Here’s a feel-good story to warm the hearts of school rugby fans. St Charles College, celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2025, was originally set to mark the occasion with a modest rugby event — the low-profile Independent Schools Rugby Festival for stayers during the June/July school holidays. While respectable, it’s a relatively subdued affair.
In a welcome twist of fortune, however, the Pietermaritzburg-based private school has landed the opportunity to host a far more prestigious event — Sharks Rugby Day — a celebration truly fitting for such a significant milestone.
The event takes place on Saturday, 17 May 2025, and promises to be a blockbuster. The A-teams from all eight other KwaZulu-Natal tier-one rugby schools, plus Clifton College, will be in attendance. If the weather plays its part, the SCC campus will be packed to the rafters, buzzing with energy from morning to evening.
But it’s not just a festival of rugby for spectators. The day carries serious weight: KZN provincial selectors will be watching closely, using the opportunity to assess talent across various age groups ahead of youth week selections.
Perhaps most excitingly, in a ground-breaking move from South Africa’s most innovative youth selection committee, four Sharks U14 teams will be selected for the first time ever. These squads are set to face off against the Bulls later in the season — a fantastic new chapter in junior provincial rugby.
It’s shaping up to be a landmark day for St Charles College and a celebration worthy of 150 years of tradition and pride.
Fixture order and kick-off times to be confirmed
| SHARKS RUGBY DAY @ ST CHARLES | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KZN | Maritzburg College | vs | Westville | KZN | |
| KZN | Durban HS | vs | Kearsney | KZN | |
| KZN | Northwood | vs | St Charles | KZN | |
| KZN | Hilton | vs | Clifton | KZN | |
| KZN | Glenwood | vs | Michaelhouse | KZN | |
GREAT OPPOERUNITY FOR SCC... BUT WHY?
For the Sharks trials not to be at The Tank or a normal school game I fail to understand why? A trip to play at the The Tank is something schoolboys look forward to as a memory. Second best must be to play in front of Your own juniors and school peers. Way further down the wish list, to play at a neutral ground that has little or no meaning to the schoolboys.
Wishing SCC success on the day. Put on a great show, give the boys a memory and prove me wrong please.