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2016 schoolboy rugby season: schools tipped for the top

21 February, 2016 beet 136

Affies may just be the team to beat in 2016. With there are handful of seriously talented rival teams to consider and lots of competitive matches lying ahead, it’s by no means a sure bet that the Pretoria Witbulle will come out on top, nevertheless there is just too much quality at their disposal to deny them the tag of early favourites to finish at number one.…

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Port Natal Night Series 2016 – fixtures

3 February, 2016 beet 13

After the fantastic high of the 2015 tournament which featured DHS and produced a number of memorable games including a nail-biting finish to the final between after the final hooter winners Glenwood and Westville, the Port Natal Night Series 2016 sponsored by Kenfield Tyres has been characterised by the withdrawal of all three KZN Tier-1 rugby teams’ 1st XV squads. …

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Rugby Skillset App available

1 February, 2016 beet 3

MatchDay-Android-4A user-friendly tool to help school teams generate pro stats using just an ANDROID smartphone or a tablet is now available. …

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Accredited agent vs talent scout

25 January, 2016 beet 0

In the wake of the Parktown/KES matter where two talented rugby players who are both younger than 18 moved between the schools, with Parktown using the word “agent” in their own letter describing on how events unfolded, it called into question whether or not the players could be represented by a rugby agent given their respective ages.…

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Opportunity for Hilton to add to their rugby coaching structure

24 January, 2016 beet 0

Hilton are already in the fortunate position of being able to afford both Brad Macleod-Henderson and Greg Miller to oversee their rugby. Recently it was confirmed that Shane Gaffney, their existing Director of Sports and Director of Coaching Cricket had been announced as the St Dominic’s College Welkom Headmaster with effect from the 2nd term of 2016.…

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Parktown disagreement with KES

21 January, 2016 beet 224

Included: letter from Parktown detailing their views as well as a letter issued by KES to their own community prior to the Parktown letter

Parktown has withdrawn (suspended) sporting fixtures against KES in the interim. The two schools are busy talking about this so there are chances that the Parktown issues will be resolved. Two ex-Parktown boys were amongst a group of 20 odd boys (some from state schools, some from independent both boys and co-ed schools) who enrolled from grade 9 -11 at KES this year and are the cause of Parktown’s decision.…

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2016 : a chance for Schools Sevens to step out of the shadows

19 January, 2016 beet 1

2016 is an Olympic year. For the first time Sevens will be on the roster. This will significantly boost the profile of the sport around the world as well as in our own backyard. On top of that South Africa who have struggled to win medals of any kind at the Olympics, have a very good chance of standing on the medal-winners podium …

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MasterCoach Conference 2016

19 January, 2016 beet 0

MastercoachMASTERCOACH 2016 :

 After the unprecedented success of the Mastercoach Rugby conference in 2014 and 2015, the organisers are excited to introduce their popular and practical oriented rugby conference for 2016 . Their rugby specialists promise to be of a high quality once again and will share their knowledge and experience of the international stage. The conference is on from 26-27 February 2016.
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Matric exams 2015 analysis of 15 high schools

12 January, 2016 beet 125

Thank you to well-known blogger Grasshopper who done the time consuming research on the matric results of:

KZN: Glenwood, DHS, Northwood, Maritzburg College, Westville Boys’, Westville Girls
Gauteng: KES, Jeppe, Pretoria Boys High, Jeppe
Free State: Grey College
Eastern Cape: Grey High
Western Cape: Rondebosch, SACS, Paul Roos

and produced this detailed and very interesting table below:

Please note stats taken from EWN website data.
(Click on table to enlarge)

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Bulls u19 – 50 contracted players for 2016

10 January, 2016 beet 25

When it comes to announcing the newest members of their rugby fraternity it’s unusual for the Bulls to be slow out of the starting blocks. This time around for whatever reasons, the Bulls have delayed their squad release, even though the last of the kids born in 1997 is over the SARU stipulated minimum contracting age of 18.…

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Matric results 2015

6 January, 2016 beet 54

The national matric pass rate has dropped from 75.8% in 2014 to 70.7% in 2015.

The Western Cape was the best performing province in the 2015 National Senior Certificate exams with an 84.7% pass rate.…

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No hijacking of Kingswood vs Grey PE warm-up match

6 January, 2016 beet 22

A chance for the small Grahamstown private school Kingswood to pull off a David versus Goliath outcome against regional giants Grey High on Friday, 18 March – first term break up day for government schools in SA* – has been taken off the cards and spectators will not have the opportunity to redefine it as a proper match.…