Grey College – Paul Roos – Paarl Gim – Garsfontein – HJS Paarl BH is how they are likely to finish. Who in your opinion was the top overachiever and who was the worst of the underachievers in 2014?
| Rank | Team | Avg | LAST WEEK | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grey College | 4.17 | Grey College | 4.13 |
| 2 | Paul Roos | 3.69 | Paul Roos | 3.79 |
| 3 | Paarl Gim | 3.64 | Paarl Gim | 3.61 |
| 4 | Garsfontein | 3.46 | Garsfontein | 3.61 |
| 5 | HJS Paarl | 3.29 | HJS Paarl | 3.31 |
| 6 | Monument | 3.28 | Monument | 3.28 |
| 7 | Grey PE | 3.21 | Wynberg BHS | 3.28 |
| 8 | Glenwood | 3.18 | Grey PE | 3.21 |
| 9 | EG Jansen | 3.17 | Glenwood | 3.18 |
| 10 | Wynberg BHS | 3.13 | EG Jansen | 3.17 |
| 11 | Selborne | 3.07 | Selborne | 3.07 |
| 12 | Nelspruit | 2.96 | Outeniqua | 3.02 |
| 13 | Maritzburg College | 2.90 | Maritzburg College | 2.90 |
| 14 | Outeniqua | 2.88 | Waterkloof | 2.86 |
| 15 | Waterkloof | 2.86 | Nelspruit | 2.84 |
| 16 | HTS Louis Botha | 2.82 | HTS Louis Botha | 2.75 |
| 17 | HTS Middelburg | 2.66 | Oakdale | 2.74 |
| 18 | Michaelhouse | 2.65 | HTS Middelburg | 2.66 |
| 19 | Menlopark | 2.64 | Michaelhouse | 2.65 |
| 20 | Oakdale | 2.64 | Menlopark | 2.64 |
| 21 | Westville BHS | 2.61 | Westville BHS | 2.61 |
| 22 | Kempton Park | 2.44 | Kempton Park | 2.59 |
| 23 | Voortrekker (Bethlehem) | 2.34 | Voortrekker (Bethlehem) | 2.47 |
| 24 | Bishops | 2.29 | Transvalia | 2.41 |
| 25 | KES | 2.27 | KES | 2.27 |
| 26 | Transvalia | 2.27 | Die Brandwag | 2.25 |
| 27 | Stellenberg | 2.25 | Diamantveld | 2.24 |
| 28 | Die Brandwag | 2.23 | Stellenberg | 2.20 |
| 29 | Diamantveld | 2.15 | Bishops | 2.17 |
| 30 | Jeppe | 2.13 | Jeppe | 2.13 |
| 31 | Augsberg | 2.13 | Dale College | 2.08 |
| 32 | Boland Landbou | 2.08 | St Andrews | 2.07 |
| 33 | Framesby | 2.07 | Tygerberg | 2.05 |
| 34 | St Andrews | 2.07 | Augsberg | 2.04 |
| 35 | Tygerberg | 2.06 | Framesby | 2.01 |
| 36 | Dale College | 2.06 | De Kuilen | 2.00 |
| 37 | Klerksdorp | 2.03 | Affies | 2.00 |
| 38 | Affies | 2.00 | Kearsney | 1.96 |
| 39 | Kearsney | 1.96 | Klerksdorp | 1.94 |
| 40 | Marlow | 1.89 | Sentraal | 1.93 |
| 41 | Landboudal | 1.88 | Boland Landbou | 1.92 |
| 42 | Helpmekaar | 1.83 | Helpmekaar | 1.83 |
| 43 | Sentraal | 1.83 | Jim Fouche | 1.83 |
| 44 | Jim Fouche | 1.83 | Nico Malan | 1.80 |
| 45 | De Kuilen | 1.82 | AHS Kroonstad (Rooiskool) | 1.72 |
| 46 | Queens College | 1.78 | Marlow | 1.69 |
| 47 | AHS Kroonstad (Rooiskool) | 1.72 | Queens College | 1.65 |
| 48 | Hugenote (Well) | 1.71 | Hugenote (Well) | 1.63 |
| 49 | Nico Malan | 1.71 | Eldoraigne | 1.62 |
| 50 | Eldoraigne | 1.62 | Grens | 1.60 |
Sien uit na 2015….
@PRondersteuner: PG and PRG on the Farm, Bois at our favourite away venue Brug. Of the Towners we will welcome Bishops and Berg on the Farm and play SACS and Bosch, who I think will have a good team, away. Oakdale will be in Riversdale and the return fixture against Framesby will be on the Farm.
@Speartackle: Eerste span swaer. E e r s t e span.
@Ploegskaar: Hahahahaha!!!! Just joking. Looks like 2015 can be a very good year. Am I correct in saying that PRG, PG and PBH must visit the “plaas” next year?
@PRondersteuner: Now who needs motivational material for next year, when your proper team visits the wannabe team on the Farm, where they properly lost on their last visit…cut and paste
@Ploegskaar: I’m just wondering about them, because the way they were “talked up” at the beginning of the season, I thought they would be top 10 contenders. And of course with a whole lot of WP CW and AW players.
@Ploegskaar: You can’t really compare the two games. The “plaas” battle was played on a very wet field between wannabe “great” sides. The other one was played on a dry hard field between two proper great sides.
@PRondersteuner: I never thought they were that physical to be honest, just very slick at the back from good 1st phase possession and clean front-foot ball from subsequent phases. The inter-play between forwards and backs were also very good once they had obtained momentum. The opponents that they lost against out-muscled them upfront, resulting in very little and poor ball from all phases, and also had better organized and structured defenses from all phases and in general play.
@Speartackle: Glad you also thought it was a proper battle. Unlike that person that wrote the match report of the Boland/Oakdale game and informed me that it was a dour affair, compared to the glitzy tits and ass circus game played somewhere in a small town in central SA, on a concrete pitch, covered in straw. Apparently the latter game was so much faster, exciting, exhilarating and entertaining!
Wie het nou weer aan die begin van die jaar geblog dat skole wat in 2013 swak gevaar het met ‘n klomp Gr11 in die span, nie in 2014 goed kan wees nie.
Dan is PRG en Wynberg seker maar overachievers
@BOG: O genade ek sien nou, 85-0
@Dunlop: Ek het die wedstryd tussen Grey 1st vs Louis Botha gekyk en glo my Grey moes uithaal – eindtelling was iets soos 44 vs 36. Louis Botha se 1st het ook die Cherries geklop. So ek dink hulle verdien hulle posisie op die ranglys. Hulle speel Saterdag teen Noordkaap in die Kovsie finaal vir groot skole.
@Cappie: Klerksdorp het aan die begin vd seisoen teen GCB gespeel. Ek sou gedink het dat Speartackle jou daarop sou gewys het
Aangenaam verras met HTS Louis Botha…. Dink Grey het hulle 36-0 gewen….
@Ploegskaar:
And reward the small farm schools for courage and grid.
Boland vs Oakdale……..what a game
It is clear that a mechanism must be introduced in the formula to penalize soft-cocks that cancel matches (while rewarding the affected opponent in some way) and soccer schools that only twinkle around for a couple of semesters and play a handful of games.
@Speartackle: Goeie antwoord!!!
@Ploegskaar: Yes sure, but they did not even get close to beating any on the Winelands Big 3. According to what I’ve heard at the beginning of the season, they are a very physical side. IMO playing attractive rugby, but loosing, is plain stupid. PRG played attractive rugby at times this year, but were unbeaten in WP. Don’t you think Bishops should do the same?
@Woltrui:
Beeld 0/14……..0/15…….0/16……….seker maar fnokkel ja
Good to see Michaelhouse as the top private school in the country, good recovery after last year. Well done Ryno and Mike. I predict they’ll be even better next year.
@Speartackle: Ook maar lekker windgat met die dat Klerksdorp n game of twee gewen het. Onthou n obskure blogger se opmerking tov Kloof, wie se sterk eerste span die betrokke jaar geen trofee’s gewen het nie. “Ook maar Fnokkel gewen die jaar”. Van toepassing op Monnas die jaar Mnr Speartackle?
@Speartackle: Thank you
@PRondersteuner: I must be honest, I think Bishops have had quite a good season (10/16) and if there was an award for playing the most attractive rugby/what we would define as schoolboy rugby, they would win it hands down. They have lost against the Winelands Big 3, Glenwood and Wynberg (twice), with the correlation between these opponents being their big forwards that executed their set-piece and structured phase play very well. Bishops simply could not match these opponents upfront, and towards the end of the season, less so on the heavier fields.
@Cappie:
Just the fact that Affies ‘withdrew’ against some schools should actually see them much lower down the rankings
Can anyone from Bishops explain to me what happened to them in the second half of the season? They started off with a bang and were a top 10 candidate. Injuries?
Klerksdorp wat bo Affies gegradeer is, het soos Affies ook 7 wedstryde verloor, maar die skole teen wie hulle gespeel het, is feitlik almal onder hulle gegradeer. Affies se sewe is ver hoër gegradeer. Nietemin, dis hoe die formule dit verwerk het, en dis die storie. Die formule gee jou geen punte indien jy verloor nie, ongeag teen wie jy speel. Daar is definitief ruimte vir verbetering in die formulering, en ek is oortuig soos ons leer, sal dit verbeter.
Ek weet nie of Klerksdorp vir Grey kompetisie sou wees nie. Selfs Menlo het met meer as 50 pounte teen Grey verloor. KES wat bo Affies lê het met 28 punte teen Affies verloor. Selborne op nr 10 het met 22 punte teen Affies verloor, maar Affies het ook ‘n paar ander wedstryde ver verloor, wat hom plaas waar hy is.
It’s a pity those April Merry-go-around festival friendlies’ results carry so much weight in the rankings and not rather these crunch end of year games (when it really matters)
I think in this regard schools like Nelspruit, Monnas, Florida and Eg Jansen should all be in the Top 10. I can’t see Glenwood, Wynberg and even Paarl Boys beating any of these teams if played now.
By ‘now’ I mean, this time of the season when the peak should be reached. Look at the Sharks in Super XV, they reached their peak in May and by July they were Sport Pienaar quality.
@Cappie: I was about to correct you on your previous link
. The second one is correct though…
Dankie Mike!! EG Jansen ook hier om te bly! Great toekoms vir julle ook!
http://www.schoolsportsnews.co.za/rugby/rugby-top-100-aug-26/
Probeer hier “click”
@LAEVELDER: Cant agree with you more. The younsters have done you guys proud and their passion is great.
Was so impressed with your kid supporters on Saturday actually got goosies when they did there thing with the NHS showing. Well done to your personnel and leaders for taking Nellies to a next level.
We would love the challenge (EGJ) and look forward to next year with another year of great rugby.
Good luck with the off season prep
@Queenian: Gaan na hierdie site, en kry al die resultate deur op die skool te “click”!
http://Www.schoolsportnews.co.za
Think Wynberg & HTS Louis Botha had a good 2014 and then Affies had a not so good one. Pleased to see good stability with Nelspruit, Final BHP ranking last year 12… same position this year. Combo rankings we were 7 th last year and should be top 10 this year as well! The two years combined we won 23 out of 31 !! With great records over the two years over Monument (2 wins), HTS Middelburg (3 wins,2 losses), Garsfontein (3 wins, 1 loss), Kempton (2 wins)… we owe EG a favour or two (2 losses). All in all a great two years for Nelspruit. Last year Puma champs, Tuks finalist and Beeld semi finalist also national sevens title,this year again Puma champs, Tuks 3 rd place and Makro Beeld champions! Well done boys & coaches!! Build on this! Go Rhino’s!! Lifting a cup always better than a good ranking (even thou rankings is important to see overall achievement..thank you BHP!) ..Cant wait for next year!
Could anybody please publish the results of KES and Die Brandwag for this year as there ranking seems rather high this year.
Can we have the region rankings as well.