Wildeklawer Day 1 summary
Here are some of my personal thought on the games on Goldstones on Day 1
Video of Outeniqua and other tries here compliments of the High School Rugby World:
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Other SA school rugby rankings – 29 April 2013
The other ranking systems are starting to look a lot like the SBR Thumbsuck now. The Thumbsuck is 1 month old now and comparing the current rankings to the first one, 3 teams have dropped out: Maritzburg College, Pretoria BH and Marlow which have effectively been replaced by Wynberg, HTS Middelburg and Oakdale. Wildeklawer is set to be a defining 2 match days for Waterkloof. If Klofies win both their games at WK, they will take over as the No.1 team in the country next week as far as the Thumbsuck is concerned.…
Wildeklawer 2013 – results & team sheets
| DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu.02May | EG Jansen | 36 | 12 | Noord-Kaap |
| Thu.02May | Glenwood | 36 | 13 | Boland Landbou |
| Thu.02May | Monument | 36 | 14 | Drostdy |
| Thu.02May | Affies | 41 | 21 | Framesby |
| Thu.02May | Grey College | 42 | 20 | Oakdale |
| Thu.02May | HJS Paarl BH | 55 | 15 | Sharks Invitation |
| Thu.02May | Grey HS | 51 | 10 | Diamantveld |
| Thu.02May | Paarl Gim | 43 | 18 | Harmony SA |
| Thu.02May | Paul Roos | 30 | 17 | Maritzburg College |
| Thu.02May | Outeniqua | 39 | 19 | Waterkloof |
| Sat.04May | Oakdale | 40 | 03 | Sharks Invitation |
| Sat.04May | Paarl Gim | 34 | 06 | Waterkloof |
| Sat.04May | EG Jansen | 64 | 00 | Diamantveld |
| Sat.04May | Outeniqua | 48 | 15 | Grey HS |
| Sat.04May | Glenwood | 17 | 15 | HJS Paarl BH |
| Sat.04May | Drostdy | 29 | 07 | Harmony SA |
| Sat.04May | Boland Landbou | 20 | 16 | Noord-Kaap |
| Sat.04May | Affies | 17 | 10 | Paul Roos |
| Sat.04May | Grey College | 13 | 08 | Monument |
| Sat.04May | Maritzburg College | 16 | 16 | Framesby |
Which school has the toughest fixtures at Wildeklawer 2013
Using BHP’s ranking for this week and assigning a value based on a formula of 100 minus current rank to each school with the two invitation teams given the benefit of being ranked jointly in 85th position (100-85=15 points), the sum of each school’s two opponents was arrived at and used as the basis for determining who had the hardest schedule. Waterkloof came out tops. The school from Pretoria has to play Outeniqua and Paarl Gymnasium at this year’s Wildeklawer Skouspel. …
KZN needs crucial road victories to keep Grogper Cup dreams alive
After Gauteng raced into a 4-0 lead thanks to outstanding efforts by St Davids and St Albans, KZN’s Northwood spearheaded by their frontrow trio put a spirited fightback to come from 11-3 down at home to beat a gutsy St Benedicts team. Westville backed up this first win in the compo with a very meaningful home result of their own against a strong Pretoria Boys High outfit. At 4-2 and with many feeling that the tail end of this compo will favour the KZN schools, it makes this weekend’s two games tie-breakers of sorts. …
KZN vs Gauteng Festival at George Campbell
UPDATED: KZN wins 11-8 with 1 draw.
There is a real McCoy annual festival in which schools from KwaZulu-Natal take on their Gauteng counterparts. This year as part of their Golden Jubilee celebrations, George Campbell from North Beach in Durban will be hosting this 20-school strong festival which consists of two match days, Saturday 27 April and Monday 29 April 2013. After the Saturday games, organisers will determine which KZN and Gauteng schools to pair up for the Monday fixtures. Their aim is to match strength versus strength.…
BHP Top 50 – week ending 27 April 2013
This formula-driven ranking system is the only one on any school rugby website to have ranked Paarl Gim as the No.1 team in SA last week. This week EG Jansen and Centurion make the noticeable gains at the top, while Monnas falls 15 places to the unfamiliar possie of 31.…
WP Final u18 trial teams announced
The WP schools rugby selectors have announced the three final Under 18 trials teams, which will practice at De Kuilen on Monday 13 and 20 May 2013 and then, after any tweaking necessitated by injury, take on their Boland counterparts at Wellington on Wednesday 22 May.…
Match breakdown: Paarl Gim 37 Outeniqua 25
Paarl Gymnasium defeated Outeniqua 37-25 in an away game the many got to enjoy as a result of the Premier Interschools live T.V. coverage. By winning the game Gimmies effectively put a target on their backs as the new team to beat in SA schoolboy rugby.
The game was little like a “Rock, Paper, Scissors!” contest with the Kwaggas constantly opting for individual brilliance (scissors) and almost always being trumped by Gim’s teamwork approach (rock). …
Results – 27 April 2013
UPDATED
| SCHOOL | SCHOOL | NOTES | ||
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| M.College | 38 | 11 | DHS | Midweek game – College raced to a 31-6 (5 try) halftime lead, then seemed to take their foot off the pedal. Also brought on subs. DHS only lost 2nd half 5-7 |
| Affies | 46 | 6 | KES | Midweek game |
| St Charles | 17 | 18 | Voortrekker | Midweek game – Voortrekker caused a major upset by winning this one |
| Port Natal | 11 | 20 | George Campbell | Midweek game – Campbell seemed well in control leading 17-3 at one stage. Porties fought back in the last 15min to make it respectable. |
| Centurion | 16 | 12 | Monnas | NuPower Pool decider – Centurion are in the Top 4 semi-final |
| Rustenburg | 34 | 39 | Kempton Park | NuPower Monday game – Kempies play Centurion in NuPower semi |
| Voortrekker (Beth) | 27 | 21 | Hentie Cilliers | |
| Outeniqua | 25 | 37 | Paarl Gim | Live on TV : SS1 compliments of Premier Interschools |
| DHS | 3 | 42 | Westville | |
| Hilton | 42 | 12 | Michaelhouse | Huge derby |
| Northwood | 13 | 26 | M. College | |
| St Charles | 0 | 55 | Kearsney | |
| Selborne | 5 | 41 | Grey College | |
| Wynberg | 19 | 15 | Grey HS | |
| Graeme | 22 | 23 | St Andrews | Graeme missed a final kick to win it |
| Marlow | 34 | 19 | Nico Malan | |
| Kingswood | 50 | 7 | Kirkwood | |
| Itembelihle | 0 | 69 | Die Brandwag | |
| Primrose | 9 | 52 | Bishops | |
| Rondebosch | 31 | 16 | Stellenberg | |
| SACS | 0 | 32 | Paul Roos | |
| Tygerberg | 59 | 6 | Bellville | |
| Oakdale | 36 | 10 | Lagenhoven Gim | |
| Menlopark | 27 | 17 | KES | |
| Affies | 36 | 18 | Jeppe | |
| Helpmekaar | 14 | 34 | Waterkloof | |
| Parktown | 3 | 56 | Pretoria BH | |
| HTS Witbank | 24 | 8 | Middelburg | PUK Prestige League final (see picture of champions below) |
| HTS Middelburg | 30 | 30 | Centurion | NuPower – 1st-4th semi. HTS Middelburg advances to final by scoring more tries |
| Nelspruit | 42 | 23 | Kempton Park | NuPower – 1st-4th semi |
| EG Jansen | 32 | 18 | Monnas | NuPower – 5th-8th semi |
| Garfontein | 55 | 20 | Ermelo | NuPower – 5th-8th semi |
| Transvalia | 34 | 14 | Rustenburg | NuPower – 9th-12th semi |
| Vereeniging Gim | 17 | 31 | Florida | NuPower – 9th-12th semi |
| Marais Viljoen | 15 | 34 | Eldoraigne | NuPower – 13th-16th semi |
| Pietersburg | 18 | 34 | Klerksdorp | NuPower – 13th-16th semi |
HTS Witbank, PUK Prestige League winners 2013
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Various SA schoolboy rugby rankings for 20 April 2013
Just a quick squiz at how the school rugby rankings are looking ahead of this weekend’s games.…
Super Rugby Superbru Round 12
Archie from Ben Vorster is still hanging onto a slender lead ahead of this weekend’s round.
| GAME | DATE | DAY | TIME | HOME | AWAY | ||
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| 62 | 26/04/13 | Fri | 09:35 | Hurricanes | Stormers | ||
| 63 | 26/04/13 | Fri | 11:40 | Reds | Blues | ||
| 64 | 27/04/13 | Sat | 09:35 | Chiefs | Sharks | ||
| 65 | 27/04/13 | Sat | 11:40 | Brumbies | Force | ||
| 66 | 27/04/13 | Sat | 17:05 | Bulls | Waratahs | ||
| 67 | 27/04/13 | Sat | 19:10 | Cheetahs | Kings | ||
| 68 | 28/04/13 | Sun | 05:05 | Crusaders | Rebels |
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SA Baby Boks u20 team for the JWC 2013
Dawie Theron has named his final team of 28 players to take part in the Junior World Championships in France during June.
The team will be captained by former Monnas and SA Schools captain Stoney Steenkamp and includes 11 SA Schools players from 2011 and 2012.…
NuPower Tuks semi-finals 2013
The NuPower-Tuks semi-final playoffs will take place this Saturday at the LC de Villiers Stadium, University of Pretoria on Saturday 27 April 2013. Here is the full schedule of games from under-14 to 1st XV.…
At long last Outeniqua for the masses!
How good is Outeniqua? Well this Saturday you don’t have to rely on a written report or word of mouth. You will be able to judge for yourself. The Outeniqua versus Paarl Gim game will be televised live on SuperSport 1 as a result of the Premier Interschools initiative to provide coverage of the very best of South African schoolboy rugby. BTW Gimmies are no slouches either. Prepare to be thrilled.…
Mike Fennell’s schools face tough midweek assignments
The schools of Mike Fennell past and present have their work cut out if they want to achieve the desired results against strong midweek opposition.
Fennell the former headmaster and an old boy of KES took up the post of CEO at DHS earlier this year. On Wednesday KES are away to Affies, while DHS makes the trip up to Pietermaritzburg to face College.…
Top 30 rugby schools in South Africa & Wildeklawer
Along with the recently update formula that drives the BHP rankings comes a recalculation of who the Top 30 schools in SA have been since 2009 (including the present season 5 of 2013 ).
The rankings confirm that the organisers of Wildeklawer are pretty much on the ball when it comes to inviting the cream of the crop to attend the annual showpiece which will be held from 02 – 04 May at Maritzburg College in Pietermaritzburg this year.…
BHP Top 50 – week ending 20 April 2013
Updated. The formula driven ranking system is still the way to go and compliments of BoishaaiPa we have just that.…
Westville beats Pretoria Boys High 22-17
Westville produced their best result of 2013 when they beat a strong Pretoria Boys High 1st XV 22-17 on Bowdens 2, alongside their main field.…
Baby Boks JWC planning needs updating
The Los Pumitas have beaten the Baby Boks 2-1 in a series in Argentina. After winning the opening match 26-3, the SA under-20 team lost the next two games 27-42 and 22-27.
On the one hand it’s pleasing to see the juniors getting valuable game time as a unit ahead of the Junior World Championships in France in June. However one just has to ask the question again: do we have our best players on board? …
Grey High benefits from understanding SARU age-banding rules
On Saturday Grey High held on to recorded a 23-18 win against visitors Paul Roos. This was their second win in two seasons against Paul Roos.
A feature of the game was the outstanding form of under-16 flyhalf Curwin Bosch who turned out for the home side’s 1st XV. Many locals in attendance feel that the youngster’s play was the difference between the two teams on the day.…
Results – 20 April 2013
| SCHOOL | SCHOOL | NOTES | ||
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| KES | – | – | Jeppe | Postponed due to waterlogged field. Wonder if rescheduled game will be televised? |
| Queens | 6 | 0 | Dale | Massive Derby. Dale really lifting their game to fit the occasion |
| Noord-Kaap | 27 | 19 | Diamantveld | Kimberley Derby |
| Grey HS | 23 | 18 | Paul Roos | Paul Roos missed too many kicks |
| Framesby | 35 | 11 | Daniel Pienaar | |
| Hudson Park | 5 | 41 | Marlow | |
| Pearson | 13 | 20 | Nico Malan | 3 more tries for a player of the season Selvyn Davids of N.M. |
| Die Brandwag | 40 | 3 | Muir | Die Brandwag continue to be a surprise package of 2013 |
| Westville | 22 | 17 | Pretoria BH | Westville scored 2 well worked early tries & did not look back |
| Michaelhouse | 5 | 36 | Glenwood | Glenwood ran the ball in the wet & it paid dividends |
| M. College | – | – | DHS | All 4 of DHS’s planned games for 2013 on Goldstones have now been canned |
| George Campbell | – | – | Kearsney | Cancelled |
| Hilton | 24 | 14 | Northwood | |
| St Charles | – | – | Voortrekker | Postponed to Tuesday or Wednesday |
| Punt | 3 | 71 | Outeniqua | |
| Bishops | 18 | 22 | Paarl BH | Bishops led 11-0 at one stage |
| Boland Landbou | 37 | 27 | Wynberg | B.L. came from behind by scored 2 late tries to seal a good victory |
| Oakdale | 20 | 12 | Drostdy | W/Cape Match of the Day |
| Primrose | 10 | 47 | Rondebosch | |
| SACS | 62 | 21 | Brackenfell | |
| Tygerberg | 3 | 55 | Paarl Gim | |
| Hugenote | 32 | 10 | Oudtshoorn | |
| Centurion | – | – | Monnas | NuPower – 1st place pool decider. Postponed. |
| Vereeniging Gim | 21 | 0 | Pietersburg | NuPower |
| Nelspruit | 45 | 5 | Marais Viljoen | NuPower. Nellies into the Top 4 semi-final |
| Garsfontein | 45 | 15 | Transvalia | NuPower. Garsies will testify to the unforgiving format. They are 1 of the best teams in SA this season can only hope to finish 5th in the NuPower this season |
| Rustenburg | – | – | Kempton Park | NuPower – 1st place pool decider. Postponed until Monday, |
| Ermelo | – | – | Eldoraigne | NuPower. Postponed. |
| HTS Middelburg | 15 | 13 | EG Jansen | NuPower – 1st place pool decider – Match of the Weekend |
| Florida | 24 | 21 | Klerksdorp | NuPower |
| Menlopark | – | – | Waterkloof | Cancelled |
| Parktown | – | – | Potch BH | Cancelled |
| Grey College | 43 | 0 | Louis Botha | |
| Grey College Cherries | 51 | 10 | Sentraal | 1 week after holding powerful Klofies to 20-25, Sentraal lose to the Grey Bloem 2nd XV |
Tradisionele rugbyskole verdwyn in “ou Transvaal”!
Geskryf deur Johann van Tonder
Argument dat ‘n skool ‘n tradisionele rugbyskool is, is op eierdoppe gebou. Die onderstaande statistieke oor die wenners van die administrateursbeker/Direkteurstrofee/Beeldtrofee toon hoe tye verander het. Voorheen “tradisionele” rugbyskole verdwyn, en nuwe word gebore. Die lewe verander en mens moet aanpas.…
Expert calls for ban on school rugby
A leading sports scientist has called for a ban on pre-primary and primary school rugby, claiming it causes emotional harm.
Article by Sipokazi Fokazi for the Cape Argus (An Afrikaans version of the report here: http://www.nwupuknews.co.za/n/af/85)…