The www.Affiesrugby.co.za has put up a detailed list of the Affies rugby fixtures for 2016 here: http://www.affiesrugby.co.za/2016-bepalings.html
It goes without saying that it will be another year of tough matches, with the possibility of a Grand Slam year (Boishaai, Gimmies, Grey College, Monnas and Paul Roos) still on the cards, since St John’s and Wildeklawer fixtures are still to be finalised.
1st XV fixtures
| DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | EVENT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat.12Mar | Affies | – | – | Helpmekaar | |
| Thu.24Mar | TBA | – | – | Affies | St John’s Rugby Festival |
| Sat.26Mar | TBA | – | – | Affies | St John’s Rugby Festival |
| Mon.28Mar | TBA | – | – | Affies | St John’s Rugby Festival |
| Sat.09Apr | Westville | – | – | Affies | |
| Sat.16Apr | Affies | – | – | Diamantveld | |
| Sat.30Apr | TBA | – | – | Affies | Wildeklawer SuperSkole |
| Mon.02May | TBA | – | – | Affies | Wildeklawer SuperSkole |
| Sat.07May | Affies | – | – | Grey College | |
| Wed.18May | KES | – | – | Affies | |
| Sat.21May | Waterkloof | – | – | Affies | |
| Sat.28May | Jeppe | – | – | Affies | |
| Sat.23Jul | Maritzburg College | – | – | Affies | |
| Sat.30Jul | Affies | – | – | Glenwood | |
| Sat.06Aug | Affies | – | – | Pretoria BH |
Some observations made on fixtures for 2016:
3 Games against Top 10:
– Paarl Boishaai (1)
– PRG (4)
– Grey College (6)
4 Games against ranking 11 to 20:
– Outeniqua(12)
– Nelspruit(15)
– Diamantveld(18)
– Maritzburg College(20)
2 Games against ranking 21 to 30:
– Waterkloof(24)
– Westville(27)
4 Games against ranking 31 to 40:
– Glenwood(33)
– KES(34)
– Helpmekaar(36)
– Jeppe(38)
2 Games ouside Top 50:
– Parktown Boys
– Pretoria Boys High
* Would have like to see a game against PaarlGim(3), Monnas(5), EG Jansen(9) and HTS Middelburg(14)
Looking forward to some good matchups though.
@Tang: Klink vir my Affies mag dalk hulle grootste Graad 8 inname in die geskiedenis hê volgende jaar. Almal wat volgende jaar graad 8 is sal in hulle matriekjaar daar wees as die skool 100 jaar oud is. Daar word gepraat van ‘n groep van 350 seuns. Hierdie jaar was hulle 270 wat ook ‘n groot groep was.
@Cappie – Thank you. I missed the post. Another difficult fixture for Boys High next year.
@Tang, @Cappie: Ek dink Affies 1e span kook volgende jaar.
@Tang: sien my post hoër op. Ek glo hulle sal weer goed kan doen volgende jaar.
@Cappie @Oorkant Loftus What are your thoughts on the Affies 2016 team? I have heard some rumours that they will be an excellent bunch. Is my information correct?
Sal graag ook PRG-Monument;PRG-Glenwood;PRG-Selborne interskole jaarliks wou sien. Mens kan maar droom…..
@Skoorsteen: interskole gaan nie net oor rugby nie, dit sluit in rugby, hokkie, tennis,golf, debat, koor, skaak, tafel tennis, squash die wat ek vinnig aan kan dink, +- 750 seuns wat deel neem. Ongeveer 15 busse wat op die pad is.
@PaarlBok: Ek kan nie n probleem sien nie. Die o14,15 2de en 1ste krieketspanne van Affies speel jaarliks in Februarie in die Kaap teen Paul Roos, Wynberg en Rondebosch. So kom die Paul Roos krieket ook teen Aug PTA toe. So die vraag: hoekom krieket jaarliks maar nie rugby nie??
@PaarlBok: Stem volkome saam. Afstand bly egter ‘n probleem. Om 750 seuns teen ‘n minimum van R1500 per kop oor 3200km (heen en weer) vervoer te kry sal R1,125m kos. Daar is geen rede waarom daar nie ‘n instelling gemaak kan word wat so derby, sê twee keer uit elke vyf jaar te laat plaasvind nie, sodat elke skolier die kans kan kry om in sy skoolloopbaan of in Stellenbosch, of in Pretoria ‘n draai kan maak nie.
@Die Ken: Daar is heelwat spelers van hierdie jaar terug vir volgende jaar. Ek sien baie uit na volgende jaar. o’16s, alhoewel nie te hoog op op die ranglyste nie, het ook nie te sleg gevaar nie. Hulle het hulle eerste drie wedstryde van die jaar verloor en daarna goed teruggekom. ‘n Paar “close games” daarna verloor, oa teen Grey (met 1 punt) en teen Glenwood (met 4). Die tweede span het 9 uit 10 gewen. Slegs teen Grey Cherries verloor (29-24). Derde span het Grey se derde span gewen. Daar is dus heelwat diepte om uit te kies vir volgende jaar.
Wat egter belangrik is, is om goed voor te berei, en te hoop vir nie te veel sleutelspelers beserings nie.
Affies en PRG behoort elke jaar teen mekaar te speel met alle sporte en spanne.
@Cappie: Hoe lyk jul span vlg jaar Caps?
@Rugger fan: Yes, the homeside is mentioned first in the schedule above. Affes plays Westville, KES, Jeppe, Waterkloof and Maritzburg away. They play Helpmekaar, Diamantveld, Grey, Glenwood and PBHS at the “plaas” and they have five fixtures on mutual grounds.
The Affies / M College fixture is in PMB next year (http://schoolboyrugby.co.za/?p=12901).
@CharlesZA: You can visit the link above for the full preliminary schedule of all teams. Not all the interschools have 30 teams, and additional games are organised during the year to fill the gaps.
@CharlesZA: All other A, B, C and D teams are also playing in festivals. Only E and F teams and 5th to 10th teams play only 10 games. If not mistaken the 5th and 6th open teams may also be involved in some or other tour.
Only 10 games all season for the rest of the teams?
@Cappie: OK, so it was the usual storm in a tea cup reaction from a few individuals, rather than a blanket opinion from the school. The posts last year were quite insulting really…
@Grasshopper: The arguments were only individual opinions and had nothing to do with the actual relationship between the schools. I did mentioned in my comments during that time that the interschools with Glenwood will stay, as officially the two schools have too much to offer one another on the sporting field, and that isolated incidents should not prohibit competition between them.
I hope that this interschools will continue to grow in future.
I thought the Glenwood fixture was going to be cancelled due to arguments on and off the field this year…
It looks very similar to this year, with the exception that the Menlo clash has now been replaced with the Diamantveld clash.
Hopefully they will play Boishaai and Paul Roos in the St Johnn’s festival and Paarl Gim and Monnas at Wildeklaver.