The annual Graeme Rugby Day takes place on Friday 21 March 2014 at Graeme College in Grahamstown. For Eastern Cape school rugby supporters, it does not come much this. With the exception of Daniel Pienaar, just about all the best Eastern Cape rugby high schools will be in action at one venue for one day only. There is no better opportunity than this early season festival to see what the respective schools have to offer as units and who the stand out players are in terms of size, strength, speed, and skills for the season ahead. Plus there will be lots of attractive rugby being played.
| Time | School | School | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08h00 | Muir | 38 | 0 | Port Alfred | |
| 09h10 | Cambridge | 23 | 12 | Pearson | |
| 10h20 | Hudson Park | 36 | 5 | Nico Malan | |
| 11h30 | Grey HS | 26 | 7 | Marlow | |
| 12h40 | Framesby | 29 | 33 | Selborne | |
| 13h50 | St Andrews | 36 | 11 | Brandwag (Uitenhage) | |
| 15h00 | Kingswood | 10 | 15 | Queen’s | |
| 16h10 | Graeme | 13 | 22 | Dale |
@Woltrul: hahahahahahahaha we will make sure he behaves I’m also keen to see the ladies in the city of saints! We will let u know the scores and then elaborate on each game later on.
@Woltrui: I’ll keep my eyes open lol!
@Ludz: @CHS08: @Playa: You’s guys must be careful of that Playa. Don’t let him lead you of the straight and narrow. And above else keep Playa away from the birds – he is married!
Hope you guys will keep us up dated with the scores. No “beergarden excuses” ala the Charkies contingent
@CHS08: 0722915857 nantso eyam
@BEET: Don’t mention it hopefully you got the team sheet. @Playa @ LUDZ: Madoda how are we going to meet tomorrow in Grahamstown we all need to sit together, bbm pins? whatsapp numbers?
@CHS08: Thanks
@BEET: You can call this gentleman Mr Barnard. (0832810094). He is the schools PRO.
Hey guys. If anyone knows how I can get the Cambridge team for tomorrow please let me know. Thanks.
@Queenian: open age group
@QC86: Is your son Under16 this year or open group.
@EC Guy: ja,and the fact that Selborne are using this game as a trial,they trying some new players ,could also cost them.
@EC Guy: Ye people must not write Framesby off.
@Playa: The Kingswood matches are still on all the other teams Under16A/B Under14/B Under15B and 2nd’s and 4th’s play at the City Lords on Friday.
Will also be there to watch all the games very closely……
@Playa: Good one
I think Framesby can cause a upset……underdogs are dangerous!!!!
@Knight_CHS07: With jerseys with pink stripes, they’d better be careful of calling anyone anthing
I wonder what the Hudson okes call us….it can’t be good.
@Queenian:
don’t forget that it’s the tickbird that saves the kudu from all sorts of diseases 
@Queenian: “Tick Bird”?? lol
@Ludz: I’ll be there mate
@CHS08: @GCollege86: @Queenian: Perfect, see you gentlemen there
@Ludz: i will be there aswell.
@Ludz: I will see you there.
@Ludz: I should be there and Playa said he was going would not be the same if the “Tick Bird” is not present.
Quick show of hands, who’s gonna be there on Friday? I know GCollege86 and QC86 are there for sure
Great if the all the team squads, could be listed before Friday, maybe ,Beet can obtain them from Graeme. Good luck to all the teams, looking forward to hard running rugby.
@Playa@Queenian
One can’t fault us on our Wyvern food
@Playa: Flip I even got food so saved on my grocery bill.
@Mike: No Muir Under13 are really good.
@Queenian: Always nice to beat the snobs. The best part is doing it and then getting that awesome lunch they serve.You know peasants would kill for a king’s meal.
@Queenian: Yeah the junior school will have a good side this year. Surely Muir will also be under strength as well though ?
@Mike: Hey they gotta learn Muir would never have the forwards to compete against Grey although it looks like Muir will be playing a under strength Grey (less craven week players ) on the 17th May I think.
I think Grey vs Muir Under13A this year would be interesting.
@Queenian: No that’s just a rumour I’m sure. Drove passed the practice and everyone was there. Grey have the kind of problem you’d want to have this year in that they have more than enough players to choose from. The team is also full of leadership. With regards to Muir. Grey actually played a warm up match against them in the pouring rain last week Wednesday. The agreement was that the game would consist of 4X 20 minute chukkas. After the first 40 minutes Muir were 42-0 down. They Muir coach then approached the Grey coaching staff. I don’t know what was said but then all of a sudden the contest was abandoned and a last 20 minutes was played where Muir asked if they could attack for 10 minutes, and then Grey would attack for the ramaining 10. Muir scored 0 during their attack and grey scored another 3 tries during their attack.
@Playa: Muir are lucky they got the two centres back from Noord Kaap they are really good.
My son and his Under 13A Cricket team beat Kingswood at City Lords on Kingswood birthday on Saturday by 5 runs the snobs were really surprised thought they were bringing the lambs to slaughter but got a wolve instead.
@Playa: That’s good to see Griffy is back I think Dale would have been on a slippery road to nowhere if that had not got him back.
@Queenian: Very true. They were a Dale, and left at the end of 2012. They returned when Griffy’s return was confirmed.
@Playa: Any truth in two Hudson boys now playing for Dale?
@Mike: Predictions I will not give after Queens came unstuck against Grens but hopefully they will come right.
Will say Muir should win against Port Alfred they have a very good backline, although the Fullback is out till June and scrummie out for 6 weeks but they still should be to good Muir wing Xohile Danials must be EP Craven week player this year for sure really hot.
Mike I hear some of the Grey team might not play due to been naughty boys any truth in that.
@Rockspider: Very insightful, thanks. So far so good…I will be in Grahamstown…cant wait!
I agree with Playa. on the day any team can win and result might swing in the direction of the Grahamstown sides. Only because they will have a lot of home ground support.
My predictions
Muir vs Port Alfred Muir win by 20
Cambridge Vs Pearson Very close game. Cambridge surprise and win by less than 5. Pearson has improved a lot over the past few years and might just pull a surprise out of the hat.
Hudson Park vs Nico Malan Nico Malan should win after last weekend’s good performance, Hudson however can also surprise and worked hard this week after going down to Dale last week.
Grey HS vs Marlow Grey will have to be up for a fight this weekend. Marlow props are looking very good this year. Grey will have to much class in the backline grey by 10.
Framesby vs Selborne Framsbey is always good. Selborne excellent. If the Selborne backs are given space they will win by 20 or more. This is a must see backline. Steyn and Brits were exceptional last weekend.
St Andrews vs Die Brandwag After St Andrews loss to Daniel Pienaar last week. They migh come back with a big one this week. Don’t believe Brandwag have the class to win against St Andrews. St Andrews by less than 10.
Kingswood vs Queen’s. Queens by more than 5, Well its all up to S Jho the old Dalian playing for Kingswood. If he playes to his old pottential Queens will have a very long day at the office.
Graeme Vs Dale Two sides that will have the crowds on their feet. Hope the Ref is top fit and allows some running rugby. If it opens up Dale will win this one. Enjoy the running rugby.
@Mike@Playa:
As playa said above I think Muir, Cambridge and NM shouldn’t struggle at all, the remaining fixtures however could all go either way!
Selbourne tend to underperform at the GC rugby day and Grey have had their troubles in the past against Marlow.
After losing big against DP i think SAC may just struggle against Brandwag, although as history shows SAC have only ever lost one fixture at the GC rugby day (Grey Bloem) so anything could happen. (Being from KC I hope it’s a repeat of this past weekend
)
The KC team may be undercooked for their match against Queens. They had a warm up match against Humansdorp this past weekend but half the backline were either involved in athletics or were injured I am told. Objectively speaking, I think Queens may just bounce back hard and pip us on the day.
I don’t know too much about the Graeme team but I can’t imagine that they will be stronger than what they were last year. Dale to take it.
@Wyvern: Alright…good to see. Now for Dale to revive the annual Graeme fixture.
@Mike: These are tough to call. One could say Muir and Cambridge are the only certain victors. Nico Malan could have the upper hand on Hudson. The rest could go either way.
If I were a foolish man, these would be my predictions:
Muir to win
Cambridge to win
Nico Malan to win
Grey to win
Selborne to win
Die Brandwag to win
Queens vs Kingswood – Pass…I really cant call this one.
Dale to win
But take those with a pinch of salt.
Anyone brave enough to give predictions ?
It’s going to be a great day of rugby!!!
@Playa: The KC vs Queens match is a term fixture, the rest of the matches are being played on City Lords.
@Mike: The outside teams brought a nice mix to the day. Must have been tough to get a team to commit given the many festivals that are taking place next year (and in close proximity timing wise).
Nonetheless, from what I can tell in this line-up, ALL of these games will be worth their hour, and I really hope I can be in the vicinity to catch the action. These are, after all the best the EC has to offer…just missing Dan Pienaar, and maybe Die Brandwag.
Pity there is no team from outside of the EC this year. But otherwise the fixtures look pretty even which is great !
Some very nice match ups here, strength vs strength, well done to the organisers.
Queenian – was the KC-QC derby just a once off this year?