Grey Rugby Festival 2026 – Provisional Fixtures

Grey High Nears Completion of 2026 Festival Line-up

Grey High is close to finalising the line-up for its annual rugby festival, which caters for A-teams from u14 to 1st XV level. Once again, the event promises a strong mix of schools from across the country.

Several local schools will make a return after missing the 2025 edition, while notable “new” out of province 1st XV visitors include HTS Drostdy (Worcester), Glenwood (Durban), KES (Johannesburg), Parel Vallei (Somerset West), Rondebosch (Cape Town) and St Alban’s (Pretoria).

The Drostdy Donkies are expected to attract plenty of attention as one of the sides targeting a major step up with a powerful 2026 1st XV on the cards. Others tipped for improvement include the hosts Grey High, the Kearsney One-Stripes and the Boys High Candies — setting the stage for two highly competitive days of schoolboy rugby.

The festival also coincides with a change of guard at Grey. Long-serving Head of Sport Neil Bielby, who joined Grey in 2003, will be retiring. His position has already been advertised, and while an internal reshuffle is possible, it could also create an appealing opportunity elsewhere within the school as it approaches its 170th anniversary in 2026.

Match days: Saturday 25 April 2026 and Monday 27 April 2026

#	SCHOOL	REGION	NOTE
1	Grey HS	EP
2	Drostdy	Boland
3	Dale	Border	Sat or Mon
4	Hudson Park	Border
5	Selborne	Border
6	Pretoria BH	Bulls	Monday
7	St Alban’s	Bulls
8	Framesby	EP	Saturday
9	Graeme	EP
10	Kingswood	EP
11	Mali XV	EP
12	Muir	EP
13	Nico Malan	EP	Junior teams
14	Pearson	EP
15	St Andrew’s	EP	Monday
16	Glenwood	KZN
17	Kearsney	KZN
18	Michaelhouse	KZN
19	St Charles	KZN
20	KES	Lions	Monday
21	St Stithians	Lions
22	Durbanville	WP	Junior teams
23	Parel Vallei	WP
24	Rondebosch	WP

PROVISIONAL FIXTURES

 

GREY RUGBY FESTIVAL
Day 1 : Sat 25-Apr-2026
A1	BOR	Dale	vs	Pearson	EP
A2	EP	Graeme	vs	Kearsney	KZN
A3	WP	Parel Vallei	vs	Framesby	EP
A4	WP	SACS	vs	Selborne	BOR
A5	KZN	Glenwood	vs	Rondebosch	WP
A6	EP	Grey HS	vs	Michaelhouse	KZN
B1	EP	Muir	vs	Hudson Park	BOR
B2	WP	SACS 2nd XV	vs	Grey Unicorns	EP
B3	EP	Grey HS U16A	vs	Kearsney U16A	KZN
B4	EP	Kingswood	vs	St Charles	KZN
B5	TBA	TBA	vs	Mali XV	INV
B6	LIO	St Stithians	vs	Drostdy	BOL
Day 2 : Mon 27-Apr-2026
A1	EP	Pearson	vs	Drostdy	BOL
A1	EP	Kingswood	vs	St Stithians	LIO
A1	KZN	Kearsney	vs	SACS	WP
A1	BOR	Selborne	vs	Glenwood	KZN
A1	EP	St Andrew’s	vs	Michaelhouse	KZN
A1	WP	Rondebosch	vs	KES	LIO
A1	EP	Grey HS	vs	Pretoria BH	BUL
B1	LIO	KES U16A	vs	Selborne U16A	BOR
B2	EP	St Andrew’s 2nd XV	vs	SACS 2nd XV	WP
B3	EP	Graeme	vs	Parel Vallei	WP
B4	EP	Grey HS U16A	vs	Rondebosch U16A	WP
B5	BOR	Hudson Park	vs	St Charles	KZN
B6	INV	Mali XV	vs	Grey Unicorns	EP
B7	EP	Muir	vs	Dale	BOR