| School Rugby fixtures & results – week ending 15 March 2025 | ||||||
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| Tue.11Mar | LEO | Wesvalia | 28-12 | Potch Gim | LEO | NWU Prestige Reeks |
| Tue.11Mar | BUL | Montana | 35-24 | Marais Viljoen | LIO | NWU Prestige Reeks |
| Tue.11Mar | BUL | Waterkloof | 24-21 | Oos-Moot | BUL | NWU SS Reeks |
| Tue.11Mar | VAL | Kempton Park | vs | Transvalia | VAL | NWU SS Reeks |
| Wed.12Mar | LIO | St David’s | 44-14 | Randpark | LIO | |
| Sat.15Mar | BOR | Queen’s | 39-07 | Ooskus Gim | BOR | Border Schools Day |
| Sat.15Mar | BOR | Hudson Park | 03-12 | Selborne | BOR | Border Schools Day |
| Sat.15Mar | WP | Milnerton | 89-00 | Edgemead | WP | Brackenfell S/D |
| Sat.15Mar | BOR | Dale | 08-03 | Port Rex | BOR | Border Schools Day |
| Sat.15Mar | EP | Nico Malan | 24-10 | Kingswood | EP | |
| Sat.15Mar | EP | Despatch | vs | Pearson | EP | Kirkwood R/D |
| Sat.15Mar | LEO | Bergsig Ac | 00-12 | Framesby | EP | |
| Sat.15Mar | EP | Graeme | 51-17 | Daniel Pienaar | EP | |
| Sat.15Mar | EP | Marlow | 25-25 | St Andrew’s | EP | |
| Sat.15Mar | EP | Brandwag (EP) | 31-07 | Otto du Plessis | EP | |
| Sat.15Mar | FS | Fichardtpark | 40-00 | Goudveld | GRF | Wesgrow SSR |
| Sat.15Mar | GRF | Trio | 31-14 | Jim Fouche | FS | Wesgrow SSR |
| Sat.15Mar | GRF | Voortrekker (Beth) | 49-05 | Sentraal | FS | Wesgrow SSR |
| Sat.15Mar | GRF | Welkom Gim | 26-38 | Monument | LIO | |
| Sat.15Mar | GRQ | Diamantveld | 51-21 | Witteberg | GRF | Wesgrow SSR |
| Sat.15Mar | KZN | Durban HS | 29-13 | Maritzburg College | KZN | |
| Sat.15Mar | KZN | Northwood | 15-13 | Michaelhouse | KZN | |
| Sat.15Mar | KZN | Hilton | 15-23 | Westville | KZN | |
| Sat.15Mar | KZN | St Charles | 00-38 | Glenwood | KZN | |
| Sat.15Mar | KZN | Kearsney | 50-00 | Clifton | KZN | |
| Sat.15Mar | BUL | Zwartkop | 39-20 | Klerksdorp | LEO | NWU Prestige Reeks |
| Sat.15Mar | VAL | Heidelberg VS | vs | Pietersburg | LIM | NWU Prestige Reeks |
| Sat.15Mar | LEO | Bergsig Ac | 30-31 | Potch Volkskool | LEO | NWU Prestige Reeks |
| Sat.15Mar | LEO | Wagpos | 17-49 | Wesvalia | LEO | NWU Prestige Reeks |
| Sat.15Mar | VAL | Die Anker | vs | Potch Gim | LEO | NWU Prestige Reeks |
| Sat.15Mar | LIO | Marais Viljoen | 22-13 | Lichtenburg | LEO | NWU Prestige Reeks |
| Sat.15Mar | BUL | Montana | 22-17 | Jeugland | VAL | NWU Prestige Reeks |
| Sat.15Mar | BUL | Eldoraigne | 40-29 | Piet Retief | PUM | NWU SS Reeks |
| Sat.15Mar | BUL | Oos-Moot | 30-28 | Ben Vorster | LIM | NWU SS Reeks |
| Sat.15Mar | VAL | EG Jansen | 22-24 | Nelspruit | PUM | NWU SS Reeks |
| Sat.15Mar | VAL | Transvalia | 28-21 | Middelburg | PUM | NWU SS Reeks |
| Sat.15Mar | BUL | Affies | 40-08 | Helpmekaar | LIO | |
| Sat.15Mar | LIO | Jeppe | 27-18 | Pretoria BH | BUL | |
| Sat.15Mar | LIO | Parktown | 24-14 | St Stithians | LIO | |
| Sat.15Mar | LIO | St Benedict’s | 10-39 | St Alban’s | BUL | |
| Sat.15Mar | LIO | Noordheuwel | 40-12 | Rustenburg | LEO | |
| Sat.15Mar | LIO | St John’s | 15-17 | KES | LIO | |
| Sat.15Mar | LIO | Northcliff | 20-18 | St David’s | LIO | |
| Sat.15Mar | FS | Grey College | 25-10 | Oakdale | SWD | |
| Sat.15Mar | WP | Boland Landbou | 34-49 | Outeniqua | SWD | Oesfees |
| Sat.15Mar | BOL | Drostdy | 19-55 | HJS Paarl BH | WP | |
| Sat.15Mar | BOL | Swartland | 45-00 | Vredendal | BOL | |
| Sat.15Mar | WP | Parel Vallei | 22-10 | Hermanus | BOL | |
| Sat.15Mar | SWD | Punt | 07-21 | Hugenote | BOL | |
| Sat.15Mar | WP | Paarl Gim | 39-17 | Stellenberg | WP | |
@Grasshopper (Comment #120)
Come on Grassy you owed us a player or 2 pal. Luckily we got Teddy – man he had a few blinder games – especially against Jeppe. I raise a whiskey (neat) to Glenwood in thanks when I think about that win
@Kaya 85 (Comment #119)
no glasses!
@TJ (Comment #117)
Very similar to Hilton poaching the Glenwood u16a captain and lock, House taking two sons of an OB Head Boy, DHS swooping in on Teddy (KZN prop) when he had just finished grade 11, Westville swooping in on Mambo Mkhize & Chris Cloete in their grade 10 years…..the list is endless…..a Glenwood grade 11 at Bishops this year….
@Vleis (Comment #116)
…the crutches guy was you?
By the way…last year at Parktown v KES we must have been sitting next to or near each other based on comments u wrote then. Let’s see, you wear glasses right?
@wanza_15 (Comment #98)
Excellent post, sir! Another recent history surprise result was in 2019, Affies 21, PBHS 38, I’m too scared to ask what the level of misbehaviour was of your PBHS friend after that game! I guess after Jeppe’s heroics last year against the mighty Grey there is the one elusive scalp that Jeppe is still after…the very same Affies…the one team that Jeppe has never beaten before…and boy have you come close a few times recently.
@Grasshopper (Comment #110)
Ah yes, Senzo Mtshali who infamously was bundled into the Glenwood bus after playing for the College u16’s in his Grade 10 year…
@Kaya 85 (Comment #105)
. I’d never heard of St Andrew’s before that game but was extremely impressed by their skill, tenacity and ferocity – the game reminded me of a honey badger getting the better of a Lion/Hyena. Thereafter, I met many lekker okes from St Andrew’s, so at one point, I thought that all my kids would attend SAC and/or DSG.
We must have been standing next to each other – I was the guy on crutches
@Grasshopper (Comment #114)
Condolences to the greater Glenwood community on the passing of a grade 10 pupil. MHDSRIP.
@Tang (Comment #113)
Seems Parktown is back on for us, it happened annually for a while back in the early 2000’s I think. I do also remember a game vs PBHS in 1996 at the very first Kearsney Festival and John Smit was playing tighthead. I think we’ve played a couple of times since, just seems weird it hasn’t happened…..maybe College was the preference…
@Grasshopper (Comment #111)
I’m surprised it hasn’t happened. I was looking at the stats. PBHS and Glenwood have only played 14 fxtures. The first fixture was in 1940 and the last fixture was in 2022.
@agter_die_pale_pa (Comment #107)
Exactly…
@Tang (Comment #109)
Also a PBHS fixture, loved my time with PBHS parents (down to earth) on a Pentagular Athletics trip up to Pretoria (hosted by KES in 1995) where we hit the Sport Frog and Hatfield Square on the Sat night meeting Joost and co there….
@Tang (Comment #109)
The Glory years, 2000 to 2020, what a two decades for us, started by Sean Erasmus and co. Our best period since the mid 60s and late 70’s.
2009 were John-Roy Jenkinson (SA U20), Senzo Mtshali, Ricky Schnetler, Francois Kleinhans, Brendon Groenewald, Fred Zeilinga, Ruan Grobler, Shane van der Schyff and Mzwadile Mbuyazi with lock Schnetler selected for the SA Schools team. Some went onto good provincial careers, Schnetler never seemed to appear :-(.
I’ve always wanted a Jeppe vs Glenwood annual fixture because the schools have similar socio-demographic families etc
@Grasshopper (Comment #106)
I watched Glenwood at the 2009 St Johns Festival. That was a powerful unit. I think they put up some big numbers at that festival.
@Vleis (Comment #99)
The Richmond Collins try against Affies in 2009 was brilliant. You can still watch it on YouTube.
@Kaya 85 (Comment #105)
Great read thanks..
One of the two reasons I watch SBR from behind. It really is different to watch rugby from there, gives excellent perspective on what’s happening through the phases and you can notice fitness-levels as the game is drawn from side to side. Many coaches still prefer standing here (if allowed), although not always a good thing as some of them gets too involved when the game gets close to the line, especially with more junior sides..
Actually would be great if DSTV could set up a live channel to only show the angle from the cameras behind the goal lines. Once you’ve watched some pro rugby from the “cheap seats” behind the poles you truly begin to appreciate the amount of work some of the players do on the field.
GLENWOOD TOP 20 SCALPS IN THE PAST 25 YEARS
1) Grey Bloem (2006) – 14-10 (Home)
2) Grey Bloem (2018) 25-25 (Home) – Draw (it’s like a win)
3) Affies (2008) – 24-7 (Home)
4) Affies (2009) 24-10 (Away)
5) Affies (2014) 36-22 (Away)
6) Affies (2018) 37-32 (Away)
7) Paul Roos (2011) 13-8 (Away)
8) Paul Roos (2008) 26-7 (Away)
9) Paarl Boys (2013) 17-15 (Away)
10) Boland Landbou (2013) 36-13 (Away)
11) Boland Landbou (2006) 29-10 (Away)
12) Monnas (2012) 25-18 (Away)
13) Monnas (2018) 49-22 (Away)
14) Outeniqua (2018) 27-13 (Away)
15) Waterkloof (2004) 14-12 (Away)
16) EG Jansen (2011) 34-22 (Away)
17) EG Jansen (2014) 31-20 (Away)
18) EG Jansen (2016) 14-13 (Away)
19) Christ Church NZ (2011) 20-3 (Away)
20) Kelston Boys NZ (2007) 36-10 (Away)
It’s a great spread and includes the Top sides in SA……the good old days now….
One of the best games of SBR I ever saw and a fairly big upset was in the mid 1990s at the St Stithians Easter festival: Monument vs St Andrew’s…wow what a game!! My Dad and I could barely find standing room that day it was so full. Eventually we found a spot on a slope high up behind the north end posts. I was pretty annoyed we couldn’t find a proper seat on the stands, and had to settle for what I at first thought must have been the worst spot to watch a game…until St Andrew’s started running the ball, using the full width. That school’s passing game was like nothing I’d seen. Monnas would power over for a try, then St Andrew’s would go 6 phases wing to wing and work an overlap in the corner. Then Monnas would power through again, only for St Andrew’s to work an overlap. So it went in a very high scoring game for those days…back and forth. Till, with seconds left, the Grahamstown lads scored a fantastic back line try, no-one could believe, with a wing squeezing over in the corner. If I hadn’t viewed the game from the back that day I would never have appreciated the width that team was constantly able to create and the beautiful skills of those St A backs in the face of a bigger, meaner team.
@Henkies (Comment #92)
Glenwood lost to George Campbell about ten years ago.
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In 2012 St Stithian’s went to Pretoria and beat a PBHS side that did the double over KES, beat Jeppe and lost narrowly to GCB. In 2013, PBHS got revenge via a huge win at Saints – about 78 to zip, I think.
@wanza_15 (Comment #98)
Maybe it was complacency combined with arrogance : we just needed to run onto the Red’s field and we win. Not sure, but Trinity had our number. Never seen a team so ecstatic to win. Except when you okes downed the greatest rugby school in the world on the Plaas …👍🏻🫵🏻🤦🏻♂️
@Roger (Comment #100)
Until April fools day …. 2025. ……
@Henkies (Comment #92)
Trinity House beat KES at the KES Easter festival , 2013 …@Henkies (Comment #97)@Henkies (Comment #97)
Henkies yes it was. Not the worst but a difficult pill to swallow.
@Grant (Comment #95)
I remember that – Trinityhouse and Grey Bloem – the only schools with a 100% record against KES
and Jeppe – the only school with a 100% record against Grey Bloem!
@wanza_15 (Comment #98)
Lekker post.
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…but don’t you mean Richmond Collins re PBHS. My lightie didn’t play rugby at primary school, as they played soccer, so I used to take him to watch school 1st team rugby to learn about the game. I mostly took him to KES and St John’s games, but I do remember us watching a blisteringly quick Richmond Collins slicing the opposition apart when my son was about 8 years old.
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The boys in high school 1st teams were heroes to the younger kids.
Some invaluable comments here about results and events from the past, especially for someone like me who is only properly informed from 2013. Please don’t stop, the stories give goosebumps!
. There is a Richmond Arthur folk story I must verify with you about @Tang.. My friend’s passion can drive him to lie from time to time 
2013 was (according to me) the last Pretoria Boys 1st XV that was, well, a PRETORIA BOYS 1ST XV!, But from what I gather here, 2012 was better?
A close friend of mine is a Pretoria Old Boy, same years as me 2013-2017, we go to games together, a very troublesome Solomon boy he was but bleeds for the school – “And I say Boys High, what colour is the lawwww? Red, White, Green”, he used to do that to welcome the 1st team, it seems like the person that does that warcry has to be ready to get in to a brawl at a train station in the name of defending Boys High, he is like that. Now he sings them all to me goodness, to the point I have some that I like. There is one that is in the tune of Louis Armstrong’s – What a Wonderful World, remixed obviously by the school “I see fields of green” etc etc “And I think to myself, what a wonderful school”. When he is drunk he makes me watch this Richmond Arthur video on YouTube, and speaks about Richmond Arthur in so much detail as if he was in the stands watching him
But all in all, my generation of Jeppe Boys is very spoilt, our success at 1st XV during my tenure spawned naive Jeppe Boys, made us this way – A Jeppe Boy who was at Jeppe when I was there was no used to losing. I remember in 2013 as a Grade 8 given how well they were doing, not understanding the tension in the school from grades above the week of Pretoia Boys High, “what’s everyone so worried about lol?” I thought. A matric told me (and I paraphrase) “We may go to KES this year and win – that will be something special, but if we go to Pretoria and win, that will be the day I say we are transforming for real.” But I’d say I agree with Tang in that schoolboy rugby is predictable now 85% maybe 90% of the time. Schools can surprise you maybe with a tighter than expected score but the result is almost always predictable.
Maybe on that note as I transition to KES, a compliment to Jeppe vs KES, I think over the past 10 or so years it is maybe one of the only games that still serves up 1st XV results not many would have predicted?
I am friends too with some KES boys, lots of acqaintances from in my time that we’d bump in to at parties, but closest with Bandile Lekhuleni, 2017 and 2018 hooker for the Reds. He is the most KES person you will ever meet lol. Everything people say about KES boys, the good and the bad, is embodied by Bandz. We actually nearly almost recruited Bandz in Jan/Feb of 2014, when he was moving from Florida for greener pastures, he spent 2 days at Jeppe, actual entire school days in uniform and all, hanging out with the u15A gents at break and stuff, and then the next day he just wasn’t there. “Okes where’s that new rugby guy?” I asked, and I was told he chose KES. I whipped out my notebook I carried around and updated page 1 of it, which had the heading “Reasons to Hate KES”, with reason number 654 :lol:, “Thieves”. Fast forward 2019 when I formally met him at university, we were at University of Free State, and I asked him about all that, he said it was really in the balance, because on paper at that very moment Jeppe looked attractive, we as u15s had won at KES the year before as u14s in 2013, first XV won the year before as well at KES, and were on paper to win again now at home, above us the u16s led by Simelane and Green were vying for a national number 1 finish when the dust settled, underneath us we’d heard the new u14s are the real deal too though we’d not seen yet, they had an average (not so average) Muzi Manyike and that class of 2018 crew
, so given all this, he was not sure where to go but his decision was made upon the intervention of Travis and the Gordon family – his interactions with them, according to him made him choose KES. The class of 2013 I believe beat KES at age group all the way to u19, but that 2013 game was a nail-biter. In 2012, we are thankful for Malcolm Marx and whoever he was with for prioritising their careers in rugby and running off to SA Schools on derby day :lol:, we are even more thankful that between him and Carl Spilhaus they thought it’d be a good idea to put him on after what must have been a tiresome session in Kempton Park for SA Schools, to try and save the game in Kensington, lol – acts of kindness like these re-assure me and we’ve always known you guys have a soft spot for us 
. But yeah what happened to KES in 2012 v Jeppe is similar to what happened to us v KES in 2015, that was absooooluuuuuuute nonsense I’m sorry 
. But sroke of genius from Spilhaus that day to move Django Lwazi Monokali from 8th man to wing against a very wanting “Squid” we used to call him, who was barely even a starter for 2nd team. For one of the tries, Django did Squid on his outside, against the touchline, very embarrassing.. Game is still up on YouTube.
KES warcries that make the spine tingle? There is a warcry they do at half time when they play Jeppe, “When we die, let it be said, our sins are scarlet, but our hearts are Red”, that is my number 1, close second must be “C’mon The Reds” so simple, so scary, and then there’s another I like to call a “new age warcry” that many a boy school now have, “Ah-yeye” (can’t hear what they say in between), then Ah-yeye again, and then and on and on like that.
On the war cry note, the undoubted, undisputed, unrivalled number 1 school when it comes to the tunes from the crowd is Parktown Boys, OH MY GOD! The Grey College of the tunes I am afraid, that band has no rivals. They have songs that hit every nerve/emotion and they’re so creative with it year-on-year!
“Shockers” in recent history:
– 2014 Northwood beat Jeppe
– 2017 both St Johns and St Benedicts beat Jeppe
– Parktown took scalps against all 3 of Jeppe, KES and PBHS in my time
– Glenwood beat Affies 2014 and 2018, but Glenwood were the real deal, I think Affies were there for the taking in both those years but still huge credit to actually go out and do it.
– Obviously last year vs Grey College
– YIKES Grant! That one has to take the cup, had no idea of that, must have been a makeshift team full of 2nd team players?
@Grant (Comment #95)
Grant I do recall that -> 19-34 or a similar score. Difficult year for KES that year especially after a strong 2012
@Henkies (Comment #94)
Ya, never seen a clip of that Westville win. Glenwood beat Affies 36-22 in 2014 and then 37-34 in 2018, not sure if they were home or away. I can’t believe this will be the 6th year not playing DHS…
@Henkies (Comment #92)
Trinity House beat KES at the KES Easter festival , 2013 …
@Grasshopper (Comment #93)
Hey Grassy the Ville win at Affies was huge for a KZN school but I have yet to see any footage of it unfortunately. Do you know if there is any coverage? The Glenwood win at Monnas in 2018 was also hugely impressive but then again that was a generational Glenwood side so as impressive as it was, it wouldn’t be classed as an upset based on national rankings of those sides. Didn’t Glenwood also win at Affies in 2016 or 2017 ?
@Henkies (Comment #92)
Westville beat Affies in Pretoria recently, in the past 10 years. Glenwood beating Grey Bloem in 2006 and the draw in 2018, I think.
@Roger (Comment #91)
Awesome to read about past battles from the 1980s between KES, PBHS and Jeppe. I do agree with you that we are seeing more predictable results these days but there have been some noteworthy headturners recently – College v Affies in Pretoria in 2022, Westville over Monnas last season (although it wasn’t Monnas best year) who can forget Jeppe over Grey last season, Durbanville over Paarl Boys in 2023, Milnerton over a power Rondebosch side in 2024. I am sure other bloggers can remember more but these are the biggies that jump out for me.
@Tang (Comment #90)
Funny enough, someone was talking about that Jeppe 1983 game vs KES on FB the other day and mentioned that it was Jeppe’s first win since 1967. His recollection was similar to yours – the crowds went tilt! Jeppe also beat KES in 1985 and they had their own version of Simon Berridge in that team – Warren McCann! That guys was blitz – I was younger but remember him playing on the wing for Transvaal with Cameron Oliver at flyhalf. Incidentally, Simon Berridge was very unlucky not to be selected for the Springbok 1994 tour of New Zealand – he was turbo charged too!
@Vleis (Comment #89)
@Vleis The unpredictable nature has always been the beauty of school boy rugby. I think we are starting to lose the unpredictable nature. In an earlier post Roger spoke about the KES dominance in the 80’s over PBHS and Jeppe. I remember going to watch Jeppe play KES in 1983. I went with a mate of mine who had recently matriculated from KES. According to him Jeppe had no chance. Jeppe won the match and chaos erupted on the stands. I saw some Jeppe old boys and parents crying because they had waited so long for a Jeppe victory. KES had Simon Berridge in the team. He was a sensational school boy rugby player but had a bad day against Jeppe.
@Tang (Comment #88)
One of the great things about 1st team SBR, is it’s unpredictable nature. In the 2012 year that PBHS got the double over KES, St Alban’s lost by only a couple of points to PBHS. KES also lost to Jeppe that year, but St Alban’s beat Jeppe. So…one would’ve expected a close game between St Alban’s and KES, but KES dished out a massive hiding (about 60 to 10, I think) and were good value for every point.
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A year later, St Alban’s had a better team than 2012, so went to Jeppe with high hopes for back-to-back wins…but lost by 88 to nil (I think)…and if the Jeppe kicker had not lost form, it could’ve been 100 points!!
@Roger (Comment #86)
I’m not sure about Parktown but PBHS won the double header in 2012 and drew in 2013. The 2013 first team had never beaten KES at age group level. I know they were well beaten at u14 and u15 but came very close at KES when they were u16’s. PBHS were highly fancied to win at PBHS but KES played an exceptional game and got a well deserved draw.
@wanza_15 (Comment #84)
I have the following stats – Played 85 PBHS have won 44, lost 33 and 8 draws. You are right. Since 2014, Jeppe have been totally dominant. Jeppe have won the last 7 in a row. Jeppe’s best streak prior to 2014 was a five win streak between 1941 and 1946. The first fixture was played in 1935 which PBHS won. I was at the 2013 fixture. Why do you say it was controversial? PBHS had a very strong side in 2013. The biggest surprise was the arrival of a few players on the Jeppe side including Sbu Nkosi who had previously play in the Low Veld. Jeppe had a kick to win or draw the game in 2013 but missed.
@wanza_15 (Comment #83)
I don’t have all those stats but I do know the last time Parktown and PBHS beat KES was 2015 and 2012 respectively
@wanza_15 (Comment #84)
I wouldn’t mind hearing that story though.
@Tang (Comment #77)
Might be hitting in to the dark here, and don’t worry about it if it is too much work, but do you have a historical year-on-year score overview for Jeppe and Boys High?
I believe the all time head to head after Saturday I stand to be corrected is:
Pretoria Boys wins 47
Jeppe wins 39
Draws 7 or 8?
When I do a bit of manual work, COVID, the double headers in 15′ and 16′, and recently, it means when I got to Jeppe in 2013 the all time head to head was 45-25 before we travelled to Pretoria that year (and were beaten in the most controversial of circumstances, so contentious that we had to have a do-over on Brooks the year after, but story for another day
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@Roger (Comment #82)
Interesting, I wanted the actual years but this will do.
Do you know which years Parktown beat KES, and those 3 draws too? I know there was the one in 2015 was it?
@wanza_15 (Comment #81)
That’s easy enough:
vs PBHS since 1985 played 56: Kes 26, Boys High 28 and 2 draws
vs Parktown since 1985 played 38: Kes 30, Parktown 5 and 3 draws
vs Jeppe since 1985 played 45: Kes 28, Jeppe 15 and 2 draws
@Roger (Comment #79)
I’ve seen the page, always wondered what you guys are discussing there! Well say hello to Oliver Graham, a KES old boy from 1990😂😂, as I go and find out! Or let me just rebrand my existing profile in fact
Haha! Would’ve loved to see evolution of KES results against Boys High and Parktown. I am familiar with ours vs KES from 85-today but would have liked the see the others
@Roger (Comment #79)
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🫵🏻🥃
@wanza_15 (Comment #78)
It’s the “Reds” rugby page on FB – it’s a closed page and moderators may deny a Jeppe OB application
@Roger (Comment #75)
Hello Roger
Could you share the link/name to this site?
@Roger (Comment #75)
Norman Macfarlane coached at PBHS after leaving KES. Once again, you are spot on, Macfarlane was able to establish a long period of dominance over PBHS and an even longer period of dominance over Jeppe. I think Jeppe had the solitary win in 1983 (totally against expectations and form).
@Roger (Comment #75)
Prior to 1979, PBHS had the upper hand. Roughly 55/45. Since 1979, Affies have had the upper hand and it is now more like 92/ 8 in favour of Affies.
@Tang (Comment #74)
swings and roundabouts with KES and PBHS – there is a fantastic FB site with all KES rugby stats against traditional rivals and in the Norman Macfarlane era (1970-1985) PBHS managed only 3 wins out of 16 against KES. What were your results like against Affies over that period? It would be an interesting comparison? In fact, in 1985, KES were ahead of Boys High on the head-to-head ledger – but then came Boys High’s long period of dominance and it is only now that the head-to-head is even again!!
GREAT POST
You are spot on. PBHS are still scratching their heads. In PBHS rugby history (as with Kes and Jeppe), there are distinct eras which influence results. In terms of Affies, PBHS results declined significantly after the arrival of Doc Edwards at Affies. He took Affies rugby to a new level and they have maintained this high standard. PBHS responded somewhat but never the to levels of Affies. PBHS went through a strong patch against tradtional rivals from the late 80’s, the 90’s and into the 2000’s. In 2009 KES made a huge shift. I think a new headmaster and the arrival of Spilhaus. Kes have maintained this strong position and have been dominant against PBHS ever since. In 2010, there were warning signs that Jeppe were making the same move. The new Jeppe head arrived and a new era dawned on Jeppe ruby. Without a doubt the strongest era ever in Jeppe rugby history. Prior to Jeppe beating PBHS in 2014 and onwards, the results were generally skewed in PBHS favour. In around 2012/ 2013 when PBHS got a new head, there was a failure to respond to the way traditional rivals were approaching rugby. During this period, PBHS lost back to back fixtures against Bennies, lost to St Albans and have barely put a winning season together since. PBHS tried to respond by appointing Ryno and Rudi as directors of rugby. Unfortunately neither were given the tools and the players to address the decline in results. I think PBHS are at the start of a new era. However, I think the response is very late in coming and is not aggressive enough to bring PBHS on par with KES and Jeppe.
@Roger (Comment #71)
Correct sir
@Grasshopper (Comment #70)
Wanza was wondering what the mood of the pupils would be this Monday morning, after the weekends fixture. My reply was that the mood would be the same it probably has been since the school was established in 1902. (120 plus years)… I wasn’t making any reference to when we started playing rugby…
@Grasshopper (Comment #70)
I think he was referring to KES history in general, which goes back to 1902, not rugby – but anyway, not important
@Roger (Comment #68)
Not really, Brent said for the last 120 years, when it’s really been the last 90 years. Joburg English schools started rugga very late. Even old Glenwood started in 1910, 25 years earlier.
@KES Oldboy (Comment #66)
Perfectly stated 🫵🏻👍🏻
@Grasshopper (Comment #64)
That was a bit left field – wrong thread perhaps ? BTW – first rugger game was 1932. Jeppe vs KES first played in 1935.
@KES Oldboy (Comment #66)
Ringo rhymes with Dingo – Jozi’s version of Boerboel?
@Grant (Comment #54)
Well said. I decided a long time ago to not engage with this person. The chip on his shoulder and his abuse of school children is just unbelievable. I’d like to remind everyone here that they are just children – 16,17 & 18 year olds. You’d swear this clown wishes KES would disappear off the face of the earth – does he not realise how good rivalries help both schools? Some people can’t be helped…..
Right then, I guess let us let this all simmer for some days,
we’ve been rather vocal.. A little bite and emotion, but I love it!
I recall in my matric year 2017 when we nearly lost our opener to St Stithians (game is still on YouTube, early SS Schools days), in very similar circumstances in fact to this, it was also a 2 or 3 pointer, and we’d come off years of success, 3 real gladiators and a team for the books the year before in 2016.. What it seemed the first XV had in store for us in 2017 was something we weren’t ready to accept, we were not impressed as matrics. If there is cause for concern, you’ll see it at the top stand where the matrics sit, they want their year to memorable and the rugby plays a big part. All the emotions you describe I too felt on the day itself but in my brain I knew it’d take a miracle. I am not at all suggesting that this is where KES find themselves, if anything I think we are sensationalizing yesterday’s game, at the end of the day, KES won
@brentsw3 (Comment #63)
I think KES only started playing rugby regularly in the 1930s/40s…so 80 odd years…
@wanza_15 (Comment #60)
Flat for me pal, Soekoe’s pass, I’ll concede, but not Regan’s. Anyway, the mood will be the same it’s been for the last 120 years plus, buoyant, confident, proud, enthusiastic, excited! KES boys seldom lack in self belief. The fear of failure and the promise of a fresh challenge is all they require to inspire and motivate them. They will not disrespect Jeppe by arriving unprepared!
@Roger (Comment #61)
50/50 at 1st team level. About 75/25 if you include every other age group team… From a holistic point of view it’s chalk and cheese… and yes, I too lived through the mid to late 80s getting pumped by PBHS. Lost the game and a tooth in U15B’s in 86 and left the field with “concussion” in 87 for the 4th’s (I had a migraine and couldn’t see so I faked injury, weren’t concussion protocols in the 80s).
@brentsw3 (Comment #59)
it’s no wonder @tang and all PBHS old boys from that era are scratching their heads. Long may our current dominance over them continue!!
the last 15 years have been pretty much 50-50 Brent. Prior to that it was one way traffic – bar the early nineties when Jake White coached Jeppe. In my day our great rivals were Pretoria Boys – we had a very lean trot against them from 1985-2008. 5 wins out of 30 odd games
I hang my head in shame, the kicker is clearly a metre or 2 inside the KES half. Not a 50:22.
And then both those passes still look forward to me
That is definitely not flat from Regan for that first try Brent. That second one to Mbuyi is even worse the more I watch it.
I must also say, never seen this much passion from you 👀. Have St John's unsettled the Red Army? Oh this is going to be cinema, love this!
I would pay money to be at the School tomorrow and get a sense of the mood among the boys.
We have hosted Academy week not Craven Week but I get your point. Again I think KES are not involved in anything fishy like that, but bribing or whatever happens at a very high level, not that low at GLRU, it is a case just of finding the ref concerned and engaging directly with him/her, but again I don’t believe KES do that.
Damn, "more of a rugby school than Jeppe will ever be" ouch,
I guess we can just focus on what we can, for now, it is you lot on Saturday.
@Ringo (Comment #53)
SO what’s the head to head? KES 62 Jeppe 29 with 6 draws? It’s time to man up and admit KES is more of a rugby school than Jeppe will ever be. Or alternatively continue with the biased/bought ref narrative?
@wanza_15 (Comment #55)
I think the sooner we can accept that 50/50 calls are very much part and parcel of the sport, the sooner we can accept refs don’t have any vested interest in prejudicing any particular side on any given Saturday.
@wanza_15 (Comment #48)
https://youtu.be/BP87oY40Dt8
Is this the 50:22 you referring to? Must be cause there weren’t any others. Do you still think it was a 50:22? Come on bro, I had you down as one of the more impartial and educated punters on this platform. And you say you’ve watched the game again??
https://youtu.be/YM0cP1Hr7S0
1st try – Regan’s pass is flat, 2nd try – Soekoe’s pass appears to be backwards out the hands and drifting forwards with momentum. Both tries appear legal to an objective eye.
Jeppe have hosted how many Craven Weeks in the last 3 years? If anyone has the ear of the GLRU it is them….
@Kaya 85 (Comment #51)
, turn the heat up on certain men, hit them very hard early and let’s see how they respond, it is them who must take resposibilty now, let’s see if they have the tools… There is nowhere to hide like there was last year. Alas, I am just going to assume that KES underestimated St Johns and leave it at that, I don’t want to assume anything else – it will end in tears for me.
I’m always worried for this one. I know how much the boys want to win this one and am sad on their behalf if we lose
If yesterday’s events are anything to go by, then I am licking my lips for next weekend, the chickens will come home to roost.. I know we are diplomatic here on this blog and so we speak as though we are doing a presser and controlled by shareholders, and the gentleman’s agreement we have is to not mention names, but if we have a semi sensible coaching crew at Jeppe, then the area to turn the heat up on KES is quite obvious
I don’t believe KES are actively involved in controlling refs though I must tell you that there is a huge contingent of Jeppe folk that genuinely do. I’ve seen questionable calls go their way, but I have also seen us get the luck of the Irish – yes even against them. I think as a ref it is harder than we think to “cheat”, obviously the buck ends by you, if you blow then it is final or whatever, but to carry out a successful cheating job is not easy, particularly in big games. Also lastly, I feel despite a ref’s best efforts, 90% of the time, the team who ought have won on the day will win still, maybe just not by as emphatic a score.
Last year first leg I felt that disallowed charge down try was controversial but after it as the game unfolded I thought KES were excellent value for their win, I couldn’t complain. Similarly in the second game when KES were something like 13-6 up, they took a penalty fast and were in, but the ref called them back. We got a ton of penalties in that second game, way too many in my opinion for if a ref was out favouring KES, and that was away in Houghton. I don’t know what this particular Saturday holds but I don’t think we will have a ref problem to the extent where he influences the result.
@Ringo (Comment #53)
Ringo. Let’s see if the gents on this blog can crowd fund your fees for a psychologist/psychiatrist. You clearly need it. PS : I hope this isn’t the normal Jeppe “banter”. Not very becoming of a school of Jeppe’s stature. Wind you neck in. For the sake of your school.
THEY ARE RED THEY CHEAT AND PICK THEIR OWN REFS ......LOVELY TUNE
@Kaya 85 (Comment #51)
My thoughts exactly
@wanza_15 (Comment #48)
Wanza, sounds like you are getting your excuses in early hey? u worried?
@Smallies (Comment #44)
Smallies in the house!!
Grey will again blaze their way through the season. You are right about Oakdale, I like them + Kai Pratt can scrum a moving tractor into reverse!!
@Ringo (Comment #43)
18? is that the Ref + both linesmen against u?
@Ringo (Comment #43)
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Hopefully the game isn’t spoiled by the ref next week, I don’t even want to imagine it. I’ve had to go and re-watch the game in what is a really buggy feed by SS Schools, and indeed both passes do “look” forward, particularly the first one. I also noticed what seemed to be a perfectly fine 50:22 executed by St Johns but it was given the way of KES and they were able to exit with about 10 mins to go. Whoever does have the whistle next weekend will be on show however, as I believe this is the prime time Kings Price game on 216 come Saturday, so they probably only really have a pool of 3 of the top refs to pick from given that, and we should all be familiar with whoever it is.. That is about as much assurance as we can get as far as the officiating is concerned. Maybe just another thing, absolutely no disrespect to St John’s (I can’t wait to see more of them) but against us, I think a ref will come under huge pressure in the moment itself and aftermath if 2 forward passes that lead to tries and a 50:22 we intentionally sent in to touch go unnoticed and go the other way.. The lack of protest from St John’s for these decisions, the crowd, old boys/parents, coaches, players on the field suggest to me they don’t understand the fine margins that come with winning these big games – you need to call them out early in games. If the ref doesn’t understand what a 50:22 is, he must be educated, because you worked on it all week and expect to put it in to action on Saturday. If a ref doesn’t know what a forward pass is then he must be taught it on the spot, because as far as we are concerned, forward passes aren’t allowed. Relevant parties need to get loud about blatant incompetent refereeing, which I trust us to do whether the game is in Kensington or Houghton or Mr Lovatt’s back yard
@Smallies (Comment #44)
@Smallies, hoe gaan dit met die grootste Grey supporter en lojaalste Oos-Rander?? jy verwys na Oakdale, maar…Grey is maar altyd ‘n geval van, hulle-weet-nie-wat-ons-weet nie…MAAR hopenlik kan ons die jaar die bordjies teen julle bliksems verhang!…
@Smallies (Comment #44)
Lekker Smallies!
@Roger (Comment #40)
Yes – Merchiston is College’s main feeder school. They appointed a headmaster that has subsequently been suspended. It has caused huge problems at Merchiston. Because he came from KEPS, they are blaming KEPS for not “warning” them but I believe that they never asked for references. All relations between KEPS & Merchiston have been terminated……
Goeie naand ,loer net in om te se dat as iemand Oakdale gaan onderskat is hulle dom
@wanza_15 (Comment #42)
Mate my problems with the Red okes from Houghton need the services of a very expensive psychologist that I can’t afford …. but is it me or does it look like both their tries today against SJC were off forward passes ….. I know SJC old boys and are parents are too busy counting their cash to care about the results on the feild today …. but man if those okes from St Patrick road play like they did today against our boys they will catch a heavy beating …. but alas for us next week it will be our boys versus 18 cause I am sure they get their first choice ref to help them 🤭🫣
Interesting score coming out of Houghton on Burger Field. Caught the second half after ours ended. KES looked lethargic. The danger as predicted is on that right wing, Jarrel Mbuyi for KES, the try he set up (or scored it himself, couldn’t see, blocked by trees on SS Schools stream) was just down to him taking responsibility, “I am better than you all”. The half back pairing of KES aren’t convincing, I think as a result we will see Mbuyi take up a central position so that the ball arrives earlier, like they did in this game in moments in the 2nd half. The St John’s number 10? What is his story, anyone know where he comes from or anything? Looks promising – “van Wyk” the commentators said his name is. I am going to allude again to the double-edged sword of being up on Supersport Schools for everyone to watch you, had someone told me KES beat St John’s 17-15, I would have assumed a horrid day at the office for KES, maybe conditions, maybe a ton of injuries, maybe the ref, but watching the game, I saw none of that, instead areas where one can replicate what St John’s did well, the blueprint is out there. Bring on next weekend!!!
Selborne 12-3 Hudson. Selborne looked shakey and unconvincing. Lots of opportunities but poor execution.
@KES Oldboy (Comment #39)
interesting – expand please? Merchiston is a Maritzburg feeder school obviously?
@Roger (Comment #15)
Make no mistake- College dropping the KES fixture makes no sense. Especially as they still want to play PBHS home and away. I get the cost and travel issue but then it’s simple – just play PBHS once. I believe there is something deeper at play and it probably has to do with the Merchiston/KEPS feud…..
@wanza_15 (Comment #16)
I like your recognition of old “skinny legs” Marc Morrison. He was one of the best distributors I’ve ever seen. He got that backline moving!
Boishaai with all Grade12 team vs Drostdy is going to be a snorter. HJS might be 1 game undercooked and have a Boland ref, but when they get going it will be a high scoring match.
@boerboel (Comment #29)
If Markus fires there will be carnage…
@Anker
Yes sir, I accept those odds!!
Hi Tang
I’m basing my Jeppe/Pta prediction on last year’s Boys High 1st/2nd and some u16 games v Jeppe, KES and Affies…also that Jeppe has had 2 nice tough outings and are going to be a handful at home in Kensington. No dis to PBHS, a Sleeping Giant we would love to see emerge bigly
@wanza_15 (Comment #32)
@Wanza – 6 Starters returning. Should have been 8. Two noteable absentees from the PBHS first side are Shiloh Beaton and Tumisho Motswi. Tyler Mason, Matheo Dimpe, Akin Akingbola, Kwanda Mabuza, Banele Mashaba and Jeffrey Singo played regularly for the first team last year. PBHS should be solid all round and are capable of producing upsets. I think the biggest concern for tomorrow is the lack of prep. Jeppe away from home is a tough ask.
@Tang (Comment #31)
I don’t like being on TV/SuperSport Schools unless all my opponents are too, Paul Anthony is a strategist and will certainly have watched our game this past weekend, he will probably take a lot of what Garsfontein did and implement it tomorrow, whilst we have close to zero reference on what Boys High may throw at us tactically. Pretoria Boys will arrive with belief and will take beating, no matter what the score will be, we will have to actually go out and win the game if we intend to. The only name I recognize from the starting 15 is the number 1 Jeffrey Singo I believe from last year? Other than that I have no idea who was in grade 11 and staying etc.
@Kaya 85 (Comment #23)
@Kaya – Do you have insight into the PBHS first team playing against Jeppe tomorrow? There are two stand outs missing on the team sheet – I’m guessing you have this insight based on your prediction. I sincerely hope the PBHS boys selected for the fixture read your post. If nothing else, this PBHS first team is not lacking in boys who believe they can beat Jeppe tomorrow.
@Kaya 85 (Comment #25)
Dear Sir Kaya 85….my prediction is that 3 of your predictions are going to be wrong…..but at least you’ve learned from your mistakes of last year when predicting Die Anker scores…
@Kaya 85 (Comment #25)
gim by 20 plus
@Kaya 85 (Comment #23)
Affies vs Helpmekaar …. Gonna be brutal
@Kaya 85 (Comment #24)
Who knows anyway what will happen in KZN? I like
@Kaya 85 (Comment #25)
Brave predictions!
More predictions:
Grey 29 – 7 Oakdale (go wide with tempo)
Paarl Gim 34 – 24 Stellenberg (Jade Brigade might go closer at home)
Boland LB 19 – 20 Outeniqua (Kwaggas must atone for last year’s disaster)
Drostdy 14 – 23 Paarl Boys (could be closer, if donkeys “kick”)
Hudson 20 – 21 Selborne (late escape)
Marlow 55 – 12 St Andrews (here comes a battering)
Anker 25 – 20 Potch Gimmies (calling @ Oud Anker, East Rand trots)
KZN:
Durban High School 36 – 22 Maritzburg College (cobwebs blown away last week, DHS crank on)
Northwood 15 – 35 Michaelhouse (House to win at the beach, but Northwood def. wins 1st V Surfing)
Hilton 19 – 17 Westville (early season rust in the midlands)
St Charles 20 – 19 Glenwood (surprised? no running away from this)
Kearsney 28 – 9 Clifton (mediocre beats below average)
Kaya’s early season predictions:
NorthVaal:
Heidelberg Volkies 22 – 20 Pietersburg (Matfield peptalk not enough for PHS to reach the stars)
Marais Viljoen 30 – 19 Lichtenburg (battle of the blues, Marais lining up for a big statement year)
Affies 30 – 32 Helpies (early season stunner)
Jeppe 40 – 16 Pretoria Boys (get your pregos early, enjoy)
Parktown 19 – St Stithians 17 (rising steadily)
St John’s 18 – 38 KES (15-15 at halftime, but Reds to pull away in 2nd)
St Bennies 14 – 28 St Albans (bent for Lent, Bennies will peak 3 or 4 weeks after Easter)
Noordheuwel 37 – 25 Rustenburg (if the sun shines, otherwise halve the scores)
Northcliff 25 – 19 St Davids Marist Inanda (well-matched sides, let’s see what ’25 brings)
@Kaya 85 (Comment #21)
👏
@Kantman (Comment #19)
@wanza_15 (Comment #9)
Copy loud and clear bafwetu, great to welcome the new season!! Stand by Munt’wami, because asibe so happy!!!
@beet Do you have teamsheets for the first matches?
@wanza_15 (Comment #9)
@Kaya 85 come in?
@wanza_15 (Comment #16)
Quietly confident I believe – no superstars like last year, but apparently a far more cohesive unit and all of them with 1st XV experience. Depth may be an issue if we take some injuries
Lyk of dit naby was tussen Kloof en Moot? Nog vroeg in die seisoen so kan seker nie te veel daarin lees nie, maar Moot sal baie selfvertroue hieruit neem. Weet iemand of Transvalia en Kempton gespeel het? Die weer in Gauteng was weer kwaad Dinsdagmiddag.
@Roger (Comment #15)
2017 definitely the best KES side I’ve seen since I’ve started following this stuff in 2013.
Besides the rugby that was exceptional, they had the right amount of arrogance, aura, the way they walked and talked – I don’t know if you recall the 10, Marc Morrison, skinny guy? Okay maybe not one of the “big” names but boy I don’t think I’ve seen such a deceptively good rugby player like what he was!
That is enough KES praise for 1 day lol. Wanted to get your early season comment on The Reds this season, hopeful?
@wanza_15 (Comment #14)
The KES headmaster on Facebook last year was very clear that College were cutting back on their travel schedule and of the 3 Noordvaal schools they play annually (KES, Affies and PBHS – plus an Easter festival) one had to be dropped and KES it was. Cost must be astronomical to a school to for these big sports exchanges. KES only travel once this year – to DHS and it’s fantastic that the DHS fixture is back. They are one of KES’s oldest rivals – going back to the 1930’s. We used to play them every year but the fixture was stopped in 2014 I believe.
Ref in 2017 against Monnas was abysmal – ’nuff said. It cost KES their 1st unbeaten season since 1978 and 2018 was a generational team with 4 SA schools players. Relations between KES and Monnas have been strained since which is also a touch sad as the KES Monnas fixture goes back to 1978 too and believe it or not, KES have won more than they’ve lost!
@Roger (Comment #13)
Do these things ever happen “for good” though?
Yikes Maritzburg too? Why?
The Maritzburg one shocked me a little because is that not like a big-ish game?
Initially I thought it is a cost thing because when I look at their fixture list this year, they don’t actually seem to be doing much travelling at all unless it is just the 1st XV, looks like Wildeklawer and another festival where they play a Lions XV and Nelspruit (Not sure where this is) However, I see they are having the home and away against Pretoria Boys, could they just maybe not have sacrificed one of those and played KES? I’m just thinking out loud, setting fixtures up must be hard. I think I read somewhere that they are trying to come here no more than twice – it is just too expensive more than that as they probably learnt last season. But I am gathering it is a deeper reason?
You make mention of the 2017 game against Monnas, that was my matric year (unfortunately lol), I’ve heard lots of stories about that game, Monnas downing what was an almighty KES team late on in a feisty affair – is it worth me asking you for your take on the referee that day 😂?
KES FIXTURES
I saw the KES fixture list on Facebook – it looks as though ST Stithians have been consigned to has been status for good (very sad) and so too Maritzburg College (also sad). Monument also a non-starter since the fractious 2017 game and have been replaced with Noordheuwel and Helpmekaar. KES now playing Helpmekaar, Affies, Noordheuwel, Jeppe x 2, PBHS x 2, St Johns, Bennies and Parktown locally and Paarl Gim, SACS, Rondebosch, Northwood, DHS and Westville at various festivals and tours. 16 games – tough season coming up!
@Surgite (Comment #11)
Had no idea it was Old Boys day, then unfortunately for Saints I am doing a 180 on my predicition. I then expect a possessed Parktown, with a million and 1 speeches ringing loud in their heads they’ll have heard all week, the bulging eyes of the grade 8s and then the best band in the country will play The Last of the Mohicans, goosebumps for all in attendance, all too much for Saints, and Parktown by 11.
@wanza_15 (Comment #9)
Interesting prediction for the Parktown – Saints game. Hope it isn’t correct! It is Old Boys day at Parktown so will be a very festive day and hopefully the 1st XV can put a cherry on top of the celebrations.
Waiting to see how the team looks this year. We had three boys in the Lions u17 team at Academy week. However the focus is still very long term so perhaps it is better to focus on the u14 results.
@wanza_15 (Comment #9)
I will add some scores to Wanza’s. Dare I do only five which in my opinion will all be very close. Kaya to do the full Monty.
Durban HS vs Maritzburg – I predict an upset by Maritzburg by 5
Marais Viljoen vs Lichtenburg – I expect Marais Viljoen to win, but this time I go Liggies by 5.
EG Jansen vs Nelspruit – Nelspruit to win this close one.
Transvalia vs Middelburg – Middelburg to win.
Noordheuwel vs Rustenburg – Noordheuwel to take it home.
NOORDVAAL PREDICTIONS
Affies vs Helpmekaar, “Die Plaas” sounds (and is) scarier than Balgowan Valley – Affies by +-19
St John’s vs KES, not even God Himself can help St John’s win in this context – KES by +-25
St Benedict’s vs St Alban’s, you might as well ask me why I am doing Kaya’s job for him, I have no idea – who knows? Do they even? – uhm, St Alban’s by 15?
Parktown vs St Stithian’s, tasty, my take is maybe controversial – Saints in a smash and grab, by +-5
Noordheuwel vs Rustenburg, home team bias? I am not informed enough about Rustenburg.
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Grey vs Oakdale, according to the constitution on South Africa, Grey can not lose a home opener – someone will need to be arrested, but I think it will be closer than what most think, Grey by +-14
Ps. Kaya from you we expect the actual scores, thanks in advance
@Farmer (Comment #7)
Ja-nee, Grey moet net opdaag om te wen
LANG DAG
Eerste game v d seisoen, Grey op 3de.
Eerste tuis game vir Grey die seisoen manne gan alles gee.
St Andrews gan klippe kou op Marlow.
Marlow se 3de game.
Marlow se eerste game op die plaas.
St Andrews se eerste game die seisoen.
@boerboel (Comment #4)
Ek betwyfel dit glad nie. Drostdy se jaargroep A-spanne het laasjaar vir PRG op Markötter behoorlik skrikgemaak. Hul eerstespan het laasjaar nog net “short of a gallop” gelyk – die groot skole se voorseisoenvoorbereidings is deesdae so baie dat hul gewoonlik ‘n bietjie van ‘n voorsprong aan die begin van die seisoen het. Ek hoop Drostdy is gereed genoeg om so goed te gee soos hulle kan.
Save to say 2025 is truly underway..
Paar lekker kragmetings waarna ek uitsien:
Affies vs Helpmekaar (Kan Helpies hom hierdie jaar vat? Goeie jaargroepe by beide)
GCB vs Oakdale (Paar beserings by Grey?)
DHS vs MBC
Dan natuurlik die 3 Paarl-spanne wat hul seisoene afskop teen taai opponente.
@Snelvuur (Comment #3)
Geen twyfel elke wedstryd sal baie kompeterend wees.HJS n bietjie van n dark horse
Groot twee weke vir Drostdy! HJS hierdie Saterdag en PRG die 21ste. Dis jammer vir hulle dat hierdie wedstryde so vroeg in die seisoen is. Hoop hulle kan goeie rekenskap van hulself lewer: daar is ‘n paar bitter talentvolle spelers in daardie Graad 11 groep (ek hoop hulle is steeds daar!).
AFRIKAANS HOëR SEUNSKOOL TEEN HELPMEKAAR KOLLEGE
Affies wen: 42
Helpmekaar wen: 20
Gelykop: 5
Naas Pretoria Boys High School is Helpmekaar Kollege Affies se tweede grooste interskole in terme van wedstryde teen gespeel. Eerste wedstryd tussen die skole het in 1928 plaasgevind. Behalwe vir ‘n breek tussen 1998 en 2014 het die skole byna jaarliks teen mekaar gespeel.
Laaste 10 wedstryde:
1998: Helpmekaar wen 22-7
2014: Affies wen 36-24
2015: Affies wen 24-0
2016: Affies wen 58-12
2017: Affies wen 31-19
2019: Affies wen 52-17
2020: Affies wen 27-17
2022: Affies wen 21-14
2023: Affies wen 41-33
2024: Affies wen 45-21
Border schools day hosted by Dale College
Selborne vs Hudson
Queens vs Ooskus Gim
Dale vs Port Rex.
Not sure who Cambridge or Stirling will play