Schoolboy rugby on TV
Unconfirmed but there appears to be great news for school rugby fans again in 2013. Megapro and Premier Interschools have 11 top quality live matches for 2013.…
Best of the Eastern Cape at Graeme Rugby Day
Graeme Rugby Day on Thursday 21 March is the next significant event on the Eastern Cape school rugby calendar. It is an opportunity to watch all the top contenders in the province playing at one venue, namely Graeme College in Grahamstown.
| TIME | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10h30 | PJ Olivier | 3 | 24 | Nathaniel Nyaluza |
| 08h00 | Cambridge | 49 | 0 | Port Alfred |
| 09h10 | Hudson Park | 22 | 21 | Muir |
| 10h20 | Dale | 16 | 28 | Nico Malan |
| 11h30 | Queens | 19 | 21 | Die Brandwag |
| 12h40 | Grey HS | 16 | 10 | Westville |
| 13h50 | Kingswood | 8 | 20 | Marlow |
| 15h00 | St Andrews | 21 | 12 | Pearson |
| 16h10 | Graeme | 3 | 8 | Selborne |
WP Rugby Day 2013 at Newlands
20 minutes per half and no kicking will again be the order of the day at WP Rugby Day to be played at Newlands on Monday 18-Mar-2013. Entrance is FREE so make sure you get there!
| 15:55 | SACS | 5 | 5 | Strand |
| 16:40 | Bishops | 25 | 10 | Stellenberg |
| 17:25 | Wynberg | 15 | 20 | Paul Roos |
| 18:10 | Rondebosch | 0 | 0 | HJS Paarl |
| 18:53 | Paarl Gim | 20 | 5 | Boland Landbou |
Kearsney beats Glenwood 26-25
Supporters got to witness schoolboy rugby at it’s very best in a thrilling match won 26-25 by Kearsney against Glenwood. The match had been billed as one of the biggest games of the KwaZulu-Natal season and it lived up to expectations in every way with the lead changing hands before the winning try was scored by Kearsney virtually at the death.…
School Rugby Results: 16-Mar-13
| 1ST | XV. | 2ND XV | U16A | U15A | U14A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingswood | 12 | 32 | Grey High | x | x | x | x |
| Daniel Pienaar | 7 | 29 | St Andrews | 8-13 | 24-7 | 0-31 | 0-31 |
| Punt | 0 | 29 | Nico Malan | ||||
| Oudtshoorn | 6 | 22 | Marlow | ||||
| Cambridge | 24 | 0 | Itembelihle | ||||
| Michaelhouse | 38 | 11 | Northwood | 28-0 | 22-22 | 54-3 | 17-10 |
| M. College | 39 | 10 | George Campbell | 47-9 | 73-0 | 64-0 | 63-0 |
| Kearsney | 26 | 25 | Glenwood | 9-13 | 5-17 | 10-17 | 0-15 |
| DHS | 28 | 25 | Port Natal | x | 12-18 | x | 66-0 |
| Westville | 20 | 10 | Hilton | 6-3 | 19-8 | 24-11 | 10-13 |
| St Davids | 17 | 6 | St Charles | 36-10 | 3-3 | 7-10 | 7-19 |
| Greytown | 10 | 43 | Sarel Cilliers | ||||
| Pretoria BH | 46 | 6 | John Vorster | ||||
| St Johns | 59 | 24 | Jeppe | 5-41 | 0-17 | 7-38 | 16-12 |
| St Stithians | 21 | 22 | KES | 22-30 | 0-39 | 11-25 | 17-8 |
| St Albans | 26 | 25 | St Benedicts | x | 12-12 | ||
| Helpmekaar | 21 | 25 | Menlopark | ||||
| Montana | 32 | 29 | Ben Vorster | ||||
| Duineveld | 13 | 52 | Grey College | 0-60 | 0-108 | ||
| AHS Kroonstad | 14 | 62 | Fichardtpark | x | |||
| Diamantveld | 7 | 32 | Affies | x | 9-34 | 6-26 | 0-31 |
| Louis Botha | 0 | 15 | Waterkloof | ||||
| Welkom Gim | 0 | 38 | Noord-Kaap | ||||
| Hentie Cilliers | 37 | 24 | Zastron | ||||
| Voortrekker (Beth) | 45 | 17 | Jim Fouche | 24-7 | |||
| Boland Landbou* | 0 | 5 | Drostdy (20minx2 halves) | ||||
| Hugenote | 14 | 13 | Tygerberg | 12-31 | 31-17 | 0-22 | 12-7 |
| Monnas | 50 | 22 | Pietersburg | 36-0 | 24-13 | 114-0 | |
| Centurion | 28 | 27 | Vereeniging Gim | 18-12 | 5-34 | 41-7 | |
| Marais Viljoen | 22 | 58 | Transvalia | 24-18 | 12-36 | 10-20 | |
| Nelspruit | 27 | 22 | Garsfontein | 20-12 | 15-12 | 13-0 | |
| Eldoraigne | 6 | 20 | Kempton Park | 19-24 | 19-3 | 8-7 | |
| Ermelo | 8 | 27 | Rustenburg | 0-19 | 0-73 | 10-42 | |
| Klerskdorp | 16 | 25 | HTS Middelburg | 32-13 | 25-5 | 15-5 | |
| Florida | post | poned | EG Jansen |
KZN school rugby preview & team sheets: 16-Mar-13
Saturday, 16 March 2013 represents the first full fixture rugby weekend in KwaZulu, with all the Tier-1 teams in action. Here’s a preview of what to expect.…
Paarl Gymnasium under-16 Tournament
It is without doubt the premier under-16 rugby tournament in South Africa. 24 schools including all of the so-called “powerhouse” rugby schools are participating. Match day 1 and 2 are long days, consisting of 10½ hours of non-stop action…
Fixtures for the weekend: 16-Mar-13
KZN and Noordvaal get into the swing of things with weekend with all the top schools in action.…
The best sports school in South Africa
PLEASE HELP! Since it is such a topic of interest, here is a thread dedicated to determining who the best school has been in each sport over the last 5 or so years. …
Grey PE & Kingswood gear up for a big game
Grey High School has named a powerful team to play Kingswood at 5pm on Friday at the City Lords, Kingswood’s home ground in Grahamstown.…
Affies 1st & 2nd teams for Diamantveld match
Affies has named there 1st and 2nd XV’s for their match against Diamantveld in Kimberley this Saturday.…
Kingswood records big win ahead of Grey PE game
By Ryan Victor.
Kingswood College 1st XV kicked off their season with a match against Winterberg Agricultural School. The game was called a pre-season fixture, but both sides didn’t think this was the case.…
Paul Roos announces 1st team
Paul Roos has named their team for the WP Rugby Day match against Wynberg at 18:53 on 18-Mar-2013.…
Boishaai starts 2013 with a win
Paarl Boys High overcame a determined San Isidro from Argentina 38-20 after leading 24-6 at the break. The match played in 37 degree heat was Boishaai’s first for 2013. Judging by the result and the calibre of the opposition who’s reputation had been enhanced by good showings against Drostdy and Paul Roos, Boishaai has all rights to feels happy about this positive start to the season.…
Varsity Cup Young Guns u20: Round 4
There should be two very good games on in the Young Guns competition today. Tuks takes on the Pukke in a battle for top spot in their pool. The Ikeys Trojans and UJ are both after that very important second place in the Steinhoff pool. With the top two teams from each pool qualifying for the semi-finals, it is everything to play for. The Shimlas from UFS should comfortably beat Wits in today’s other game, meaning that the loser of Tuks versus Pukke will find themselves relegated to third in the pool after today’s round.…
Kearsney beats Northwood 30-0
09-Mar-13. Kearsney illustrated the importance of teamwork and a balanced approach as they systematically built up a 30-0 lead over 70-minutes against their hosts Northwood. Tries were scored by captain Matt Reece-Edwards, Thuthu Ndlovu and Mthokozisi Moloi and backed up with 15-points from the reliable boot of Tristan Tedder.…
George Campbell beats St Charles 10-7
09-Mar-13. Hosts George Campbell scraped home 10-7 against St Charles in a new fixture. It’s excellent that the two schools are competing again because past indications suggested that they are more or less on par in rugby. This match proved it. A very even contest just as the scoreline suggests with both teams enjoying periods of domination. …
School Rugby Results: 09-Mar-13
| TYPE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kroonstad | 55 | 3 | Klerksdorp | |
| DHS | 67 | 8 | KZN Development | |
| George Campbell | 10 | 7 | St Charles | |
| Northwood | 0 | 30 | Kearsney | |
| Westville | 24 | 19 | M.College | Warm-up |
| Hilton | 81 | 0 | Voortrekker (Pmb) | Warm-up |
| Dale | 33 | 17 | Cambridge | Border Rugby Day |
| Grens | 0 | 33 | Queens | Border Rugby Day |
| Selborne | 31 | 7 | Stirling | Border Rugby Day |
| Nico Malan | 68 | 10 | Oudtshoorn | |
| Paul Roos | 0 | 9 | San Isidro (Arg) | Trial Match |
| Monnas | 36 | 16 | Vereeniging Gim | NuPower-Tuks Super 16 |
| Pietersburg | 29 | 45 | Centurion | NuPower-Tuks Super 16 |
| Marais Viljoen | 19 | 50 | Garsfontein | NuPower-Tuks Super 16 |
| Transvalia | 21 | 24 | Nelspruit | NuPower-Tuks Super 16 |
| Kempton Park | 24 | 6 | Ermelo | NuPower-Tuks Super 16 |
| Rustenburg | 25 | 24 | Eldoraigne | NuPower-Tuks Super 16 |
| HTS Middelburg | 47 | 23 | Florida | NuPower-Tuks Super 16 |
| EG Jansen | 57 | 3 | Klerksdorp | NuPower-Tuks Super 16 |
| Noord-Kaap | 10 | 12 | Marlow | |
| Louis Botha | 45 | 27 | Zastron | |
| Jim Fouche | 33 | 19 | Duineveld | |
| Die Brandwag | 66 | 6 | Volkskool Graaff-Reinet | |
| Sentraal | 38 | 17 | Goudveld | |
| Sentraal | 29 | 18 | Diamantveld | |
| Middelburg HS | 32 | 3 | Die Anker | |
| Potch Gim | 26 | 21 | Bastion | |
| Grey College | 50 | 24 | Hentie Cilliers | |
| Grey College | 73 | 14 | AHS Kroonstad |
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| HJS Paarl | 38 | 20 | San Isidro (Arg) | on Monday |
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Bizsport Festival 2013
Glenwood High School in Durban has the honour of hosting the Bizsport Festival over Easter. It is a huge undertaking. There is 12 1st XV teams taking part and running simultaneously are the under-14, under-15, under-16 and 2nd XV games for the various schools. Altogther 46 teams are set to participate in Bizsport 2013.…
SBR Super Rugby Superbru Round 4
Updated. Super Rugby Round 4 gets underway with a clash difficult to call game in Wellington on Friday. Saturday will see the Stormers desperate to get their campaign back on track following two away defeats. Young Ludz, the only Kings fan in our Superbru was the only one brave mad enough to back his team to beat the Sharks. On Sunday morning the Bulls will surprise a lot of people if they do somehow win against the in-form Blues.…
1st KZN Top Schools Rugby Festival a success
| TIME | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16h30 | Port Natal | 17 | 14 | Pionier |
| 17h20 | George Campbell | 8 | 3 | Clifton |
| 18h10 | Northwood | 8 | 3 | DHS |
| 19h00 | Kearsney | 17 | 5 | Westville |
| 19h50 | Glenwood | 19 | 0 | M.College |
Congratulations must go to the KZNRU for putting on a successful and very entertaining festival at Kings Park. It was well attended and the boys lived up to the billing by playing attractive early season rugby. It seems pointless over-analysing the results because of the format (2 halves of 20 minutes) and the differing motives of the various coaches coming into the games.…
Border Schools Tournament 2013
The Border Schools Tournament takes place at Buffalo Stadium in East London on Saturday 09 March 2013. The rugby day will feature all the well-known Border school’s including the regions heavyweights Selborne, Queen’s and Dale. …
Team sheets for KZN Top Schools Rugby Festival
The Sharks have put a great deal of effort into preparing and marketing tonight’s first ever KZN Top Schools Rugby Festival at Kings Park. The Union deserves praise for is work. The timing of the event is however not great, to put it mildly. …
Now there are 3 Westville vs College matches in 2013
With St Charles declining the opportunity to play against Westville at the Wartburg Festival on Saturday 09 March 2013, the organisers were forced to pair Westville and Maritzburg College. …
Hilton College rugby team for 2013
Compliments of Jonathan Read, we have the Hilton starting line-up to play against Voortrekker (Pmb) in a warm-up game. Cameron Wright, the KZN Schools Craven Week and Sharks under-19 scrumhalf from 2012 has been named as the captain.…
NuPower-Tuks Series 2013
The pool matches of the Nupower-Tuks series begins on Saturday 09 March 2013. 16 Noord-Vaal schools are competing for the title. Split into 4 pools of 4 teams each, each school will play the other 3 schools in their pool with the best 2 schools in each pool advancing to the quarter-finals knockout stage.…
Paul Roos & Boishaai face a tough Argentine workout
San Isidro, the high school from Buenos Aires in Argentina has three teams out on a tour of the Western Cape at the moment. Having just outscored Drostdy by three tries to one in a 17-17 draw at fortress Trappespark, suggests that these tourists mean business. …
Young Guns Varsity Cup: Round 3
The Varsity Cup Young Guns Compo for under-20 students is into Round 3. Its the first time this season that all 8 teams will be in action. Last week the Pukke hammered Wits as expected but NMMU really put up a brave fight going down just 24-34 to one of the pre-tournament favourites, the Maties from the University of Stellenbosch.…
EW Viljoen stars for Grey College
Grey College defeated Voortrekker (Bethlehem) 46-5 at the massive Fichardtpark Sports Day in Bloemfontein. The event featured no fewer that 50 school rugby teams.…
School Rugby Results 02-Mar-2013
| SCHOOL | SCHOOL | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pionier | 6 | 23 | Kearsney |
| Glenwood | 26 | 24 | Framesby |
| Sarel Cilliers | 50 | 0 | Empangeni |
| Kroonstad Rooiskool | 20 | 15 | Marlow |
| Louis Botha | 32 | 7 | Welkom Gim |
| Noord-Kaap | 24 | 10 | Hentie Cilliers |
| Grey Cherries | 25 | 16 | Landboudal |
| Grey College | 46 | 5 | Voortrekker (Beth) |
| Fichardtpark | 23 | 24 | Witteberg |
| Ben Vorster | 50 | 7 | Standerton |
| Menlopark | 25 | 14 | Centurion |
| Jim Fouche | 27 | 21 | Klerksdorp |
| Rustenburg | 26 | 14 | Marais Viljoen |
| Diamantveld | 26 | 19 | Duineveld |
| Paarl Gim | 19 | 0 | Stellenbosch RA |
| HTS Middelburg | 38 | 8 | Transvalia |
| Drostdy | 17 | 17 | San Isidro (Argentina) |
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Glenwood beats Framesby 26-24
02-Mar-13. Glenwood and Framesby treated early arriving fans at the Kings Park Stadium in Durban to the only real excitement at the venue on the day. With the main game, a Super Rugby match between the Sharks and the Stormers turning out to be a dull affair, the 50-points aggregate score in the schoolboy rugby curtain raiser proved to be an advert of how rugby is meant to be played from a tactical point of view. In the end Glenwood won 26-24 after leading 12-9 at the break.…
College still upbeat ahead of Voortrekker Night Series game
Maritzburg College are still seeing the positive side of life despite going down to Westville (10-5) and then to Kearsney (19-7) in their first two warm up sessions of the year, played at the Voortrekker Rugby Night . Coach Ryan Strudwick has believes there has been good value in giving players game time with contact and in testing depth.…
SBR Super Rugby Superbru Round 3
Updated. The Super Rugby weekend starts with a difficult to predict clash between the Blues and Crusaders and ends with a mouthwatering game between the Sharks and Stormers.…
Framesby excited about their Sharks/Stormers curtain-raiser
Framesby is looking forward to the experience of playing a curtain-raiser to the Sharks versus Stormers Super Rugby match at Kings Park in Durban on Saturday, 02 March 2013. They are also grateful for the good relationship they have with their opponents on the day Glenwood, which made this match possible. Just like Glenwood, Framesby will be approaching the game as a pre-season preparation for the coming season.…
KES Easter Rugby Festival 2013
The King Edward VII Easter Rugby Festival is arguable the best attended school rugby festival in the country.
This year apart from the hosts KES, the big attraction team is bound to be Garsfontein who has seen a big improvement in their rugby and results in recent times. Centurion also comes off a very good 2012 season and will be hoping to build on that success. Marlow, Menlopark and Eldoraigne rank nationally amongst the unknown quanities and are capable of producing good results while Hentie Cilliers has been a good supply line to the Griffons Craven Week and Academy Week causes over the years.
| DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu.28Mar | Garsfontein | 106 | 07 | Golden Lions Inv |
| Thu.28Mar | KES | 40 | 12 | Hudson Park |
| Thu.28Mar | Parktown | 10 | 12 | Trinityhouse |
| Thu.28Mar | Marlow | 22 | 39 | Centurion |
| Thu.28Mar | Eldoraigne | 22 | 20 | Hentie Cilliers |
| Thu.28Mar | Menlopark | 36 | 03 | Lichtenburg |
| Sat.30Mar | Golden Lions Inv | 00 | 89 | Centurion |
| Sat.30Mar | Lichtenburg | 00 | 80 | Garsfontein |
| Sat.30Mar | Menlopark | 51 | 24 | Hentie Cilliers |
| Sat.30Mar | Trinityhouse | 16 | 28 | Eldoraigne |
| Sat.30Mar | Parktown | 32 | 22 | Hudson Park |
| Sat.30Mar | Marlow | 20 | 16 | KES |
| Mon.01Apr | Eldoraigne | 36 | 05 | Hudson Park |
| Mon.01Apr | Menlopark | 39 | 44 | Marlow |
| Mon.01Apr | Lichtenburg | 28 | 41 | Centurion |
| Mon.01Apr | Golden Lions Inv | 00 | 77 | Hentie Cilliers |
| Mon.01Apr | Parktown | 05 | 109 | Garsfontein |
| Mon.01Apr | KES | 24 | 35 | Trinityhouse |
Dale gets off to a decent start
A tweet yesterday from Dale College read as follows:
…Dale played De Vos Malan today in their opener beating them 28-8 the unbeaten streak at home continues!!
Glenwood ready for Framesby at Kings Park
Glenwood opens their season in style with a curtain-raiser to the Sharks versus Stormers Super Rugby match at Kings Park on Saturday 02 March 2013. Kickoff is at 5pm. Their worthy opponents will be Framesby from Port Elizabeth, who like Glenwood are involved in three major rugby festivals this season, namely NWU-Puk, Kearsney and Wildeklawer. It’s a big season for both and although this game is billed as a proper fixture, Glenwood has indicated that they will be approaching it as a pre-season game with combinations still under the microscope.…
Big Waterpolo weekend ahead
“Lots of waterpolo action this weekend in the Big Smoke” – Greenblooded ©…
Grey College’s exciting team for 2013
Grey College has selected its 1st XV consisting of 23-player squad for the opening game against Voortrekker in Bethlehem on 02 March 2013. The talented team contains a number of players that did duty in 2012. All-in-all 17 Grade-12 students and 6 Grade-11’s make for a very well balanced squad however only one of the Grade-11’s namely flyhalf Michael Andrade will start the game.…