On DigiTV. Live-streamed full matches of 70-minutes on a Saturday will character the vamped up Afgri Prestige Rugby Schools Day for 2020. This event is now the real-deal and is bound to attract a lot of interest from near and far.
Affies vs Diamantveld at Affies at 12h00
At Loftus Stadium
Midstream u13 vs Sentraal Kroonstad u13 at 07h00
| SLOT | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | BROADCAST | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08h00 | Sat.14Mar | St Alban’s | – | – | AHS Kroostad | |
| 09h20 | Sat.14Mar | Ellisras | – | – | Sentraal | |
| 10h40 | Sat.14Mar | EG Jansen | – | – | Invitation XV | |
| 12h00 | Sat.14Mar | Garsfontein | – | – | Kempton Park | |
| 13h20 | Sat.14Mar | Nelspruit | – | – | Eldoraigne | |
| 14h40 | Sat.14Mar | Frikkie Meyer | – | – | Stellenberg | |
| 16h00 | Sat.14Mar | Montana | – | – | Die Anker | |
| 17h20 | Sat.14Mar | Waterkloof | – | – | Outeniqua | |
| 18h40 | Sat.14Mar | Boland Landbou | – | – | HTS Middelburg | |
| 20h00 | Sat.14Mar | Pretoria BH | – | – | Paarl Gim |
@Bush: When Coronavirus takes the rugby away, schools start poaching supporters I guess
Next thing they ll be House supporters in Hilton jerseys, Selborne supporters in Dale jerseys, and SA expats living in the UK, who hate SA but still wear the Bok jersey. Then we’ll know it’s armageddon 
@Playa: Whahahahsgshs whahahaha Tie me kangaroo down sport
@Andre T: Long time Andre. Did you snatch Boerboel’s jersey mate?
@McCulleys Workshop: And he’s got a different jersey on. Looks like Andre T has got Blu
@Andre T: Buddy you are back, you went missing after Saturday’s game, I was waiting with your burger.
@Tang: 2 3 Hopper
@McCulleys Workshop: Going going gone Sir
@Oakdale supporter: I’m guessing this season is as good as done in KZN. (We don’t play in the 3rd term) New research seems to indicate that the virus remains contagious for up to 37 days once contracted.
@Strepie: Dalk is die seisoen nie heeltemal verby nie. Dinge kan anders lyk oor 2 maande, maar die feit dat hul nie eers mag oefen nie gaan dalk lol. Ek weet nie of indivuele fiksheid oefening die ding gaan doen nie.
@Tang: Puik agterlyn afrigter, baie van daardie seuns in die agterlyn is nog graad 11. Met 2020 iets van die verlede, sal die manne darem nog volgende jaar hulle staal kan wys.
@ Beet @ Raineier I managed to watch the PBHS game yesterday. PBHS weren’t bad but Paarl Gim were far better.
The Paarl Gim team are very well put together. The whole backline looked like they have had played provincial rugby at some stage.
@Grizzly: virseker
@Strepie: NV bestaan huidiglik uit Gauteng, Limpopo, North-west en Mpumulanga.@Smallies: Bly maar n moeilike een om te sluk…..
@Grizzly: Jip daar is ongelukkig nou nie salf aan te smeer nie, en kom ons wees nou maae reguit met mekaar, die seuns se gesondheid is baie belangriker as ons plesier wat ons uit hulle sport prestasies put….
@Strepie: Noordvaal,die ou Transvaal,Noord,Oos,wes,verre Noord ,suid-Oos ens…Al die skole in die distrik neem om die Virseker beker deel in verskillende ligas…in die verlede die admin beker wat deur die admin van Transvaal toe geken is aan die skool wat die wenner was tussen Al die verskillende liga wenners.Later die Direkteurs trofee,toe Beeld en nou Virseker.
@Grizzly: Mag ons ander ook weet waarvoor NV staan of is dit geheime Corona taal.
@Mr. Rooies: NV is saam met julle bly.Die balans in NV rugby week net nie sonder n goeie HTS nie.Daars al baie op die blog gepraat van HTS in laat ’90 vroee ’00 toe julle saam Affies die maatstaf was.
Jammer oor die pes siekte met hierdie span van julle maar n ou voel vir Bois met hulle toer,Affies met hulle 100,die lys te lank om te noem.My hardegatgeid stem saam @Playa maar my verstand se ek moet maar aanvaar….
@Mr. Rooies: Die rugbyseisoen is klaar..daar is niks korter gemaak nie, dit is sommer afgeknip, net so!!
Maak my sommer vies, wat gana ons almal nou doen vir die res van die jaar.
Miskien moet ons n Noord/Suid in Nam reel.
@Beet: Goeiemore Beet. Ek dink jy kan vir HTS maar vergewe na die afgelope klomp maer jare waar daar baie vernederende kommentaar en uitslae was, en dat hierdie oorwinning vir hulle baie soet was.
Om Boland Landbou te klop sit nie aldag in baie skole se broek nie.
@Grizzly: Goeiemore Grizzly. Baie baie geluk met julle span se spogvertoning. Na ‘n uitdagende en fisiese eerste 20 minute het julle mooi kalm gebly en beheer oorgevat. Julle is beslis die maatstaf saam met Monnas hierdie jaar in die bekerafdeling.
Ja ek dink bitter min mense het HTS ‘n kans gegee teen ‘n great Boland span. Alle eer moet egter ook gaan aan Deon Carstens en sy afrigtingspan by Boland wat op die dag as waardige verloorders van die veld gestap het. Dit is baie goed dat ons so onder die radar beweeg en niemand oor die Rooies se oorwinning wil praat nie. Baie harde werk, sweet en trane begin stadig vrugte afwerp hier by ons in Middelburg.
Sterkte vir julle seisoen (verkort) wat voorlê.
@Gatskop: Veral met Varsity wedstryde ook…dit is n totale gemors.
@Gatskop: One of the bloggers I was trying to talk to asked DJ Dufus to lower the volume of the music, he dismissed the request.
If you do not believe me listen to the Digitv feed, 13 hours of that sonic assault would steal any sane persons joy.
@Rainier: My pet hate is music during a rugby game. I was a announcer for many years and stopped because young teachers with no interest in rugby demand we start playing music for atmosphere……
Getting angry just thinking about it.
@Rainier: Thanks Rainier. Personally I think that’s the sort of feedback festival organisers should be looking to acquire during the event so that they can improve on their offering in future years. After seeing Boishaai and Monnas commit to a high profile match at a early season rugby day, hopefully a few other schools open themselves up to the same arrangement. Certainly quality over quantity is a key component what distinguishes the good festivals from the average ones
@Beet: I think Pretoria Boys High competed well, but the Gim pace out wide killed them. The PBHS 13 is special ball in hand.
I think the Garsfontein /13 coaches must be gatvol of playing against teams bolstered by players from the EP. Yesterday it was Florida with 3 EP /12 imports that beat them, and those imports played a huge roll, especially the 8 and 10.
Garsfontein looked very rusty to start off with and Kempton took an early lead and competed well. The Bere 8 and 10 caught the eye, the locks both played well and the whole front row was solid. The 1 carried the ball well. At the back there is enough skill and pace to keep opposing teams honest, my only concern would be a lack of height among the back 3.
I left midway during the day and will probably not attend another of these days – whoever thinks that blaring music is an integral part of watching rugby is an certifiable idiot. It made the whole day thoroughly unpleasant.
Next year I will toddle down to the Greame day again – the school has a much better idea of how to host a rugby day than the BBRU and the matches are more competitive.
Pretoria Boys High haven’t got a bad team at all. I reckon they would be very competitive in the KZN top league but against Paarl Gim in that first half, it felt like it two teams at two different levels. Gim have intensity and are able to play at such a high tempo with some frighting quick backs that forget tackling, its hard enough to touch them.
At one stage it was 15 against 12 in the Boland Landbou vs HTSM game. The Rooisbulle had 3 in the bin. BL didn’t take their chances too well during this period but did reduce the gap from 12-24 to 19-24. BL were on attack close to the HTSM tryline right at the death when HTSM won a holding penalty at the breakdown, which sparked a huge celebration amongst their players. It was a special moment and proved how valued a win against Boland Landbou is.
@Wonder: Dankie,so HTS is back!Net Soos Murrayfield voorspel her….Boland het n goeie span die jaar,wat n uitslag.
Hierdie kan dalk net die lekkerste skool rugby jaar in jare raak as carona nie alles bederf nie. Boland lanbou verloor teen HTS Middelburg. Framesby verloor teen St Andrews. Grey high school verloor teen Brandwag. Glenwood verloor teen Hilton… Wat nog?
@Grizzly: 24/19 vir Hts teen Landbou
@Smallies: So iets! ?
@Djou: dan noem ons dit sommer die Currie beker
@Strepie: Sal moet sien of skolerugby ook gaan ly. Dalk gaan Superrugby in SA voort tussen SA spanne. Sal kompetisie begin en Cheetahs en Kings inbring en spanne teen mekaar laat speel.
@Djou: Die jaar is verby met die Corona
Outeniqua 31 – 0 Waterkloof . Dis die halftyd telling.
@Vleis: Ok,thanks,preciate it.Always sad when things go South so quickly.It only takes a year or two….
@Grizzly: I wasn’t at Loftus today. I just saw bits of some of the games on DigiTV. Garsies struggled in the first ten minutes, as Kempton looked very motivated. However, Garsies then took control and knocked the stuffing out of Kempton, so I stopped watching after about 20 minutes as the writing was already on the wall by then. Instead, I watched the Kingswood v Selborne game, which was on Youtube.
I watched the whole St Alban’s game and they looked poor. To be honest the team from a few years ago, or even last year, would have put 50 points past Kroonstad. However, like you, my lightie is no longer at school, so it’s not really too big a deal.
@Vleis: What you make of the Garsies team?I know it’s difficult with such a huge score.
@@Vleis: Sorry don’t know what happened there.What I wanted to say is,I see you stressed out about the rugby at St Albans.The result today not to bad?
@Vleis: Thanks Vleis,ya I see you stre
@Grizzly: Some of the other scores so far are:
St Alban’s 19 v 27 Kroonstad (My concerns re the drop in rugby standard at St Alban’s are probably valid)
Affies 83 v 10 Diamantveld (Stopped about ten or fifteen minutes early)
EG Jansen 65 v 0 Invitational XV
Stellenberg were winning by about 20 points late in the game v Ellis Ras when I last saw.
Montana are up 14 to 7 v Die Anker after 30 minutes.
@Wonder: Jo,dankie,wardeer.
@Grizzly: 71/5 vir Garsies, ken nie ander tellings nie.
@Strepie: Miskien jou naam na kolletjie verander
@Rainier: Kan jy vir ons die tellings deurgee soos die games klaar maak.Dankie baie.
@Strepie: Hy trek net jou(julle) been,Hy weet Garsies gaan knor teen BH.Garsies regte tawwe fixtures die jaar.Behalwe vir Affies speel hulle al die top rated spanne,eks bekomerd oor diepte en as hulle vroeg n paar verlore vat die moraal.Die groot ding is nou die virus….Sal eers moet kyk wat se invloed die pes ding op die games gaan he….
@Grizzly: Jong span die jaar! Sal maar sien.
@Strepie: Eish jong, kan jy nie die smiley/emoji sien in sy boodskap nie. Dit toon gewoonlik dat dit ‘n grappie is!
@Wonder: As dit lyk soos windgat, ruik soos windgat en smaak soos windgat……dan is dit windgat.
Nee man, die opmerking van jou is mos totaal ongevraagd.
Ek is seker daarvan n gerespekteerde man soos @Grizzly keur dit geensins goed nie.
Siesa!
@Wonder: Kom ons hoop Wildeklawer gaan nog voort…
@Wonder:
@Grizzly: Hi Grizzly, ek dink ons sal goeie span hê. Tawwe seisoen wat voorlê, maklikste game vd seisoen gaan by WK wees teen HJS :-P, dink ons gaan dalk bietjie “under cooked wees” vir Noord/Suid.
@Djou @Wonder,het julle enige idee oor Garsies se span die jaar,sterkte tov laas jaar.Saterdag sal ons seker beter weet.Nou met my kontakte se seuns uit matriek raak binne inligting skaars.Wat ek verstaan is dat hulle hoop vir top 20, nie so goed soos laasjaar nie en dan glad nie sterk gr 11 nie.As een van julle miskien meer weet.
@Tang: Know the boy who recieved it in 2015.Yes, fantastic to get the legend involved.
@Grizzly – I can’t see Boys High going crazy and handing out sports scholarships. I think a couple of bursaries to deserving boys could be a good initiative but I can’t see full scale recruiting effort. The current director of rugby may try and lure some talent to the school but it will be low key rather than a concerted school effort.
The JK cricket bursary is a great initiative and there have been some excellent recipients at Boys High over the last few years. Two boys really stand out. One was an academic and the other a very talented cricket/ hockey player. I may be mistaken but I don’t think one of the JK boys have played first team rugby.
@Vleis: @beet: @Tang: As far as i know PBH only have the Jaque Kallis cricket bursary for sport.From the man himself.I hope they never change their ways.If the headmaster decide to give 1 or 2 for ruggas,then they must go all out with recruting,no reason to hold back then.With an old boys club 100 years old with old money,PBH will find their way into the top 10 very quickly.
@Gabes: Sorry for the delay. Its been confirmed that DIGITV.co.za will livestream all the matches from the stadium.
@Vleis – I think many at PBHS are pleased to see Hassenkamp back in the fold. The combination of Hassenkamp and Anthony should give Boys High Rugby positive momentum.
I’m sure St Albans will find a way to stay competitive. Perhaps a new director of Rugby will be appointed.
@Beet – I don’t think PBHS Rugby will make drastic changes. Perhaps there will be some emphasis on bringing in a few rugby players but I don’t foresee anything radical.
@Beet: Thanks. We will be there for the first time (Stellenberg) Cape town. Looking forward to it.
@Gabes: Hi Gabes. I hope to have an answer for you tomorrow. I’m sure there are many people who will be excited to find out about the streaming.
@Beet: Time will tell. I don’t know why they don’t mobilise their OB network like KES and Jeppe. The OBs of the latter sometimes find the kids and provide the funds.
@Vleis: I wonder if this will inspire a change in direction for Boys High in terms of offering sports bursaries???
@Vleis: Very exciting news indeed. Really hope St Alban’s can stay competitive
@Tang: @The O: I believe that congratulations are in order as Greg Hassenkamp has been appointed as the new headmaster of Boys High. He is passionate about his rugby, which can only be a good thing for PBHS rugby – especially now that you have Paul Anthony back too. Eish…I see tough times ahead for St Alban’s against their neighbours.
Hi. Weet julle wie gaan die Games uitsaai op die dag.
@Grizzly: … lyk of die Suide oorvat ?
Daar is net soveel beskikbare naweke dink ek en Menlo speel Ben Voster weg op 14 Maart (return wedstryd van 2019). Voorheen was die rugby-dag mos gedurende die week.
Kempton is my span vir die dag!!
@Tang: @The O: Very tough fixtures for PBHS, but I wish you the best of luck. You’ll certainly have my support.
I hope that I’m wrong, but it appears that St Alban’s rugby program is on the decline: it looks like there are no fixtures v KES or Jeppe this year; Kennedy Tsimba is departing, plus I’ve heard that there are budget cuts, etc.
@AbsolutMenlo: Hoekom is M&M nie daar nie,weet jy?Genoeg vir my om tuis te bly.
@Tang: And playing Paarl Boys @ St Johns. Tough fixtures, but great to see Boys High willing to test themselves against the best
Wow – Tough fixture for PBHS.
Geen Menlo en Monnas die jaar.
@Gatskop: Stem … Lekker wedstryde om die spanne se vroeg seisoen vorm te sien.
Kloof vs Outeniqua en Boland Landbou vs HTS M gaan veral interessant wees. Ek verwag baie van HTS M die jaar met hulle goeie 0/16’s wat deurkom.
Go Kwaggas. Het die kwagga manne sien oefen die laaste 2 weke. Hulle lyk gevaarlik en gereed. Eks bly eks nie Waterkloof nie.
Wens ek kon die sport dag bywoon. Dit lyk werklik na n goeie lineup. Sentraal het my verlede jaar geweldig beindruk. Ek hoop hulle bereid die jaar dieselfde hoogtes sonder daai briljante Kachelhoffer agste man van hulle.
That is going to be a long AND fun day…