Battle for Pretoria heats up as Klofies take on Menlopark
It’s been mentioned before and it’s bound to come up many more times in conversation as the season goes on: Noordvaal 1st XV rugby is in such a healthy competitive state at the moment.…
Tuks Reeks – Finals kick-off times schedule
The finals of the TuksSkole-reeks will be played at the LC de Villiers Stadium at the University of Pretoria on Saturday, 10 May 2014. Dr EG Jansen of Boksburg and HTS Middelburg will contest the main final for 1st XV’s.…
KZN, KES & Pretoria Boys High team sheets – 10/05/2014
They are trickling in slowly but here’s what the Blog has so far:…
Boishaai: Japanese tour = jet lag and injuries for Wynberg match
火にフライパンのうち. This is Japanese for out of the frying pan into the fire.…
Jaco Willemse out of big Gimmies vs Paul Roos clash
Paarl Gymnasium ace lock Jaco Willemse has been ruled out for Saturday’s big Premier Interschool’s game against visiting fellow national powerhouse school Paul Roos Gymnasium from Stellenbosch. Willemse who stands 1.98m, weighs a massive 128kg…
Weekend Prediction Pool
Okay. So the SBR Blog! has 12 games lined up for you to test your ability this weekend. If you’re a registered user all you have to do is click on the SBR Prediction Pools menu option at the top of the page. There are some huge games coming up and three of them will be on TV this Saturday.…
Form team Northwood has Hilton on their radar
This weekend Northwood School will host Hilton College on their beautiful fields in Durban North. Northwood is one of those schools that really knows how to make home field advantage count. They can usually be worth up to 10 points on home soil but given the high they are currently on having recorded wins by scoring over 30 points per game during their last two home matches against Gauteng English Medium Schools Jeppe and Parktown; that figure might have to be bumped up even more. …
DPHS 2009 team – where are they today
A comment last week by Hilty before the Hilton-Michaelhouse derby about the two captains Jayson Gouws (Penzance, Hilton) and Thomas Walker (DPHS, MHS) both being the 2009 KZN under-13 Craven Week flanks, prompted this research on what had happened to Thomas Walker’s teammates from the DPHS 2009 team.…
TVPC Media’s LIVE school sports on TV
From www.schoolsportsnews.co.za
TVPC Media has confirmed a provisional fixture list for their live school sports broadcasts, The Game, for the 2014 season.
The matches will all be broadcast on DSTV channel 319 and will also be broadcast at the same time on Channel 319 on Top TV and Channel 201 on OpenView HD.…
Baby Boks team for 2nd Argentina match
SA Under-20 coach Dawie Theron made 11 changes from the team that overwhelmed Los Pumitas in the first encounter between the sides last Friday in Saldanha Bay on the West Coast.The SA U20 team to face their Argentinean counterparts on Tuesday at the Paul Roos Markötter Stadium in Stellenbosch at 15h00 on Tuesday, 6 May 2014:…
A guide to the Beeld Trophy – large schools
It seems some of the pundits on the blog still do not know the manner in which schools compete for the Beeld Trophy. Some also think that the competition is only for the macro schools and disregard the remainder of the schools completely. Hopefully this guide, which has its emphasis on the large schools category, will assist in understanding the competition better.…
Match Report: Kearsney beats St Charles 43-0
From Working Words:
The match against St Charles was played on Stott field in Botha’s Hill on a day of ideal conditions. St Charles had a strong physical pack which was assertive at line-outs and scrums. They werehighly competitive and impressive at the breakdown and managed to break the Kearsney momentum at times.…
School Rugby Regional Leagues
Aim: to rank the top rugby high school by region. Achieved by using only their regional inter-schools results.
Result: still to early in the season to draw any conclusions. 10-May-2014 will be a big weekend!…
Premier Interschools 2014 televised games
Premier Interschools will show 16 of SA’s top schools in 12 live matches over the 2014 season. We take a look of some of these schools that will be featured.…
SANIX 2014 : Paarl Boys High finish in second place
Boishaai has lost in the final of the annual Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament in Japan. They have won their five matches in a row, averaging a score of 53 points per game in the process. Their opponents in the final Hamilton Boys’ High of New Zealand has averaged 43 points per game on their road to the final. Apart from the finalists, most teams in this tournament would struggle to win a game against a lower tier 1st XV at the Tony Stoops or Oakdale Rugby Festivals because they are so weak. Sanix is a great concept and a tour of Japan will be a once in a lifetime unforgetable experience for most players but as far as high quality opposition is concerned, this 2014 tournament is fooling no one. …
Match Report: Michaelhouse beats Hilton 20-13
Amongst the things one comes to expect from a Hilton-Michaelhouse derby are a packed ground, wonderful atmosphere and arguably the best pre-game “Spell” show in the whole of South Africa. With all the above boxes ticked, the good weather also added to this occasion at Balgowan, creating an almost perfect setting that was made complete by the 1st XV players of both private schools producing an absorbing game that held everyone’s attention from the first kick-off right through to the final whistle.…
SA-u20 prepare for 3 Argentina matches
There is exactly one month to go until SA under-20’s first game against Scotland at the Junior World Championships in New Zealand. Helping to wrap up preparations for the tournament is the annual 3-match series against Argentina under-20. This year the matches will be held in South Africa.…
30 major school rugby results for 2014 to date
Here’s my pick of 30 matches that have helped to shape the 2014 in terms of where the top rugby schools fit into the big picture.…
School Rugby Fixtures & Results – week ending 03/05/2014
| TIME | DAY | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | EVENT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09h20 | Thu | 01/05/2014 | Bellville | 31 | 21 | Walvis Bay | Wynberg Fest |
| 10h40 | Thu | 01/05/2014 | Wynberg | 51 | 5 | Hugenote | Wynberg Fest |
| 12h00 | Thu | 01/05/2014 | Stellenberg | 39 | 5 | Pearson | Wynberg Fest |
| 13h20 | Thu | 01/05/2014 | Rondebosch | 24 | 21 | St John’s | Wynberg Fest |
| 14h40 | Thu | 01/05/2014 | Tygerberg | 50 | 12 | Windhoek | Wynberg Fest |
| 16h00 | Thu | 01/05/2014 | SACS | 19 | 7 | St David’s | Wynberg Fest |
| 08h00 | Sat | 03/05/2014 | Tygerberg | 58 | 5 | St David’s | Wynberg Fest |
| 09h20 | Sat | 03/05/2014 | Stellenberg | 50 | 0 | Windhoek | Wynberg Fest |
| 10h40 | Sat | 03/05/2014 | Rondebosch | 29 | 8 | Walvis Bay | Wynberg Fest |
| 12h00 | Sat | 03/05/2014 | SACS | 24 | 45 | St Andrew’s | Wynberg Fest |
| 13h20 | Sat | 03/05/2014 | Bellville | 29 | 24 | Pearson | Wynberg Fest |
| 14h40 | Sat | 03/05/2014 | Bishops | 85 | 0 | Hugenote | Wynberg Fest |
| 16h00 | Sat | 03/05/2014 | Wynberg | 42 | 16 | St John’s | Wynberg Fest |
| Sat | 26/04/2014 | Fourways | 11 | 27 | George Campbell | KZN/Gauteng Fest | |
| Sat | 26/04/2014 | Krugersdorp | 5 | 17 | Port Natal | KZN/Gauteng Fest | |
| Mon | 28/04/2014 | Krugersdorp | 20 | 38 | George Campbell | KZN/Gauteng Fest | |
| Mon | 28/04/2014 | Randpark | 20 | 14 | Port Natal | KZN/Gauteng Fest | |
| Mon | 28/04/2014 | Northwood | 36 | 18 | Parktown | ||
| Sat | 03/05/2014 | Michaelhouse | 20 | 13 | Hilton | ||
| Sat | 03/05/2014 | Kearsney | 43 | 0 | St Charles | ||
| Sat | 03/05/2014 | Noord-Kaap | 51 | 22 | Middelburg HS | ||
| Mon | 28/04/2014 |
パール ボーイズ
ハイスクール
(南アフリカ)
|
38 | 7 |
東海大学付属
仰星高等学校
(大阪）
|
Sanix 2014 | |
| Tue | 29/04/2014 |
パール ボーイズ
ハイスクール
(南アフリカ)
|
24 | 13 |
筑紫高等学校
（福岡）
|
Sanix 2014 | |
| Thu | 01/05/2014 |
パール ボーイズ
ハイスクール
(南アフリカ)
|
101 | 0 |
富川北
高等学校
(大韓民国)
|
Sanix 2014 | |
| Fri | 02/05/2014 | HJS Paarl BH | 66 | 0 | St Edmund’s (Aus) | Sanix 2014 Q/F | |
| Mon | 28/04/2014 | Monument | 15 | 0 | Boland Landbou | Wildeklawer | |
| Mon | 28/04/2014 | EG Jansen | 25 | 21 | Grey HS | Wildeklawer | |
| Mon | 28/04/2014 | Selborne | 19 | 10 | Drostdy | Wildeklawer | |
| Mon | 28/04/2014 | Waterkloof | 39 | 27 | Glenwood | Wildeklawer | |
| Mon | 28/04/2014 | Oakdale | 39 | 30 | Noord-Kaap | Wildeklawer | |
| Mon | 28/04/2014 | Paul Roos | 67 | 0 | KES | Wildeklawer | |
| Mon | 28/04/2014 | Paarl Gim | 40 | 7 | Affies | Wildeklawer | |
| Mon | 28/04/2014 | Maritzburg College | 56 | 15 | Wildeklawer SARU | Wildeklawer | |
| Mon | 28/04/2014 | Grey College | 25 | 7 | Outeniqua | Wildeklawer | |
| Mon | 28/04/2014 | HTS Middelburg | 25 | 0 | Diamantveld | Wildeklawer | |
| Wed | 30/04/2014 | Boland Landbou | 11 | 12 | HTS Middelburg | Wildeklawer | |
| Wed | 30/04/2014 | Outeniqua | 20 | 15 | Glenwood | Wildeklawer | |
| Wed | 30/04/2014 | Paul Roos | 30 | 10 | EG Jansen | Wildeklawer | |
| Wed | 30/04/2014 | Drostdy | 29 | 35 | Wildeklawer SARU | Wildeklawer | |
| Wed | 30/04/2014 | Maritzburg College | 21 | 9 | Diamantveld | Wildeklawer | |
| Wed | 30/04/2014 | Affies | 21 | 10 | Oakdale | Wildeklawer | |
| Wed | 30/04/2014 | Waterkloof | 39 | 24 | Grey HS | Wildeklawer | |
| Wed | 30/04/2014 | KES | 13 | 12 | Noord-Kaap | Wildeklawer | |
| Wed | 30/04/2014 | Monument | 23 | 23 | Selborne | Wildeklawer | |
| Wed | 30/04/2014 | Grey College | 15 | 14 | Paarl Gim | Wildeklawer |
SchoolBoy Rugby Blog Top 60 Table – April 2014
This is NOT this website’s rankings. It is merely a table that sets out to rank 60 of the schools who are tracked on the blog, using their results. Very little consideration has been given to the strength of opponents played by each school, as a good ranking system would. …
Wildeklawer 2014: Day 2 Squads, Results
The team sheets and players points for Day 2 of Wildeklawer courtesy of Diamantveld and the organisers of the Wildeklawer Skouspel…
Wynberg Rugby Festival 2014
The Wynberg Rugby festival takes place on 01 and 03 May 2014…
Wildeklawer 2014
Wildeklawer 2014 fixtures (8 of the Monday games will be broadcast by SuperSport)
| ON TV | TIME | DAY | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded | 07h30 | Mon | 28/04/2014 | Monument | 15 | 0 | Boland Landbou |
| Live | 08h40 | Mon | 28/04/2014 | EG Jansen | 25 | 21 | Grey HS |
| Live | 09h50 | Mon | 28/04/2014 | Selborne | 19 | 10 | Drostdy |
| Recorded | 11h00 | Mon | 28/04/2014 | Waterkloof | 39 | 27 | Glenwood |
| Live | 11h00 | Mon | 28/04/2014 | Oakdale | 39 | 30 | Noord-Kaap |
| Live | 12h10 | Mon | 28/04/2014 | Paul Roos | 67 | 0 | KES |
| Live | 13h20 | Mon | 28/04/2014 | Paarl Gim | 40 | 7 | Affies |
| Live | 14h30 | Mon | 28/04/2014 | Maritzburg College | 56 | 15 | Wildeklawer SARU |
| Live | 15h40 | Mon | 28/04/2014 | Grey College | 25 | 7 | Outeniqua |
| Live | 16h50 | Mon | 28/04/2014 | HTS Middelburg | 25 | 0 | Diamantveld |
| NO TV | |||||||
| – | 07h30 | Wed | 30/04/2014 | Boland Landbou | 11 | 12 | HTS Middelburg |
| – | 08h40 | Wed | 30/04/2014 | Outeniqua | 20 | 15 | Glenwood |
| – | 09h50 | Wed | 30/04/2014 | Paul Roos | 30 | 10 | EG Jansen |
| – | 11h00 | Wed | 30/04/2014 | Drostdy | 29 | 35 | Wildeklawer SARU |
| – | 11h00 | Wed | 30/04/2014 | Maritzburg College | 21 | 9 | Diamantveld |
| – | 12h10 | Wed | 30/04/2014 | Affies | 21 | 10 | Oakdale |
| – | 13h20 | Wed | 30/04/2014 | Waterkloof | 39 | 24 | Grey HS |
| – | 14h30 | Wed | 30/04/2014 | KES | 13 | 12 | Noord-Kaap |
| – | 15h40 | Wed | 30/04/2014 | Monument | 23 | 23 | Selborne |
| – | 16h50 | Wed | 30/04/2014 | Grey College | 15 | 14 | Paarl Gim |
KZN vs Gauteng Festival 2014: KZN triumphant again
Nine KZN schools including listed “Top School” George Campbell and Port Natal took part in the annual 2 Day KZN/Gauteng Festival held at Bryanston High School in Gauteng this year. KZN emerged as 11-7 winners. …
Wildeklawer 2014: Day 1 Team of the Day
I asked a few bloggers who had watched all the games to pick their team of the day from the games shown on TV. Here is the result of their combined effort:…
Wildeklawer 2014 Day 1: Squads, Results
Information courtesy of Diamandveld and the organisers of the Wildeklawer SuperSkole:…
Wilderklawer 2014: players to watch
Wildeklawer is widely regarded as the premier school rugby tournament in South Africa. Earning it that distinction is the quality of the teams participating and within those team are the some of the best schoolboy rugby players in South Africa at present.…
Tuks Reeks final 2014: HTS Middelburg vs EG Jansen
In spite of having the most hectic April fixture lists in the whole country, 2013 champions HTS Middelburg and EG Jansen (2013 Beeldtrofee champions) have won their semi-final knockout games and will meet in the final at the LC de Villiers Stadium, University of Pretoria on 10 May 2014.…
Match Report: St Charles beats Clifton 36-15
In a battle of the KZN private schools, St Charles hosted Clifton at their beautiful facility in Pietermaritzburg.
St Charles got off to a bright start and by the 15-minute they had built a buffer of 12-0 via two tries. …
Match report: Kearsney beats Hilton 31-17
Gilfillan Field in Hilton which must rate amongst the best school rugby venues in the country, played host to an entertaining 1st XV game. Visitors Kearsney won 31-17 after dominating the scoring in the second half. In many respects, the teams were very evenly matched…
School Rugby Fixtures & Results – Week ending 26/04/2014
| TIME | DAY | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | EVENT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11h30 | Sat | 26/04/2014 | Rustenburg | 27 | 19 | Ermelo | Tuks-Reeks 13-16 playoff |
| 13h15 | Sat | 26/04/2014 | Vereeniging Gim | 21 | 0 | Pietersburg | Tuks-Reeks 13-16 playoff |
| 09h00 | Sat | 26/04/2014 | Centurion | 37 | 29 | Florida | Tuks-Reeks 9-12 playoff |
| 12h30 | Sat | 26/04/2014 | Klerksdorp | 24 | 24 | Marais Viljoen | Tuks-Reeks 9-12 playoff |
| 10h30 | Sat | 26/04/2014 | Kempton Park | 55 | 17 | Transvalia | Tuks-Reeks 5-8 playoff |
| 12h00 | Sat | 26/04/2014 | Monument | 57 | 24 | Eldoraigne | Tuks-Reeks 5-8 playoff |
| 13h30 | Sat | 26/04/2014 | Garsfontein | 33 | 34 | HTS Middelburg | Tuks-Reeks Semifinal |
| 15h00 | Sat | 26/04/2014 | EG Jansen | 24 | 15 | Nelspruit | Tuks-Reeks Semifinal |
| Thu | 24/04/2014 | John Vorster | 25 | 20 | Pretoria BH | PBHS 9th away game in 34days | |
| Sat | 26/04/2014 | Menlopark | 29 | 5 | Ben Vorster | ||
| Sat | 26/04/2014 | Michaelhouse | 34 | 32 | Westville | ||
| Sat | 26/04/2014 | Hilton | 17 | 31 | Kearsney | ||
| Sat | 26/04/2014 | Northwood | 31 | 17 | Jeppe | ||
| Sat | 26/04/2014 | DHS | 34 | 8 | Parktown | ||
| Sat | 26/04/2014 | St Charles | 36 | 15 | Clifton | ||
| Fri | 25/04/2014 | Graeme | 28 | 19 | Cambridge | ||
| Sat | 26/04/2014 | Daniel Pienaar | 13 | 22 | Framesby | ||
| Sat | 26/04/2014 | Nico Malan | 20 | 16 | Marlow | ||
| Tue | 15/04/2014 | Hugenote | 41 | 8 | New Orleans | ||
| Tue | 15/04/2014 | Swartland | 26 | 29 | Schoonspruit | ||
| Wed | 16/04/2014 | Outeniqua | 36 | 3 | Punt | ||
| Tue | 22/04/2014 | Swartland | 11 | 28 | Brackenfell | ||
| Wed | 23/04/2014 | Drostdy | 62 | 0 | Charlie Hofmeyr | ||
| Wed | 23/04/2014 | Brandwag (Uitenhage) | 45 | 0 | Union | ||
| Thu | 24/04/2014 | Augsburg | 48 | 12 | Dirkie Uys | ||
| Thu | 24/04/2014 | Noord-Kaap | 40 | 12 | Hentie Cilliers | ||
| Thu | 24/04/2014 | Durbanville | 20 | 39 | De Kuilen | ||
| Sat | 26/04/2014 | Swartland | 51 | 31 | Hermanus |
TuksSkole Reeks – semifinal fixtures
16 schools, 64 teams and 32 matches translates to a huge rugby day of semifinals and playoffs at the LC de Villiers Stadium and surrounding fields at the University of Pretoria on Saturday, 26 April 2014. The two main semifinals see defending champions HTS Middelburg taking on Pretoria locals Garsfontein followed by EG Jansen of Boksburg against 2013 runnersup Nelspruit.…
Grogper Cup 2014 update – all square after 8 games
Gauteng English Media Schools Parktown and Jeppe travel down to Durban, KwaZulu-Natal this long weekend for crucial Grogper Cup games against DHS and Northwood. …
SA under-20 Baby Boks Squad finalised
The long selection process has come to an end with 28 players being selected to play at the Junior World Championships in New Zealand during June 2014.…
BHP Rankings for period ending 21 April 2014
Unbeaten schools Grey College, Garsfontein, Wynberg and Glenwood top the first official BHP rankings of 2014. Only schools playing a minimum of 6 games were considered.…
5 Players receive Sharks Academy bursaries at KERF
A highly successful seventh Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival wrapped up today with the announcement of five players who each received bursaries to the Sharks Academy for 2015.…
Match Reports – Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival Day 3
Match reports courtesy of Working Words and the organisers of the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival:…
KZN Craven Week 2014 candidates
For anyone who wants to have a go at picking a KZN Craven Week team, here is list of 62 candidates. I’m sure there are a couple of prospects who have been omitted or who will still come through as the season progresses.…
Sharks Academy’s Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival bursary prize success rate
Every year at the conclusion of the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival selectors from The Sharks and Sharks Academy hand out bursary prizes to selected players. In 2014 there are three bursaries each valued at over R100 000 when including the contract with the Academy for 2015, accommodation and the tuition bursary with one of its education partners.
In terms of being a marketing tool, the concept is a huge success, as it draws a lot of media attention. As a method of recruitment, well you can judge for yourself …