| Rank | Team | Avg |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HJS Paarl | 4.70 |
| 2 | Paarl Gim | 4.48 |
| 3 | Affies | 4.32 |
| 4 | Grey College | 4.27 |
| 5 | Glenwood | 4.03 |
| 6 | Monument | 3.65 |
| 7 | Paul Roos | 3.53 |
| 8 | EG Jansen | 3.47 |
| 9 | Helpmekaar | 3.34 |
| 10 | Dale College | 3.29 |
| 11 | Grey PE | 3.27 |
| 12 | SACS | 3.19 |
| 13 | Selborne | 3.18 |
| 14 | Oakdale | 3.15 |
| 15 | Boland Landbou | 3.11 |
| 16 | Jeppe | 2.99 |
| 17 | Kearsney | 2.96 |
| 18 | Diamantveld | 2.93 |
| 19 | Outeniqua | 2.77 |
| 20 | Garsfontein | 2.75 |
| 21 | Vereeniging Gim | 2.73 |
| 22 | Welkom Gim | 2.71 |
| 23 | Kingswood | 2.65 |
| 24 | Ben Vorster | 2.50 |
| 25 | Pietersburg | 2.48 |
| 26 | Hilton | 2.43 |
| 27 | Voortrekker (Bethlehem) | 2.42 |
| 28 | Nelspruit | 2.42 |
| 29 | HTS Middelburg | 2.38 |
| 30 | DHS | 2.32 |
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@Playa: altitude isn’t an excuse anymore.
@odie15: It’s the excuse part of the graciousness so be nice.Graciousness lacks a lot here not just from Glenwood Old Boys.Humility from the teams who win a lot also lacks
@Playa: @Grasshopper: I dont know hmmmm Boishaai has played Helpies, Nelspruit and Affies @ altitude then Grey @ sea level when they should have extra gas in tank…and we dont have that sauna air here like Durbs……fitness and mental toughness hopper like real men hehehe!
@Bush: Yeah they do.Not so big for rugby as it was back in the day though.They didnt have any in this years team.Professional contracts that boys get while in high school has eroded the need.PM has never been an issue in the EC.Even Dale used them till it became ‘uneconomical’ for the school in the early 2000s.
@BrotherBear: Eish, you should try the hydroponically grown Durban poison from the Bluff, that would prepare you for a game at Everest base camp…
@Playa: Kingswood still does the Post Matric thing???
@Riempies, @Grasshopper: I think it may also be all the muck in the air, near city central, that toughens the Helpie boys. Should that not also be a factor for the Glenwood boys?
Oh yes, the Durban ganja is much stronger and do tend to dull the senses a bit. Have heard that it may be permanent for some ;-)
@rugbyfan: Ja well no fair…seems to always be a problem. No need to be defensive, we have accepted that without the money, we will struggle to keep some boys who get given offers, especially from junior school. To say kids go there at their own accord is disingenuous. Maybe some boys do go there on their own accord…but we are aware of the ones offered because we get told, and have to try and raise funds to counter. Some times we do match, but that’s when it boils down to a boy preferring a free Kingswood education to a free Dale/QC one. Better all-round school, so it makes sense. He mustn’t confuse that for ‘own accord’, because that choice would be different if you took out the ‘free’.
@Bush: hahahah, ask the Kenyan, Ethiopian and Eritrean athletes about altitude training. A 1,500m school vs another 1,500m school is equal. Coastal school vs Highveld school, bit difference last 20 mins. Not enough to swing 63 points though
@Riempies: Whahahahahaha, don’t tell Hopper.
@Bush: Had a look today. Helpies 1570m above sea level. Must be why they are so good
8)
@Greenman: Thanks?. Yes the year has certainly moved on. Looking forward to the game on Saturday. Works out quite well as that game is as 12:30 then I can move over to Crusaders to watch the Murray Cup Final.
@Bush: JJ second team game was a strategic move which worked well when he came on for the first in the second half. He is with the SA A team but we will cope. Lots of CW and Aw’s left. Last game on Saturday! Cant believe how quick this year went by and before you know it we will be here at it again. It will be a good rest for a couple of Bloggers I am sure. The rest will have to find something else to handle their frustrations such as Mommy for the time being. Poor mommy and kids!
@Playa: You know what I am getting tied of just got off Facebook were there is a big spat going on between a Old Dale boy and a Old Kingswood boy.
And the Kingswood fellow is swearing blind they have never bought any boys from Dale and that all the Dale boys at Kingswood got there on there own accord and financing. When will people just admit what is going on and put a sock in there mouth. Not sure why all school in the EC region just don’t stop playing Kingswood and all the crap will stop.
Oh anyway if Kingswood do not buy boys maybe they should ask themselves who out of the 4 current Queens Under 13A boys have the money to go to Kingswood next year.( Yes they have just been given busaries) Maybe the Easter Bunny or Father Christmas gave it to them.
I respect how well Kingswood do for such a small school and admit it is a high class facility but please just be honest enough on what you doing, then respect can be earned.
@McCulleys Workshop: No come on McCulleys Workshop. You know me better than that. It’s winter here in the Midlands.
@Bush: I heard you were at that cross dressing lunch in the midlands, how was it?
@Bush: Hahahahaha
@Playa: Come on Playa, it was women’s day yesterday. I was the designated driver and I was in Hilton so was suffering altitude sickness. Thanks for having my back.
@Bush: In case you get your bearings wrong again, the Blitzbokke play Australia at 16:30 SA time TODAY
@Riempies: Morning Riempies, just hope the SA 7’s team can put it up when it counts. The game of 7’s can turn in a blink of an eye. NZL have had bad luck with SBW been out for up to 9 months.
Swimming is a great sport, swimmers are the ultimate athlete. Train by themselves for hours.
You have a lekker day too. Take care?
@Bush: More Bossie. Yes Did watch the SA vs Pumas(France) game last night. it was nice to see SA on form again. Hopefully they can do better than Le Clos who unfortunately did not have one of his best evenings. As a matter of fact the whole SA team did not do well in the pool yesterday. Have a swimming daughter so we follow swimming closely. Have a lekker day.
@odie15: Whahahahahaha, I thought SA Schools started next week. Then he won’t be playing. That makes it worse for GW then.
@odie15: u16
@Bush: le Clos obviously NOT used to altitude! And why is JJ playing he should be in CT. SA schools A playing friday
I must have been tired last night, I said Puma’s. But I woke up this morning and the SA 7’s side had pumped France. Well done Blitz Bokke. Don’t fall over the final hurdle. Then poor Le Clos came fourth “unbelievable”
@Greenman: Morning Greenman, how are you doing? Good win for Glenwood, I didn’t stay for the final game. I went across to Varsity to watch Toti beat Impi in the Murray Cup Semi Final. That was good enough for me.
Tell me why did JJ play in the 2nd team against College? I hope he’s back in the mix for Saturday.
@Bush: HEHEHE I love puppies too!!!!!!
@Bush: All the best for Saturday, I will give you one guess who I will be supporting.Actually you don’t even have to guess. Have a lekker day and remaining week. Speak Monday, that’s if you can pick up your lip.
Have you picked up your lip yet!
@Riempies: ????Sleep Lekker, I’m off to bed. Let us know how SA goes against the Pumas. If you awake at 3:30 in the morning. Le Clos has a massive swim in the 200m vlinderslag.
@Bush:
Funny pants.
@Riempies: Speak to Hopper, they are big dogs. They don’t have many games in KZN anymore. They will be happy you guys travel to them. As they struggle at altitude.
@Bush: o no! We travel like you wil not believe. Tzaneen, Pieterburg and and. No Joburg schools want to play against us anymore. Except for Parktown across the road.
And then some of the big dogs.
@BrotherBear: Ok I looked on Google Maps. Your school is just across the road from Parktown and a few km’s from St John’s. You save quite a bit of money in traveling costs on visiting schools. Half your season is in a 10km radius. You know how much money you save!!! You have plenty cash for rugby bursaries. I see all the schools in your Neighbourhood have hockey fields. Is Helpmekaar just a rugby school?????
@odie15: You know a Boerboel is very protective over its puppies??????????
@BrotherBear: Sorry BrotherBear, I don’t know much of Helpies. Just back in 91 I was friends with a chap from st stithians and we went watch them play against Helpies. Saints lost and my buddy was very upset. That’s about all I know about them, sorry. I thought you guys were in the lush area of Bedfordview?.
I see Spears team Japan have just beaten NZL in the 7’s at Rio. Spear has this ability to pick the underdog.
@Bush: I feel horrendously offended. How can you leave Helpmekaar out of that list. We are smack bang in the middle of Joburg city central. OH, the onslaught, oh the onslaughts.
@boerboel: can you specify? Age group son in?
@boerboel: hey GlengrassOCD, it’s pretty high up here, oxygen is scarce. I blame that for my stupidity in trying to debate with a troll. It’s a schoolboy error, lesson no1
Hope gfixation is coping the altitude . May explain a number of his posts
@Grasshopper: Just look at where St John’s, KES, Affies and PBHS(Let alone Jeppe) are situated. Maybe they don’t know anything about city decay as well. Interested to know if they take kids 100-800 km’s away from their school due to the city decay problem. Government funding for all government schools is non existent, can you imagine how many more bursaries GW could give if they got funding in from the Government. The school should approach the Lotto, if the Blue Bulls could get that right then anything is possible.
How is the weather in the UK at the moment?
I am a parent
@boerboel: Well done, you one of those fickle supporters who only supports the winners…..pathetic..
I support boishaai
@boerboel: You need a grow a pair mate and actually choose a school to support….also learn to debate properly without attacking people personally…
Cry me a river. Excuses ,whining lying. Grow a pair
@boerboel: http://www.glenwoodhighschool.co.za/sites/default/files/Prospectus%202015.pdf
Page 10 point 6.
Trying conditions are losing a headmaster to unsavory actions, limited Gov funding, surrounding area degradation etc etc…….something Michaelhouse and co have no clue about…
@Grasshopper: Well done on been the champion blogger for 5 years. That has come from a challenged background and made such a success of his life, all due to been a Day Dog at GW.
How can people leave GW alone when they are “King of the Castle” and do what do to stay “King of the Castle”
Maybe I do have selective ready, you have selective glasses.
45 Sports or Extra Curricular Activties, huh???
While on the subject. What trying conditions?
Yes sure????
@boerboel: Extra curricular if you want to be pedantic. Glenwood listed them a year or so ago….
45 sports. Another lot of bs. Name them
@Bush: Shows you have only been on these blogs for a short while. I have been blogging for over 5 years and congratulated many sides for beating Glenwood, you have very selective reading. The rest end up in the 3rds, 4ths, 5th, 6th etc…like anywhere else. Nope, the school cares about all the sides. We don’t have depth in the under15 age group for numerous reasons, only 4 sides. We also lost quite a few players in the A side. We offer over 45 sports so the boys are spread across those. Again, leave Glenwood alone they doing the best they can under very trying conditions.
@Grasshopper: You are the same Hopper, you get personal towards other bloggers. I don’t think you have ever said well done to a team that has beaten GW handsomely. You find excuses on why GW didn’t actually win that specific game. You are finally correct-it is boring very boring.
Here is a question for you. What happens to the boys after the are done in the U16 age group. I understand that the U16A players will move up to 2nds and 3rds. The rest of the U16 players where do they end up?
U15A on Saturday great win against College 40 odd points, U15B got pumped 50 points by College. Why does this happen? Is your school only concerned about the A teams?
@boerboel: for the umpteenth time, what school do you support GlengrassOCD?
@boerboel: ?????????
@boerboel: Dude, none of the supporters are one-eyed, just passionate. We all know Glenwood are not World Champs and not in the Paarl Gim, Boishaai, Grey Bloem, Paul Roos & Affies league. Absolutely no harm in aspiring to get there. Since the 1990’s when we were rubbish, there has been a massive turnaround. We have big scalps in the past decade many schools would love to have had. 2016 has been a good year not a great one. Losing by 63 to Affies and 45 to Monnas wasn’t great. Our under16’s and under14’s are strong and under15’s solid fighters. We will be very competitive next year. Move on from personal attacks against me, some kids and the school, it gets bloody boring…
No beef with gw. Just amused at their one-eyed delusional suporters????
@Green Mamba: Maybe we should call him GlengrassOCD
@Green Mamba: Thoughts on this weekends last but not lease fixture vs Grey Bloem?
@Grasshopper: Old Boerboel must have got smashed by a grasshopper at some stage in it’s miserable old life
@4×4: He also seems to like to criticize players and bloggers about their weight a lot, usually about being overweight…..Freudian slips referring to himself maybe?
@boerboel: Do you ever play nice!!! You are actually like a Fox Terrier!!! Or a boomerang, you just keep coming back.
What is your issue with GW. I deem them as a very important link in the chain….year after year they teach Afrikaans Boys Proper English….you should pipe down a bit
@GreenBlooded: Good point hahahahaha
@boerboel: Whahahahahaha then his performance at altitude is as kuk as his school’s.
@Bush: @Bush: @Bush: @Bush: @Bush: grass fixation to fat to fit in the toilet
@Playa:
Probably not the best advice under the circumstances…..
@GreenBlooded: Good news on TP – let’s hope GW stays strong as a good all round boys school
@Gungets Tuft: Hahahahaha…pull yourself towards yourself GT!
@Gungets Tuft: Lol
@OB1: “moist likely” … that happy hey??
@McCulleys Workshop: Hahahahahaha
@GreenBlooded @Grasshopper There is no “offer of Headmaster” but he is acting headmaster until the position has been advertised and the process of replacing TK has been completed. Yes, he is staying and would moist likely be considered as a front runner for the position……
@McCulleys Workshop: Wahahahaha
@Playa: lol ZA – reminds me of GA, Gracious Altitude
@Grasshopper: On the bright side, you’re 2 hours closer to your New York mate, Bonthuis. Those weird blogging hours of his wont be as bad as when you were in ZumAfrica (ZA).
@Grasshopper:
Pinheiro not going anywhere. Heard from a reliable source 2 days ago. He has accepted the offer for the headmastership of Glenwood and will stay.
Good news, at least I think so.
@Grasshopper: This was on News24 today Cape Town – Lions skipper Warren Whiteley has revealed he survived an attempted hijacking by gun-wielding men earlier in the season. Happened in April. So don’t stress.
College are almost the same colours as House.
Tell me how was your performance at 30000 ft any better than at sea level? Did you get your Wings on the mile high club?
@Bush: there are still some bad eggs at the school as there are in many schools. Hoping they will be weeded out soon. We all know you support every other school but GW, so will be in Red, black & white tomorrow. I’ll be supporting red & white under the leadership of a GOB, Warren Whiteley!
@Grasshopper: Glad you arrived safely, aren’t you still meant to be sleeping? It’s always easy to blame the person that is gone. The guilty one is always the one that is DEAD
@Grasshopper: Well, are you or aren’t you gracious in defeat, or don’t you believe yourself? I thought you said you were, and if you said it I believe…
@McCulleys Workshop: Sarcasm the lowest form of wit. The key is to be gracious in victory too.
@Grasshopper: You are right, you are gracious in defeat, in fact I think you are one of the most gracious.
@BOG: Hi BOG, Spear doesn’t know what a Hip Flask is. He carries around a mashq and that has Wit Wyn in it
Arrived on Mud Island to 25 degrees & clear skies ?. Glad the DA made inroads but unfortunately it’s still 3 years of Zupta!! Noticed 23 rugga sides & 11 mofstok sides scheduled to play, I like it. Bush, you make mountains out of molehills. All this buying stop 2 years ago, GW now only recruit at grade 8 level. It was a 3 to 4 years phase starting with Marne Coetzee, it didn’t work as it caused more issues than anything. Like Post Matric which House enjoyed for years it’s over. Kershaw has gone & Pinhireo soon too. A few more to weed out. You should actually support GW for weeding out this wrong. Comparing House to GW is like comparing Apples with Avo’s, both have completely different challenges now & in the future. Leave GW alone, they are using Sport to uplift the school. I am gracious in defeat and know all about it. We only won 25% of our games in the 90’s, it’s more a frustration with the schedule, management and way the team played.
@McCulleys Workshop: T thought that in Toti you can hire someone to carry a coolbox around the course. He must just dress appropriately. A hip flask will last Spear just the first hole.
@Speartackle: No problem, at least you are properly handicapped. They can’t call you a ringer. Unless you win of course.
@Speartackle: you’ll be right at home in Toti, one eye, one leg, one ear … just wear your pirates outfit.. you don’t even need a surripticious hip flask for your red heart, just put a few bottles in your bag.
@Bush: I went to practise a bit yesterday and strained my thumb whilst chipping. But don’t worry I’ll play one handed
@GreenBlooded: I see the Russian is at work in Brazil!!
Good Luck for your side tomorrow
@Greenman: My son was at GW, he has a few buddies at the school. They come over to our place often. Top class guys. One of the boys spends some of the December holiday’s with us down in Capetown watching the 7’s. If you are that interested, I also posted a lekker braai I had a few years back. It was on Youtube can’t remember the link. I’m well over it.
@Greenman: It’s not my fault the party you voted for yesterday didn’t win. Thanks for the encouragement. You responded to my thread, I didn’t ask you to. In fact Hopper had included that game of where GW Imports beat the MHS Silver Spoon team 56-5.
All the best for Saturday, I will give you one guess who I will be supporting.Actually you don’t even have to guess. Have a lekker day and remaining week. Speak Monday, that’s if you can pick up your lip.
@Bush: It is amazing how much you know about Glenwood and how much you care i.e “all the purchasing, stealing and empty promises”. Why don’t you just leave us alone and continue support your school. You persistently break down GW even when not the topic under discussion. We will live and deal with our issues. You deal with yours. Just get over it. At least M Workshop can crit but also be objective. You just being fool! What happens after school has got nothing to do with you.
@Bush: Bush, I spoke to Spear, you getting soft…
@Greenman: I prefer building school spirit by A team rugby players beating up the non rugby players and giving them a good old O.F. of military proportions, that’s nice, I find it builds gees and is memorable.
@Greenman: To add to your thread, it’s character building for the boys. Friendships are forged when you have nothing, as you have Hoppers back just so do the boys and school have each other’s back.
Having been too every game House played this year. Chatting to parents while eating Chocolate Mousse with silvers spoons. Nobody had a problem with Houses performance.
Just speak to GW parents when they do badly or lose. They go on just like Hopper does about altitude. Maybe it’s because the parents have been promised so much. Or maybe the school needs to teach sportsmanship
@Greenman: Not at all Greenman. It’s doesn’t bother me as much as it bothers you when we get a hiding. We accept, shake hands and move on. I understand that certain schools will go through cycles of good and bad. GW can’t have those cycles because of all the purchasing, stealing and empty promises. When your son leaves GW I hope you still go to games and support the school that gave you a father so much for so little. ARMOUR FOR LIFE
@Boishaai Old Boy: yes correct Corne played 3 years as well. Came very early to Boishaai.
@Bush: grasshopper actually wanted to add that rather than the 5-56 as it would have made you look better. Must have hurt. Go in peace Grasshopper, got you covered. Must be hard on the soul to be so jealous that you have to be trivial to be counted.
@McCulleys Workshop: Whahahahahaha I nearly rolled my bakkie again
@GreenBlooded: Lol
@Grasshopper: You haven’t included your warm up game against your 2nds.
@McCulleys Workshop: He should be on the tennis blog
@Grasshopper: Hi Hopper, no. 20 mins a side and no conversions. GW didn’t take strain as it was at Sea Level no effects of altitude sickness
@McCulleys Workshop:
Boris the Blade, or Boris “the Bullet Dodger.” As bent as the Soviet sickle, and as hard as the hammer that crosses it. Apparently, it’s just impossible to kill the bastard.
@Bush: And now we have a Russian…
Good day gentlemen–Boris kom kyk sommer of al die manne nog leef!!
@Bush: wasn’t it an official fixture?
@Speartackle: Jy verwys seker na daai ding wat hulle n das noem..wat mens om jou nek sit…meeste old boys het hom aan…opdress vir julle is mos crocs en n golf hempie!
@Grasshopper: Hopper, how come you included the DHS 150 game?
would be good to have on youtube all previous interschools first team matches, not only the recent ones, will bring back good memories, in particular the 5 that old boys experienced as pupils.
@tzavosky: Weet nie rerig nie! Vroulief se dit is maar geleentheid vir die dames om bietjie op te tof, en die inter-skole atmosfeer te beleef, aangesien pappa gewoonlik by die Big Brag is. Daar is gewoonlik ‘entertainment” (n sanger of geleenheids spreker) en “lucky draws “, n 3 gang maaltyd en sulke goed! En natuurlik lekker gesels(of soos ons manne mos altyd se ! Skinder! Hê-Hê!)
Dit klink vir my of dit maar min met die sport te doen het, maar tog geniet dit jaarliks groot aftrek onder die skoner geslag.
Nog n groot hoogtepunt is Vrydag oggend se saal byeenkoms, waar die spanne op die verhoog bekend gestel word deur die kapteins. Elke A span het ook sy eie liedjie wat die res van die skool hulle toesing met n dirigent.
Die hoogtepunt hier is waneer die 1ste span se ouers hul seuns se spesiale
interskole trui en keppie oorhandig. Dit is baie spesiaal vir die seuns en natuurlik vir die ouers. Vanaand is dit natuurlik n groot storie vir old boys wanneer 2 generasies se old boys mekaar takel op die rugbyveld. Hierdie jaar vind dit by Gim plaas. Heelwat oud Bokke sal ook blykbaar in aksie wees. Ek hoor dat De Wet Barry en Marius Joubert weer saam senter gaan speel vir Gim in een van hul spanne.
Die netbal tussen Girls High en Gim. vind ook blykbaar vandag plaas.
Die hokkie en rugby Vrydag en veral Saterdag, is sekerlik die hoogtepunt van die week se verrigtinge, maar daar is bykans iets vir elke kind, die personeel en old boys. wat wil deelneem in sport of kultuur! By Boishaai word almal betrek. Al moet jy net help met versierings , balonne opblaas ens., jy sal deel wees van die week. En jy sal nie glo hoe trots die graad 8 manne is om die balonne storie te doen nie.
@robbie: Jammer, my fout. Ek sien nou eers!
@Kattes-Strofes: Net vir die interessantheid, het jy enige idee waaroor die ladies brag by so ‘n geleentheid?
@BOG: Wat is die verskil tussen n vark en n boer?
n VARK word nei n boer na n paar doppe nie…..LOL
@Speartackle: Ai Spiesie! Dit is mos nie n fancy bal of geleentheid waar mens moet op-dress nie. Vrydagaand by die Big Brag sal jy die manne in hul manel pakke kry en die dames opgetof by die Ladies Brag! Saterdag word mooi weer voorspel, met lekker sonskyn van 25 grade. Ek ,wat altyd oorkant die hoof pawiljoen in die son sit, oorweeg dit klaar om met n kortbroek en loslit hemp (beslis blou) te gaan! Dit is n lang dag, en jy wil beslis so gerieflik moontlik geklee wees. En dan is ek mos ook bekend as n Kortbroek van Schalkwyk
@Speartackle: Ja-nee, “dress to impress”, se hulle. Maar as n ou geswaai is, dan help mooi klere ook nie. Hoe se hulle? Jy kan n vark in laventel bad, vol babapoeier strooi, pienk linte aan die ore bind, maar hy bly n vark. Hy word nie n Franse poedel nie. Ek is seker jy het al paaie met hulle gekruis, of hoe?
@odie15: Interesting fact about Rayhaan he is only the fourth player of HJS to make 50 caps. 1st: Corne Krige (1993) 2nd: Thys Koch Burden (2006) and 3rd: Andreas van Wyk (2015). I know Gavin Hauptfliesch had 49 caps when he matriculated. (Shame the guy was injured for a few games in his matric year, would surely have passed 50 caps).
Vir diegene wat Saterdag die Paarl stryd op tv gaan volg, let bietjie op hoe slordig trek die Kaapse toeskouers aan. Hulle kan gerus kers opsteek by die Transvalers en Vrystaters hoe om te dress na n spog geleentheid.
Kobus Burger het net 2 jaar eerstespan gespeel. Sy eerste jaar was hy onder 16 en speel WP en SA Skole (graad 11). Tweede jaar (graad 12) het hy prestasies herhaal.
@Gimoldboy: Grant Hermanus was a special player. He didnt miss. I sat and watched each year as his kicks sailed through the uprights. 2012 Boishaai & GIM beat Grey……the donkies and maybe the ref that day beat GIM in Worcester. A week later Boishaai beat the Donkies I cant recall precise score but it was 70 something. That gave us #1 but its still sad day when it was said #1 in the land #2 in Paarl….
@odie15: Grant Hermanus (Alhoewel hy net forty-something games gespeel het en 3 verloor het) is die enigste naam waaraan ek kan dink, en dan ook Kobus Burger weet ek het ook 3 jaar eerstespan gespeel en redelik min verloor… maar twyfel of dit naby sal kom.
‘n Merkwaardige prestasie.
@BrotherBear: Ek het so dekade of wat gelede manne soos @Rob so die josie ingehad met my emosionele meelewings langs die kantlyn dat ek tot ander insigte gekom het en so bietjie bedaar het. Seker maar ‘n geval van met die grysheid kom die wysheid ook en soos jy seker weet van die grysheid het ek ‘n oormaat. Ek byt ook maar die lip as die bunny ons op die kantlyn chow maar deesdae is ek bietjie rustiger vandat ek besef het dis net ‘n game. Maar ek moet beken ek speel ook graag bietjie met die woorde en dan staan party manne se kraag maar soms so bietjie regop.
@Kattes-Strofes: katte Ryhaan stats is now at 65 and lost 5. Thats winning 60 1st team matches I doubt there could be many who could eclipse that.
Some interesting stats for the Boishaai faithful.
Should the Seccies win their remaining two matches, they will also be unbeaten for two seasons. And they played against a number of 1st. teams of some of the schools.
Ryaan Lombaard has become the most 1st. team capped player of all time. He was the 1st. choice fullback back in 2014 and 1st. choice flyhalf since last year. If the 1st. team stays unbeaten, Salmaan Moerat, Khanja Nkusane, Manuel Rass, Ryaan Lombaard and Urgene Johannes will also be part of history, being the only players in the school’s 1st. team ,who has been unbeaten in 2 seasons. A number of other players of this year also featured in last season’s campaign, but the ones I mentoined ,was always the first choice players.
But! and this is a big But!! They still have to win their final two matches. I already discussed the match against Gim. However, The Drosdy outing can also become a banana peel, through the unavailability of the SA Shools players. The reserve power of the school will be severally tested .
@Losbal: Great idee! Sal interessant wees om hulle teen ‘n Oakdale of Outeniqua te sien!
@BOG: What reason will that be ?
@Kattes-Strofes: sal lekker wees as hulle n slag die Diep-Kaap se skole n kans gee in Die Burger kompetisie. Ek dink SACS sal n goeie keuse wees vanjaar.
@Quagga: Die hoogtepunt van die Paarl 300 vieringe in 1987 was die massasport op Faurestraat.
@apple: nice to hear that
@odie15: small world we live in I guess.
@Andre T: Gim al die pad- om verstaanbare redes.
@Quagga: you appear to have a few ties everywhere…..
@quagga
If I am not mistaken, the large 300 sign with the grapes is still at faure street after all these years, though slightly faded as all of us and will be there on saturday. So a memorial that evokes different emotions it seems.
@BoishaaiPa: van the PI people confirm channel please? As no Superrugby on SS1 now that time slot is available for some action.
@BoishaaiPa: yes my boss Michael Polhuis and Didi…..we had to call Puna Mamma! Still talk to him….and Keppies of course all the time. By the way he was ripped then a gymnast him and flikkers!
@apple: Hit a nerve there…..my wonderful late father in law Andries Botha was the organiser (festival director if I recall) of the Paarl 300 and a staunch Boishaai supporter. RIP dad.
One of the first school rugby matches to be broadcast outside craven week due to paarl 300 year celebrations if I recall correctly. Now 30 years later the world is very different, but interschools are still won or lost on mistakes and their impact on momentum. Nothing worse when you start hearing the gym girls high pitch screaming when gym attacks…
@BOG: Watter span gaan die Paarl Parade wen volgens jou?
@Andre T: Toemaar, ek verwag n onpartydige ref vir n plaaslike derby.Laat ons maar sien hoe vinnig is hulle op die los bal dan. En soos hy opmerk, sal hy eers weer Sondag “op die lug wees”. Jy kan dink waarom?@BoishaaiPa: “Grey putting 50 pass (past) Affies” You are right. There are several other such examples too.
@odie15: Aha..So die 87 manne het jou so bietjie aangetree in jou tyd…
@apple: I was never fortunate enough to play at Faure street. It would have been AWESOME but I didn’t. Just a schoolboy. 87 was my Sot year in Imhoff.
@apple: no no 87 was awesome year entire front row (skippie, Len, Gerber), lock Greg Williams, flank Gary Clayden and Pieter “Puna” on right wing for WP/SA schools. Also Stephan vd Walt WP liga team. 15-7 win GIM never in that match!
@Andre T: Ons speel nie teen sy skool nie en gelukkig is daar nie ander ou suurgatte wat sulke swak kommentaar uiter na n verloor nie…ek sal ook eers weer Sondag op die lug wees…
@BoishaaiPa: Moet nou asb nie weer vir BOG beledig na die party Saterdagaand
@Carl de Kock aka Calamari: Dink die 87 groep is so 30 man sterk soos ek vanoggend gehoor het…hulle groot funskie is eers volgende jaar maar lyk my die manne maak solank voorbrand
@BrotherBear: Hulle sal nie meer na die naweek nie…
1987 was another year the underdog won, playing low risk rugby against an expansive style of gym. Was that the year you played odie15?
@BoishaaiPa: Ek dink dit moet net so vreemd vir Monnas voel dat hulle onder Glenwood sit op hierdie stadium.
@BoishaaiPa: Saam is my naam. Ons is 16 man sterk van die 2000 groep.
@Carl de Kock aka Calamari: Jy hoef natuurlik nie te gaan nie!
@BoishaaiPa: Ai ai ai, nou moet ek nog vir jou ook raakloop by die Groot Brag, hoe ongelukkig, sien jou daar Mr ‘Stats’ !
@Kattes-Strofes: Ek gaan vir die eerste keer in n lang tyd nie Saterdagaand na Interskole in die in Paarl wees nie…So nou en dan moet mens roetine breek!..Ek het laasjaar ook so bietjie roetine gebreek en dit het gewerk…ek probeer maar weer!
@odie15: No, I am a bit older than that..They would have been my St 6’s when I was in matric..That selfsame captain you were talking about offered me a ticket to come sit with them..I know him well and a couple of his 87 mates.
@BoishaaiPa: BoishaaiPa! Nee! Ongelukkig nie . Ek het die krieket klubhuis gekry vir n braai die Saterdag na die wedstryde. Die ouers van die 1stes en Seccies, saam met sommige ouers van verlede jaar asook n paar genooide gaste, insluitend Hannes Nienaber van Rapport gaan bietjie nabetragting hou (feesvier of sorrows verdrink). Jy is natuurlik welkom om ons te join (bring en braai ). Ek het al geleer dat die ou lyf nie meer 2 aande na mekaar feestelik kan verkeer nie. En jy weet mos, ondanks baie goeie intensies, kom jy maar moeilik by die old boys weg sonder n hele paar goeies. Moet ook Saterdag oggend my klong op lughawe gaan kry. Hy en van die ander Boishaaiers speel nog Vrydag vir die Leeus teen die OP Kings, maar vlieg Saterdag oggend af vir inter skole. Sondag weer terug. Dit bly verstommend hoe passievol die old boys is. Finansies en tyd het dan geen keer nie.
@BoishaaiPa: No one wants anybody to plunge into depths.
Our loss may have had some very good reasons (also debatable) that we never elaborated on – and will not do so now.
Good to move on and for boys to carry that sweet revenge taste through to next year.
As mentioned previously – no system or set of formulas can be perfect. Your formulas must do their job – no matter what.
My comments based on gut feel and on what I have seen thus far.
@BoishaaiPa: are you 87 matric?
@BoishaaiPa: @Kattes-Strofes: I am here whole week….cant play in Wednesday match after last year (my wife would kill me if I did anyway) but playing in old boys golf Thursday. Will be at Big brag Friday. My son’s matric year so we need this.
@BrotherBear: Your 58-12 loss wasn’t much better was it?..Just as Grey putting 50 pass Affies not reflecting Affies real strength..sometime teams have off days and the other is firing on all cylinders…then big scores can happen, still dont make it a bad team that should suddenly plunge down the depths!..
@odie15: Ek sit Vrydagaand saam met die ’87 groep by die groot brag..My seun se 5 jaar reunie ook dieselfde tyd..hulle eerste keer by die OB big brag,..
@Kattes-Strofes: Sien ek jou ook weer daar?
@Kattes-Strofes: Ek dink Oakdale moet eers volgende week vir Framesby wen om in finaal te wees.(Is hulle OP wenners?). Is die game op Coetzenburg op 27 Aug?
Booihaai se laaste verloor was juis in so ‘n finaal @ Marlow nogal.
@odie15: Jo! I forgot that the boys in the SA Schools team will not be able to play against Drosdy on 20 Aug. This match will probably be a curtain raiser for the clash between SA Schools and England at Brug street.
It will be a tough ask ,playing without 6 of our pack as well as Manny and Gianni. Drosdy have a more than usefull outfit this season.
Added to this, is the fact that should we win against Gim, the match against Drosdy will also count as a semi-final in Die Burger competition. The winner here will meet Oakdale in the final at Stellenbosch. The SA Schools boys will then have a final match to represent their school.
However, If we lose on Saturday, Gim will most probably have to play Drosdy in a semi- final match, as they will then be the un-official WP champs, having beaten all local opponents.
However! I do not know if we, or Gim, will be playing in the competition. Gim has declined to play in the past, and maybe Boishaai will follow suit. However, I somehow doubt that!
@Kattes-Strofes: You may be correct based on the ranking used on this Blog. Though the margin of a win or loss can have a telling factor on the avg. points. The effect of what I have mentioned may well have an influence on the numerous other ranking used.
Like I said, many but’s and if’s, but the mentioned scenario will definitely add some controversies based on the final rankings.
@Kattes-Strofes: season has been insane……its truely been 1 of many good teams. For GIM its the perfect end to a season. After beating Grey there’s only 1 result for Boishaai that’s an option. They have been battered every match this season. Plenty Claret on the fields. The forwards collide into anything running their way. I seen Salmaan’s instagram. “Whispers of tomorrow echo in my mind, just one more time.” It’s the final match for SA schools players! I’ve seen that go wrong too many times….emotions dictate in majormatches too many times. But the engine in Boishaai is diesel….once it starts running it doesn’t like to stop. I believe they will smash into everything that moves with a ball in hand on Saturday. Saturday is what will define their lives. The AMAZING SCHALK was a guest speaker at a launch of Boishaai Premiere League in 2012. Asked if he had 1 last match he could repeat it was Interschools loss he had. No matter where they go what they do Saturday is IT!
@Grey Brak: I am not sure about this, and maybe BoishaaiPa can confirm, but I think that Boishaai can no longer be over taken at the top, even if they lose to Gim on Saturday. If they win their final match next week-end against Drosdy, they should still come out on top. I think that their results against the other main contenders (5 of the Top 10 and another 4 of the Top 20 ), could havev sealed their position.
However, as I said, I am not sure of this.
It is time !! Forget about the rankings, representitive players, unbeaten runs and past results! Saturday will once again be a huge dual between two fantastic rivals for more more than a century. Paarl is now officially devided into two, for the whole of this week.
My take on the two sides various strenghts is as follows: Both sides have solid, although not dominating scrums. I expect an even battle in this phase. The lineouts should also be fairly evenly contested. Gim has the bulky Ludick and the big Uys as their main lineout options, while Boishaai have Moerat , Horn and Nkusane as options. In general play, Boishaai may have a slight edge with the work on the ground from Serdyn, and later on Foure.
I expect Gim,s no.’s 8, 9, 10 and 12 to be their main weapons on attack. They are lethal and can cause lots of problems in the Boishaai defence.
Boishaai,s ouside backs, paticularly Rass and Lombard can justifiably be considered their sharpest spears.
Both teams also have quality finishers in Du Plessis (Gim) and Abrahams (Boishaai ).
This should be a classical battle between Gim’s renowned attacking ability, versus the almost unbreakable defence and discipline of Boishaai, and their abilty to score from turn overs after absorbing pressure.
Favourates ? On these occasions, there is no early favourates. This is a well proven fact. The side that turns up on the field the more focussed and hungrier, and have a good smattering of luck, will eventually be victorious.
Good luck to both schools ,and all the teams, players and their families who is part of this wonderfull occasion.
Of course, as a parent of a recent Boishaai old boy, I will be giving my lungs ample exercise, in cheering for the Blue Train !!
A Paarl Gim win against Paarl Boishaai this weekend will definitely throw the cat amongst the pigeons to determine the “number 1” school in the country for 2016.
Resultantly, Grey, Boishaai and Gim would all have just lost 1 match throughout the season. If these 3 teams were then to remain like that until the end of the season it would be really interesting to see which team ends up as the “number 1” ranked school.
@BrotherBear: Hans still there till end 2016. No news yet only lots of speculation.
@Hooit: new coach appointed yet, or is he interim?
@BrotherBear: The game against Garsies will depend if we play their A team or the B team they have been fielding recently. When we reach the Beeld finals it will the some boys 35th game of the season. So I agree with you on that statement as most of the 35 games are played within 5 months. Monnas currently on a 3 week break before quarters which in their 1st break of the year. We will have to wait and see if the new rugby coach is going to stick to the current schedule next year.
@Hooit: that was a rather long winded retort. Thanks for appreciation of our attention as well as acknowledgement of our importance in SA Schools – Hehehe
Let’s see what you do in the Beeld competition, to warrant your present position. My guess that you may do very well, but maybe slip against Garsies.
I still maintain that you guys play too much rugby in a season and then pay the price in final stretch. Don’t underestimate @Rugbyman, there is good reason for him to play his 12th and 13th team players in the first team – hehehe
@Andre T: Stem nie. 2de helfte telling was iets soos 25 – 5 vir Monnas. Ek glo Monnas kon gewen het met meer tyd maar die rekord boeke sal wys dat daar geen 50 sover in 2016 teen Monnas was nie. Ek sien as mens die Affies game opbring dan verander die onderwerp en gesprekke weer terug na onlangse rugby. So bietjie taktiek van die kant af. Wil nie hê die moet in n hond vs springkaan gesprek word nie.
@Hooit: Ou Hooit ek is ook maar bly daai Outeniqua game was net 60 minute anders het ons dalk n 50 teen ons gekry…lol
@BrotherBear: The Monnas lost to Jeppe is just a vague memory as Jeppe took the win and moved on. Well done Jeppe But for some reason Helpies keep on bringing it up that they beat Monnas. At least we did not get a 50 against us and we beat Marais Viljoen who beat Drostdy who beat …….. If the success of Helpies season revolves around the Monnas game then it shows the importance and stature of Monnas in SA schools rugby. It is a compliment that Helpies has such a high regard for us.
Glenwood are ranked too high, around 15th would be fair.
Glenwood season, not bad but I think the massive loss to WP at Craven Week has helped the boys confidence at all.
No Team Venue w/l Points For Points Against
1 Michaelhouse DHS W 25 5
2 EG Jansen KERF W 14 13
3 HTS Middelburg KERF W 17 6
4 Dale College KERF W 32 5
5 Framesby Home W 65 9
6 Michaelhouse Home W 56 5
7 Kearsney Home W 21 7
8 Osaka Toin SANIX W 14 0
9 Toin Gauken (Japan) SANIX W 52 3
10 Queen Victoria School (Fiji) SANIX W 14 10
11 Keio High School (Japan) SANIX Quart W 61 7
12 Rotorua (NZ) SANIX Semi W 29 12
13 Higashi Fukuoka (Japan) SANIX Final W 45 6
14 DHS Away W 24 23
15 Monument Away L 15 40
16 Westville Away W 26 3
17 Affies Away L 0 63
18 Maritzburg College Away
19 Grey College Home
Points for: 510
Points Against: 217
@BoishaaiPa: But they lost by so far against both ?
Losing by a margin early in season can be explained, but later in season? Must be injuries?
No, no, no, don’t want to get that started again – just now Monnas may think that their loss can be justified.
Does feel strange having both those teams ranked so high. But it is OK, time is proving to be an equalizer. Hard work’s day will come.
Top 4 teams proving their mettle. Well done to BoisHaai for an ever growing achievement.
Gimmies – one thing about a loss as you had earlier in season: you tend to work much harder to prevent such insanity happening again. Helpies knows the feeling.
Energy surrounding the upcoming “Paarl” clash is tangible even in Joburg.
Yes, I realised that after I posted it.
@simpy: These Rankings for Week ending 23 July…They only played Affies on the 30th..And they have only lost 2 games so far.Monnas and Affies.
Can’t agree with Jeppe being that high up. Also, how is it possible that Glenwood are at 5 when they were beaten by Affies 63 – 0?