It wasn’t that long ago that there was just one national school rugby ranking system, now every about every website that covers rugby has it’s own one. Here is the combined effect of 7 such website’s rankings. Points have been allocated on the basis of 20 for 1st, 19 for 2nd, etc, etc. while the remaining few teams are from those who were ranked best outside the Top 20.
| RANK | COMBINATION | PTS | SCHOOLBOY RUGBY |
RUGBY15 | SCHOOL SPORTS NEWS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grey College | 140 | Grey College | Grey College | Grey College |
| 2 | Paul Roos | 130 | Paul Roos | Garsfontein | Paul Roos |
| 3 | Garsfontein | 121 | Paarl Gim | Paul Roos | Garsfontein |
| 4 | Monument | 115 | Garsfontein | HJS Paarl BH | Grey HS |
| 5 | HJS Paarl BH | 104 | Monument | Monument | Monument |
| 6 | EG Jansen | 101 | EG Jansen | Waterkloof | HJS Paarl BH |
| 7 | Glenwood | 95 | HJS Paarl BH | Selborne | EG Jansen |
| 8 | Selborne | 91 | Wynberg | Outeniqua | Glenwood |
| 9 | Paarl Gim | 77 | Glenwood | Paarl Gim | Selborne |
| 10 | Grey HS | 77 | Maritzburg College | Glenwood | Paarl Gim |
| 11 | Maritzburg College | 61 | Selborne | EG Jansen | Wynberg |
| 12 | HTS Middelburg | 58 | Grey HS | Wynberg | Outeniqua |
| 13 | Outeniqua | 57 | Outeniqua | Maritzburg College | Maritzburg College |
| 14 | Wynberg | 57 | Oakdale | Grey HS | Oakdale |
| 15 | Waterkloof | 49 | Waterkloof | HTS Middelburg | HTS Middelburg |
| 16 | Menlopark | 47 | HTS Middelburg | Menlopark | Michaelhouse |
| 17 | Oakdale | 33 | Menlopark | Michaelhouse | Menlopark |
| 18 | Michaelhouse | 22 | Michaelhouse | Bishops | Waterkloof |
| 19 | Bishops | 12 | Kempton Park | Affies | Bishops |
| 20 | Kempton Park | 5 | Nelspruit | Oakdale | Kempton Park |
| 21 | Nelspruit | 4 | Westville | Louis Botha | Dale |
| 22 | Voortrekker (Beth) | 4 | Louis Botha | Dale | Westville |
| 23 | Dale | 3 | Transvalia | Nelspruit | Nelspruit |
| 24 | Westville | 3 | Tygerberg | Tygerberg | KES |
| 25 | Affies | 3 | Voortrekker (Beth) | Helpmekaar | St Andrew’s |
| 26 | Louis Botha | 1 | Brandwag (Uitenhage) | Kearsney | Helpmekaar |
| 27 | St Andrew’s | 0 | Bishops | Westville | Brandwag (Uitenhage) |
| 28 | Helpmekaar | 0 | KES | Jeppe | Jeppe |
| 29 | Brandwag (Uitenhage) | 0 | Dale | St Andrew’s | Affies |
| 30 | Tygerberg | 0 | Jeppe | Jim Fouche | Grens |
| RANK | SA SCHOOL SPORTS |
RUGBY365 | SCHOOL RUGBY SCORES |
HIGH SCHOOL RUGBY WORLD |
|
| 1 | Grey College | Grey College | Grey College | Grey College | |
| 2 | Garsfontein | Monument | Paul Roos | Paul Roos | |
| 3 | Paul Roos | Paul Roos | HJS Paarl BH | Garsfontein | |
| 4 | Monument | Garsfontein | EG Jansen | Monument | |
| 5 | Selborne | EG Jansen | Glenwood | HJS Paarl BH | |
| 6 | EG Jansen | Glenwood | Selborne | Glenwood | |
| 7 | Grey HS | HTS Middelburg | Monument | EG Jansen | |
| 8 | Glenwood | Grey HS | Garsfontein | Selborne | |
| 9 | HJS Paarl BH | HJS Paarl BH | Menlopark | Paarl Gim | |
| 10 | Paarl Gim | Selborne | Maritzburg College | HTS Middelburg | |
| 11 | Menlopark | Waterkloof | HTS Middelburg | Waterkloof | |
| 12 | Maritzburg College | Menlopark | Paarl Gim | Grey HS | |
| 13 | Michaelhouse | Wynberg | Grey HS | Outeniqua | |
| 14 | Outeniqua | Maritzburg College | Outeniqua | Maritzburg College | |
| 15 | HTS Middelburg | Oakdale | Wynberg | Wynberg | |
| 16 | Wynberg | Outeniqua | Waterkloof | Oakdale | |
| 17 | Voortrekker (Beth) | Paarl Gim | Oakdale | Bishops | |
| 18 | Oakdale | Nelspruit | Dale | Menlopark | |
| 19 | Westville | Kempton Park | Bishops | Michaelhouse | |
| 20 | Bishops | Louis Botha | Westville | Affies | |
| 21 | Waterkloof | Nelspruit | |||
| 22 | Dale | St Andrew’s | |||
| 23 | Grens | Michaelhouse | |||
| 24 | Brandwag (Uitenhage) | Affies | |||
| 25 | St David’s | ||||
| 26 | Helpmekaar | ||||
| 27 | Hans Moore | ||||
| 28 | Kempton Park | ||||
| 29 | Tygerberg | ||||
| 30 | Louis Botha |
@Playa:
that is scary
@phat55: Most boggling for me is 365 having Paarl Gim at 17!!! They must be missing some results.
Interesting. Since we are talking combo here, Paul Roos would be no.1 if you were to combine the other major winter sport, viz hockey, into these rankings. I also suspect Westville would shoot up – surprised to see them down the list.
@Queenian:
I thought i was the only one that thought Grens was a bit high. I know they are having a good season, but ranking 23 is a bit off. #my opinion
i think it was rugby15 that had PRG at 6 or 7 until a week or 2 ago
definitely some crazy rankings out there
@Queenian: I didn’t want to comment on that ranking. I’ll start by saying Dale at 22 itself is fishy (can’t believe I used the word fishy and Dale in the same line)…then there’s Bishops above Waterkloof at 20 WTF
and Wynberg at 16 (they should be higher)!
Grens at 23 on the one ranking smells of something fishy.
@Mike: I think Grey PE should make the Top 10 at least.
Do you know if the 3 SA Schools players are going to play against Framesby and Selborne.
Yeah Grey High too high on some and too low on others. Boishaai pa ranking right on the money. If Grey beat Selborne and Framesby they should crack the top 10. Maybe around 9/10.
Comparisons such as this are interesting, but inherently meaningless because most of the rankings are thumb sucks at the best of times. If I was going to value a ranking system I’d support Boishaaipa’s system which is mathematically defensible. I wonder if the rest are ?