| Rank | Team | Avg |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HJS Paarl | 4.60 |
| 2 | Paarl Gim | 4.34 |
| 3 | Grey College | 4.27 |
| 4 | Affies | 4.26 |
| 5 | EG Jansen | 3.71 |
| 6 | Oakdale | 3.69 |
| 7 | Paul Roos | 3.63 |
| 8 | Jeppe | 3.51 |
| 9 | Monument | 3.35 |
| 10 | Selborne | 3.34 |
| 11 | Grey PE | 3.33 |
| 12 | Boland Landbou | 3.33 |
| 13 | Dale College | 3.18 |
| 14 | SACS | 3.12 |
| 15 | Helpmekaar | 3.11 |
| 16 | Outeniqua | 3.05 |
| 17 | Diamantveld | 2.88 |
| 18 | Kearsney | 2.88 |
| 19 | DHS | 2.73 |
| 20 | Hilton | 2.72 |
| 21 | Welkom Gim | 2.71 |
| 22 | Ben Vorster | 2.63 |
| 23 | Garsfontein | 2.59 |
| 24 | Nelspruit | 2.55 |
| 25 | Kingswood | 2.42 |
| 26 | Voortrekker (Bethlehem) | 2.41 |
| 27 | Pietersburg | 2.40 |
| 28 | Rondebosch | 2.39 |
| 29 | Queens College | 2.36 |
| 30 | Worcester Gim | 2.36 |
From BHP:
Waterkloof was downgraded to a Category 4 after this seasons performance so far, so all teams that played against them will have a slight adjustment in their average. Glenwood still not on as they have yet to play more than required number of games. Will feature after this coming Saturday. We will upgrade another 3 teams to cat 5 status from next week who is doing well so teams that played against them will also benefit another 0.5 to 1 point. This will be the normal mid-season adjustment after teams have played more than 7 or 8 matches.
@Hooit: I agreed with everything you said until the last sentence. By what stretch of the imagination can you call Kim Kardashian’s butt irrelevant ?!
@Hooit:
Moet eers daai trui vedien?
Ek is bly die meeste manne begin nou verstaan waaroor rankings gaan…dis nie wie die beste is nie…eintlik wie die mees konstanste is…dis net n riglyn wat min of meer aandui hoe jy vaar teen die res…dis nie n hiper korrekte wetenskap nie…op die meeste is dit slegs n lekker topic vir bespreking om n braaivuur..dis al rede hoekom ek dit doen…Top 20 of Top 30….dis daai een wen teen die ou vyand wat regrig tel.!
Beet kan jy vir Randy sy Helpmekaar trui gee!
@Randy: Ek wou dit nie pertinent noem nie. Wou nie n Beer uit se winterslaap wakker maak nie maar ja baie goeie voorbeeld. Ranking gewys is dit een van Monnas se ‘slegste’ jare maar 1ste keer in 5 jaar wat n beker in die kas staan wat saak maak.
@Hooit: @Hooit:
Hooit
Ek stem! My laaitie gaan nie onthou hulle was 15de gerank die jaar nie! Hy gaan daai wen teen Monnas onthou????
@Hooit: Man, I love your honest answer.
Been there when I still had sons playing schoolboy rugby. Personally I think that the rankings enhances the rugby-playing experience for the boys, as long as it is seen in the context you pointed out.
However, I think it enhances the experience for the proud – and obviously involved – fathers even more!
Ironically, the relevancy of playing good rugby/being part of a good school rugby team basically disappears for 95% of schoolboys once they go to a tertiary institution or enter real life.
Nonetheless, the nice memories and/or bragging rights will still be there 30 years from now!
@Herakles: When my son joined Monnas in grade 8 they had an early season ranking of 2. It was something new to rugby fanatical fathers and we brought it up in any and every conversation. We even started measurring the quality of the coaching against the rankings and wanted heads to roll as soon as we were outside the top 5. We then realise, once we got used to it, that it is just an interesting discussion point and nothing else. What is actually more important is whether you have at least 1 point more than the other team when the final whistle blows irrelevant of who is ranked where. People do not remember the rankings after a while but that big derby win or the cup on the display stand will be there forever or even that near loss against for a small school against a big school. Rankings is just a discussion point for rugby fans as Kim Kardashian’s butt is to some. It is irrelevant.
@BrotherBear: Thanks for the reply – viewpoint noted with interest.
I especially agree with your contention that on any given day teams of relatively similar strength can beat one another – the bounce of the ball and some good fortune will always have its influence on results in sports!
@Heracles: my 2c.
Any thing in life could have a positive and a negative impact on a person. It is not the “thing” that is the issue, but rather the way people handle and manage the “thing”. One extreme example is nuclear power. It can be harnessed safely to provide energy for the benefit of humankind OR it could be used to blow up cities and destroy – Hiroshima. The rivalry between schools have been around for decades, with some excellent rugby and sport being dished up, but there has also been hooliganism and vandalism during some lead-ups. Do we now ban all nuclear power and inter schools due to the possible negative impacts. No, we rather use the opportunity to educate and grow knowledge.
A ranking table is just an indicator of relative performance and perceived as such by most players, coaches and supporters. My belief is that on any day the teams, 10 above and ten below a specific ranking could either win or lose the game against the specific ranked team.
Pressure on players come from much more direct and for that matter, diverse sources. I leave that discussion open.
Die “duiwel” waarna jy verwys het meer met die “eie ek” te doen as dinge daar buite.
Beet, in die Volksblad van Woensdag 25 Mei 2016 het ‘n berig getitleld “Twee skole skaar hulle by ope brief oor ‘beheptheid’ met spel”, verskyn.
Die berig handel oor ‘n ope brief wat die sportkantoor van Pretoria Boys High School aan die “Old Boys” en ouers gerig het rakende die groepe se beheptheid met die swak uitslae van hul eerste span. Die skoolhoof se dat hy nie die skool se siel vir oorwinnings sal verkoop nie. Verder in die berig word die skoolhoof van Grey-kollege en die rektor van Paul Roos aangehaal as dat hulle die standpunt ondersteun.
Ek aanvaar dat die berig in die meeste groot Afrikaanse dagblaaie verskyn het en heel moontlik deur baie van die ondersteuners van hierdie webtuiste gelees was. (Die berig was vanuit Kaapstad deur ene George Germishuys geskryf.)
Ek volg die meeste eerste-span ranglyste wat weekliks gepubliseer word. Ek is werklik van mening dat SBR die mees toonaangewende in die verband is – inagenome aan wie se ranglys die meerderheid afrigters, spelers en ondersteuners hul in die regte wereld daarbuite steur.
Dit bring my by my eintlike punt uit. In die laaste paragraaf van die berig word die volgende geskryf: “Oordadige druk op eerste-spanspelers is ‘n realiteit, volgens Van der Westhuizen en Scheepers. Nasionale ranglyste vir skole blyk ook ‘n onding te wees.”
Die skoolhoofde se standpunt is dus klaarblylik dat die publikasie van ranglyste deur webtuistes soos SBR in werklikheid ‘duiwelswerk’ is – as u my parafrasering sal verskoon.
Baie van SBR se ‘bloggers’ neem gereeld sterk standpunt in oor omstrede kwessies.
Ek sou graag wou hoor wat u mening is rakende die stelling dat nasionale ranglyste vir skolespanne ‘n ‘onding’ is.
@Orbit: yes you are right. Forgot abouth him. Both Louis Ludick and Francois Uys were in EG Jansens mighty team in 2004.
@jakes: Hi Jakes, I remember that team! wow they were strong. A certain Louis Luddik was there too if I’m not mistaken?
I remember watching the Valke at Craven Week that year, they had a great team.
@Gimoldboy: never knew Paarl gym had less than 600 boys. I was under the impression they are about the size of Affies and Grey. They are really doing well then year in and out. Speaks of good rugby coaching and structures just like EG Jansen.
@Grasshopper: Thanks Grasshopper. You are right. It is just more than 10 years when EG Jansen made headlines in 2004 and starting to be noticed on the rugby field. EG Jansen became the 01st team to beat the mighty Affies in the Super 16 series, now called Tuks, and knocking them out in the quarter finals. Francois Uys from the Cheetahs played for this EG Jansen team who made history.Affies were unbeaten in this series before then and won title every year ad far as I remember.
@Gimoldboy: Yep and other distractions like surfing, bodyboarding, loafing about and chatting up chicks at the gym
@Grasshopper: Yes, about 60-70% of the boys play rugby. And yes, Landbou also does an amazing job. The bigger schools and especially English schools tend to have bigger and better hockey structures as well.
At the end of the day we should just be grateful for such an intriguing SBR season up until now. I’ve seen some epic games and most of the big derbies are still coming.
@Gimoldboy: Gim does amazingly well considering it’s co-ed and only has 550 boys, I bet 80% of the boys play rugby though. Boland Landbou is even more of a miracle, probably only 300 boys and 90% participation in rugby. The problem at the big boys schools with over 1,000 boys is that they only have around 40% participating in rugby. Agreed on the derby, like any derby, it’s 50/50 and form counts for nothing…
@jakes: baie geluk EG Jansen. Mense vergeet ook soms dat Gim self net 550 seuns het.
En ja, interskole gaan (soos altyd) titanies wees, maar ek dink nie dit sal n realitiese wedstryd wees om sin te maak van die rankings nie. Daai dag is 50-50. Al is Hjs nr 1 en Gim nr 20 (of andersom) sal dit altyd gelyk wees. Dis n jammerte dat Gim nie Affies of Grey speel die jaar nie.
As good as Gim might be it does make a massive difference in not playing Affies and Grey.
I think on talent the Grey team will beat most teams and its hard to see them being below a very very good grey team.
Interschools will be fun.
@jakes: Agreed, well done EG Jansen! Up until 10 years back I had never heard of the school, now up there in the top 10!
Well done EG Jansen for being in the top 5. A school from the East Rand who has about A THIRD the amount of boys than most of the TOP 10 rugby schools. Especially the top 4..Brilliant work being done there to compete with the big boys of SA schools rugby