St Benedict’s College Rugby Preview 2017
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St Benedict’s started preseason training in October where our opens attended two field sessions a week and gym sessions coordinated by our strength and conditioning coach Miguel Caldeira to kick start preparations for the 2017 1st XV season.…
DPHS’s high school scholarship recipients
The DPHS success story continues. A few million Rands worth of scholarship money will be invested in these 29 future Class of 2021 students over the next 5 years.…
KZN Sharks Youth Week coaches for 2017 : plenty of changes
All three KZN Sharks u18 Craven Week 2016 coaches have moved on from their respective high school posts and are no longer eligible for reappointment. The ripple-effect is a number of promotions and a few new appointments in the overall KZN Sharks youth week coaching set up for 2017.…
Craven Week Player of the Year 2016
| YEAR | NAME | SCHOOL | PROVINCE | POSITION |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Damian Willemse | Paul Roos | Western Province | Flyhalf |
| 2015 | Ernst van Rhyn | Paarl Gymnasium | Western Province | Flank |
| 2014 | Curwin Bosch | Grey High | Eastern Province | Flyhalf |
| 2013 | Grant Hermanus | Paarl Gymnasium | Western Province | Wing |
| 2012 | Sergeal Petersen | Grey High | Eastern Province | Wing |
| 2011 | Jan Serfontein | Grey College | Free State | Centre |
| 2010 | Johan Goosen | Grey College | Free State | Flyhalf |
| 2009 | Andile Jho | Dale College | Border | Centre |
| 2008 | Sampie Mastriet | HTS Drostdy | Boland | Wing |
Wildeklawer Junior Tournament 2017 – u14, u15, u16 fixtures
The Wildeklawer Junior Tournament 2017 for under-14, under-15 and under-16 teams will again take on a North versus South theme. Diamantveld in Kimberley are the hosts of the event.…
Learning from NZ’s attacking flair
So far on their End Of Year Tour, the All Blacks have added 14 more tries to their tally of 60 for the Southern Hemisphere season. Here’s a slightly outdated yet still outstanding and significant “Analysis: Where have the All Blacks’ 60 tries in 2016 come from?” http://www.the42.ie/analysis-all-blacks-tries-59-2016-3056059-Nov2016/ . It’s interesting stuff brought to you by The42.ie!…
Legendary Bishops coach passes away
Basil Bey, the “legendary Bishops coach that advocated the 15-man tap-kick, no kicking, running rugby at all costs approach plus no numbers on the jerseys because each and every player was meant to fill every position rugby philosophy” has passed away.…
Another first for Helpmekaar – rugby fixtures 2017
Braamfontein Co-ed school Helpmekaar Kollege became the very first Afrikaans school in Johannesburg…
Former Dale & KES coach heads to Jeppe
Carl Spilhaus, one of the better known coaches in schoolboy rugby circles will be the new Jeppe 1st XV coach starting in 2017.…