As usual Grey College set the standard when it comes to playing against the very best that South African schoolboy rugby has to offer.
Grey College will have a far better run-up to their televised season ending derby against Paul Roos Gymnasium in 2023. Although there is nothing planned for first weekend of the third term in 2023, two competitive interschools weekends in succession thereafter will be a huge improvement on what transpired in 2022, when the interschools against Grey High School was followed by a 21-day inactive gap ahead of Paul Roos finale.
| # | DATE | OPPONENT | VENUE / EVENT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREY COLLEGE | ||||||
| 1 | Sat.02Mar | Voortrekker (Beth) | 46 | 5 | Won | Home |
| 2 | Sat.09Mar | Hentie Cilliers | 50 | 24 | Won | Home |
| 3 | Sat.09Mar | AHS Kroonstad | 73 | 14 | Won | Home |
| 4 | Sat.16Mar | Duineveld | 52 | 13 | Won | Away |
| 5 | Thu.28Mar | Boland Landbou | 50 | 13 | Won | Kearsney Easter Rugby Fest |
| 6 | Sat.30Mar | Framesby | 36 | 9 | Won | Kearsney Easter Rugby Fest |
| 7 | Mon.01Apr | Outeniqua | 20 | 22 | Lost | Kearsney Easter Rugby Fest |
| 8 | Sat.13Apr | Jim Fouche | 62 | 10 | Won | Home |
| 9 | Sat.20Apr | Louis Botha | 43 | 0 | Won | Home |
| 10 | Sat.27Apr | Selborne | 41 | 5 | Won | Away |
| 11 | Thu.02May | Oakdale | 42 | 20 | Won | Wildeklawer |
| 12 | Sat.04May | Monument | 13 | 8 | Won | Wildeklawer |
| 13 | Sat.11May | Affies | 31 | 37 | Lost | Home |
| 14 | Sat.18May | Sentraal | 57 | 5 | Won | Away |
| 15 | Sat.25May | HJS Paarl BH | 35 | 28 | Won | Home |
| 16 | Sat.20Jul | Pretoria BH | 13 | 3 | Won | Away |
| 17 | Sat.27Jul | Grey HS | 51 | 21 | Won | Home |
| 18 | Sat.10Aug | Glenwood | 68 | 7 | Won | Home |
| 19 | Sat.10Aug | Paul Roos | 40 | 8 | Won | Away |
| WELKOM GIM | ||||||
| 1 | Sat.02Mar | Louis Botha | 7 | 32 | Lost | Away |
| 2 | Sat.16Mar | Noord-Kaap | 0 | 38 | Lost | Home |
| 3 | Sat.13Apr | Hentie Cilliers | 22 | 31 | Lost | Away |
| 4 | Sat.25May | Voortrekker (Beth) | 20 | 22 | Lost | Home |
| VOORTREKKER (BETH) | ||||||
| 1 | Sat.02Mar | Grey College | 5 | 46 | Lost | Away |
| 2 | Sat.16Mar | Jim Fouche | 45 | 17 | Won | Home |
| 3 | Thu.28Mar | Hugenote | 5 | 14 | Lost | Away |
| 4 | Sat.30Mar | Vereeniging Gim | 19 | 10 | Won | Home |
| 5 | Mon.01Apr | Pietersburg | 5 | 8 | Lost | Away |
| 6 | Sat.27Apr | Hentie Cilliers | 27 | 21 | Won | Home |
| 7 | Sat.18May | Kroonstad | 68 | 13 | Won | Home |
| 8 | Sat.25May | Welkom Gim | 22 | 20 | Won | Away |
| 9 | Sat.01Jun | AHS Kroonstad | 28 | 21 | Won | Home |
| 10 | Fri.23Aug | Noord-Kaap | 23 | 38 | Lost | Away |
| DIAMANTVELD | ||||||
| 1 | Sat.02Mar | Duineveld | 26 | 19 | Won | Home |
| 2 | Sat.09Mar | Sentraal | 18 | 29 | Lost | Away |
| 3 | Sat.16Mar | Affies | 7 | 32 | Lost | Home |
| 4 | Sat.30Mar | Oakdale | 0 | 19 | Lost | Away |
| 5 | Mon.01Apr | Augsburg | 19 | 19 | Drew | Home |
| 6 | Wed.03Apr | Strand | 26 | 3 | Won | Home |
| 7 | Sat.20Apr | Noord-Kaap | 19 | 27 | Lost | Away |
| 8 | Thu.02May | Grey HS | 10 | 51 | Lost | Wildeklawer |
| 9 | Sat.04May | EG Jansen | 0 | 64 | Lost | Wildeklawer |
| 10 | Sat.25May | Marlow | 5 | 58 | Lost | Away |
| 11 | Sat.20Jul | Jeppe | 19 | 36 | Lost | Away |
| 12 | Sat.10Aug | Nico Malan | 17 | 17 | Drew | Away |
| NOORD-KAAP | ||||||
| 1 | Sat.02Mar | Hentie Cilliers | 24 | 10 | Won | Home |
| 2 | Sat.09Mar | Marlow | 10 | 12 | Lost | Home |
| 3 | Sat.16Mar | Welkom Gim | 38 | 0 | Won | Away |
| 4 | Thu.21Mar | Florida | 38 | 15 | Won | Pukke Skouspel |
| 5 | Sat.23Mar | Framesby | 46 | 21 | Won | Pukke Skouspel |
| 6 | Mon.25Mar | Klerksdorp | 38 | 15 | Won | Home |
| 7 | Sat.30Mar | Jeppe | 24 | 16 | Won | Maritzburg College 150 |
| 8 | Mon.01Apr | Maritzburg College | 24 | 24 | Drew | Maritzburg College 150 |
| 9 | Wed.03Apr | Monument | 3 | 21 | Lost | Away |
| 10 | Sat.20Apr | Diamantveld | 27 | 19 | Won | Home |
| 11 | Thu.02May | EG Jansen | 12 | 36 | Lost | Wildeklawer |
| 12 | Sat.04May | Boland Landbou | 16 | 20 | Lost | Wildeklawer |
| 13 | Sat.11May | Waterkloof | 34 | 30 | Won | Home |
| 14 | Sat.10Aug | Outeniqua | 23 | 36 | Lost | Away |
| 15 | Fri.23Aug | Voortrekker (Beth) | 38 | 23 | Won | Home |
| 16 | Fri.30Aug | Louis Botha | 17 | 15 | Won | Home |
| GOUDVELD | ||||||
| 1 | Sat.09Mar | Sentraal | 17 | 38 | Lost | Away |
| AHS KROONSTAD | ||||||
| 1 | Sat.02Mar | Marlow | 20 | 15 | Won | Home |
| 2 | Sat.09Mar | Grey College | 14 | 73 | Lost | Away |
| 3 | Sat.09Mar | Klerksdorp | 55 | 3 | Won | Home |
| 4 | Sat.01Jun | Voortrekker (Beth) | 21 | 28 | Lost | Away |
| WITTEBERG | ||||||
| 1 | Sat.02Mar | Fichardtpark | 24 | 23 | Won | Away |
| HENTIE CILLIERS | ||||||
| 1 | Sat.02Mar | Noord-Kaap | 10 | 24 | Lost | Away |
| 2 | Sat.09Mar | Grey College | 24 | 50 | Lost | Away |
| 3 | Sat.16Mar | Zastron | 37 | 24 | Won | Home |
| 4 | Thu.28Mar | Eldoraigne | 20 | 22 | Lost | KES Rugby Festival |
| 5 | Sat.30Mar | Menlopark | 24 | 51 | Lost | KES Rugby Festival |
| 6 | Mon.01Apr | Golden Lions Inv | 77 | 0 | Won | KES Rugby Festival |
| 7 | Sat.13Apr | Welkom Gim | 31 | 22 | Won | Home |
| 8 | Sat.27Apr | Voortrekker (Beth) | 21 | 27 | Lost | Away |
| 9 | Fri.23Aug | Louis Botha | 21 | 29 | Lost | Away |
| FICHARDTPARK | ||||||
| 1 | Sat.02Mar | Witteberg | 23 | 24 | Lost | Home |
| JIM FOUCHE | ||||||
| 1 | Sat.02Mar | Klerksdorp | 27 | 21 | Won | Home |
| 2 | Sat.09Mar | Duineveld | 33 | 19 | Won | Home |
| 3 | Sat.16Mar | Voortrekker (Beth) | 17 | 45 | Lost | Away |
| 4 | Thu.28Mar | Tygerberg | 7 | 35 | Lost | Away |
| 5 | Sat.30Mar | Die Anker | 17 | 7 | Won | Home |
| 6 | Mon.01Apr | Kempton Park | 30 | 20 | Won | Away |
| 7 | Sat.13Apr | Grey College | 10 | 62 | Lost | Away |
| 8 | Sat.04May | Marlow | 21 | 22 | Lost | Home |
| 9 | Sat.17Aug | Louis Botha | 18 | 30 | Lost | Away |
| SENTRAAL | ||||||
| 1 | Sat.09Mar | Goudveld | 38 | 17 | Won | Home |
| 2 | Sat.09Mar | Diamantveld | 29 | 18 | Won | Home |
| 3 | Thu.28Mar | Pietersburg | 36 | 8 | Won | Home |
| 4 | Sat.30Mar | Strand | 10 | 15 | Lost | Away |
| 5 | Mon.01Apr | Durbanville | 43 | 15 | Won | Home |
| 6 | Sat.13Apr | Waterkloof | 20 | 25 | Lost | Away |
| 7 | Sat.18May | Grey College | 5 | 57 | Lost | Home |
| DUINEVELD | ||||||
| 1 | Sat.02Mar | Diamantveld | 19 | 26 | Lost | Away |
| 2 | Sat.09Mar | Jim Fouche | 19 | 33 | Lost | Away |
| 3 | Sat.16Mar | Grey College | 13 | 52 | Lost | Home |
| UPINGTON | ||||||
| 1 | Thu.28Mar | Montagu | 6 | 10 | Lost | Away |
| 2 | Mon.01Apr | Bellville | 24 | 22 | Won | Home |
[…] Grey College starts against Voortrekker before playing against the Harmony Sports Academy on 09 March and Kroonstad (Red School) on 12 March. The complete list of Grey College fixtures for 2013 can be found here: http://schoolboyrugby.co.za/blog/?p=1759 […]
@Andre T: Hope you dont wear it mate
@BOG: I still have Mighty Mouse McLachlan’s jock-strap he gave me after the Olen Park game.
@BOG: @BOG: @BOG: Yes and Gerrie Sonnekus ended up playing 9…I could not follow them around the country cause I was only 9 at the time…but that team sparked something in me
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@BoishaaiPa: Oh yes, the Springboks were in so much disarray,that only two, Hannes Marais and Chris Pope, who played with me for Defense U20 in Pretoria, were the only players to play in all 4 tests. To this day, despite a failing memory, I can still name the side from Fran Cotton at 1 to JPR at 15.
@BoishaaiPa: I was there- Boet Erasmus, for the Second Test.Not as n laaitie, but as a student, take note. After loosing the 1st test,at Newlands (was there too) 12-3 I think. the selectors were going for the “enforcers”, the tough guys. They included “one-eye” de Bruin from the FS for this job, but during the match, when he wanted to “enforce”, JPR retaliated and chased him all the way from the Lions 25 to that of the Boks. A great side indeed and I was like a groupie- we followed them around and I watched about 6 of their matches, including Boland(Wellington), Southern Universities(where I was one of the “fris matie seuns”, according to Gerhard Viviers, to invade the pitch when Ikey students wanted to demonstrate)I broke an Ikey jaw, yet strangely, I was liberal then. Then on to Ellis Park for the Barbarian match, where a young FH, named Peter Kirsten, nearly won the match, had it not been for that “great” product from EP, the ref, Jimmy Smith Belton. If you got signatures, you may have seen the size of Roger Uttleys hands- he captained the team against Boland.
@BOG: Yes, those Welsh players were all part of that 1974 Lions tour.I also have a fond memory of that test at Boet Erasmus in 1974..I was standing underneath the pavilion waiting for the Lions to come back up the tunnel after they stood watching the curtain raiser from the sidelines. The Lions manager (or some official) handed me a togbag to take out to Phil Bennet…I was in 7th heaven and got all my favorite players signatures!
@BoishaaiPa: I had forgotten that ref, Max Baise. It reminds me of the Welsh folk singer, Max Boyce(I think), who was a fanatical supporter of Wales, when all their greats played- Mervyn Davies, Gareth Edwards, Phil Bennet, JPR Williams, ect ect.
@BOG: They had to give the OVS something else you guys might go into a depro..I thought that Ref of the Year prize was somewhat laugable seeing that the likes of Craig Joubert had plenty better games and more high profile games while Vd Merwe cant even ref a SBR game properly!
@BoishaaiPa: I seem to be the “missing link” WP did well while I was a supporter, and as a student, it gave us many good reasons to celebrate. Not that I would not have found others— I asked, who was the referee of THIS year- a FREE Stater, the source of honest referees.
@BOG: Referee was Max Baise..If you remember correctly..1976 was also the year OVS won their first ever CC with most of those players…took them another 29 years to do it again…and then you guys mock the WP for a mere 11 dry years!
@BoishaaiPa: Who was the referee of the year? Was that a FS invitational that you listed here?
@beet: Gazelle’s was also known as Junior Springboks in those days. In 1976 they played a game against the touring All Blacks at Boet Erasmus..I was 11 years old and ball boy at that game.
The 1976 Team of which 10 became full springboks.
15 “Doc” Louw (Natal)
14 Cheeky Watson (EP)
13 Christo Wagenaar (NTVL)
12 Dirk Froneman (OVS)
11 Hermanus Potgieter (OVS)
10 De Wet Ras (OVS)
9 Barry Wolmerans (OVS)
8 Nick Mallet (WP)
7 Eben Jansen (OVS)
6 Corrie Pypers (TVL)
5 Hennie Bekker (WP)
4 Theuns Stofberg (OVS)
3 Noel van Rensburg (OVS)
2 Wouter Hugo (OVS)
1 Okkie Oosthuizen (Tvl)
@BOG: QI is but a puppy compared to some I have witnessed in the Hinterland the last 7 years!…At least he is consistantly bad to both sides!..
@Gungets Tuft: What are you saying 150% bursaries + future name rights going forward
@beet: Who is to say that the one high school will not buy the credit .. {snigger}
@BoishaaiPa: Have you in the Cape, enlarged your stockpile of WOMDs yet to let loose on the opponents? I know that they struggled a bit because they insisted on finding more who are at least as fearsome as Quinton Immelman. Knowing the Cape from way back, I would have thought that there should be large numbers in his category.
@BoishaaiPa: I agree. I think they should reintroduce the Gazelle blazer and award it to any Bok tour player that has not played for the Springboks. Schools can then say they have X no. of Boks and Y no. of Gazelles if they please.
I know the Gazelles were a team that actually played games once upon a time but they were unique in that Gazelles were players who had never represented the Boks. Obviously some went onto play for the Boks later. I think Carel du Plessis was a Gazelle before becoming a Bok.
@beet: As far as I know, Cabous did not play for PRG 1st team..He matriculated at Jan v Riebeeck and played for their 1st team…But most important fact is..he did not play a TEST…so he cant be a Bok!
@BOG: With the Bloem refs in a 50/50 game I can believe that yes…one team has to be significantly better to even get a draw there!..But we will see how 2013 unfolds..I am happy with the last 2 years results in any case!
@BOG: If they represented the GCB first team while they are students at the school, then yes.
Possibly a better idea is to force a player to choose a school. Say he believes that in his 5-6 years of high schooling, this is the institution that played the most important role in shaping him as a sportsman. Then give credit to that school only.
@beet: So, what you are saying is that Grey can claim BJ Botha and Allan Donald as their own.After all, apart from Grey Primary, AD honed hiss skills in Hansie Cronjes back yard- an extension of Grey. Or where do you draw the line?
@BOG: When Oliver Kebble got called up to the BBok u20 team, on twitter it came across as if he was a Bishop’s boy which was not the case.
Even if you don’t matriculate at a school, if you made a name for yourself in their first team, surely that should be taken into account. Is that not what happened with Cabous and PRG?
@BoishaaiPa: If PRG can claim Cabous, then I suppose GCB can claim BJ Botha who was there in Primary School. Problem is that DHS might have something to say about that and I would not blame them. And as far as I know, the Goose kicked 2 over from 67 mtrs, or one was just a teeny bit shorter.Thankfully, a team consists of 15-22 (then) players. I can understand that you attach a great deal to the fact that you have not lost to Grey in two seasons- for you its an historic period. Enjoy it, but things should be returning to normal again next year and should continue for the next ten!
@Grasshopper: Nope..Paul Roos got “Goosed” that day..41-29…think Goosen scored something like 26 points on his own…including the now famous 67m penalty!
@Grasshopper: THat game was also right in the middle of that 1000 day unbeaten stretch. I think that could have been day 511 of that run.
@Grasshopper: Nope, Grey beat them something like 60-39. That was the day Goosen was kicking them over from his own 22 and the day Kitshoff was taught a scrumming lesson.
@Boishaaipa, didn’t Paul Roos beat Grey Bloem in 2010?
@BoishaaiPa: Ek het geweet jy sal begin storietjies uitdink om my weer te dodge.
You can run……..but there’s nowhere to hide.
@BOG: Lots of uncertainty about the exact criteria for claiming Boks by schools…For me it is simple..Two questions….Did the player matriculate at the school and did he play in a test? ..That has always been the measurement until SARU started calling “touring” players Boks. Case in point, PRG claims Cabous vd Westhuizen as one of their 50, but he never matriculated there and never played in a Test match. So you be the judge!
@BOG: Seems you have a short memory..name the school who Grey havnt beaten in 2 years…Might be 3 come 2013!
@BOG:
You can check on Rugby 15 website, they will show you a list of like 150 schools and Boks produced .
Not only since “re-admission” (Unlike cricket and other codes, I dont think they were ever expelled), but since WW II. As I said most of Paul Roos Springboks were from a time when almost only WP played rugby. I dont think that PR has produced 50. I actually thought Grey caught up and in the last year or so, may have passed PRG. I think that this happened when Coenie Oosthuizen went on tour but played for the Barbarians, but not for the Boks.That has since changed, as you know. But if you take the number of caps/games, that is when you see a huge difference, with GCB in the region of 400+ and the school lying second, more than a 100 less. BoishaaiPa should have the exact stats, but you wont get a response from him now. This time of the day he works on the growth of his ears for which he uses Red Heart.
@BOG:
Overall Paul Roos has 50 with Grey havin 41 . But Grey is ahead since readmission
@HORSEFLY NO.1: In BJ Bothas case, I think his parents may have had a signifcant role in his move to Durban. Otherwise DHS may have upped his six digit salary at Grey Primary. In Allan Donald s case, his English was not up to standard(Thats what he said in his book, “White Lightening”) I know that Paul Roos was ahead as far as total is concerned, thanks mainly to the early 1900s, but the latter part of your claim, is very incorrect, I think. Even overall, I think that GCB, has now passed them.
Also, seems Grey is still 9 springboks behind Paul Roos overall and ahead since readmission
BJ Botha went to Grey College primary school. wonder what made him move down to KZN?
@Andre T: And so is Riaan Swanepoel.
@Andre T: Malcolm Mitchell is a College boy.
@star: @Ploegskaar: @Andre T: @BoishaaiPa: And what the red devil does boys gholf and girls tennis have to do with GCBs rugby program next year? Are you already getting cold feet for what is coming? It seems the common thing to do these days. If something is unpalatable,avoid it or ignore it.
@Andre T: Lyk nie so nie ou maat.
@BoishaaiPa: Klein wêreld!
@ Andre T-that is not what the Wes Rand poppies say.
@Andre T: Ek gaan defnitief nie heeltyd by die golfbaan rondhang as jy dink dit is my plan nie..ek het werk om te doen voordat ek 14 Des klaarmaak.
@Ploegskaar: Yes, then it is Nelis’s daughter..I remember her name now..she is same age as my daughter as well and they played netball against each other…Nelis was my SOT at school…His brother is also a mate of mine.
@BoishaaiPa: Not sure, don’t know the parents, but she was at Gene Louw Primary with my oldest, and even then she did not have her equal. She was/is also a very good shot-put athlete if memory serves me right, definitely a special golf talent, so have always watched her progress.
@BoishaaiPa: Ek kry so feeling jy gaan my duck en dive van volgende Vrydag af.
@Ploegskaar: Is that Nelis Therons daughter?..
@star: Pity you have no swing or rhythm.
@Ploegskaar: Only boys ou Ploegskaar. Are you going to be there or not now?
@Andre T: Are the girls playing at the juniors down here in Paarl as well? If so, keep an eye out for Bianca Theron from Stellenberg (grade 10 this year), think she won the SA Girls in Orkney last year.
@ Andre T- Ben Botha is also a Westville boy and I thnk is ranked no2 in KZN after Clayton.Westville set to dominate not just in swiming
Also my other school Hilton seem to have great depth.
@star: Yes I know him – Clayton Mansfield. I also know 2 very good Maritzburg players, Malcolm Mitchell and Rian Swanepoel. Keaton Bottriel from Hilton and other very promising players like Ben Botha, Andrew Plint, Siyanda Mwandla, Gregory McKay. I don’t know their schools.
@ Andre T- I think I must apologise but it was a legitimate excuse. Die ROOI wyn was baie mooi by die plaas.Do you perhaps know a youngster Mansfield who has been playing solid golf for Westville and KZN?His uncle Mark played tennis with Deppe and Edmunds.
@Andre T: They should be at your front door around 10 o Clock every Sunday morning.@BOG: Im a bit late, but I notice that the Fixtures for Wildeklawer have not yet been included.
Also keep in mind that in normal seasons, which means most, they also play CW and SA schools matches.@beet: You are taking a big risk to ask AT to send you some grass. It may just arrive in a plastic bank packet, with a policeman close behind(Perhaps the latter is wishful thinking- they will deliver it)
@BoishaaiPa: Who and where are those witnesses?
@Andre T: Unfortunatly I have plenty of witnesses who will testify to the fact that we invited you telephonically, spoke personally to you in Paarl and in Bloem, but still you only promised and never pitched!…
@Andre T: send some close ups of the grass.
@GreenBlooded: I think its absolutely wonderful for these 2 schools to engage in an annual fixture and with Sean Erasmus almost joining Monnas shows that ties and relationships are good between these two underperforming giants. As for the beers I’ll be there and Star dodged me 2 years ago when I was in Durbs with some story of going to a farm to one of his 169 cousins. Boishaaipa has dodged me badly in the past and we’ll see from the 7th of December if he’ll be in Paarl at the golf. I have been at Sun City since Sunday for the golf. I’m involved in organising the marshalls for the tournament this week and every year on the Tuesday I arrange for promising junior players to spend the practise round with the players on the driving range and during their rounds. If Beet approves I can actually post some very nice pics.
@star: He is famous for that…he dodged us in Paarl as well..
i think they will be number 1 again this year, cream always rises
@ Greenblooded- These Wes Rand boys are talk.I am sure T has also let me down on the odd occasion.
@Andre T: Welcome back boet – where have you been?
What do you think of Monnas being given the honour of taking on the mighty Green Machine on their Old Boys day in 2013? Hope you will be staying in Sheppie at that time and can make it to the game. We can have a couple of beers afterwards – I seem to recall you didn’t front up for our beer call this year?
Dis mos nou hoe bepalings moet lyk. n Lekker losmakertjie en dan tackle jy die groot kanonne een vir een, Saterdag na Saterdag. Aangesien ek nou veel nader aan Orkney en Bloem is, kan ek seker maar meer naweke gaan rugby kyk.