St Stithians have come out on top in 2016 in terms of most competitive festival as far as the scores are concerned. Saint’s score difference of 13 edged out KES with 14 while Kearsney suffered from an unusually one-sided final day finishing with 18. As expected St John’s put together two very competitive match-days after their traditionally one-sided opening day.
| TIME | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | EVENT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:45 | Mon.28Mar | SACS | 10 | 10 | Selborne | Kearsney ERF |
| 12:00 | Mon.28Mar | Framesby | 66 | 17 | Noord-Kaap | Kearsney ERF |
| 13:15 | Mon.28Mar | Maritzburg College | 8 | 47 | EG Jansen | Kearsney ERF |
| 14:30 | Mon.28Mar | Glenwood | 32 | 5 | Dale | Kearsney ERF |
| 15:45 | Mon.28Mar | Kearsney | 10 | 24 | HTS Middelburg | Kearsney ERF |
| 08:30 | Mon.28Mar | St Benedict’s | 22 | 30 | Kingswood | KES Festival |
| 09:45 | Mon.28Mar | Marlow | 11 | 16 | Waterkloof | KES Festival |
| 11:00 | Mon.28Mar | Eldoraigne | 29 | 18 | Hudson Park | KES Festival |
| 12:15 | Mon.28Mar | Ben Vorster | 54 | 12 | St David’s | KES Festival |
| 13:30 | Mon.28Mar | KES | 39 | 24 | Northwood | KES Festival |
| 14:45 | Mon.28Mar | Jeppe | 41 | 20 | Queen’s | KES Festival |
| 09:00 | Mon.28Mar | St John’s (Harare) | 7 | 27 | Lions Inv XV | St John’s RF |
| 10:15 | Mon.28Mar | Parktown | 17 | 27 | Hilton | St John’s RF |
| 11:30 | Mon.28Mar | St John’s | 33 | 7 | Viadana (Ita) | St John’s RF |
| 13:30 | Mon.28Mar | Monument | 15 | 30 | Helpmekaar | St John’s RF |
| 14:45 | Mon.28Mar | HJS Paarl BH | 17 | 11 | Nelspruit | St John’s RF |
| 16:00 | Mon.28Mar | Paul Roos | 17 | 24 | Affies | St John’s RF |
| 09:45 | Mon.28Mar | DHS | 31 | 17 | St Andrew’s | St Stithians Fest |
| 11:00 | Mon.28Mar | Graeme | 20 | 10 | Pretoria BH | St Stithians Fest |
| 12:15 | Mon.28Mar | Wynberg | 32 | 27 | St Alban’s | St Stithians Fest |
| 13:30 | Mon.28Mar | St Stithians | 46 | 21 | Clifton | St Stithians Fest |
| 14:45 | Mon.28Mar | Michaelhouse | 15 | 39 | Grey HS | St Stithians Fest |
| 16:00 | Mon.28Mar | Bishops | 20 | 20 | Westville | St Stithians Fest |
DAY 2
| TIME | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | EVENT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 | Sat.26Mar | Framesby | 17 | 46 | Dale | Kearsney ERF |
| 10:45 | Sat.26Mar | Glenwood | 17 | 6 | HTS Middelburg | Kearsney ERF |
| 12:00 | Sat.26Mar | Kearsney | 39 | 36 | SACS | Kearsney ERF |
| 13:15 | Sat.26Mar | Maritzburg College | 7 | 18 | Selborne | Kearsney ERF |
| 14:30 | Sat.26Mar | EG Jansen | 40 | 17 | Noord-Kaap | Kearsney ERF |
| 08:30 | Sat.26Mar | Ben Vorster | 10 | 23 | Marlow | KES Festival |
| 09:45 | Sat.26Mar | St David’s | 0 | 16 | Hudson Park | KES Festival |
| 11:00 | Sat.26Mar | Eldoraigne | 10 | 13 | Northwood | KES Festival |
| 12:15 | Sat.26Mar | St Benedict’s | 27 | 30 | Queen’s | KES Festival |
| 13:30 | Sat.26Mar | Jeppe | 12 | 7 | Waterkloof | KES Festival |
| 14:45 | Sat.26Mar | KES | 26 | 5 | Kingswood | KES Festival |
| 08:45 | Sat.26Mar | Parktown | 39 | 12 | Viadana (Ita) | St John’s RF |
| 10:00 | Sat.26Mar | Affies | 38 | 0 | Nelspruit | St John’s RF |
| 11:15 | Sat.26Mar | Hilton | 12 | 10 | Lions Inv XV | St John’s RF |
| 13:30 | Sat.26Mar | St John’s | 23 | 15 | St John’s (Harare) | St John’s RF |
| 14:45 | Sat.26Mar | Paul Roos | 14 | 11 | Monument | St John’s RF |
| 16:00 | Sat.26Mar | HJS Paarl BH | 24 | 17 | Helpmekaar | St John’s RF |
| 09:45 | Sat.26Mar | Clifton | 8 | 10 | Graeme | St Stithians Fest |
| 11:00 | Sat.26Mar | St Andrew’s | 14 | 8 | St Alban’s | St Stithians Fest |
| 12:15 | Sat.26Mar | Grey HS | 44 | 0 | Bishops | St Stithians Fest |
| 13:30 | Sat.26Mar | Pretoria BH | 11 | 17 | Michaelhouse | St Stithians Fest |
| 14:45 | Sat.26Mar | Wynberg | 17 | 7 | Westville | St Stithians Fest |
| 16:30 | Sat.26Mar | St Stithians | 16 | 17 | DHS | St Stithians Fest |
DAY 1
| TIME | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | EVENT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:45 | Thu.24Mar | Kearsney | 55 | 10 | Noord-Kaap | Kearsney ERF |
| 12:00 | Thu.24Mar | HTS Middelburg | 12 | 22 | Selborne | Kearsney ERF |
| 14:30 | Thu.24Mar | Maritzburg College | 16 | 25 | Dale | Kearsney ERF |
| 13:15 | Thu.24Mar | Glenwood | 14 | 13 | EG Jansen | Kearsney ERF |
| 15:45 | Thu.24Mar | SACS | 19 | 13 | Framesby | Kearsney ERF |
| 08:30 | Thu.24Mar | St Benedict’s | 7 | 17 | Waterkloof | KES Festival |
| 09:45 | Thu.24Mar | St David’s | 17 | 43 | Kingswood | KES Festival |
| 11:00 | Thu.24Mar | Queen’s | 36 | 8 | Northwood | KES Festival |
| 12:15 | Thu.24Mar | Hudson Park | 23 | 19 | Marlow | KES Festival |
| 13:30 | Thu.24Mar | Eldoraigne | 18 | 33 | Jeppe | KES Festival |
| 14:45 | Thu.24Mar | KES | 17 | 26 | Ben Vorster | KES Festival |
| 12:15 | Thu.24Mar | HJS Paarl BH | 54 | 0 | Lions Inv XV | St John’s RF |
| 13:30 | Thu.24Mar | Monument | 47 | 0 | Viadana (Ita) | St John’s RF |
| 14:45 | Thu.24Mar | Helpmekaar | 36 | 10 | St John’s (Harare) | St John’s RF |
| 16:45 | Thu.24Mar | Paul Roos | 69 | 6 | Hilton | St John’s RF |
| 18:00 | Thu.24Mar | Parktown | 7 | 49 | Affies | St John’s RF |
| 19:15 | Thu.24Mar | St John’s | 5 | 21 | Nelspruit | St John’s RF |
| 09:45 | Thu.24Mar | Clifton | 0 | 35 | St Alban’s | St Stithians Fest |
| 11:00 | Thu.24Mar | DHS | 24 | 27 | Bishops | St Stithians Fest |
| 12:15 | Thu.24Mar | St Stithians | 17 | 16 | Graeme | St Stithians Fest |
| 13:30 | Thu.24Mar | Pretoria BH | 8 | 36 | St Andrew’s | St Stithians Fest |
| 14:45 | Thu.24Mar | Michaelhouse | 31 | 31 | Wynberg | St Stithians Fest |
| 16:00 | Thu.24Mar | Westville | 6 | 29 | Grey HS | St Stithians Fest |
Any thoughts out there on the very disappointing performances of the once mighty Maritzburg College outfit at the KERF?
Hard day for DC ?, first loss. On to the next one boys well done.
All the best to all the teams this season, another exciting year.
@NW_Knight: From the KES Live Scoring Link:
“12:38 Try time but there is a flag against Ben Vorster.Straight red for number 3 from Ben Vorster”
“12:43 Yellow card for the Ben Vorster number 1. thats the second try disallowed for Ben Vorster after a player is dirty in the lead up. “
@NW_Knight the first card for the tighthead was definitely a red card.
@Vyfster: There were only yellow cards against Ben Vorster. It was actually quite a nice game,. BV always looked better and should have scored more than they did. Yellow cards were justified and the whistle went long before the try line was crossed in both instances.
I was watching with no interest in either side, so I think your source may have watched the game through jaded glasses.
Baie geluk Affies ,EG Jansen en Helpmekaar ….. Goeie momentum vir die res van die seisoen !!
SORRY ALL. EG JANSEN SCORE WAS INCORRECT. FIXED NOW.
Outstanding performance by the Jansies. Their tempo today was off the charts. Urgency from start to finish and it was rewarded on the scoreboard
Score between Maritzburg college and EG Jansen should be swapped. Big win again for EG Jansen. One point loss against Glenwood and could have been 3/3, but still a brilliant weekend. Well done EG Jansen. But it is very tough to win 3 games in row at these easter tournaments as seen in the past.
Ben Vorster 54-12 St Davids….not bad if you get a red card in 1st half against you, followed by yellow card a minute or 2 later whilst only leading 15-5 at the time.
I wasn’t there today but apparently on both occasions BV were awarded a try, only to to be disallowed by horizontal flag from the same touchjudge (he must be a KES old boy…lol)….after this setback, and a halftime lead of only 18-12, the Vossies pushed ahead with 14 men in 2nd half and racked up the tries.
well done to Eldo’s for first win of tournament , good wins for KES, Kloof and kingswood.
@Beet: are the score in Maritzburg/ Eg game not wrong way around?
Did Helpies beat Monnas at st Johns? wow, that is massive for them
KES 39: 24 Northwood
@hennieflank: Jy laat my lag.
@Playa: I think your guys have a very good chance. It seems our guys are not playing that well. Maybe another draw, tale of two halves!
@Hustle: Dream festival for the boys in absolutely stoked!Huge task ahead tomorrow.I’ll be proud regardless of how things go against Glenwood.
AMADODA!
@affiedorp dankie, gedink dis nie die eerste en tweede spanne nie. Gehoor die mense rondom ons in Vryheid praat van AHS se eerste en tweede spanne. Sal graag AHS se derde span teen Nelspruit wou sien vandag op St Johns. Die streaming het nie lekker gewerk. Dink die AHS se derdespan sou indruk gemaak het by St John’s. Wil net seker maak, AHS en Afrikaanse Skoole Kroonstad is beslis twee verskillende skole? AHS is Affies ? Afrikaanse Skool Kroonstad is wat almal verwys na die Rooiskool?
Oh game one Monday that Queens side has the discipline and talent to abset a very talented Jeppe side…… I honestly thought the host mafia organisation would get sorted out by Kingswood good win for them… My analysis is that with a bit more patience I think Jeppe could have put more daylight between us and Kloof at least 30 points to nil would have been a more adequate statement of intent….
@beet: Yes great win for Northwood. I could not make the game today but had a feeling that the win was on after having seen Northwood play on Thursday.
This game will hopefully give Northwood the belief in themselves for the rest of the season.
Super win for Northwood. A heck of a difficult tournament for them so great to see them hang on for this win again Eldoraigne, which is definitely no mean feat
@Skywalker: Northwood played much better than Thursday. Scrummaging was good. Ball still needs to be spread to wings quicker.
Bye way AV won 30 to 27
Playa you must be writing your pants! Well done boet 2 nice wins.
Northwood 13: 10 Eldoraigne
Great win for Northwood! – any comments on the game?
COLLEGE
Big win for Amadoda. 46-17 over Framesby. Glenwood will have to break the grand slam on Monday.
Congrats to Marlow, they played much better than Ben Vorster today. No excuses well take it on the chin and work harder.
@GreenBlooded: Yes, good to see him back after a horrible injury. I wonder if him and Palvie are allowed to play at SANIX, is it under19? I think once the machine starts to roll and if they win confidence will build. SANIX will get them ready for the local season. Looking forward to Kearsney at home on Old Boys day and Grey Bloem going to Durbs (barring snow blocking Van Reenens)…
@Grasshopper:
No doubt there is huge potential. Hence my comment that we should have won a lot more easily. Good to see Kev Smit back in action – he is all over the place and his ability to read the game and pop up in the right place all the time is great to watch. Unfortunately he was one of the main ball fumblers yesterday at crucial times. He will be disappointed with himself. The HMA will see him sitting on the sideline most of the season which is a great pity – we didn’t see him the whole of last season due to injury.
@Grashopper: Goodness gracious….lol…i’ll certainly like to see that game.
That will be an epic game, methinks.
You certainly have the size to match the PTA boys, this is bigger than an average Springbok team from the 50’s!
I pity the grass that will suffer when these 2 packs collide!
@Vyfster: Well this is our pack and they certainly were not bullied by EG Jansen yesterday.
Vorster – 101kg – 184cm
Botha – 96kg – 175cm
Van Rooyen – 111kg – 183cm
Weideman – 108kg – 192cm
Van der Mescht – 120kg – 201cm
Smit – 97kg – 185cm
Brummer – 86kg – 181cm
Palvie – 110kg – 188cm
Total: 829kg
Avg per forward: 103kg
Avg Height: 186cm (6foot2)
Added to that about three guys in the backline who run the 100m under 11secs then we have a chance. But we play Affies in Pretoria this year so will be mighty tough…
@Roger…yeah, thanx, such is the nature of SBR, the boys are on a high now, but it was an almighty physical confrontation, I am sure there are some stiff and bruised bodies this morning.
So from the high of a win against KES in main game yesterday morning, to facing a wounded Marlow first game tomorrow morning, barely 36 hours later….real danger lurks there.
@Affiedorp…I will be very surprised if Nelspruit can keep up with this Affies team….but you never know.
But Paul Roos will be a cracker of a game!
I must say…I was mightily impressed by a piece in the Program book called “Sons Of This Place”……Written by Steve Jaspan for the 2002 School Centenary, updated for this program.
What an impressive story that tells, what a rich history it reveals!
@Grashopper….I saw Affies in action against Helpies 2 weeks ago,for anyone to stand a chance against them, will have to man up against their monster pack of forwards, and their relentless attacks……I believe the same probably true for Monnas.
But KES do have a good pack….if you fight fire with fire you will succeed….If you allow them to bully you up front, the floodgates will open.
Helpmekaar sliced open Affies defence with ease, even leading 12-8 halfway trough 1st half….but then their dominance up front started to count….and they took over.
So if Glenwood and KES can do that…..the battle will be won….if not, it will be a long day at the office!
Paul Roos het n goed gebalanseerde span met n losskakel wat n aftrap het wat skrik vir niks. Affies sal maandag hul keer moet ken maar sal eers Saterdag by Nelspruit verby moet kom.
@Vyfster: good luck for the rest of the festival – I had a feeling KES would struggle with this been their first hit out. With the fixtures they have coming up they better improve quickly! They are a very young team so it will be an up and down season but always fun to watch!
@Roger: yeah, thanx ….you’re correct was 26-22. KES scored in last movement.
Vossies started like a house on fire, 2 excellent early tries and penalty to race to early 17-0 lead.
KES came back, forwards started to dominate a little, BV struggled to secure own linout ball….suddenly 17 all, late penalty gave BV 20-17 halftime lead.
Second half real trench warfare, heroic defence by the Vossies….KES looked threatening but couldn’t score….rustiness played a part, with some handling errors creeping in….2 further penalties stretched lead to 26-17, before KES scored in dying seconds.
It is a big scalp for us, and we are very proud of the character shown….and at least we could avenge last year’s drubbing.
It is a privilege for us to be part of such a wonderful occasion, thanx for inviting us back.
KES will bounce back, and have the makings of an excellent team once they start gelling.
Good luck for the season!
@Roger: with AFFIES & Monnas coming they going to have to play in red & tackle, tackle, tackle……otherwise it could get ugly!
@Grasshopper: everytime KES play in their alternate strip they get drilled
@Vyfster: final score was 26-22 wasn’t it? Congrats on the win – payback for last year! I believe KES were very rusty with lots of handling errors and Vossies defence was brilliant
@hennieflank: Dit was affies se 3de en 4de spanne wat by die Nashua Week in Vryheid was.
@Vyfster: I heard KES were just missing tackle after tackle, maybe caught rusty but a win is a win, probably a big scalp for you guys.
The Vossie boys are happy
@GreenBlooded: In all honesty this win is a surprise.This was the one game I wanted to come up to KERF for.The pesimisits among Old Dalians will say this was the boys’ one big game of the season.Some of us quietly optimistic ones will say these boys have gotten the bad end of the stock since under 15 and it’s time they surprised a few people.That said I thought at best we’ll only get Framesby as a win.That College side has far too much quality.Really wish I had watched this game even if the result had home the other way
Not sure why the coaches took so long to put JJ on the field? He immediately made a difference. Good for Glenwood. Bit of revenge for last years Wildeklawer score. Still lot of space to work as a team. Scrummie did not have great game and no need to lose any lineouts. Looking to see a better performance saturday!
@Grasshopper:
No doubt with Palvie and JJ playing they will be able to dominate upfront. I think it’s a matter of time before they click and could match any side this year.
I see our friends up at Hilton got a nice beating, I wonder if they will cancel all fixtures with Paul Roos going forward…………
@GreenBlooded: My uncle watched the game and said Glenwood have real class, especially in the backs. He said once they really click or gel they will be very very hard to beat. He also said they have ample speed and skill in the backs, so let’s hope they reach their potential. Something quite a few of the past few years teams never reached…
@Grasshopper:
Ja – very frustrating. Basic handling errors from all players cost us dearly. It was a match we should have won with a lot more ease than we did.
@Playa:
College had an easy shot a goal in the last quarter where they went for the lineout. That would have narrowed the gap to 7 points and taken the pressure off at the end. Dale are a great team – oodles of talent there and deserved their win. College just made too many tactical and handling errors.
For me, most of the games at Kearsney today where characterised by handling errors – particularly the Glenwood match. A pity cos there was potential for magic. For me the opening game was the match of the day. Kearsney were fully in control from the outset and dominated up front which set the platform for the best backline play of the day. I dare say had Kearsney taken on College or Glenwood they would have won by 20+ points. Richardson is a massive presence for them.
@GreenBlooded: Halfway there is better than nowhere.
Deadlock broken after 24 years…Dale 4-3 up against College making it the 3rd win in a row for Dale.Gotta love schoolboy rugby for such things.One against the Hoppers is a bridge very far.Just happy for the lads for getting this scalp.
Or maybe Bishops took their reserves off that played for the entire first half and played with their normal team.
@Playa:
That’s only half of your double against me!
@Umtata: AMADODA! EWE! SHHH! DALE!
Wow some of these school boy teams are insanely big hey….. a bit boring game between Jeppe and Eldo’s they were very physical in the first half ….. but I cannot believe I am saying this about Jeppe but our speedster put them to the sword in the second half
COLLEGE!!!
@Grasshopper:
Wow .. well done Glenwood! EG won against Garsfontein, and Garsies took out Gimmies…….. interesting season ahead
@GreenBlooded: A win is a win boet against a good EG side. Both schools only 2nd match so bound to be rusty…heard Palvie had a good game..
@Playa: Yep, as I said Dale backs vs Glenwood forwards but we have a good backline too. Watch out for Seun Maduna at centre and Lubbe on the wing….blitzvinnig
Glenwood scrape home in an error ridden physical match. 14-13
@Grasshopper: That’s a huge pack! My goodness
Bishops captain is Francois Pienaar’s son I believe.
@Grasshopper: That’s interesting. I see they also ran Kearsney close.
@Balikibaba: It certainly is one of DHS’s strongest sides in the past 5 to 10 years, so gutted for them in their 150th year…
Bali is back for a short while to comment as he is very busy.
Nice showing by Bishops to come from behind.
Don’t think this is one of Bishops’ strongest sides but nice to see the boys running it from all over and getting it right in the second half.
@beet:
of enige iemand anders.
Hoekom het SBR geen info van die Nashua Week in Vryheid nie, of kyk ek iets mis?
Ons “kleiner en gemiddelde skole” in Vrystaat en Noord Natal sal ook blootstelling waardeer op SBR en die Vryheid week bied daardie geleentheid vir ons seuns. Hierdie seuns verteenwoordig hulle skole met trots en speel net sulke harde rugby soos die “groter skole”. Baie talent met groot, sterk, lank, vinnige kinders wat werklik goed presteer.
Ek weet van die skole wat deelgeneem het:
– HS Vryheid
– HS Pionier
– HLS Vryheid
– HS Pongola
– HS Pinetown
– HS Kuswag
– HS Sarel Cilliers
– HS Goudveld
– Kroonstad Afrikaanse HS
– Dan twee AHS (Pretoria) spanne, maar ek dink nie dit is hulle eerste / tweede spanne nie
– Micaelhouse
daar kan meer wees.
Ek weet ook daar was o/16 spanne wat gespeel het.
Sal graag wil weet wat SBR dink tov die Vryheid toernooi aangesien dit nie iets kleins is nie en soos reeds genoem ook vir die seuns vam die platteland dan ‘n geleentheid gee om “raakgesien” te word.
@Vleis: The lock JJ Van der Mescht is only in grade 11 and 16….
@Grasshopper: That’s huge!
Glenwood pack FYI
Vorster – 101kg – 184cm
Botha – 96kg – 175cm
Van Rooyen – 111kg – 183cm
Weideman – 108kg – 192cm
Van der Mescht – 120kg – 201cm
Smit – 97kg – 185cm
Brummer – 86kg – 181cm
Palvie – 110kg – 188cm
Total: 829kg
Avg per forward: 103kg
Avg Height: 186cm (6foot2)
@Playa: Both sides from the coast so no excuse for altitude etc..
@Grasshopper: In DHS’s defence, Bishops showed against a handy St Andrews side on Monday that they are great finishers. After blowing a 12-0 lead, they found themselves 12-17 down, then came back to finish off with a 27-17 victory. I’m more inclined to say it’s a fitness thing, and Bishops have that in abundance. Hard luck DHS
@Vleis: I was supporting DHS of course, it’s where my dad and uncle went to school. How they can let a 17-0 lead go is crazy. They could have had another nice private school scalp there to add to Hilton’s. Bugger!
@Grasshopper: Go on Grassy. Admit that you were supporting the old enemy!
Queens 36 – 8 Northwood
Hard luck to DHS, losing 24-27 to Bishops having been well ahead for most of the game. Maybe fitness is an issue….or lack of belief in winning…
@GreenBlooded:
Strong Kearsney or a weak Noord Kaap? That’s a massive score for Kearsney against a side that has been somewhat a force in recent years.
Try fest for Kearsney 55-10 win over Noord Kaap. Watts, Craze, Richardson immense performances for Kearsney.
Waterkloof 17 – 7 St Benedict
St David 17 – 43 Kingswood