| School Rugby fixtures & results – week ending 31 May 2025 | ||||||
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| EASTERN CAPE | ||||||
| Sat.31May | BOR | Hudson Park | 18-32 | Queen’s | BOR | |
| Sat.31May | EP | Marlow | 40-27 | Dale | BOR | |
| Sat.31May | EP | Graeme | 43-42 | Nico Malan | EP | |
| Sat.31May | EP | Framesby | 19-19 | Pearson | EP | |
| Sat.31May | EP | Grey HS | 27-28 | St Andrew’s | EP | |
| Sat.31May | EP | x-x | EP | |||
| Sat.31May | BOR | Port Rex | 43-10 | Ooskus Gim | BOR | |
| Sat.31May | BOR | Stirling | 24-17 | Cambridge | BOR | |
| FREE STATE – GRIQUAS | ||||||
| Sat.31May | GRF | Witteberg | 34-33 | Voortrekker (Beth) | GRF | Wesgrow SSR |
| Sat.31May | GRQ | Diamantveld | 46-37 | Jim Fouche | FS | Wesgrow SSR |
| Sat.31May | FS | Louis Botha | 00-53 | Sentraal | FS | |
| Sat.31May | GRF | Goudveld | 12-45 | Welkom Gim | GRF | |
| Sat.31May | GRF | Hentie Cilliers | 29-30 | Trio | GRF | |
| Sat.31May | FS | Grey College | 103-14 | Selborne | BOR | |
| KWAZULU-NATAL | ||||||
| Sat.31May | KZN | Maritzburg College | 35-20 | Kearsney | KZN | |
| Sat.31May | KZN | Durban HS | 26-18 | Hilton | KZN | |
| Sat.31May | KZN | Westville | 42-25 | Glenwood | KZN | |
| NOORDVAAL | ||||||
| Sat.31May | BUL | Pretoria BH | 24-31 | Michaelhouse | KZN | |
| Sat.31May | LIO | St Stithians | 38-20 | St Charles | KZN | |
| Sat.31May | LIO | Jeppe | 36-38 | Affies | BUL | |
| Sat.31May | LIO | KES | 43-00 | St Benedict’s | LIO | |
| Sat.31May | LIO | Parktown | 19-14 | St John’s | LIO | |
| Sat.31May | LIO | Northcliff | 40-26 | Springs | VAL | |
| NOORDVAAL CUP | ||||||
| Sat.31May | BUL | Waterkloof | 40-15 | Rustenburg | LEO | NV Cup |
| Sat.31May | BUL | Menlopark | 27-47 | Transvalia | VAL | NV Cup |
| Sat.31May | BUL | Garsfontein | 32-20 | Nelspruit | PUM | NV Cup |
| Sat.31May | LIO | Monument | 43-53 | Helpmekaar | LIO | NV Cup |
| Sat.31May | VAL | EG Jansen | 45-55 | Noordheuwel | LIO | NV Cup |
| Sat.31May | BUL | Oos-Moot | 15-36 | Zwartkop | BUL | NV Plate |
| Sat.31May | LEO | Wesvalia | 22-24 | HTS Middelburg | PUM | NV Plate |
| Sat.31May | PUM | Middelburg | 45-17 | Marais Viljoen | LIO | NV Plate |
| Sat.31May | VAL | Kempton Park | 27-37 | Klerksdorp | LEO | NV Plate |
| Sat.31May | BUL | Montana | 33-27 | Hugenote (Springs) | VAL | NV Shield |
| Sat.31May | LEO | Lichtenburg | 25-24 | Heidelberg VS | VAL | NV Shield |
| Sat.31May | LIM | Pietersburg | 23-21 | Secunda | PUM | NV Shield |
| Sat.31May | PUM | Piet Retief | 27-31 | Ben Vorster | LIM | NV Shield |
| Sat.31May | LIM | Merensky | 28-19 | Potch Volkskool | LEO | NV Bowl |
| Sat.31May | LIO | Dinamika | 26-22 | Ermelo | PUM | NV Bowl |
| Sat.31May | LIO | Randburg | 19-34 | Eldoraigne | BUL | NV Bowl |
| Sat.31May | VAL | Jeugland | 13-39 | Potch Gim | LEO | NV Bowl |
| WESTERN CAPE | ||||||
| Sat.31May | BOL | Worcester Gim | 17-35 | Drostdy | BOL | |
| Sat.31May | BOL | Bredasdorp | 22-14 | Charlie Hofmeyr | BOL | |
| Sat.31May | WP | Paul Roos | 22-03 | SACS | WP | |
| Sat.31May | WP | Paarl Gim | 29-09 | Oakdale | SWD | |
| Sat.31May | WP | Stellenberg | 00-27 | HJS Paarl BH | WP | |
| Sat.31May | WP | Tygerberg | 21-17 | Swartland | BOL | |
| Sat.31May | WP | Brackenfell | 61-17 | DF Malan | WP | |
| Sat.31May | WP | Bellville | 05-37 | Milnerton | WP | |
@Buthelezi2 (Comment #198)
Hi Buthelezi2- I totally understand the significance of such a historical outcome but wanted to make the point that other big games were also affected by mistakes made by the referee. I meant no disrespect.
@Ringo (Comment #201)
@wanza_15 (Comment #193)
49D
@Kaya 85 (Comment #196)
Honestly speaking Monument were sensational on that day …. I could not believe how they had that record on the day we were well beaten I could not even play my favourite game blame the ref and in that monnas game the refs and his linesmen were on another level@Buthelezi2 (Comment #198)
Thank you Sir I could not have said not said it any better
@Kaya 85 (Comment #196)
Honestly speaking Monument were sensational on that day …. I could not believe how they had that record on the day we were well beaten I could not even play my favourite game blame the ref and in that monnas game the refs and his linesmen were on another level
@OUD ANKER (Comment #195)
Thought Saturday was that fabbled one day … but alas great game none the less
@wanza_15 (Comment #194)
A very wise man said that u16 a side from Jeppe invent new mistakes every game and he is convinced theybare trying to end his love for the game….. u 15 they are ever improving an think are saving their best for 2 August
@Trots HJS (Tandem) (Comment #180)
Why the outrage? Are you serious? Jeppe beating Affies would mean more than all 3 of those games combined.
@Kaya 85 (Comment #196)
Affies never pitched for this game, very very poor performance.
@OUD ANKER (Comment #195)
What I can’t understand is that they go toe to toe with Affies, physically, mentally, tactically…and coulda shoulda won. But took 70+ from Monnas…(at home), not a narrow loss…70. Same for Monnas…HOT or COLD.
@Ringo (Comment #184)
There is an other side to the coin that you as Jeppe supporters need to see as a huge compliment, maybe I’m wrong but these school boys don’t see quotas when they run onto a rugby field (quotas is an evil created by adults)…these boys play for the badge on their chest and no matter what and who are in front of them, they want to win for their school AND I can promise you Affies was as motivated and relieved to have won the game against Jeppe as any other BIG games they’ve played this year simply because they’ve NEVER lost against Jeppe before. Affies have lost against PBHS more times than any other school, they’ve lost against KES 2, maybe 3 times, depending who you ask and many times against Grey as well. Affies seem to have a mental barrier to beat Grey, the same that Jeppe seem to have against Affies….therefore my point is that Affies has and will never look down on Jeppe as a competitor, because they know how much it means to beat/lose against your bogey team. Never say never, but Affies will most probably never give up the interschools against Jeppe (or KES and PBHS for that matter). There is just too much respect and I never knew that Jeppe was ever “broken” referring to your statement “If Jeppe could be fixed..” Respect brother and you will beat Affies one day….but please, not soon…
@Kaya 85 (Comment #187)
I’ll save most of this for the weekend of the 2nd of August but our u14s are tough. I’ll be (very) disappointed in them if they don’t beat KES at home. They were quite emphatic against them in Houghton in the first leg – I don’t think KES are counting on that game. I’d put money on the u14s and 2nd XV and sleep relatively fine. 1st XV with Poulton, Shitlangu and that other flanker back (I forget his name) look a completely transformed and confident team, but I’ll stay tight lipped til then regarding a prediciton
I think u15 and u16 A teams are more closely matched on paper at least. I don’t know what Jeppe outfit will arrive on the day in these 2 games, a mental block like I’ve seen all too often is very possible and we lose them both.
Right now we have a tricky Away game in Pretoria to negotiate
@Ringo (Comment #192)
I’m not promising anything
@Kaya 85 (Comment #187)
we will not be signing any catchy tunes this year. Just praying for a half decent ref on the day is all… we can then watch the game in the spirit of it and not have to worry about optics
For sure I will watch with you looking forward to it but remember I am just a little person who likes to use big words on the internet, but yes 2 August is going to be insane I think the u 14 game will be on the top field and not on the White Field because the big stand will be back ” I hope” and we promise
@tzavosky (Comment #190)
FdP a total legend !
…yeah with the passing of time I’ll get some perspective.
@Kaya 85 (Comment #182)
I beg you to go and watch that QF vs Aus again, however painful it might be. I’m going to point out to incidences to you, both involving (arguably) the best Bok ever, Fourie du Preez:
i. In the first half Aus have a lineout on their 5m line, but the hooker overthrows and Du Preez is on the ball with the goal line begging, but he knocks on!
ii. Close towards the end the Boks have a scrum 5m from the Aus goal line. The Aus scrum is under pressure (as always) In a set move Spies picks up and plays Du Preez into a gap, once again with the goal line begging. He knocks on again!
Yes, the referee allowed Pocock and Elsom to get away with murder at the breakdowns, BUT with the final score having been 11-9, you simply can’t ignore those two crucial mistakes – the referee did not cost us the game, we did it by ourselves.
Look, I admire Ringo’s passion, but the optics of what he is portraying is not in the spirit of the game.
@4×4 (Comment #185)
Old news 4×4…
Principal DJ is an outstanding gentleman educator educating gentlemen. And a fine leader.
I believe House no longer plays on Meadows because of a water issue. Is that true?
@Ringo (Comment #184)
LOL, I can also tell you a few stories…tell Mrs Ringo that Kaya says it’s not unhealthy, not unhealthy at all. I am definitely going to watch Jeppe-KES the rematch.
Very keen to see the 8am u14 game for sure…let me know, I might miss the 1st if I have an afternoon shift, but I’m counting the days.
@star (Comment #67)
Still have to stop House on Meadows in a couple of weeks. Should be a banger game in preparation for the Derby against Hilton the following week. Hopefully no injuries…
Jeppe High School for Boys’ headmaster, Dale Jackson, has spoken out against the negative reactions directed at the referee following their rugby team’s narrow loss to Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies). He described some of the comments as “bordering on abuse” and urged the school community to refrain from such criticism, emphasizing the importance of sportsmanship and respect for officials, even in the face of a last-second defeat.
MORE THAN JUST A GAME
My wife has long ago given up on what she calls my cult like worship of 18 year old boys not my own words but she says it is unhealthy ….. on re-watching the games because I am loud and always screaming at the refs even when we win I always go back to check if I was crazy. No need to answer enough people tell me. But I equate it to being an English football fan or an American College Football follower we have already planned this Saturday’s tailgate to PTA boys. We leaving at 6h30 so we can catch the 8 am game. Remember I have already said SBR is cheaper than Therapy. On the past Saturday’s game I think the consensus was the Ref was bad. I am sure there were a couple of holding calls that he gave us that did not make sense. I think the ire though stems from the knock on calls both those he made against us and missed against them. Then the fact that on the time which I must add was correct in the first half; the scoreboard timer,and then seems to have been wrong by 6 minutes in the second half the game was over when the score was 33-32 and the Affies wing is tackled and knocks on the ball into touch…… Why the outrage mate this is Affies when I was in school them and Grey Bloem were far fetched dreams for some us this would mean yes we too can play and love the game and finally not be called quotas when we step on the field. Just re-watch the game and see beyond the scores it tells a story about how if given the same opportuinities we are all the same. If Jeppe could be fixed soo much of our country with the right leadership can also be fixed. That is why mate…. in closing it always goes back to our friends from the other side of the valley if we beat Affies who drew with Paarl Gim who beat them 102 nil…. I mean you get it right
@Kaya 85 (Comment #181)
Its quite good mate….
@Ringo (Comment #158)
I’m reading this yikes… and am feeling your utter frustration, fury and sense of injustice. To then go watch that 6 more times bro…oh forkit as Smallies would say. As my blood pressure rises now I am remembering the rotten scoundrel Bryce Lawrence and bloody RWC 2011 when he blew the Boks out of that QF against Aus simply allowing old Pocock to fall over every ruck, killing every ball then later calling a supposed “forward pass”. And then remember how old Craig Joubert robbed Scotland blind of a Semifinal place too with his howler of a dodgy decision before he went running away like a cowering wimp… I dunno how you watched that 6 more times but I think you were examining every detail of the evidence forensically. Did any calls go Jeppe’s way whatsoever?
@Smallies (Comment #168)
hey would love to borrow that book after you done
We all have been greatly disappointed by dubious decisions of refs. Just this year I believe Affies should have won against Paarl Gim , Boishaai should have won against Oakdale and Boland Landbou should have won against Paul Roos. These games all had some very strange calls go against the losing teams. Did you hear any of these schools go on like the Jeppe supporters ? And last year Grey Bloem had some strange calls against them when they lost against Jeppe. How you handle both victory and defeat describes your character.
@OUD ANKER (Comment #178)
Ek gooi ook maar net die aas uit OA!
@tzavosky (Comment #177)
Dok, moes jy daai reel nou deel op ‘n forum waar @Jongmatie rondhang. Guarenteed is PR al deur die reel van ‘n oorwinning teen Grey/Oakdale/Brakpan beroof…!
@tzavosky (Comment #176)
Die reël sê oa: A try is scored when an attacking player who is in touch or touch-in-goal grounds the ball in the opponents’in-goal, provided the player is not holding the ball.
Maw, die bal is in die doelgebied, maar die driedrukker het hom nie self daar ingedra nie.
@Wondermaar (Comment #175)
Juis! Toe ek die reëls geswot het (ek was nooit ‘n ref nie, ook nie eksamen geskryf nie) het ek op ‘n juweeltjie afgekom en vir verskeie kenners (sommige provinsiale afrigters) gevra of ‘n speler ‘n drie kan druk as hy buite die speelveld is.
Daai scenario het ek nog nooit gesien nie, en het voorspel dat wanneer dit gebeur, gaan mense up in arms wees. Toe gebeur dit kort daarna op Loftus in ‘n Superugby wedstryd. Die skeidsregter het die TMO gevra om te kyk na die grounding, en sy antwoord was, “the grounding was good, but the players feet…”… Toe ken hy die drie toe.
Die kommentators (wat ‘n voormalige Springbok kaptein ingesluit het) het gal gebraak, en Rapport het die volgende dag ‘n artikel gehad deur ‘n ervare rugbyskrywer oor hoe swak die ref was met daardie beslissing. MAAR, die skeidsregter, Ayoub van Australië, was 100% korrek!
So, almal dink hulle ken die reëls, maar baie min ken dit in die fynste detail.
@tzavosky (Comment #174)
Geen ouer hoef die reëls te ken om te dink hy is reg en ref op sosiale media onregverdig te behandel nie, gaan DV altyd so wees, daar bestaan nie geregtigheid in onbeheerde emosie nie, het die laaste 20 jaar in skoolrugby nie verander nie,ek dink ook nie in nabye toekoms gaan dit DV verander nie. Hartseer maar waar. Antwoord oo jou vraag,net skeidsregters leer die reëls. Die res het ondervinding
@Wondermaar (Comment #173)
Hoeveel ouens wat jy ken wat rugby kyk het al ooit die reëlboek gelees, of hom opgeswot en die eksamen gaan skryf?
@Snelvuur (Comment #170)
)Toe die uitsaai van skolerugby begin het,het dit nou net baie erger geword,maar selfs voor die tyd ook) As jy wil ref gaan jy jou afvee daaraan of ophou blaas. Sleg maar waar……
Ek dink maar net, soos enige beroep gaan jy kritiek kry, ongelukkig moet n persoon wat aspirasie het om op te beweeg as rugby ref, hierdie skool wedstryde blaas en het 99% van seuns wat rugby speel n ouer wat emosioneel daarna kyk( selfs baie wat andersins nooit emosioneel is nie
@Kaya 85 (Comment #151)
The Bethlehem interschools is proparbly the biggest schoolboy rugby game in the Freestate that does not involve Grey ….its massive
@Snelvuur (Comment #170)
Jong soms begin revs mos dink die game draai om hom,so as hy dan so nou en dan afkom aarde toe goed so ,ons noem dit in die tronk jou stert af sny as hy te lank raak…kritiek is n goeie ding ,abuse not so much…
@Smallies (Comment #169)
Maar dan moet ons konsekwent wees daaroor: óf dis goed dat refs shots vat (en maw dat mense mag kla daaroor) óf hulle moenie shots vat nie (en maw mense moet aanvaar dat die lewe nie regverdig is nie). Ek dink nie die twee leef saam nie. En ek dink as ons toelaat dat refs te veel shots vat, gaan niemand dit meer wil doen nie. Jy kry basies net jou petrolgeld terug om ‘n wedstryd op ‘n Saterdag te blaas en as jy enigsins op wil beweeg binne die unie, moet jy 3 of 4 games op ‘n Saterdag ref (maw jy offer basies jou hele naweek op). En dan moet jy ook nog deal met mense wat jou op sosialemedia opsoek, vir jou boodskappe stuur en wyd videos versprei van kwansuis ooglopende foute wat jy gegrond op ‘n splitsekonde se sien gemaak het. Dis genadeloos.
@Snelvuur (Comment #167)
Is ook maar goed vir revs om so dan en wan bietjie shots te vat …
@tzavosky (Comment #166)
Dok ek is tans besig om n boek te lees met die naam The subtle art of not giving a fuck deur n man genaamd Mark Manson ,dit wat jy hier se is nogals baie die selfde as die tema van daai boek ,ek beveel dit ten sterkste aan…
@tzavosky (Comment #166)
Ek stem saam met julle albei. Dit sou ook nie my voorkeur wees om dit te hê nie, maar dis die enigste manier om die skeidsregters meer te beskerm. Want op die oomblik word hulle besluite onder ‘n mikroskoop geplaas deur diegene wat op TV kyk terwyl hulle nie toegang tot naastenby dieselfde vlak van tegnologie het nie.
@Smallies (Comment #165)
Miskien, op ‘n filosofiese vlak, is skolerugby deel van ‘n kind se opvoeding, en dalk, net dalk, is een van die dinge wat hy moet leer, dat die lewe nie regverdig is nie. En dalk is jy op die langtermyn beter daaraan toe om die hand wat vir jou gedeel is te speel, as om te sit en tob en kerm daaroor…
@Snelvuur (Comment #164)
Ja en nee ,ek voel dat dit weg gaan vat van skole games…wat eintlik nog amateur games is ,ek voel egter dat die assistents dalk meer betrek kan word…
@Smallies (Comment #163)
Sure, but I still think it’s reasonable to roll out for the biggest games. It will, in any event, only be workable in games broadcasted by SuperSport – one camera SS Schools setups won’t work. But just because something cannot be implemented across the board, doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t be done where it can be done.
@Snelvuur (Comment #162)it will be very difficult to implement across all school boy games on a Saturday…
@agter_die_pale_pa (Comment #161)
Honestly, I think one of the big issues with reffing at schoolboy level these days is the disparity of access to technology. The ref has to call it as he or she sees it in real time, while those on the couch at home have access to numerous replays. So the ref judges things on one look in real time while supporters can pore over footage and dissect what really happened.
I think it would be of great assistance to refs to have TV refs for big school games, and I think you’d have a fair few people willing to offer up their time to do it. Or some sort of hybrid system where a ref can call to check a screen on the sideline themselves.
At the moment, refs are forced to bring a knife to a gunfight.
@Wondermaar (Comment #160)
Agree. Who would want to be a ref? We should admire their willingness, it surely can’t be for the money.. Yes, they will make mistakes. Just like batsmen in cricket gets a tough call sometimes, but sometimes the umpire also misses the edge or LBW. Most of the times the better team wins in spite of missed calls. Yes it can happen in close games that a single 50/50 call determines the outcome, but that is the reality of SBR. The pace of the game has increased immensely, and we just don’t have enough pro-level refs out there. Its either lesser games with better refs, or bulk participation of as many teams as possible, with amateur refs doing it for the love of the game.
REFS AT SCHOOL LEVEL
@PietPompies (Comment #143)
In my opinion he was very poor on Saturday but if he is at Noord Suid and Wildklawer then it means he is highly rated by the Society and probably on Thursday at their meeting they will be complimenting his performance and saying what a great job he did …… that is what I do not get ….. just beacuse you are a volunteer that does not give you a free pass to suck at it …… imagine a red cross volunteer medic who accidently kills his patients I am sure we would all ask for some intervention from the Red cross and in this instance we asking for the same thing ….these okes cannot be this bad all the time…. but I guess at the end of the day it is just a game and not life and death
@Asterix (Comment #137)
I was actually there watched the game live and then because I thought maybe I am crazy went back to watch it on the TV and SS app a further 6 times I repeat 6 times ….. the intercept is caught and perfectly executed by our 13 and you can clearly see the hand that hits the ball forward is the right hand that is tapped as well the other Jeppe player is reaching for the ball with his left hand that is not taped also from behing the post the space between the two Jeppe players is atleast 0.5 metres which makes it impossible that the player furtherest from the ball is the one who got to it faster than the 10.3 secs 100 m sprinter but maybe you can explain the physics to me I am just a plain accountant at the end of the day …. but hey whatever makes you sleep better at night ……. in my opinion the ref made many egregious errors especially against Jeppe … last I checked for telivised SBR games it is running time but again he played running time in the first half and then changes in the second half …… you correct there is no way he could have known that we knock and player in an offside position would play the ball but based on what had happened in the game to that point I think he would have found an excuse to award a penalty …… there were soo many perplexing calls at minute 47 Affies knock on the ball in maul and he says it went backwards I mean as clear a drop as you can see that was again right in front of us and my mates we in the stands and saw it very confusing how he the ref did not ……. but I am going to harp on the knock on call cause I asked the linesman did you and the ref discuss the intercept that he called back for a knock on and apparently the ref told him because the player from Jeppe changed hands to control the ball it was deemed he did not control it ….. I have never heard such hogwash in my life ….. the oke was abysmal and he cheated those kids out of a well deserved victory that is my opinion and I will not be changing…. Dale as the school head is within his rights to speak sense to a small section of the community that was starting to make threats of physical voilence against the ref ….. Like Rassie did during the British and Irish lions we are allowed to ask if we think the ref is not being fair in the threatment of our players
@Kaya 85 (Comment #155)
Very true and sadly I also don’t see them making a run for the top half of the log. I imagine they could MAYBE finish 8th at best but even that will be tough for them this year
Ek sien die poeierhol begin al baie vroeg verskonings maak vir moontlike loesings wat oppad is.
Swak styl.
@HSBR (Comment #154)
Eish…Weird seeing Monnas 10th
1ST TEAM SDC NOORDVAAL CUP LOG AFTER THE WEEKEND
2. Garsfontein
3. Transvalia
4. Menlopark
5. Waterkloof
6. Noordheuwel
7. Dr EG Jansen
8. Nelspruit
9. Rustenburg
10. Monument
Rugby is indeed a funny game. Jeppe lost 24/70 to Monnas at home in April and now they nearly beat Affies.
@PietPompies (Comment #143)
Sal beter wees as hy heeltemal ophou blaas. Sy groot vriend van Rustenburg (ou met donker hare en baard) sal seker weer Saterdag die wedstryd teen Garsies blaas. Hy lek sy lippe af, hoogte punt van die jaar vir hom.
…
Witteberg v Voortrekker – what a derby. Wish I had been paying more attention to these teams this year. Bethlehem is a centre of rugby excellence in central SA that we always under rate.
Good job Dinamika…sorry Marais Viljoen.
Lions RU should move their training facilities to Alberton like Stormers did to Belville.
Wrap:
Graeme v Nico M fantastic game…a single point separating them in a total of 85. Well done! Coaching dynasty down there.
St Andrews v Grey High also fantastic, well down both teams.
Helpies over Monnas, and Noordheuwel over Jansen showing that all out attack is again a theme in this year’s NV…concede 40, but score 50+
@Snelvuur (Comment #147)
Ek het al gewonder of JM van AI gebruik maak om met al die “pittige” sêgoed vorendag te kom?
@JongMatie (Comment #144)
Begin al klaar met verskoning en is mnde weg! Op n ander tread vir jou gese streepsuiker vir daai 2 games jou voor land. Die Bulle gaan julle mooi sag maak vir Grey. Moan maar nou al oor altwee refs…. I, ek sien jy doen klaar. LMAO
@JongMatie (Comment #144)
Ai.
@Smallies (Comment #142)
Ek het besluit om my te weerhou van kommentaar. Die mannetjie soek aandag.
@JongMatie (Comment #144)
Nee wat ,ek laaik net nie n gebitch oor die selde kak heeldag nie…
@Smallies (Comment #142)
Verkeerde voet uit die bed opgestaan?
Dit is nie my skuld as Brakpan nie na wense presteer nie en jou tweede span (Grey), teen altwee Paarl skole vasgeval het en ook teen PRG gaan verloor nie…
@Ringo (Comment #112)
I see that Mr Erasmus was the referee. He was also the referee at Wildeklawer last year that called a forward pass off the last move of the game between Garsies & Stellenberg, that was 100% undeniably NOT forward and cost Garsfontein the game (amongst other totally bizarre calls throughout the game). I haven’t seen him ref since that Garsfontein game until Saturday and will not be too sad if I don’t see him referee the rest of the year either.
@JongMatie (Comment #140)
Dude kan jy nie asb net vir n slag ophou kak en kerm nie, fokkit man jy is soos n donnerse plaat wat vashaak…..
@Asterix (Comment #137)
Goed gestel revs is mense en maak foute en sonder hulle is daar nie n game nie….
Daar word dit nou bewys.
Oakdale weg van die huis vs Oakdale
(+ref) tuis is twee verskillende spanne.
Laat mens wonder en laat met stof tot nadenke.
@wanza_15 (Comment #136)
Our rugby looks to be in good hands from the coaching staff and the crop of boys from u14, impressive how far we have come from, considering my Matric year (1997) we copped an 87 – 0 pointer from Affies in our own back yard, with Affies pivot Tiaan Syman having a massive game.
Our U16 pivot, Ndzalama Mbhalati, seems to have a good “generalmanship” for game, and i reckon he should be ready for the 1st team next year.
To be a ref is probably the most thankless job in the world.
NM scored to make the score 43-42 for Graeme, the hooter went off before the kick-off and the ref ended the match.
Hanlon’s razor is the probable explanation.
@Ringo (Comment #113)
It is quite sad that the supporters of a school label a Ref as a “cheat” just for not agreeing on some of his decisions, even worse that the headmaster need to intervene on behalf of his school. Refs make mistakes some more than other but to call him a “cheat” just because you don’t agree with him is actually worse.
I suggest you look again at the full game, and listen to what the ref says, not only the highlights package, and then maybe explain where the ref specifically “Cheat” your team, be careful to listen to much to the commentators as they were probably the most biased commentators ever reporting on a school game. There is a difference between making a mistake and being a cheat.
Just my take on three of your comments, the ref kept both teams informed exactly with how much time was left, after the drop goal your 10 know there was another kick off and went back. If you look at the time you would see there were about 10 seconds left after the ref earlier said one min left, he also then said this is the last kick off, strange if he is a “cheat” how he knew Jeppe is going to knock the ball forward and play it from a offside position on the last kick of the match.
The scrum was explained by the ref to the teams, he stopped the play as there was injury, yes the ball was held up, but Affies didn’t had time to “use it” as he had to stop the play for the Jeppe injured player, scrum goes to the team who had the ball.
The knock on was just after it touched the Affies player head, two different Jeppe players, he came back for the advantage. But as you say lets agree to disagree.
The ref made mistakes, both ways, but to call him a cheat and the abuse he is taking on social media from Jeppe supporters is actually a disgrace and not how I envisioned Jeppe.
For the record I think Jeppe deserved to win on how they played in the game, but they lost due to a mistake on their side not because of the ref being a cheat.
We have reason to think we can kind of give it another go next season as 9 of Saturdays starting XV were Grade 11’s. 2026 is shaping itself up to be a big year for us.. It’s just that next year’s game v Affies obviously is going to be away in Pretoria.
I will however add that the 6 matrics that are leaving are probably the 6 best players in the team (Poulton 1, Talent 9, Leisher 4, Nkambule 13, Ngui 7, and Hollenbach 10)
I know I am not making any friends with this lol, but with regards to the time, the ref was pretty clear each time he stopped the clock. I heard a few “time off” and “time on” calls from him. SS Schools as we were watching it didn’t stop the clock each time the ref did – in fact they never did, until very late when the SS Schools clock was re-adjusted, as HSBR mentions in comment #130.
The knock on call off the Affies players head incident I thought was well spotted by the ref because naked eye it looked like it was claimed by the “right” Jeppe and was supposed to be a runaway try, but it wasn’t, and correctly so.
@Maroon machine supporter (Comment #131)
Dale is as always 1000% correct but eish this one really hurts …. For us moments like yesterday are rare and we are just venting because it is a missed opportunity…. the game was dead after the drop goal and I will say this until the day I take my last breath …..final whistle should have been blown then but ja I guess by latter of the law the ref is the sole judge of time
@HSBR (Comment #130)
I think on the 17 minute incident I honestly feel that we going to have to agree to disagree …. the 13 from Jeppe catches the ball after juggling it during the time he is juggling it the ball does not touch the ground or another player from the opposition or his own team he finally gathers it and is cantering in for a try but is called back for knock on …. I am not sure if the law has changed but that is not a knock on …. the comment from Spoed and Lucky is “it is not a knock on they say the ref made a human error one we could all make” my gripe was the mistakes he made against us were momentum game changing ones
@Kaya 85 (Comment #128)
Eish that was particularly painfull the kids got distracted if I am not mistaken we went from 26- 17 up just after halftime to losing 46 – 26 ….. in that one again it was not just the penalty for chirping but it a was massive knock on after the kick off think when Affies had just scored to make the score 26 -24 the Affies look missed the kick off the ball bounced off is chest forward through his hands ….. the ball went so far forward it must have been 10 mitres and weirdly the ref gives scrum to Affies…. look we were schooled in many games on Saturday but in the ones we had chance the refs were not kind to us and the mistakes they made in both games were momentum changers in both
@Ringo (Comment #125)
Good comment from the Jeppe Headmaster on the Jeppe FB page re this saga…seems emotions are running very high so this is the sensible thing to do.
@Ringo (Comment #125)
Agree with you, that was definitely a try, the Affies 15 had a blunder and never should’ve let the ball hop in the goal area and also don’t know what the reasoning was with that scrum for Affies, it clearly should’ve been a Jeppe ball. Disagree on the the disallowed try, that was a fair call. I know the commentators initially said they don’t understand why it was called back, however both of them agreed after watching the replay that the ball did go off a Jeppe players hand after it hit the Affies player on the head. On the time issue, SS never stopped the clock eveytime the ref stopped the game to talk to the players or when there was timeout for an injured player. It’s not a tournament game so rolling time is not applied here and the ref is allowed to stop the time when he wants. At one stage one of the boys (forget which school) asked how much time is left and he said 6 minutes and on the clock it showed the game has 1 minute left and then after hearing this the clocked was adjusted to what the ref said on TV. With the ref “giving” Affies extra time to win the game you could then also argue that Jeppe was given extra time to increase their lead. At the end of the day all Jeppe had to do was to secure the ball from the last kick off and kick the ball to touch but unfortunately the ball was knocked on and played from an offside position. Also on that, the exact same call was made in the Sharks-Munster game in the 60th minute from almost the exact same spot.
@Ringo (Comment #125)
I have just watched the highlights package and I can understand why you feel robbed and why you are gutted. A few big calls went against Jeppe…the call for the “knock-on” at 14 all in particular was perplexing (based on my limited understanding of the rules). The Jeppe boys can be extremely proud of their effort…it seems Affies got a “get out of jail card” in this game.
@Ringo (Comment #125)
I don’t know how many games you watched on Saturday, but the u14 A game was really good, Jeppe was leading at half time 19-17… and then scored first in the second half and seemed to be defending well when the Affies onslaught came. Midway through the 2nd half the ref gave Affies a penalty which they ran and scored from then 3 more tries to win comfortably. But that penalty was the turning point…and the reason he gave it was apparently for chirping (or swearing or verbal foul) because the signal he gave was the hand “talking back”…I was standing just outside earshot but would bet that is the moment that possibly cost Jeppe the u14 A game.
@Ringo (Comment #123)
Yeah maybe I should view the whole game again from start to finish…I do feel for the refs at this level though…I don’t have a lot of sympathy for the URC refs or international refs…don’t like most of them, are some OK ones ..but at schools level it’s not an easy job…they can’t ask TMO to review over and over…and these guys are genuine lovers of the game, yikes club rugby is worse because the uncles can donner each other and refs sometimes get threatened etc. But I have great appreciation for the Union refs who whistle these school games, they also get critiqued and evaluated and rated. I’m not referring to any specific incident or game, but I watch a ton of games, and I genuinely feel I’m a neutral pro-school rugby fan…depending whose supporters I sit amongst I hear complaints about the ref. I reffed for a few years too…sometimes a complaint is valid…many times it really ain’t.
@4×4 (Comment #124)
Agree, maybe the tension of the game got to the ref! Anyhow…I see Potch Gim beat the more favoured Jeugland in their own back yard, also beating the much more fancier Potch Volkies, thinks looks on the up there at Potch Gim, also only unbeaten team in the bowl division
@4×4 (Comment #124)
there is a infamous forward pass in the last moments of a game against Garsfontein ….. is this a pattern we detact
My good Sir I am going to have to disagree with you on this one the Score was 14-14 all in the 17 minute of the first half …. the ball went of the Affies Hooker’s head and is caught by our outside centre after he juggles it and he was cantering in for his second try of the half and Mr Christo Erasmus calls him back even Spoed and Lucky on commentary were surprised ….. apparently this not the first time this Mr Ref makes such mistakes in a game involving Affies
@Ringo (Comment #123)
The try that the Jeppe wing scored was also not a try, to aver it was knocked on sides ways when it was clear that it went forward….affies was in the clear by 9 at that stage…i recon he made errora both ways, depending on ones perceptive I guess
@Kaya 85 (Comment #120)
I am just bitter about the outcome of the of the game I guess I thought the game was dead after the drop goal and there should have not been another kick off ….. I have the good fortune of sitting with some rugby coaches and although I mainly spuee baised utterances in their precence but the one guy always keeps time during the 1st team game by all accounts the time was long dead when the score was 33-32 ….that the ref extended the game to be able to award affies a further two penalties is the spooks in my head screaming cheat….. also I have now learned that from behind the post we see the game completely different from the side view that the SS app feed provides ….. alot of his calls from where we were sitting just did not make sense ….. Affies certainly does not need the help of a doggy ref to beat us but mate he made some head scratching decisions in their favour yesterday and If he also did for us I missed those ….. can someone just explain what was wrong with the intercept in the first half then in second half there was the defensive set where we turned a tackle into maul and held the Affies maul up short of the try line but the oke awards the scrum to Affies….. I am told the ref was bad both ways but the mistakes that he made to the benefit of Affies were certainly game changing …… you never know when an opportunity like yesterday would arise again ….. If I did not have those calls and the numerous baffling ruck penalties that oke gave …. I would not be so hurt ….. maybe I must just stop blogging cause I might be the reason we keep getting these howlers
PARKTOWN ARISING
Would like to see St John’s play a more expansive game.
@Surgite (Comment #110)
Well done Parktown.
Big big statement.
Arise, hope u go from strength to strength.
@Ringo (Comment #113)
Didn’t see that as a cheat. Disappointed yes…unfortunate yes…tragic sure. But that was indeed a penalty, and even if the Ref felt Jeppe was the ‘better team’ if the Ref did not award the penalty, when that knock and offside happened in front of him well that would be cheating.
@Grasshopper (Comment #118)
As a matter of interest, there are only two schools who have over the years won more games against Gim than vice versa (3 or more encounters). One is you-know-who and the other is Selborne.
SELBORNE :-(
AFFIES VS JEPPE 2025 LAST WRAP
@OUD ANKER (Comment #114)
In agreement that Jeppe won it to lose it again…they have the knack to throw the game away by either free kicks or penalties in the last seconds.
@Ringo (Comment #112)
Jepppe were the best team on the day, no consolation for you Jeppe supporters, I realise that, and I agree, the ref was poor, he made terrible decisions both ways in my opinion and unfortunately for Jeppe het made his best technical text book refereeing decision of the day by awarding that last penalty to Affies.
@4×4 (Comment #111)
As for the ref, if you play well enough and you are good enough a poor ref should not influence how you play,in my opinion the ref was just plain poor both ways, period. Mistakes and poor refereeing aside in my opinion Jeppe were the best team on the day and 2 bad mistakes in 2 seconds cost them the game (the boy who knocked the ball on from the last kick off and then his team mate playing that ball from an offside position)
On the bright side the Gauteng Hockey daddies won 6 nil today …… that we got cheated in Rugga today is blight on the soo called victors in the 1st rugby game today …… shame on you lions Rugby union refs ….I am trully ashamed to have ever been in the society ….. Shame Mr Ref Shame
AFFIES ARE THE BEST AT SBR NORTH OF THE VAAL
@OUD ANKER (Comment #106)
Due to refereeing decisions or stupid mistakes?
PARKTOWN 19 - 14 ST JOHN'S
Hard luck to Jeppe today.
@POD (Comment #108)
Dit was vir my interessant om ‘n paar nuwe kombinasies te sien. Ek’t gedink Basson was puik op 12, en ek dink hy moet die res van die jaar daar speel. Stoffels het ook beter terug op vleuel gelyk. Beide spanne se hakers vandag was baie goed – kan sien hoekom hulle die twee gunstelinge vir WP se hakers is. Maar ja, ek dink al die ouens se lywe is maar moeg – einde van die kwartaal met WP-proewe heeltyd tussen-in.
Ook, Lehan Barnard moet van die min spelers wees wat op eerstespan-vlak in een wedstryd vaskopstut, haker en oopkantflank gespeel het. Puik jong speler!
@Snelvuur (Comment #107)
Is dit net ek of was die 19A game maar vrekkerig? My vrou het die hokkie gisteraand geniet
PAUL ROOS WINTER’S DAY FULL RESULTS VS SACS
19A 22-3 SACS 19A
19B 93-0 SACS 19B
19C 86-0 SACS 19C
19D 86-0 SACS 19D
19G 52-0 SACS 19E
19H 35-9 SACS 19F
16A 43-14 SACS 16A
16B 22-14 SACS 16B
16C 31-15 SACS 16C
16D 77-3 SACS 16D
15A 43-7 SACS 15A
15B 24-22 SACS 15B
15C 19-5 SACS 15C
15D 31-0 SACS 15D
14A 38-5 SACS 14A
14B 24-0 SACS 14B
14C 39-0 SACS 14C
14D 54-0 SACS 14D
Played 20:
PRG won: 20
Points for: 819
Points against: 97
Average score: 45-5
Hockey:
19A 1-3
19B 5-0
19C 5-0
19D 3-1
19E 1-1
16A 1-2
16B 5-1
16C 1-0 (vs 15A)
16D 4-2
16E 3-2
14A 1-1
14B 4-0
14C 5-0
14D 8-0
14E 0-1
Played: 15
Won: 10
Draw: 2
Lost: 3
Goals for: 47
Goals against: 14
Average score: 3-1
@wanza_15 (Comment #104)
I know it is absolutely no consolation, BUT the best team did not win today! Respect to these Jeppe boys, they were given zero chance today!
@wanza_15 (Comment #103)
Offside after a knock-on
When a player knocks on and an offside team-mate next plays the ball, the offside player is liable to sanction if playing the ball prevented an opponent from gaining an advantage.
Sanction: Penalty kick
There.
The criteria for a penalty for offside at a knock-on are
1. The ball is knocked on – forward from hands.
2. A team-mate in front of the player who knocked on plays the ball.
3. The team-mate prevents opponents from getting advantage
That’s what I got from a Google search with regard to that law
@4×4 (Comment #100)
It is so frustrating. This is what seperates good from great for me.
We should have won this game in my humble opinion, but here we are trying to make our pillows more comfy tonight by saying it was the ref.
The day Jeppe beat Affies will be when we have a team that is very much better than theirs, not if it is close or in the balance, they just understand the ins and outs of the game better so we will have to compensate for that.
@HSBR (Comment #99)
Got you.
So is this in line with the law?
Don’t we come back then for the knock on as there was no advantage?
It should be assessed as quite simply “no advantange from the knock on” and so we return for the scrum?
If the ball was claimed by a Jeppe player after the Jeppe knock on, the whistle should have blown.. Even if it all happened within a split second and too fast for him to gesture with his arms, the ref must stop the game and dissect the order of events:
1 – knock on by Jeppe, so scrum advantage Affies,
2 – knock on claimed by Jeppe player
3 – STOP THE GAME, because Affies must get a scrum now
Or?
@4×4 (Comment #100)
The Jeppe 13 is very good my pick for the Lions at 13
@Palma (Comment #96)
Mate I can’t begin to tell you how much this result saddens me….no school and especially Selborne who is one of Grey’s oldest oponents deserves this ,I sincerely hope Selborne can come back to what they are supposed to be..
Affies backline very one dimensional. To close for comfort. Well played Jeppe one thing was again confirmed today….nothing beats speed! That bacline is electrifying!!! Affies can deem themselves as very lucky, it appears that Jeppe has a knack for giving free kicks and penalties away in the last seconds of games
@wanza_15 (Comment #98)
The ref never showed advantage for a knock on. The ball was knocked on and then immediately played by a Jeppe player from an offside position. Had the Jeppe player left the ball once knocked then Affies would’ve had the chance to get the ball to which the ref would’ve played the knock on advantage
@HSBR (Comment #97)
So the ref gave a knock on advantage that graduated to a penalty advantage in play?
@wanza_15 (Comment #95)
It was a knock on but one of the Jeppe players played it afterwards from an offside position. Jeppe 1st team had an impressive showing today, that’s for sure.
Selborne 14-103 Grey
Just a question, if that last play was a knock on, why wasn’t it a scrum for Affies? Why did they get a penalty?
JEPPE 36-38 AFFIES
Affies 38………..Jeppe 36……… Ouch…. Jepppe….Sorry…….
Jeppe’s flyhalf slotted a drop kick to get Jeppe ahead by 36 to 35 with only enough time left for the kick-off. Jeppe knocked-on at the kick-off and an offside Jeppe player then picked up the ball to gift Affies a penalty in the corner. The Affies flyhalf, as cool as you like, slotted the penalty to earn Affies a very tight 38 to 36 win over Jeppe.
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The lead changed about four or five times in the last four minutes.
Boishaai 27-Stellenberg 0
Paarl Gim 29- Oakdale 9
@OUD ANKER (Comment #89)
Jip,was sy pa nie n dominee gewees nie
@Smallies (Comment #88)
En hy was in Clutchdrop op skool…
https://youtu.be/corR7AZTwPs?si=IlMNY80GhSE7NCyC
Moes die deel
If I look at Oos-Moot’s results, they look like a decent team. Zwarries are having a great time – unbeaten this year. That should be a good match.
WESTERN CAPE PREDICTIONS
Bredasdorp to beat Charlies.
Paul Roos to beat SACS by 20 (the hockey tonight is also 1 vs 2 and on 216, check it out)
Landbou to thrash HTS Bellville
Gim to beat Oakdale by 10-15
HJS to beat Stellenberg by 20
Durbanville to win comfortably
Swartland to beat Tygerberg
Brackenfell to win by 15+
Milnerton to win by 10
@Snelvuur (Comment #82)
Yes you are right and I think Paarl Gim, Affies and Grey Bloem also sit in this tier. For me it is the year on year consistency of these schools as it is very unlikely that any of them will be out of the top 5 for an extended period. And i know this will be controversial but all these schools have aged old traditions and strong old boy networks and a tradition of these old boys sending their kids back to their school. Of course there are many other top rugby schools but these 5 has been and will be competing in that top tier.
@Wondermaar (Comment #83)
Sien Google( affies vs jeppe rugby 2018) – SA RUGBY MAGAZINE 17 min highlights van wedstryd( youtube)
@4×4 (Comment #56)
Sorry you remember it wrong.
1. Affies concede a penalty on jeppes 5m line(obstruction in driving maul)
2. Jeppe kick for touch( Good kick up to the halfway line).
3. Jeppe to feed the line out with 1m to play( jeppe prop sat down in lineout( looks like he wanted time to pass so that jeppe can just kick out after putting in the line out.
4. Hooker of Affies walked up to prop and made ref attend on prop trying to let time pass( Ref allready before ask Jeppe to speed up play.
5. Ref ( very experienced PROFESSIONAL ref Pro legote( hope spelling is correct)) award affies a free kick.
6. Affies 9 tap and went in field ,ruck form on 50 m line, affies played left pass to hooker then looseheadprop then to wing ( Jason Scheepers) who ran +- 35 m down touchline and dive over in left corner( otherside of stand on the hill) conversion was slotted.
7.Ref gave Scheepers a red card for excessive celebration after try was scored.
@TWE (Comment #81)
Ja, it’s tough to look at one set of results. PRG’s 2024 matric group (who beat HJS as grade 11s and matrics) lost against them on Markötter as u16s. The only thing one can say with certainty is that both PRG and HJS sit at the very top of the schoolboy food chain (across the board), and the margins at that level are so fine, that it can go either way on the day.
@Snelvuur (Comment #72)
One can read too much in one off set of matches, a number of matches were close, and home advantage does plays a role, but it is interesting that in 2024 PRG u14 won 5/7 and u15s they could only only win 1/6 game. Let’s see what happens next year with the u14s when they are u15s. Do think there wil become more of a difference between the top 40 rugby players in a school and the rest.
@OudAffie (Comment #65)
I watched the 1997 game at Jeppe. I think the fly half was Tiaan Snyman.
Maroon Masjien moet nog Wynberg, Rondebosch, Grey en Oakdale speel.
Kritiese parte moet gediens bly anders kan die seisoen nog lelik raak.
@OomPB (Comment #74)</span@OomPB (Comment #74)
@OomPB (Comment #74)
@OomPB (Comment #74)
@OomPB (Comment #74)
Ek moet noem dat mens kan duidelik agter kom dat Niel De Bruin maak ook n groot verskil by HJS!
Verlede jaar se A Veld uitslae teen PRG was maar droewig, teenoor vanjaar, waar Boishaai 4 van die 5 wedstryde gewen het!
@AbsolutMenlo (Comment #76)
Glad nie van my kant af nie, ek reageer op Oudaffie se opmerking dat Affies op hierdie stadium eerder teen Monnas sal speel as teen Menlo. Gegewe die geskiedenis tussen die 2 Witbul-kampe was dit vir my n interessante opmerking gewees.
@agter_die_pale_pa (Comment #75)
Geen kwade gevoelens dit is jy en ander wat so mag dink … petty! Menlo en Affies op alle vlakke neem teen mekaar deel met met respek … rugby op die stadium net nie compatible nie … move on.
@OudAffie (Comment #61)
“selfs Monnas”… sjoe jul bure het jul omtrent kwaad gemaak!
Maar ja die bepaling maak waarskynlik nie veel sin vir enige van die twee programme se ontwikkeling op hierdie stadium nie. Selfs al het Menlo nie onttrek nie, en die bepaling sou voortgaan, sal die meriete daarvan in reeds vol kalenders steeds bevraagteken word.
Die tydsberekening was Menlo se groot uitdaging, reg in die middel van Noordvaal, veral met beperkte diepte. Vroeg in die seisoen sou my voorstel wees, indien die bepaling vir buurmanskap hervat sou word.
@Snelvuur (Comment #73)
Nie lank gelede het net PRG se 1ste spanne dalk wedstryde gewen teen die grotes. Sedert Corne Uys oorgevat het, het dit drasties verander.
@Snelvuur (Comment #71)
Apologies, typo here. In 2025, PRG won 18, HJS won 10 and 1 was a draw.
@TWE (Comment #70)
I think the “number of boys” argument is a bit of a red herring. In terms of boys *playing rugby* PRG and HJS have comparable numbers. As a percentage of the total boys in the school, HJS will have a higher percentage of rugby playing boys, but numbers wise, they’re almost the same (hence all the teams getting a game).
If you do a comparative exercise with PRG and HJS, I think you’ll find broadly the same percentage of boys playing a winter sport in both schools – in PRG they’re just split to hockey and soccer too, while hockey is a smaller sport in HJS and they do not offer soccer.
@TWE (Comment #70)
Comparative results PRG vs HJS 2024 vs 2025:
2024:
u14s: PRG won 5/7
u15s: PRG won 5/6
u16s: PRG won 3/6
u19s: PRG won 7/10 with 1 draw.
PRG won all A-team games, and 20/29 overall, with one draw.
2025:
u14s: PRG won 6/6
u15s: PRG won 1/6 with 1 draw
u16s: PRG won 5/6
u19s: PRG won 6/11
PRG won 1 A-team game and 19/29 overall, with one draw.
@JongMatie (Comment #69)
As boerboel said, could so easily have gone the other way on the A field in a number of those matches. What is interesting is that your u14s won all the matches, whilst u15s almost lost all. Do wonder whether your great season last year had an impact on the u14s recruit compare to Paarl Boys rebuild. u19 you won the lower teams, that may start showing the larger number of boys (even if you are a hockey school).
Ek het nou nog slapelose nagte oor die Brugstraat moord wat plaasgevind het.
Ons is geboelie.
Teen 08:50 was ons klaar gewen op die A-veld – ek herstel nou eers van die nagmerrie.
Nogsteeds vlieg Boishaai bitter laag onder die radar.
Hulle pak is soos gif wat stadig uitgelaat word.
Ons het n groot pak en hulle het ons met grootste gemak afgeransel.
@OudAffie (Comment #61)
Enige kans dat HJS Paarl die geleentheid met ope arms mag aangryp?
@Jaco van Dyk (Comment #37)
It is definitely a long shot. Sometimes the pressure of reunion day can work against the home team. Westville will feel similar pressure as they eye an unbeaten season.
@wanza_15 (Comment #64)
I remember the 2014 game very well. We all thought that 2014 would be the year Jeppe would beat us. The 2014 team had a very weird season, they had a very good match every other game, and a very bad one in between. 2018 and 2023 even I though Jeppe deserved the wins more, 2 lapses costing Jeppe. The Jeppe and KES interschools have become 2 brilliant matchups for Affies and Affies looks forward to them every year. Crossing the Jukskei for some hard derby games.
AFFIES VS JEPPE HISTORY
2024: 39-26 at Affies
2023: 33-31 at Jeppe
2022: 35-17 at Affies
2019: 47-28 at Affies
2018: 45-41 at Jeppe
2017: 52-22 at Affies
2016: 52-32 at Jeppe
2015: 64-26 at Affies
2014: 23-11 at Jeppe
2013: 36-18 at Affies
2012: 52-3 at Jeppe
2011: 39-20 at Affies
2010: 62-0 at Jeppe
2009: 65-6 at Jeppe
1998: 34-16
1997: 87-0
1996: 39-3
No too sure where the first three games where played.
@4×4 (Comment #56)
Yes.. Stage fright – just a bad understanding of the law from our end when the lights were shining brighter than ever. If the shoe was on the other foot, you just don’t see that game ending that way
@Kaya 85 (Comment #53)
2015 was away at Affies, no real belief we’d win. Tyrone and them were in Grade 11, the score was similar-ish, Affies may very nearly have put up 60 if memory serves..(OudAffie maybe can help with the scores)
2014 at home was another year we came somewhat close.. We were up 11-8 with something like 7 mins to go, The matrics and all had come down from the top of the stands ready to storm the field. 2 late tries by Affies, one of which was an absolute howler from Sbu Nkosi under the high ball and we lost 22-11 I believe.
And then 2013 at Affies another very good game, 36-18 it ended was a bit harsh on us, we were probably never beating them that year but there was real hope as we led at halftime
@Asterix (Comment #60)
@OudAffie (Comment #61)
Glo ook nie daar is enige obsessie van Menlo se kant vir die bepaling nie. Ander bloggers het dit op gebring en ek het maar net my 2 cents gegee.
@AbsolutMenlo (Comment #58)
Ek kan jou verseker dat indien daar ‘n gaping oopgaan in Affies se program vir ‘n nuwe bepaling, dat H/S Menlopark redelik laag is op die lys van skole wat genader sal word. Ongeag hulle toekomstige verbetering. PRG en Noordheuwel en selfs Monnas sal voor Menlopark op daai lys wees. Dit ook genoem, ek twyfel dat AHS enigsins gou weer in die Noordvaal Beker sal speel. Affies gaan nie huidige bepalings/interskole prysgee nie, en Affies wil ook nie weer 20 plus wedstryde ‘n seisoen speel nie. Die huidige 12-16 wedstryde per seisoen per span is perfek. Met Blou Bul wedstryde en proewe is daar seuns wat alreeds meer as genoeg wedstryde per jaar speel.
@AbsolutMenlo (Comment #58)
Ek moet vir jou se as ‘n Menlo ouer en huidige Affies ouer is daar maar nog steeds bietjie ongelukkigheid by affies teenoor Menlo, dalk is dit meer van die oud Affies en spelers van daai jaar. Ek dink die enigste manier dat hulle weer teen mekaar sal speel is as dit in die Noordvaal toernooi is, en dit is nog so entjie weg.
@4×4 (Comment #54)
Oh ja. Onthou nou die brief wat die rondtes op social media gedoen het. Hulle het mos elke keer beserings gelys as die rede oor hoekom hulle die wedstryde afgestel het. Dis n jammerte oor Monnas, dink dit sal nogals n goeie interskole kan wees maar verstaan ook Affies wil hulle tradisionele interskole wedtsryde behou en dan jaarliks teen die ander “groot 5” speel.
@Asterix (Comment #33)
Ek dink nie daar is enige kwade gevoelens tussen Affies en Menlo nie en glo as Menlo nog so jaar of twee konsekwent in hoeveelheid spanne en kompeterend bly, kan die bepaling heroorweeg word.
Hel Smallies, gee ons darem ook geleentheid om so nou en dan te gaan wyn proe inni Kaap in asseblief….wat dalk kan werk is om die wedstryde te reel soos met Paarl Gim…om die beurt! Dan is daar elke jaar ‘n derby in die Kaap! En ek verstaan die wedstryde teen Noordheuwel mag dalk ‘n jaarlikse instelling word.
@wanza_15 (Comment #40)
I remember the 2018 game very well, as i can recall it Affies actually won by human error. The game was over and Jeppe “won”. There was a last lineout after full time on the middle line and Jeppe just had to throw the ball in and kick it out….but the hooker inexplicably after several request from the ref failed to put it in and then gave a free kick to Affies.Affies took a quick tap and the winger scored in the corner…game to Affies after full time!!
@4×4 (Comment #51)
Doen dit ,om kostes te verlaag kan julle in Bloem speel ,een jaar host Affies ,een jaar PRG
Hulle het op laaste nippertjie al hulle wedstryde wat geskeduleer was teen Affie gekanselleer uit vrees vir ‘n potensiele baie hoë telling teen Affies om sodoende reputasie in stand te hou…..of dalk nie?
Dit was wat direk aanleiding gegee het tot die kansellasie van die wedstryde tussen die skole, nadat Affies die vorige jaar hulle 3de span gestuur het om teen Menlo 1 te speel…baie is die mening toegedaan dat in plaas daarvan dat al die wedstryde te kanseeleer weer te versoek dat Affies se laerspanne teen Menlo kragte kon meet
@wanza_15 (Comment #40)
I seem to recall that 2016 55-35, game was played at Affies …
or it might have been the year before with a similar score when Green, Simelane, Dayimane and co were playing.
@4×4 (Comment #51)
Na watter reputasie issue verwys jy oor Menlo?
@Asterix (Comment #28)
Affies wil nie teen Monument speel as gevolg van ‘n integriteit issue, en Menlo wil nie teen Affies speel nie as gevolg van ‘n reputasie issue! Simpel soos dit!
@OUD ANKER (Comment #38)
Geen van die spanne sal in die toekoms oorweeg word nie. Affies sal veel eerder ‘n interskole teen Paul Roos Gim oorweeg!
@OUD ANKER (Comment #39)
…. Just kidding like I said not possible with all due respect to Talent and Andre this one is a bridge too far
If we beat Affies I am defaulting on my bond installement and drinks are on me …. those who know will know ….. 4 pass out day again ….. the last wild day like that was in July 2023
@wanza_15 (Comment #40)
Eish I know with tears in eyes I remember Jaco Purchase in his grade 11 year was the biggest schoolboy I had ever seen I think in the morning I might have greeted him *More Oom* I kid ….. speaking or nearly and tales of legend there was also a mighty 5th team in 2012 I think that beat an Affies 9th team that 5th side went unbeaten that season…. think that was the last stager in opens …… to perfectly honest that 5th side probably had 2 or 3 that could be in the first team but they preferred to play rugby with their mates ……. I enjoy watching Affies but the hits are so hard that 40 year old me always says a small prayer and word of thanks for not being on the field ….. the games are good and I would love an u14 a surprise …. not fair to say these kids are under a bit of pressure having notched up 10 wins in a row including Monnas,Maritzburg and Oakdale…. their only loses were to two Pta schools Garsfontein and Pta boys high …. so these kids are looking for a big scalp and their first win over a Pta team but I think Affies will be warry….. but we must not write off Talent and his men they may surprise ….. the rugga will be good but we must not forget to klap Affies on the Hokkie field just to rubber stamp our status of the Gauteng Hockey big daddies if anyone is still counting we just won our 10th Aitken out of the last 11 editions
@HSBR (Comment #46)
But then again they lost to Paul Roos that should / could have lost against Paarl Boys on Saturday (12-14), the only game Paarl Boys lost on the main field. So you have a chance!
@wanza_15 (Comment #45)
Definitely not the intention, just being realistic. Their u/14 A team have lost one match, which I don’t think anyone expected, and I don’t see them losing anytime soon with the remaining fixtures. That whole group from A – F also beat Grey two weekends ago, just to give you an idea of how strong that group is. Their u/15 A team have had good results during the year but they are definitely the “weaker” side of the age groups
@HSBR (Comment #43)
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@Snelvuur (Comment #44)
Thank you guys for absolutely crushing all hope I had
I don’t like to dwell too much into rankings as well, especially not for u14s, but the u14A game tends to be too early for me, or missing from Supersport Schools, so the rankings are all I have really. Both SASS and NGXV have Paarl Boys as 15th best in the country.
But bring on Saturday then! The laaities strap up at 8am. A Jeppe win sets the tone or something doesn’t it?
@HSBR (Comment #43)
Agreed. If Jeppe stays within 20 of that Affies u14A side, they’ve done really, really well. That Affies team beat Paarl Boys 48-0.
@wanza_15 (Comment #42)
Rankings aside I think your best bet at a win in the age groups will be with the u/15s. That u/14 team/group is probably the strongest out of all the teams
I’ve got a keen eye on the U14A game/score on Saturday. Probably our best bet at a win
SASS have Affies U14A as 1st, Jeppe’s as 8th
NextGenXV have Affies U14A as 1st, Jeppe’s as 6th
@OUD ANKER (Comment #29)
With the benefit now of hindsight, which is obviously the easy way out (forgive me), last years team had the tools to beat Grey (and anyone) in my opinion. It’s one thing to have the tools and another to action it, and then a bit of fortune, all of which were ticks on the day vs Grey. This team don’t have the tools in my opinion – even if they play well on the day, plus a bit of fortune, they’ll achieve a respectable score at best, not win.
@Ringo (Comment #34)
2018 was frustrating at the death to say the least, lack of BMT. And 2023 as well they lost it in the final minutes to a Janco Purchase try 31-33. We are still in search of that first win at 1st XV level against them. Some ‘A’ Teams that have won at age group level but lost at 1st XV, from the top of my head:
U16A (and B) 2014 (Greene, Simelane, and friends) beat Affies by 2 pts
They would go on to lose their U19A game in 2016, 35-55 at home.
U16A 2016 (Manyike, Tsatsane and friends) beat Affies comfortably
They would go on to lose their U19A game in 2018, 41-45 at home.
U14A 2015 beat Affies
They would go on to never beat them again, lost in 2019 something like +-50-20, away.
@Ringo (Comment #34)
As per my comment to @Wanza_15, didn’t Jeppe want to keep it below 50 as a moral win when they took to the field against Grey College last year at North/South….
@Asterix (Comment #33)
Met Joynt as hoof by Affies en as ‘n oud-Menloparker is die kanse baie beter dat Affies weer teen Die Menlopark sal speel in die toekoms as bv. teen Monument.
@star (Comment #9)
Big ask of Hilton to go down to DHS and win on old boys’ day!
@Grasshopper (Comment #4)
Let’s also see what happens between DHS and Hilton College.
@Oakdale supporter (Comment #3)
Hulle het vir Paarl Boys op die plaas gewen, kom ons hoop hulle kan vir Gim opdraende gee.
BASED ON WHAT I SAW OR HEARD ABOUT AFFIES IN 2023 THIS YEAR'S TEAM HAS UNDERWHELMED
@OUD ANKER (Comment #30)
Ek weet dit sal seker nie gou weer gebeur nie, maar dit is regtig jammer dat Affies nie teen Menlo speel nie, Menlo seker die mees indrukwekenste turnaround van die eeu gemaak, selfs toe hulle nie op hulle sterkste in 2022 was nie, het hulle goed teen Affies gedoen op daai dag, regtig jammer oor 2023 en 2024.
Ek nie meer by die skool nie so weet nie of dit die nuwe hoof is of afrigters nie maar hulle rugby reg deur die bank baie goed hierdie jaar.
@OUD ANKER (Comment #30)
Hulle kan die dae van die M en M’s dan interskole wedstryde doen,
@Smallies (Comment #24)
Ek dink nie Selborne sal ‘n 100 vat nie, Grey het nie laas week gespeel nie so is verroes. As iemand Grey laas week die moer in gemaak het, ja, dan was 100 op die kaarte.
@Asterix (Comment #27)
Ek hou nogal van hoe jy dink wat betref Affies 1 en 2…en die dag as hulle teen Monument en Menlo moet speel kan hulle punte stuur om die 2 “M” skole te help om nie gerelugeer te word nie….
@wanza_15 (Comment #13)
Wasn’t the strike by a meteorite what you said last year against Grey College at North/South…..?
@Asterix (Comment #27)
Die enigste probleem is net dat Affies nie teen Monument en Menlo wil speel nie.
@PietPompies (Comment #20)
Affies se A,B,C en D kan in die beker afdeling speel as affies 1 en dan kan hulle E,F,G en H spanne in die plaat afdeling speel as affies 2
@PietPompies (Comment #22)
Maar dis hartseer met EG ook. Hulle was nooit dominerend gewees nie maar definitief straf kompetisie gewees. Stem saam oor Kloof. Dit was maar altyd n tou trek gewees tussen hulle en Affies oor waantoe die seuns wil gaan maar die afgelope paar jare sou ek se dis Affies, Garsfontein en dan Kloof as die seuns moes kies na watter “rugby” skool hulle toe wil gaan
@Rainier (Comment #21)
Ek dink ook hy het n appeltjie te skil met Monument….
@Snelvuur (Comment #23)
Ek weet maar dit sal baie jammer wees…
@Smallies (Comment #17)
Hulle het ‘n groot pak teen St Andrew’s gevat (40-10) laasweek…ek dink Grey is definitief 50 punte beter as St Andrew’s…
@HSBR (Comment #19)
Yes EG is beslis in die moeilikheid – ek het dit laas jaar al gecall – as hulle 1ste span nie laas jaar so goed was nie, was hulle net-net bo Marais Viljoen. Dis jammer vir die Valke. Die Oos-Rand kort ‘n sterk skool in die Beker.
Ek weet Kloof is bewus daarvan dat hulle in die knyp is. Ek dink hulle behoort darem nie in 2025 af te skuif nie… maar hulle sal iets moet doen voor 2026. In Elarduspark het hulle een van die sterkste laerskole as voedingskool. Maar baie Pretoria kinders kies mos om vir Affies te gaan speel.
Ek is seker Tjaart coach bietjie harder die week daar by Helpmekaar. Selborne gaan ‘n moerse pak vat in Bloemfontein. Oakdale gaan baie BMT moet wys. NM se 2de belangrikste wedstryd van die jaar – om teen Framesby te wen bly die lekkerste.
@agter_die_pale_pa (Comment #18)
Yes – jy is reg. Weer twee in 2026. Hulle probeer Noordvaal minder games met meer intensiteit maak. En jy is reg oor die D-spanne ook. Dit gaan vir skole soos Rustenburg, Valia, Nelspruit en selfs die twee Middelburg’s baie moeilik maak om teen die stadskole te kompeteer vir ‘n plek in die Beker Afdeling. Ek weet Garsies, Kloof en Menlo is klaar besig om hulle D-spanne van 0/14 af op te bou. Terwyl die Nellies, Rustenburg en Valia nou eers begin regkom om C-spanne konstant in die veld te stoot. Alles om die spel “uit te brei”. Klink vir my hulle soek Affies terug in die Noordvaal, en daarvoor moet daar tot by G-spanne in die liga wees
@PietPompies (Comment #15)
Dit is straf. So dan op die huidige stadium soos goed staan met die logs is Kloof en EG bietjie in die moeilikheid. Sal hartseer wees as n skool soos Kloof afskuif na n laer liga toe aangesien hulle vroeer jare een van die top skole reg deur die bank was in die kompetisie
@PietPompies (Comment #15)
En dan in 2026 weer twee wat afskuif. Verder klink dit vir my of hul oorweeg om tot by D-spanne te laat tel. Dit sal kleiner en medium skole in ‘n baie moeilike posisie laat en byna onmoontlik maak om in die boonste liga te speel.
@Snelvuur (Comment #16)
Hoop regtig nie so nie ,ek hoop ook Selborne kan weer optel ,n sterk Selborne is goed vir die hele land
Genuinely think Selborne could cop a century from Grey this weekend.
@HSBR (Comment #12)
Dis al die spanne:
Beker Afdeling: Tel 1stes tot 3des en by die juniors tel die AtotC spanne.
In die ander afdelings tel 1stes tot 3des ook, maar by die juniors tel net die A&B spanne.
Wat dit besonders straf maak hierdie jaar, is dat daar 2 skole afskuif en nie net die 1skool soos vorige jare nie. So skole wat in die verlede net-net veilig was bv Menlopark in 2024 (ons praat liewers nie oor 2023 nie), is nou in gevaar om ook af te skuif.
@wanza_15 (Comment #13)
hahaha, I believe in the team! In 1996 we lost nearly every game BUT when we played DHS, who were odds on to give us 50, we won. That is the power of the derby. Westville are not as emotionally stirring as DHS but because of the recent rivalry could be. One can dream……I think your/Jeppe’s chances are further away than ours……
@Grasshopper (Comment #4)
, better chance being struck by a meteorite than Jeppe or Glenwood wins this weekend
Too much of a long shot it is even difficult to imagine.
This weekend we are in the same boat
@PietPompies (Comment #10)
Is relegasie gebaseer op 1ste span resultate of resultate van al die A spanne en 1stes?
@star (Comment #9)
If Glenwood play like they did vs Northwood and can hang in a bit longer, they have a sniff. A sniff vs the Leafy suburbs is enough….
@Mate (Comment #8)
Ek dink Monnas se juniors is sterk genoeg om hulle uit die moeilikheid te hou, maar beslis erens in die middel van die log teen die einde van die seisoen.
Ek dink daar is baie skole wat erg senuagtig is:
EG Jansen en Nelspruit is beslis in die moeilikheid.
Rustenburg en Transvalia het nog nie gespeel teen die groot kanonne nie.
Menlo se 1stes en 16’s doen goed, maar hulle juniors (veral B en C-spanne) dra nie baie by nie.
Kloof is baie bekommerd – regdeur al die ouderdomsgroepe vat hulle houe.
Dis net Helpmekaar, Garsfontein en Noordheuwel wat rustig kan wees oor relegasie – maar hulle 3 het weer ander worries – want hulle stress oor wie gaan die overall wen vat. Ek dink:
1. Garsfontein
2. Noordheuwel
en onder aan die logs
9. Nelspruit
10. EG Jansen
Yes as then it will be the head to head result. If Westville lose another then game over. Pressure is on and the House game at the end looms large. I am hoping my other school Hilton can rise to the occasion and do the double for me causing an upset on the DHS Reunion Day. All to play for
As dinge so aangaan is die kans goed dat Monnas dalk volgende jaar NV Plaat sal moet speel.
Tragies
Belanrike wedstryd vir Menlo om weer die wen momentum te kry vir die res van die seison.
Wenne vir Waterkoof, Gars, Helpmekaar en Noordheuwel.
@Oakdale supporter (Comment #3) wat ‘n game om te wen … Go Oakdale!!
Saterdag is die grootste rugby game in die Vrystaat buite Bloemfontein, die Bethlehem interskole…
#3
So what if Glenwood beat Ville? It’s highly unlikely but you never know. Are Westville still the KZN champs?
Saterdag gaan taai wees vir Oakdale in die Paarl. Hulle het egter baie meer om te wen as om te verloor en sal in my opinie kompeterent wees.
Die wit kalfies is in vir nog n pakslae die naweek op hulle tuis veld na hulle die by Noordheuwel n les geleer was Saterdag op die A veld net 1/5 verloor ……..
The Rondebosch/Boland Landbou result was totally unexpected, after Boland, last weekend, almost scored an upset win over Paul Roos!
Both Rondebosch and Boland are very unpredictable, performing brilliantly one weekend, and poorly the next!
It is therefore very hard to judge their true potential!