Grey PE Festival 2018 – participating schools
Grey High School in Port Elizabeth has attracted many of the best rugby schools from the Eastern Cape as well as a host of Gauteng schools to their festival on 28 and 30 April 2018. Following the cancellation of the Wynberg Festival, both Garsfontein and KES were able to secure invites to Grey.…
What comes first the kid or the rugby?
This question is often a lot easier to answer than the chicken and egg one.…
Wynberg Festival 2018 – cancelled due to drought
Sad news is that the ongoing drought and desperate water shortage situation in Cape Town has resulted in Wynberg calling off their annual school rugby festival set for 28-30 April 2018. …
Gatvol! or just impractical – missing 2018 interschools matches
As information on the 2018 school rugby season gradually filters through, it’s evident that a number of school fixtures are once again off the menu. …
Glenwood rugby fixtures for 2018
The Glenwood fixture list as published here Glenwood fixtures link on their website makes for interesting reading. …
SA u20 for 2018 still in the wilderness
An initial South Africa under-20 training squad for the World Rugby u20 Championships has been organised and players have been invited to attend. However it seems like this information in not for the general public’s consumption …
2018 recruitment dramas may start to unfold
With back to school for most on Wednesday 17 January 2018, the “transfer market” activities of some of the more ambitious rugby schools may to come to light.…
South Africa’s most expensive schools 2018
One more basic cost of living increase could quite easily see Hilton College, South Africa’s most expensive school, become the first one in the country to charge over R300 000 per annum by 2019. …
Sharks under-19 contracted players 2018
On paper the Sharks have recruited a strong under-19 squad for the first time in many seasons. 2018 will mark 10 years since the Sharks last topped the log or won the national provincial under-19 title – a very poor stat indeed for a union of their size!…
Dale and Queen’s have a lot of relationship healing work ahead
As things stand, the Dale and Queen’s Class of 2018 won’t get to enjoy two of their usual matric school year highlights – the two big inter-schools derbies between the great rivals. …
Affies 2018 fixture list
Visit www.Affiesrugby.co.za – it’s an absolute must for any new Affies supporters who don’t already know about it.…
Where the 2017 schoolboy rugby players will be in 2018
Please help to complete or grow the list if you can.…
SA u17 Sevens squad 2017
SARU has notified the following players that they will form part of the SA under-17 Sevens squad for a training camp at the Stellenbosh Academy of Sport (SAS) from 23-28 October and participation in the Assupol Sevens tournament on 29 and 30 October 2017:
| # | NAME | SCHOOL | PROVINCE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diego Appollis | Garsfontein | Blue Bulls |
| 2 | Campwill Willemse | Garsfontein | Blue Bulls |
| 3 | Christie Grobbelaar | Drostdy | Boland |
| 4 | Ethinique Adams | Worcester Gim | Boland |
| 5 | Avuyile Mabece | Hudson Park | Border |
| 6 | Ross Braude | Grey College | Free State |
| 7 | Ian Small-Smith | Grey College | Free State |
| 8 | Santino Swanepoel | Florida | Golden Lions |
| 9 | Muzilikazi Manyike | Jeppe | Golden Lions |
| 10 | Franco Schutte | Monument | Golden Lions |
| 11 | Kobus Hattingh | Wilgerivier | Griffons |
| 12 | Celempilo Gumede | DHS | KZN Sharks |
| 13 | Siyanda Cele | Glenwood | KZN Sharks |
| 14 | Dylan Pretorius | Glenwood | KZN Sharks |
| 15 | Anelka Barends | Potch Gim | Leopards |
| 16 | Gustav Erlank | Potch Volkskool | Leopards |
| 17 | Ofentse Maubane | Curro Heuwelkruin | Limpopo |
| 18 | Stefan Smit | Nelspruit | Pumas |
| 19 | Xavier Adams | Bellville | WP |
| 20 | William Rose | Bishops | WP |
| 21 | Eugene Snyders | Boland Landbou | WP |
| 22 | Albertus Horne | HJS Paarl BH | WP |
| 23 | Stavino Jacobs | Paarl Gim | WP |
| 24 | David Kellerman | Paarl Gim | WP |
| 25 | Tiaan Pretorius | Paul Roos | WP |
Michaelhouse rugby guru gets the Paul Roos top job
Michaelhouse’s Head of Sport Ryno Combrinck, who is widely acknowledged as being one of the best schoolboy rugby coaches in South Africa has been appointed as the Paul Roos Head of Rugby starting in 2018.…
SA Under-17 Interprovincial Sevens 2017
Team lists below
KZN players invited to SARU u16 EPD camp 2017
The annual SARU under-16 Elite Player Development Camp will take place from 01-06 October 2017 in Paarl. Here is the list of 8 KZN Sharks players invited to attend.…
Ex-Bok “rugby taught at schools is destroying the game in SA”
Is former Bok captain Andre Vos barking up the wrong tree with this post of his on Twitter?
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Following the 2nd Annual Ruggas.co.za fun draft
You can read up about the draft here : http://www.talk.ruggas.co.za/?p=239
Teams below…
New scholarship programme at Grey College will fund up to 200 students
Grey College is expecting to receive a lucrative donation over the next five years from an anonymous source associated with Montpellier Rugby Club in France. Up to 200 students could be funded through this programme which covers leadership, academics and rugby.…
Honours award for St Andrew’s 29-try record breaking centre
From St Andrew’s College:
Matt More has represented the St Andrew’s College 1st XV on 43 occasions. In this time he has scored a staggering 45 tries including the all-time record of 29 tries in a season in 2017. He also kicked for goal when required and has managed to accumulate a total of 326 points over the course of his time playing for College.…
Sorry, sorry, sorry!
Hi everyone
Apologies from my side for all the website breakdowns incurred of late. It has been very frustrating.
The website has now been moved to a server which hopefully will provide a lot more stability and security.
In the transfer process about 2 weeks worth of comments have sadly been lost for good. There were some really meaningful ones in there as well so this isn’t great news.
Regards,
Beet…
Boland Landbou to play Garsfontein on St Patrick’s Day
Good news from the Farm outside Paarl, Western Cape is that Boland Landbou has invited Garsfontein from Pretoria to play them in the 70-minute main game at the annual Boland Landbou Festival on Saturday 17 March 2018 (which also happens to be St Patrick’s Day).
Fixtures are in the process of being finalised and details will be available shortly.…