29 19 HTS Welkom
Sat.18Apr Duineveld 21 12 Landboudal
Sat.18Apr President Steyn 28 17 St Andrew’s School
Sat.18Apr Linden 13 24 Volkskool Heidelberg NWU Vaal Final
Sat.18Apr Wonderboom 13 16 Middelburg Puk Prestige: Cup SF
Sat.18Apr Wesvalia 3 55 Potch Gim Puk Prestige: Cup SF
Sat.18Apr Die Anker 15 12 Hugenote (Springs) Puk Prestige: Plate SF
Sat.18Apr Potch Volkskool 15 17 Noordheuwel Puk Prestige: Plate SF
Sat.18Apr Zwartkop 41 12 Oosterlig Puk Prestige: Shield SF
Sat.18Apr Driehoek – – Lichtenburg Puk Prestige: Shield SF
Sat.18Apr Bastion 15 12 HTS Witbank Puk Prestige: Bowl SF
Sat.18Apr Hoogenhout – – Jeugland Puk Prestige: Bowl SF
QF1 Sat.18Apr Monument 28 5 HTS Middelburg Tuks-Reeks
QF2 Sat.18Apr Garsfontein 46 17 Pietersburg Tuks-Reeks
QF3 Sat.18Apr Eldoraigne 15 35 EG Jansen Tuks-Reeks
QF4 Sat.18Apr Nelspruit 31 21 Kempton Park Tuks-Reeks
PL1 Sat.18Apr Transvalia 11 7 Rustenburg Tuks-Reeks
PL2 Sat.18Apr Marais Viljoen 17 3 Vereeniging Gim Tuks-Reeks
PL3 Sat.18Apr Klerksdorp 12 21 Centurion Tuks-Reeks
PL4 Sat.18Apr Florida 17 31 Ermelo Tuks-Reeks
Sat.18Apr Jeppe 29 22 Northwood
Sat.18Apr Affies 33 10 Westville
Sat.18Apr Pretoria BH 11 16 KES
Sat.18Apr Oos-Moot 13 14 John Vorster
Sat.18Apr SACS 26 24 Boland Landbou
Sat.18Apr Bellville 56 10 De Kuilen
Sat.18Apr Milnerton 19 31 Durbanville
Sat.18Apr Strand 43 7 HTS Bellville
Sat.18Apr Klein Nederburg 10 35 Hugenote
Sat.18Apr HJS Paarl BH 23 17 Outeniqua
Sat.18Apr Bishops 35 32 Paarl Gim
Sat.18Apr Oudtshoorn 21 20 Pearson
Sat.18Apr Wynberg 19 38 Rondebosch
Sat.18Apr Stellenberg 38 12 Tygerberg
Sat.18Apr Swartland 7 40 Worcester Gim
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2 day school rugby festivals are the way to go

14 April, 2015 beet 1

The traditional 3-day long Easter Rugby festivals are immensely popular and financially viable but given how professional the approach to all aspects of schoolboy rugby has become in recent years, these festivals seem like they are outdated concepts as far as player welfare is concerned.…

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Menlopark minus 9 players for Diamantveld match

14 April, 2015 beet 0

One week ahead of their Wildeklawer debut on the same ground, Menlopark will travel to Kimberley to face a very competitive Diamantveld team, who’s two best results so far this season have been the much talked about come from behind 34-all draw against Grey College followed by a 12-22 defeat to a very strong Boishaai in Stellenbosch.…

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Western Cape local school rugby season gets into full swing

14 April, 2015 beet 45

After the success they’ve enjoyed against schools from other provinces during the Easter holidays, Western Cape schoolboy rugby is looking stronger than ever. Now starts the process of battling it out against each other as most of the province’s leading rugby schools take to the field on Saturday. Here is Ploegskaar’s take on what’s to come.…

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Queen’s College Easter Tours

13 April, 2015 beet 12

From Queen’s College
A record number of teams from Queen’s College, in Queenstown, participated in various rugby festivals throughout the country over the Easter Holidays. The Queen’s College First XV and Queen’s College Junior U13A participated at the KES Easter Festival, whilst the U16A took part in the Jeppe Festival and the U15A and U14A teams took part at the Grey High School Festival in Port Elizabeth. All the teams performed admirably and managed to win all their fixtures against their various opponents.…

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KZN u18 team of the 1st term

13 April, 2015 beet 50

Not to be taken too seriously because real KZN trials start in a little over a week, here are my personal picks based on form in the lead up to Easter.…

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Graeme Rugby Day 2015 – team of the day

12 April, 2015 beet 5

For a bit of fun I asked a number of the die-hard Eastern Cape supporters to pick their team of the day from this year’s Graeme Rugby Day, a festival that showcases many of the Eastern Cape’s most talented 1st XV players. Bishops were the invited guests and a couple of their players also grabbed the attention of the locals Here’s the team arrived at by combining everyone’s input:…

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Noord-Suid Festival 2015

8 April, 2015 beet 341

The second Noord-Suid Festival will take place at Menlopark starting just 2 days days after the traditional Easter Festivals. This year’s tournament already looks set to enjoy a much higher profile than the 2014 inaugural tournament.

TIME DATE SCHOOL SCHOOL
13h00 Wed 08 Apr Grey Cherries 55 8 Combined Sydney Schools
14h30 Wed 08 Apr Garsfontein 10 27 Outeniqua
16h00 Wed 08 Apr Menlopark 10 29 Paarl Gim
08h15 Sat 11 Apr Middelburg 31 31 Grey Cherries
09h45 Sat 11 Apr Waterkloof 21 26 Combined Sydney Schools
11h15 Sat 11 Apr Garsfontein 24 48 Paarl Gim
12h45 Sat 11 Apr Menlopark 20 44 Outeniqua
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School Rugby fixtures & results – week ending 11 April 2015

7 April, 2015 beet 0
TIME DATE SCHOOL SCHOOL EVENT
11h30 Tue.07Apr Fichardtpark 20 5 Benoni Bizsport-Glenwood
10h00 Tue.07Apr Rustenburg 26 12 Prince Edward (Zim) Bizsport-Glenwood
13h00 Tue.07Apr Montana 10 15 Die Anker Bizsport-Glenwood
16h00 Tue.07Apr Wesvalia 17 17 Trinityhouse Bizsport-Glenwood
14h30 Tue.07Apr Hereford (UK) 26 22 Lichtenburg Bizsport-Glenwood
Tue.07Apr Oos-Moot 48 0 Jeugland Hansieweek
13h00 Wed.08Apr Grey Cherries 55 8 Combined Sydney Schools Noord-Suid
14h30 Wed.08Apr Garsfontein 10 27 Outeniqua Noord-Suid
16h00 Wed.08Apr Menlopark 10 22 Paarl Gim Noord-Suid
19h30 Wed.08Apr Drostdy 19 18 Kempton Park North-South Festival
Wed.08Apr Jim Fouche 14 26 Middelburg S/Cape S/T
17h00 Wed.08Apr Tsumeb 15 27 Rondebosch Woestynfees, Namibia
19h30 Wed.08Apr Walvis Bay Private 7 24 Port Natal Woestynfees, Namibia
10h00 Thu.09Apr Wesvalia 0 21 Die Anker Bizsport-Glenwood
11h30 Thu.09Apr Lichtenburg 12 15 Prince Edward (Zim) Bizsport-Glenwood
14h30 Thu.09Apr Benoni 14 71 Montana Bizsport-Glenwood
16h00 Thu.09Apr Trinityhouse 13 10 Fichardtpark Bizsport-Glenwood
13h00 Thu.09Apr Hereford (UK) 5 52 Rustenburg Bizsport-Glenwood
13h00 Thu.09Apr Oos-Moot 17 7 Dr Malan Hansieweek
19h30 Fri.10Apr Hugenote 15 21 Kempton Park North-South Festival
14h30 Fri.10Apr De Duine 0 27 Port Natal Woestynfees, Namibia
19h30 Fri.10Apr Elnatan 13 27 Rondebosch Woestynfees, Namibia
10h00 Sat.11Apr Trinityhouse 15 17 Hereford (UK) Bizsport-Glenwood
11h30 Sat.11Apr Lichtenburg 17 14 Montana Bizsport-Glenwood
13h00 Sat.11Apr Wesvalia 20 5 Benoni Bizsport-Glenwood
16h00 Sat.11Apr Rustenburg 18 13 Fichardtpark Bizsport-Glenwood
14h30 Sat.11Apr Prince Edward (Zim) 21 15 Die Anker Bizsport-Glenwood
Sat.11Apr Oos-Moot 3 0 John Vorster Hansieweek
08h15 Sat.11Apr Middelburg 31 31 Grey Cherries Noord-Suid
09h45 Sat.11Apr Waterkloof 21 26 Combined Sydney Schools Noord-Suid
11h15 Sat.11Apr Garsfontein 24 48 Paarl Gim Noord-Suid
12h45 Sat.11Apr Menlopark 20 44 Outeniqua Noord-Suid
08h00 Sat.11Apr HTS Windhoek 0 45 Rondebosch Woestynfees, Namibia
11h45 Sat.11Apr Elnatan 24 12 Port Natal Woestynfees, Namibia
Sat.11Apr St Alban’s 18 10 St Stithians
Sat.11Apr St Benedict’s 39 10 St John’s
Sat.11Apr St David’s 86 3 CBC Boksburg
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BHP Top 25 – week ending 06 April 2015

7 April, 2015 beet 103

Herewith the first BHP rankings after the Easter Weekend festivals. Please note that teams had to play 5 or more games to be considered, therefore teams like Paarl Gim, Boland Landbou, Bishops etc will only appear on the rankings once they have played 5 or more games.…

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Low strike rate Sharks Academy KERF bursaries handed out to 5 players

6 April, 2015 beet 3

KERF awards 2015An eighth Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival wrapped up today with the announcement of five players who each received bursaries valued at over R100 000 eachto the Sharks Academy for 2016. The recipients are:
1. Nico Peyper (EG Jansen hooker)
2. Jordan Chait (SACS captain and flyhalf)
3. Heinrich Nieuwenhuizen (Selborne College flank)
4. Jaydon Morgan (Glenwood fullback)
5. Khuthazani Mchunu (Glenwood prop)

The BIG QUESTION is how many will pitch up at the Academy in 2016. Best guess based on historical success rate is not many! Check out the list of past recipients in the table below:…

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Bulls apply for blanket authority to talk to top WP school players

5 April, 2015 beet 8

From Pieter (translated from Afrikaans to English):

The WPRU has got their knickers in a Knot. Why? Because the proactive Blue Bulls have as always followed proper SARU procedure and informed WPRU in writing that the Blue Bulls have 62 talented Western Province school players in mind. …

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SA u20 Baby Boks squad reduced from 64 to 37 players

5 April, 2015 beet 95

From SARugby.net:

“The SARU national selectors have named a squad of 37 players for the Junior Springbok training camp in preparation for the 2015 World Rugby Under-20 Championship to be played during June in Italy. The group will assemble in Stellenbosch on Easter Monday.…

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Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival 2015 – fixtures & team lists

1 April, 2015 beet 375 
KERF 
KERF on from 02-06 April 2014.

Fixtures

TIME DATE SCHOOL SCHOOL
09h30 Thu 02 Apr Kearsney 7 48 Selborne
10h45 Thu 02 Apr SACS 22 12 Dale
12h00 Thu 02 Apr Menlopark 25 27 Westville
13h15 Thu 02 Apr EG Jansen 5 41 Affies
14h30 Thu 02 Apr Glenwood 31 0 Framesby
15h45 Thu 02 Apr Grey College 22 19 HTS Middelburg
09h30 Sat 04 Apr Selborne 28 20 Menlopark
10h45 Sat 04 Apr Westville 10 22 Dale
12h00 Sat 04 Apr Kearsney 10 28 Grey College
13h15 Sat 04 Apr Affies 10 13 SACS
14h30 Sat 04 Apr HTS Middelburg 22 11 Glenwood
15h45 Sat 04 Apr Framesby 6 31 EG Jansen
10h45 Mon 06 Apr Westville 34 26 SACS
10h45 Mon 06 Apr Framesby 0 57 Affies
12h00 Mon 06 Apr HTS Middelburg 23 15 Selborne
13h15 Mon 06 Apr Glenwood 19 23 Menlopark
14h30 Mon 06 Apr Grey College 17 15 EG Jansen
15h45 Mon 06 Apr Kearsney 26 45 Dale

TEAM LISTS…

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St John’s Easter Rugby Festival 2015 – fixtures & team lists

1 April, 2015 beet 80
TIME DATE SCHOOL SCHOOL
12h15 Thu 02 Apr St Charles 24 27 Jeppe
13h30 Thu 02 Apr Golden Lions Inv 7 106 Garsfontein
14h45 Thu 02 Apr Paul Roos 94 0 Viadana (Ita)
16h45 Thu 02 Apr Hilton 9 22 Nelspruit
18h00 Thu 02 Apr St Benedict’s 15 45 Monument
19h15 Thu 02 Apr St John’s 0 52 HJS Paarl BH
08h45 Sat 04 Apr St Benedict’s 24 14 St Charles
10h00 Sat 04 Apr Golden Lions Inv 27 19 Viadana (Ita)
11h15 Sat 04 Apr Nelspruit 28 16 Garsfontein
13h30 Sat 04 Apr St John’s 5 27 Hilton
14h45 Sat 04 Apr HJS Paarl BH 25 20 Monument
16h00 Sat 04 Apr Paul Roos 14 5 Jeppe
09h00 Mon 06 Apr St Charles 19 24 Viadana (Ita)
10h15 Mon 06 Apr St John’s 24 14 Golden Lions Inv
11h30 Mon 06 Apr Paul Roos 17 13 Monument
13h30 Mon 06 Apr St Benedict’s 20 34 Hilton
14h45 Mon 06 Apr Nelspruit 35 33 Jeppe
16h00 Mon 06 Apr HJS Paarl BH 32 9 Garsfontein

TEAM LISTS with STATS…

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St Stithians Rugby Festival 2015 – fixtures, results & team lists

1 April, 2015 beet 58
TIME DATE SCHOOL SCHOOL
09h45 Thu 02 Apr St Andrew’s 31 12 St Alban’s
11h00 Thu 02 Apr Pretoria BH 17 24 Wynberg
12h15 Thu 02 Apr Windhoek HS 26 19 Clifton
13h30 Thu 02 Apr St Stithians 36 5 Schoonspruit Inv
14h45 Thu 02 Apr Helpmekaar 19 52 Michaelhouse
16h00 Thu 02 Apr Maritzburg College 20 16 Grey HS
09h45 Sat 04 Apr Windhoek HS 12 22 Pretoria BH
11h00 Sat 04 Apr St Alban’s 16 34 Maritzburg College
12h15 Sat 04 Apr Schoonspruit Inv 12 52 Clifton
13h30 Sat 04 Apr Wynberg 36 12 St Andrew’s
14h45 Sat 04 Apr Grey HS 28 13 Helpmekaar
16h00 Sat 04 Apr St Stithians 3 51 Michaelhouse
09h45 Mon 06 Apr Michaelhouse 40 19 Windhoek HS
11h00 Mon 06 Apr Maritzburg College 78 0 Schoonspruit Inv
12h15 Mon 06 Apr Pretoria BH 0 41 Grey HS
13h30 Mon 06 Apr Wynberg 53 0 St Alban’s
14h45 Mon 06 Apr St Stithians 24 29 Clifton
16h00 Mon 06 Apr Helpmekaar 29 28 St Andrew’s

TEAM LISTS…