Month: February 2017
Worrying start for the Rooibulle
HTS Middelburg played without several first choice players including injured flyhalf Riekert Barnard but ultimately paid the price for poor defence and went down 10-18 to Transvalia …
Who will it be in 2017?
Leading to the question of who will it be in 2017, here are my personal Schoolboy Rugby Blog awards for 2016.…
Which school’s 1st XV has the hardest April 2017 fixture list?
BoishaaiPa suggested this a few months back: a look at the various April (and 01 May) 2017 schoolboy rugby fixtures with the aim of determining which school has the hardest fixture list during this jam-packed period. So the million dollar question being asked is: “who got the X2 Magic Mountain ride?” and just for the fun the billion Zim dollar question: “who’s got the easiest ride?”…
Fichardtpark Sportsdag 2017
| SLOT | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat.04Mar | Sand du Plessis | Aliwal North | ||
| 2 | Sat.04Mar | Hendrik Potgieter | De Aar | ||
| 3 | Sat.04Mar | Hentie Cilliers | Landboudal | ||
| 4 | Sat.04Mar | AHS Kroonstad | Duineveld | ||
| 5 | Sat.04Mar | Marlow | Upington | ||
| 6 | Sat.04Mar | Welkom Gim | Jim Fouche | ||
| 7 | Sat.04Mar | Louis Botha | Noord-Kaap | ||
| 8 | Sat.04Mar | Fichardtpark | Wesvalia |
Virsekerbeker (formerly Beeldtrofee) matches on Kyknet
It’s being reported on SchoolofRugby that Kyknet will be broadcasting several games including those involving smaller schools participating in the Virsekerbeker.…
u19s at school: bona fide players or “huursoldate”?
The 2017 national schoolboy rugby season is fast approaching and there are already allegations doing the rounds about several schools who are expected to field 1st XV’s with excessive numbers of under-19 players.…
Artificial pitches – will Western Cape high schools consider them?
Picture from of the Windhoek Gim facebook page.
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Bad news for Junior Commonwealth games Sevens hopefuls
The Junior Commonwealth Games takes places in the Bahamas this year. The under-18 Sevens event will be staged from 19 to 23 July 2017. These dates clash with Craven Week which will be hosted by St Stithians in Randburg from 17-22 July.…
Saints Sports Festival 2017 – press release
St Stithians College is delighted to host its 34th Easter sports festival in April. Many of you know this festival as the Easter Sports Festival. St Stithians have decided to refer to the festival as the Saints Sports Festival to include both the Prep schools’ festival and the College festival culminating in a riveting 7 days of sport. …
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11 Gauteng schools ask Hilton College to refrain from “poaching”
Following the meeting of the Gauteng Heads of Boys’ Schools held in November 2016, no fewer than eleven Gauteng high schools were listed on a letter sent as a collective to Hilton College in same month.
The letter expressed concern over the transfer of boys from several Gauteng schools to Hilton College. It emphasised the issue at stake, made mention of what constitutes good values, asked for mutual respect and most importantly requested that Hilton refrains from “poaching” their players.…