Affies team announced
Paul Roos Gymnasium face a potentially tricky start to their 2026 season when they take on HTS Drostdy, a side that showed last year they are more than capable of competing with the traditional heavyweight.
Drostdy gave Paul Roos a real scare in 2025 before eventually going down 20–25 in a tight contest. That performance raised expectations around the Worcester school, with many believing the current group could form the backbone of a strong cycle over the next two seasons. If they can build on last year’s effort, an upset is not out of the question on Friday the 13th (March).
For Paul Roos, the fixture comes at the start of a demanding opening to the season. The Stellenbosch side have a massive interschools clash against Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies) looming on 21 March — an occasion that features 31 rugby teams and 17 hockey teams and probably ranks as the biggest winter interschools sporting events in the country.
Affies, meanwhile, begin their campaign with an away match against Pretoria neighbours Waterkloof on the Saturday. According to the Affies rugby archives at the excellent website www.AffiesRugby.co.za , the Wit Bulle have historically dominated the rivalry, winning 38 of the 48 meetings since 1987.
There was a time in the 2000s and early 2010s when this fixture was a headline act, with Waterkloof highly competitive. Their last win came in 2017 at the Plaas, but since then Affies have taken control of the rivalry, winning the last five encounters and averaging 48 points per game. With the size and attacking power in this year’s Witbulle side, they will be confident of keeping the scoreboard moving again.
| TEAM | WATERKLOOF | TEAM | AFFIES | ||
| 1 | CW Kruger | 1 | Francois de Beer | ||
| 2 | Stiaan Theron | 2 | Charl Els | ||
| 3 | Reinhard Duvenhage | 3 | Hannes Nagel | ||
| 4 | Bryan Joubert | 4 | Martin van Niekerk | ||
| 5 | Phillip Mans | 5 | Reubenne Vlok | ||
| 6 | Hugo Dercksen | 6 | Lohan Bitzer | ||
| 7 | Carlo Brits | 7 | Caleb Pretorius | ||
| 8 | Almero Gerritsen | 8 | Janno Geyser | ||
| 9 | Marcel Tsiakos | 9 | Fourie Roberts | ||
| 10 | Liam Schutte | 10 | Ruben Smith | ||
| 11 | Jacques Jv Rensburg | 11 | Joshua Gouws | ||
| 12 | Ben Steyn | 12 | Juan Ferreira | ||
| 13 | Meyer Pretorius | 13 | Estian Marx | ||
| 14 | Gustav Mienie | 14 | Dandre Brink | ||
| 15 | Alexander Griesel | 15 | Kyle van Satden | ||
| 16 | Kayden Pruis | 16 | Hendre Ehlers | ||
| 17 | Wian Hetzel | 17 | Morne Bisset | ||
| 18 | Jayden Smit | 18 | Liam Vermeulen | ||
| 19 | Marius Venter | 19 | Alex Muller | ||
| 20 | Stefan Pieters | 20 | Keegan Fourie | ||
| 21 | Nicolas Potgieter | 21 | Ethan van Zyl | ||
| 22 | Aiden Bester | 22 | Rico du Plessis | ||
| 23 | Mieder Erasmus | 23 | Ruben Venter | ||
| Coach | COBUS VAN DYK | Coach | RUAN JACOBS | ||
| TEAM | PAUL ROOS | TEAM | DROSTDY | ||
| 1 | Thomas Meyer | u17 | 1 | Juann Jv Vuuren | |
| 2 | Lehan Barnard | u18 | 2 | JP Lotriet | |
| 3 | Zak Steyn | u17 | 3 | Jurick vd Berg | |
| 4 | Stef de Villiers | u18 | 4 | Eugene Walker | |
| 5 | Sebastian Cilliers | u18 | 5 | Jean-Louis Matthee | |
| 6 | Christian le Roux | u18 | 6 | Morne Coetzer | |
| 7 | Gerard Bekker | u18 | 7 | Stehan Le Roux | |
| 8 | Werner de Bruin | u17 | 8 | Werno Ramsauer | |
| 9 | Jaeden Powell | u18 | 9 | Wernard de Villiers | |
| 10 | Travis Pheiffer | u18 | 10 | Ruan Nortje | |
| 11 | Cadynn Davids | u17 | 11 | Daren Makeza | |
| 12 | Tiaan Basson | u18 | 12 | Jano van Deventer | |
| 13 | Jean Hamman | u17 | 13 | Brent-Leigh Exstraal | |
| 14 | Tevez Cupido | u18 | 14 | Tristan Syster | |
| 15 | Kyle Snyers | u17 | 15 | Anwill Jacobs | |
| Coach | CORNE UYS | Coach | TOBIE BOTES |
Sounds like you are a bit delusional, aren’t you? Or maybe you just can’t count? Or just jealous? Ag, you decide, you know yourself better than anyone of us!
@Hanswors (Comment #92) According to Chronicle’s whatsapp group there are about 2000 craven week players at the top 5 schools u14. Does surprise one that they can then also compete against the best in the country in tennis, swimming, athletics, cricket, mountain biking, hockey and then also deliver the nr 1 in SA in academics every now and then. And that for model C schools. Or perhaps his whatsapp group needs to be more than 1.
@Chronicle (Comment #94) Check out the following website: https://www.affiesrugby.co.za. If you select “SEISOEN” 2025 and then “Ander spanne tellings”, you’ll see how often the lower teams play up – sometimes significantly. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not sure why 2026 has not been updated yet.
@OudAffie (Comment #93) You are in a difficult position. I don’t necessarily agree with others on our Whatsapp group. My personal view is Affies is a victim of its own success. What to do? I can think of 4 options, there may be more. Continue as is! Don’t recruit more than say 30 Craven Week players and 30 1st team players from other primary schools (which will reduce your strength, hence not viable). Play co-ed schools with even lower level teams. Cancel the fixtures against these schools and focus on teams who can provide more and stronger teams at the lower levels. As I say, a victim of your own success!
@Chronicle (Comment #91)
Yes I regularly publish scores on this site every weekend. What is Affies supposeted to do. Not score points or not orginazie matches. They are already playing higher up games, take into account other schools also need to agree to this. But if the under 14 F stills scores 100 points against a D team, what to do??? Not play at all. A-C games on weekends are almost always vs the same team opposite.
I can gaurentee you Affies is not organizing matches so that another school loses by 100 points to stroke someone’s ego. That is for sure.
Affies has enormous depth in players. Good coaches all the way to the lowest teams, the E-G teams have 2 teachers and 4 or 5 student coaches. They most certainly do not organize games in order to run up scores.
Goeie more manne.
Sien uit na Noord teen Suid komende week.
Weet enige iemand hoeveel Craven week spelers by PRG en by Affies hierdie jaar as o14 begin het? Selfs by ander rugby skole ook soos PHBH ,Gim ens,
AFFIES WINNING MARGINS AT LOWER LEVELS
@Chronicle (Comment #89)
Boishaai dont have 30 rugby teams like PRG and Affies.
@Snelvuur (Comment #86)
So you say PRG is stronger than Paarl Boys High in the lower levels.
And that having 40+ Craven Week boys are subordinate to a coaching programme, meaning coaching and not Craven Week players are the primary reason for winning 70-0 against co-ed schools’ C-teams?
@OudAffie (Comment #87)
You make good points.
Out of interest, can you post the Affies results for say the u.14 group against the 2 schools you mentioned.
That should settle whether Affies still play way too strong teams against their opponents.
Like u.14 F vs u.14 C – Affies u.14 F won 20-0 or 60-0, etc.
@Chronicle (Comment #85)
That is not true. Affies teams apart from the A teams average about 10-12 games a season. So every team get a seasons worth of matches.
The lower teams E-G do play more than half their games against higher up teams, but those games are normally against smaller schools across the whole of Gauteng. The A-D teams normally play in the big interschools on Saturdays. Against the PTA schools (Waterkloof and Garsfontein) the lowest games are usually a F v D or G v D. So just not true that Affies cares about big scores. Affies cares about getting opportunities for everyone that wants to play sport. IE. Getting 10 games plus for all the teams. Same with all the cricket and other sports teams. About 30% of all games played by all sports at Affies is against higher teams. And the aim is giving everyone a change to play enough games a season to be part of a season. Not just 4 of 5 games and that’s that. Affies orinized about 330 rugby games last year for everyone.
@Chronicle (Comment #85)
I think the strength of Affies’ coaching and programme across the board has much more to do with it than their “input”. HJS hasn’t won more than half the games against PRG since at least 2023. I’d also argue that being only Afrikaans is actually a help for your lower rugby teams more than your top teams – at the top you may miss out on top talent, but, on average, an Afrikaans boy who actually plays cricket as his main sport is far more likely to play rugby in the winter than an English boy, which should contribute to your depth. I think PRG’s bilingualism is definitely a benefit to their hockey programme. Affies being approximately 300 boys per grade also helps with depth when you compare them to other boys schools (Grey and PRG around 240 per grade, HJS around 200). PRG and Grey also have relatively strong soccer programmes (PRG has about 8 soccer teams and Grey may have even more), which also divides the talent – e.g., in my year, our u16A eighthman stopped playing rugby in grade 10 and started playing soccer 😂 That being said, Affies’ coaches and general programme are top, top notch and deserve all the plaudits. We’re excited to continue building and to see whether our lower teams can get even better. Getting a 50%+ win ratio on the day should definitely be our next big aim.
@Snelvuur (Comment #82)
I am informed you have a good point. Apparently, the only two schools who, on average, receive around 40+ Craven Week players at u.14 level, are Affies and Paarl Boys High. So, they may provide Affies with a bit stronger competition from E-level and lower.
But then, again, Affies receives Afrikaans boys only, while Paul Roos and Paarl Boys are bilingual.
This also means when Affies play Afrikaans or English co-ed schools (except Paarl Gym) one should expect Affie winning margins of 70+ points from C-level and lower. Even if Affies let their D-teams play against C-teams.
This made me wonder why Affies don’t play at least their F-teams against C-teams of co-ed schools. They will still win, but by 30-40 points.
So, is it about winning margins, or what? I have no idea. But the more informed thinks it is about winning margins.
@Mate (Comment #80)
Affies het 19 van die 31 wedstryde gewen. 61% op die dag, in Stellenbosch. Dis ongelooflik, ek het verwag dat dit eintlik 50/50 sal wees dalk selfs minder. Grey het al baie terug gereis van die Kaap met minder. PRG het 10 gewen en 2 was gelykop. Dit was ‘n baie goeie dag gewees in die Kaap. Die vorige keer dat Affies meer as 50% van hul wedstryde op ‘n Saterdag verloor het was teen Paarl Gimnasium in die Paarl op 13 April 2019.
@Snelvuur (Comment #82)
Ek het altyd gedink rugby overall is baie sterker in die Kaap
@Mate (Comment #80)
Ja, Affies feitlik skoonskip gemaak onder die laaste drie spanne in elke ouderdomsgroep: 11 uit daai 12 wedstryde gewen met 1 gelykopuitslag. Die ander 19 wedstryde (D-span en op onder die ouderdomsgroepe en G-span en op by die o19s) was meer gelykop: PRG wen 10, Affies wen 8 en 1 gelykop. Uit daai “ander” 19 wedstryde wen PRG 3/7 by o19s, 4/4 by o16s, 1/4 by o15s en 2/4 (met een gelykop) by o14s. Hierdie Affies interskole gaan ‘n ongelooflike toets vir PRG se diepte wees en ons laer spanne gaan definitief verbeter deur teen sulke sterk opposisie te staan te kom. Baie opgewonde om te sien hoe die program op alle vlakke aanhou verbeter!
Dis miskien voirtydig maar diejaar se PRG span lyk beter as laasjaar. Hoop net Pheipher raak nie beseer nie. Hy was uitstekend gister.
Wow
Kon PRG slegs 10 van die 31 wedstryde wen?
Ongelooflike diepte by Affies
Voorwaar SA se top rugbyskool
Well done
@OudAffie (Comment #73)
Terloops, ‘n stukkie nuttelose statistiek, as my somme reg is vir die 16 wedstryde (wat net meer as 50% van wedstryde is) dan het PRG 296 punte in totaal aangeteken teenoor 280 van Affies. Gem telling vir die wedstryde dus PRG 18.5 – 17.5 Affies. Wys net hoe close dit werklik was!
@Snelvuur (Comment #77)
En moet my nie verkeerd verstaan nie – Affies het ‘n paar keer die bal mooi beweeg, veral vir hulle tweede laaste drie, maar daar was soveel geleenthede aan die buitekant (of so’t dit gelyk van die kant van die veld af) wat Affies net nie kon benut nie.
@OudAffie (Comment #72)
Ek het nog nie die game terug gekyk op die TV nie, maar ek het langs die veld dieselfde gevoel gekry wat ek in 2024 by Noord-Suid gekry het: as Affies wil challenge vir nommer 1, gaan hulle eenvoudig hulle agterlyn moet opskerp. PRG vandag klomp keer ‘n overlap gelos aan die buitekant – en ek skat dit was omdat hulle weet Affies nie vinnig of akkuraat genoeg daar uit sal kry om dit uit te buit nie. En dis rerig jammer, want beide daai Affies vleuels is kookwater. Affies puik PRG se lynstane ontwrig – daai slot en kaptein mag maar. Was weereens beïndruk met PRG se skrum – veral ons o17 loskop het ongelooflik goed sy kant gebring teen Affies se baie sterk vaskop. Ons sukkel nog om die balans te kry tussen aggressie en te veel strafskoppe en kaarte afstaan, maar dis lekker om te sien dat die ouens nie bang is om in te klim en fisies te wees nie. Jy kort daai aggressie om fisiese dominante spanne soos Affies te wen. Baie trots op al die spanne – veral die A-spanne. 14As was halftyd 5-15 agter en het 17 unanswered punte gekry om die wedstryd te wen. 15As het ‘n strafskop gehad om te game te wen; ongelukkig gemis, maar dit was ‘n fantastiese game. Die 16A-span van PRG se agterlyn is spesiaal. Bitter, bitter opgewonde oor hulle. Affies se pak by die 16s baie sterk gelyk. Sien uit vir volgende jaar!!
@Jan Kriel (Comment #75)
Beide vleuels is goed en baie gevaarlik met bal in hand.
@Asterix (Comment #69)
Ek het nie die hele wedstryd met aandag gekyk nie, maar Affies se nr 11 gaan nog baie spanne moeilikheid gee.
@OudAffie (Comment #73)
Stem heelhartig met jou saam!
@Maroon machine supporter (Comment #70)
As jy nou net na daai wedstryde wil kyk is dirlt duidelik dit is byna 50/50. Al daai wedstryde was baie hard en naby tot die einde.
@Mate (Comment #71)
Dis nie Affies se skuld PRG het 3 geelkaarte gekry nie, 1 vir skeidsregter vloek, dis wel Affies se skuld dat hulle dit nie kon uitbuit nie. Affies was vandag nie baie goed op 10 of 15 nie. Hulle was 2x op die lyn net voor halrftyd en net na halftyd waar hulle nie punte kon aanteken nie, goeie lynlees deur die PRG speler en die onderskep is mahala 7 punte. Ek gaan nie kommentaar lewer op Paul Roos nie, ek gaan net sê ek dink Affies was vandag baie swak. Of Paul Roos hulle laat sqak lyk het en of dit hulle eie doen is gaan ek my opinie weerhou. Ek gaan Paul Roos net gelukwens en die interskole prys vir die sukses wat dit was!
Telling vlei PRG
Affies was kompeterend, veral teen 13 man
@OudAffie (Comment #68)
Baie geluk aan Affies ook! Julle diepte is voorwaar indrukwekkend. Net dankbaar PRG was competitive op A-D en 1ste tot 4de spanne. Sien reeds uit na volgende jaar.
Geluk aan PRG se 1ste span, defnitief hulle kanse beter gebruik vandag, was eintlik verras met Affies se 1ste span, dink met tye het hulle regtig baie goed gespeel, wil nie graag’n speler uitsonder nie, maar dink daar was een speler wat Affies vandag bietjie gekos het, hopenlik kom hy gou reg anders gaan Affies meer verloor as wen hierdie jaar. Goeie interskole, A spanne almal naby aan mekaar. Tot volgende jaar
@Maroon machine supporter (Comment #64)
Baie dankie vir ‘n puik interskole. Geluk met die resultate vandag teen AHS.
Baie geluk met die eerstespan resultaat, julle dit goed verdien. Affies hul eie vyande vandag!
Vir die res van die resultate kan ek net sê ek het verwag dat dit so naby gaan wees, en dit was, vandag was harde ruggas gespeek. Baie tevrede dat Affies 61% van al die wedstryde in die Kaap gewen het.
A span wedstryde almal 50/50 gewees.
Sien uit om Paul Roos volgende jaar in Pretoria te onthaal.
14A: PRG wen 22-15
14B: Affies wen 12-10
14C: Gelykop 15-15
14D: PRG wen 22-19
14E: Affies wen 19-5
14F: Affies wen 36-7
14G: Affies wen 58-5
15A: Affies wen 21-19
15B: PRG wen 20-14
15C: Affies wen 20-17
15D: Affies wen 26-19
15E: Affies wen 29-0
15F: Affies wen 43-5
15G: Gelykop 10-10
16A: PRG wen 24-20
16B: PRG wen 12-7
16C: PRG wen 14-12
16D: PRG wen 9-5
16E: Affies wen 35-0
16F: Affies wen 50-0
16G: Affies wen 20-12
10des: Affies wen 29-14
9des: Affies wen 34-21
8stes: Affies wen 26-7
7des: PRG wen 38-22
6des: Affies wen 31-0
5des: Affies wen 21-7
4des: Affies wen 22-21
3des: PRG wen 19-17
2des: Affies wen 27-10
1stes: PRG wen 43-28
Gespeel: 31
AHS: 19 (61%)
PRG: 10 (32%)
Gekykop: 2 (7%)
Pheipher was uitstekend vandag vir PRG. Baie goeie oorwinning.
@OudAffie (Comment #59)
Die hokkieskool kan darem so bietjie rugby speel ook…en as ek na die mees onlangse matriek uitslae kyk dan dink ek die balans is net reg?
@OudAffie (Comment #61)
Neville Rothman het goeie strukture daar gestel. Is daarna vir n jaar of twee na Affies en rig saam Ashlin nou Ierland af.
14A: PRG wen 22-15
16A: PRG wen 24-20
Van die tellings wat ek al het.
Affies tans 10 wedstryde gewen.
PRG tans 6 wedstryde gewen.
1 gelykop.
@OomPB (Comment #60)
Net so bietjie tong in die kies. Die hokkiespanne van PRG was regtig puik gewees gister.
@OudAffie (Comment #59)
Ek is nie seker of Sacs en die Paarl met jou saamstem nie.
@Snelvuur (Comment #58)
Beste Hokkieskool in SA teen beste Rugbyskool in SA.
Puik met die hokkie. Wat ‘n program!
Kan nie wag vir die rugby more nie.
Ek’t nie al die rugbytellings sover nie, maar ek hoor Affies het 8 van die 9 wedstryde vandag gewen (dit was al die laagste spanne wat gespeel het) – ongelooflike rugbyprogram met unmatched diepte! Die hokkie uitslae as volg:
19A Won 4-2
19B Bulle won 4-2
19C won 9-0
19D won 4-0
19E won 1-0
16A won 3-1
16B won 6-1
16C won 5-2
16D won 6-0
16E won 10-0
16F won 6-1
16G won 4-2
14A won 5-0
14B won 7-0
14C won 13-0
14D won 7-0
14E won 5-0
Played: 17
Won: 17
Scored: 99
Conceded: 11
Affies se hokkie het baie verbeter. PRG 4-2
Ek sien baie uit na hierdie interskole. Dit is lank overdue. OudAffie, kan jy asb vir ons al die bepalings van die wedstryde plaas as dit beskikbaar word asb?
@Djou (Comment #54)
Jy is reg, beide Affies en Waterkloof seuns is besteel tydens die wedstryd. Dit maak mens die moer in!
@Asterix (Comment #52)
@OUD ANKER (Comment #53)
So, you guys complain, but you don’t mention the bigger issue.
Our sources say your players were robbed – someone got access to the change rooms – nogal just below Waterkloof’s main pavilion. Cell phones, bags, etc. Hope the boys get some of their belongings back.
@Asterix (Comment #52)
We saw exactly the same game then. Nevermind the fetcher, the loosies as unit did not impress at all. 10 lacked the “generalmanship” expected from a 10 and 12 sold out 13 a few times with very poor hospital passes….I agree that it was the 1st game, but they will have to improve drastically before Saturday otherwise the score board might get ugly.
@OUD ANKER (Comment #50)
For me the pack was strong but Affies missed a fetcher and I was not convinced with the mauls from lineouts, the backline still need to find each other, especially the 10,12 and 13, the flyhalf had a couple of breaks and were looking for offloads but there wasn’t someone on his shoulder.
But lets not forget this was the first game and they were still playing trials a week ago, so still need to find each other, I do believe the potential is there to become better later in the season after playing more together.
@Snelvuur (Comment #45)
Hierdie Affie/PRG interskole moes lankal gereel gewees en plaasgevind het. Affies (1ste span) het glad nie beindruk teen Kloof nie en as hulle nie drasties verbeter nie gaan dit ‘n lang dag wees op Markotter.
@Asterix (Comment #49)
Can’t find too much fault with your predictions. Affies (1st team) did not impress against Kloof and not just because it was their first game.
@Snelvuur (Comment #45)
My prediction is for Affies to win the U14A and u15A games and PRG to win the u/16A and 1st team games. PRG to win the B teams and Affies to win the C teams, D, E, F and G teams and 3 -10 will be shared between the schools with PRG winning slightly more of these. PRG to win 17 out of the 31 games and Affies 13 with one draw. Home advantage. But I do hope that I am wrong.
@4×4 (Comment #46)
Unieke tyd om die baan ook te speel so net na die SA Ope – hy behoort nog in ‘n uitstekende toestand te wees!
@4×4 (Comment #46)
Laat weet waar julle is Saterdag dat ek n koue een saam die manne van Pretoria deel. Hoop vir jou die wind is rusting Donderdag. Kon nog nie 85 breek hier nie in 2 rondtes. As hy waai soos hy kan dan is dit nie eers die moeite werd om uit jou kar te klim nie. Vandag is egter wind stil so miskien is julle lucky.
@Snelvuur (Comment #45)
Ek reeds Woensdag in Stellenbosch om Donderdag op Stellenbosch Golfbaan uit te draf. Dink dit mag dalk ‘n besondere naweek word
@4×4 (Comment #44)
Ek dink daar is baie om na uit te sien. Affies se jonger spanne het indrukwekkend teen Waterkloof gelyk en hulle diepte is ongelooflik. Verlede jaar by Camp Discovery het Affies se C-spanne die oorhand oor PRG s’n gehad. Ons is ongelooflik opgewonde om Affies Saterdag te onthaal en nuwe bande en tradisies te smee!
@Snelvuur (Comment #36)
Niks om na uit te sien nie…swaar velde beten Affies gaan sukkel, en as ek dit nie verkeerd het nie, het PRG alreeds vir afgelope Paar season bewys dat hulle onderouderdom spanne die hoogwatermerk vir skole rugby in Suid Afrika is
@OudAffie (Comment #42)
@IemandOnbelangrik (Comment #41)
Dankie, dankie
Johan Snyman, Dit is tot einde 2025 opgedateer. Hy sal seker in die week met die inloop van die 2026 seisoen die nuutste opsit.
@Vleis (Comment #40)
The Affies Rugby website is a passion project by someone whose name I can’t remember. He wasn’t officially connected to Affies, apart from being an old Affie. For a few years he updated the site with real dedication, but he doesn’t work on it anymore because I think he simply moved on.
@OudAffie (Comment #39)
Hi. Out of interest, why is the affiesrugby website not being updated this year?
Tipies eerste wedstryd van die seisoen, oomblikke van briljantheid en dan tussenin dom foute. Ek dink ook die agterlyn van Affies kan effe dieper staan. En ook hul groot fleuls beter gebruik. Fourie Roberts kan die speler van die seisoen wees vir Affies as hy weer die vorm van 2025 kan kry. Hy is beslis die belangrikste speler in die agterlyn. Die pak was ok, skrums baie goed, lynstane kan beter. 14A en 15A lyk sommer van die staanspoor af warm, 16A goeie wen, nes die Witbulle ‘n moeiliker wedstryd gehad. Ek het die besluit om die seisoen teen Waterkloof oop te maak bevraagteken, juis omdat Waterkloof al in die verlede vir Affies so uitgevang het. In 2012 en 2014. Maar goeie harde wedstryd gewees. Waterkloof baie beter as die afgelope klompie jare, ek voorspel ‘n baie beter seisoen, goed afgerig, baie baklei in hulle en ‘n paar spelers wat def ‘n wedstryd kan aangryp in moeilike fases. Nou ja, Paul Roos hier kom ons!!!
Uitslae teen Waterkloof (14 Maart):
1ste span wen, 34-20
2de span wen, 54-0
3de span wen, 47-7
5des wen 4des, 26-7
8stes wen 5des, 32-5
10des wen 6des, 54-0
16A wen, 41-14
16B wen, 28-22
16E wen 16C, 35-3
15A wen, 51-3
15B wen, 62-0
15E wen 15C, 29-0
14A wen, 50-3
14B wen, 92-0
14E wen 14C, 43-0
14G wen 14D, 68-0
Uitslae teen HTS John Vorster en Zayo Academy (13 Maart):
4des wen JV’s 1stes, 62-28
6des wen Zayo 1stes, 64-0
7des wen JV’s 2des, 26-5
9des wen JV’s 3des, 83-5
16C wen Zayo 16A, 74-0
16D wen JV’s 16A, 54-0
16F wen JV’s 16B, 60-5
15C wen JV’s 15A, 82-0
15D wen JV’s 15B, 78-0
15F wen JV’s 15C, 40-7
14C wen JV’s 14A, 50-0
14D wen JV’s 14B, 69-0
14F wen JV’s 14C, 72-0
@Snelvuur (Comment #36)
Sien baie uit om die o16-westryde in die Boland dop te hou die jaar.
@agter_die_pale_pa (Comment #35)
PRG se o16A agterlyn is ongelooflik. Ek dink regtig daar is een of selfs twee toekomstige Springbokke daar is. Hulle het Drostdy eenvoudig aan flarde gehardloop. Die pak is ook goed, maar die agterlyn is uitsonderlik.
@Snelvuur (Comment #29)
16A 95-0?!? What happened there? Hierdie groep van Drostdy redelik goed gekompeteer laaste 2 jaar? Sjoe
@Mate (Comment #33)
Gewoonlik ‘n ok opkoms. Altyd lekker games teen Jeppe!
@Djou (Comment #32)
There are a lot of people here for this trials game
@Kaya 85 (Comment #31)💯
Now, after PR showed what they can do against a top Drostdy, I am looking forward to Stellies vs Gim and Affies vs Kloof. Hope it will be crackers.
Not reading too much into Jeppe vs Garsies as both use it as some form of trials.
IMO Helpmekaar and Noordheuwel will be the teams to beat in Noordvaal given their performances as u.16s 2 years ago and last year as grade 11’s, while Menlo will be strong too.
I know Monnas lost, but it is early days.
@Djou (Comment #30)
Yes it does thx Djou
I’m a big respecter of hockey plus plenty girls play so understand the need for Astro, also the skill and speed just keeps improving when kids grow up playing on it.
@Kaya 85 (Comment #28)
Here are the facts:
Garsies never gave land back – the area they have now is the area allocated to build the school in the late 1980’s. All the “younger” schools were allocated smaller areas by the municipality.
They were forced into an astro as the Northerns Hockey Association decided all school hockey games had to be played on astro turf. For about 2 years the school had to commute the players to Tuks astro for practice and matches, from u.14 to 1st team for boys and girls. So you had to transport u.14 boys for a practice and back, then an hour later u.15, and so on. It became a nightmare, because you had to book times for practice and matches. Many times there were double bookings as all schools without astros also had to make bookings, causing chaos. Most schools then build their own astros and many forfeited a rugby field and the younger schools are in the same boat as Garsies.
Hope this brings clarity to the speculation.
@Kantman (Comment #26)
*PRG vs Drostdy Vrydag 13 Maart 2026*
19A 24-7 Drostdy 19A
19B 38-12 Drostdy 19B
19C 71-0 Drostdy 19C
19D 44-10 Drostdy 19D
19E 38-7 Drostdy 19E
19F 47-7 Drostdy 19F
16A 95-0 Drostdy 16A
16B 31-5 Drostdy 16B
16C 68-0 Drostdy 16C
16D 57-7 Drostdy 16D
15A 26-10 Drostdy 15A
15B 31-10 Drostdy 15B
15C 17-7 Drostdy 15C
15D 35-5 Drostdy 15D
14A 21-3 Drostdy 14A
14B 5-0 Drostdy 14B
14C 17-0 Drostdy 14C
14D 34-7 Drostdy 14D
Punte aangeteken:
PRG: 694
Drostdy: 90
Gem Telling: 38-5
Gespeel: 18
Gewen: 18
@Grizzly (Comment #19)
Didn’t know about that…by mid 90’s they had several temporary classroom structures already the numbers had surpassed buildings even then…
@Meesh N (Comment #20)
Ah the open spaces at Boys High…plus the ponds and dams, stunning facilities.
@Snelvuur (Comment #9)
Enige tellings?
@Mate (Comment #23)
Daai reën gaan ons A-veld eers opneuk, nog voor die seisoen begin het! oe-wee!
Dink net hoe gaan die veld lyk teen die tyd wat ons weer die Noordvaal finaal in Augustus daar aanbied!
@OudAffie (Comment #22)
Ja die B-veld is opgeoffer vir die hokkie Astro. Vir my het dit glad nie sin gemaak daai tyd nie, want dis net toe Garsies begin het om ernstig op rugby te fokus – hoekom dan jou B-veld opoffer? Erg kortsigtige besluit gewees daardie. En ja spasie is ‘n groot probleem vir meeste skole in die Ooste – ook by die laerskole soos Constantiapark en Garsfontein wat ook om en by 1,500 leerders elk het, en skaars 2 velde het om op te oefen en te speel. En wat dan ook die krieketveld en atletiekbaan moet wees. As 1 span krieket speel kan nie een van die ander spanne iets anders as net-oefening doen nie, want daar is nie spasie nie. Laerskool Lynnwood het self velde gaan uitlê by die WNNR, want hulle het net 1 veld by die skool. Alles rondom hierdie skole is toegebou met huise – so daar is nie spasie in die onmiddelike omgewing nie, behalwe miskien Zita-park, wat die munisipaliteit nie kan of wil opgee nie. En soos Grizzly sê, nog ‘n erg kortsigtige besluit, was om van die skoolgronde op te gee of te verkoop of wat ookal in die 1990’s. Want om nou weer daai huise uit te koop gaan miljoene kos. Ek weet nie wat die oplossing is nie, maar ons het ‘n visionêr nodig met baie diep sakke – net nie die 2 ouens wat die vorige 2 besluite geneem het nie!
@PietPompies (Comment #17)
Lekker Piet
Sien jou more daar, onthou om reenjas te bring, lyk na groot reen
@PietPompies (Comment #15)
Ek mag verkeerd wees en jy moet my asb reghelp, en ek sê hoegenaand nie enigsins ander sporte is nie ook belangrik nie, maar met julle B veld oval se herkonfigirasie en astro agter die hoofpaviljoen, is 2x rugby velde nie weggegeem nie met die bou nie?
Ek kan net dink met die groei van julle program dat die velde knap te klein is eintlik vir al die spanne. Is daar enigsins plek naby die skool vir velde bou of huur?²
@OudAffie (Comment #5)
Thats great news then! I hope it goes awesome, never been to an Affie game that wasnt against us but this might just be a first!
@RuggaFreak (Comment #10)
Like OudAffie said, we have 6 rugby fields (1 field used only for training, 1 u14 field, 1 u15 field, 1 u16 field, 1 lower team opens field & lastly Brooks Field for 1sts-6ths). We also have 3 ovals that are used solely for cricket, with our main oval catering to lower team field hockey games in the winter.
9 fields is impressive though! QC has a great campus altogether.
@PietPompies (Comment #15) Dink het hier op die blog gelees maar apparently het Garsies grond terug gegee in die early ’90s toe die inname stagneer het.Weet nie hoe waar dit is nie maar vir uitbreiding sal hulle die blok oorkant die sport hek moet uit koop. Eerste sal hulle moet private gaan en dan om al daai huis eienaars te convince om te verkoop n ander kop seer. Dit sal miljoene kos en die som sal nie sin maak nie.
@OudAffie (Comment #14)
Jys reg. Soos al genoem is daar een skool wat baie spasie het vir uitbreiding en dis Oos-Moot.
@Mate (Comment #16)
Is jy ernstig of skeer jy nou die gek?
Ek weet nie hoe daai gebou binne lyk nie – so ek weet nie eers of dit moontlik is nie. Maar sover ek weet is daai gebou nie goedgekeur vir enige gebruik nie en behoort nog of is in posession van die likwidateurs of whatever jy hulle noem. Logisties maak dit ook nie baie sin nie – daai gebou is 15km weg van die skool af. So ek dink jy skeer die gek, maar ek is dalk verkeerd.. haha!
@PietPompies (Comment #15)
Ek het gehoor daar gaan n paar binnehuise velde geskep word in die Sharemax gebou op DeVillebois
@Grizzly (Comment #13)
PBHS het van die beste fasaliteite enige plek in die land. Dit is altyd ‘n plesier om daar te gaan speel. En die toeskouers, spelers en onderwysers is altyd so verwelkomend – uitstekende dag as jy by Pta Boys gaan speel.
En dis die sad deel van Garsies – verseker die enigste Top20 skool in die land met 1 rugbyveld en ‘n B-veld wat op die krieketveld opgeslaan word… terrible!!
Daai A-veld vat ‘n hammering – al die A-spanne oefen elke dag daarop. Probleem is dat die enigste stuk oop grond wat naby is, is Zita-park (wat aan die Tshwane munisipaliteit behoort). Wens daai stuk grond kan plat gestoot word – dan kan daar minstens nog 2 velde uitgesit word. Die laerskool kan ook dan daai velde gebruik.
@Grizzly (Comment #13)
Kan nie kapsie daarteen maak nie. Hulle velde en fasiliteite is net tops. Opvallend dat baie of meeste PTA Afrikaanse skole so gebou is met slegs 3x velde op die skoolgronde. Dis dit. Baie KZN en Kaapse skole het sommer wynlande as deel van die gronde sommer.
@OudAffie (Comment #12)
Daars baie skole wat ek nog nie besoek het nie maar ook baie waar ek was. Ek was nog nie binne Hilton, Michaelhouse of die Kaapse Suid skole nie. Hands down vir my is die fasiliteite by PBHS die beste met St Albans 2de wat ek al gesien het. PBHS se krieket oval se toestand is beter as die meeste unies.PBHS en St Albans se velde en overall toestand van alles fasiliteite is second to none.
@RuggaFreak (Comment #10)
Affies has 3x fields on the schoolgrounds. And uses Loftus B and C sometimes for matches. They also have access to PTA Rugby Club and Harlequins fields which is another 4x fields. The lower senior teams train there.
PBHS if I am not mistaken has 6x on campus rugby fields. But has another 4x grass hockey fields which surley can accommodate rugby poles.
@RuggaFreak (Comment #10)
9 rugby fields is a LOT. PRG and HJS both have 5 – I’d say that’s about how many you need to host a big interschools. 6 fields make it comfortable, but it’s doable with 5.
@Meesh N (Comment #4)
How many fields do Affies and PBHS have ? We have 9 rugby fields.
@beet (Comment #8)
I’m not sure whether he has a knock or whether he’s in the Bituas – we’ll see tomorrow. Think he’s a decent player. There’s also still Swart (the u16A captain last year and Grant Khomo lock) on the outside looking in. He’s a fabulous player. I think the loose trio’s pretty good and I like the look of the backline (not sure there’s that much depth below the first choice guys here though). Two really big centres. I think Jean Hamman was very, very underrated last year – definitely my u16 backline player of the year. My only real concern, however, is our scrum – u17 loosehead and untested tighthead. At least Barnard’s a very strong scrummaging hooker (that can also play tighthead and openside!). They’ll need to front up this season, especially against Affies.
@Snelvuur (Comment #7)
Reuben Winter in the Bituas? Your thoughts
1. Thomas Meyer
2. Lehan Barnard
3. Zak Steyn
4. Stef de Villiers
5. Sebastian Cilliers
6. Christian le Roux
7. Gerard Bekker
8. Werner de Bruin
9. Jaedan Powell
10. Travis Pheiffer
11. Cadynn Samuels
12. Tiaan Basson
13. Jean Hamman
14. Tevez Cupido
15. Kyle Snyers
@OudAffie (Comment #3)
Ek dink die tyd van die jaar behoort die Noord-Suid tuisveldvoordeel bietjie minder te maak. Dis nog warm in die Kaap so die velde is nog nie modderig en baie swaar nie; en ek neem aan dis ook nog bietjie ruiger in Pretoria nou as na die winter. Augustus is wanneer die Noord-Suid tuisveldvoordeel die meeste is, skat ek.
@Meesh N (Comment #4)
When Grey College play in Pretoria its the 3x Affie fields, sometimes the Loftus B and C fields, but most probably the 4x fields at Pretoria Rugby Club and Harlequins will be used.
@Snelvuur (Comment #2)
The 12th team nickname is top class!
Just like OudAffie said it will be great quality, expecting some top drawer rugby!
My biggest concern though is whether or not Affies will have enough field space to cover all those fixtures across one day considering when we officially play them at Affies some of the fixtures have to be held at Boys High. Or will some of the games be played on the Friday night to allow Saturday’s fixtures to be more seamless?
Die AHS teen PRG Interskole gaan besonders wees. Nie net omdat dit nog ‘n geleentheid is vir al die seuns om deel te kan wees van so iets groots nie, maar ook om wertlik te sien waar lê die diepte van die twee rugbyskole. Natuurlik gaan die A-Veld wedstryde baie naby bekyk word, maar die totale prentjie gaan ook ‘n storie vertel. My voorspelling gaan natuurlik wees dat AHS net so bietjie meer as 50% van die wedstryde gaan wen in die Kaap (swaar velde), en dan in Pretoria gaan PRG snak na asem in 2027 (droë velde). Net my 2 sent.
@Meesh N (Comment #1)
Ja, 10 u19 teams and 7 teams per age group. This clash actually has the potential to get even bigger – last year PRG had up to a 12th team u19 (amusingly named the “Disciples” 😂). I’m sure the interschools will also continue to grow also to include the loads of other sports, similar to what PRG currently has with Grey. These weekends really are special.
Sjoe! that’s a large number of boys coming over, even more than us from just across the road! (27 rugby 17 hockey)
I guess the difference is in that they will probably have a 10th rugby side & a G team across the age groups?