Westville official lands top job at Glenwood feeder school
Hennie Havemann, the Westville Boys’ High Director of Marketing and Boarding, is set to become the new Penzance Primary School Headmaster.…
Foothold for College while Westville loses ground
Maritzburg College has made great strides forward judging by the make-up of the new KwaZulu-Natal High Schools Rugby Association Executive Board, KZN under-18 selectors and under-18 coaches panels. This while fellow KZN rugby powerhouse Westville Boys’ High appears to have taken a step backwards in as far as their influence in the decision-making process is concerned.…
KZN Coaches & Selectors 2016
KZN move a step closer to “One School One Vote” at under-18 level…
Centurion & Eldoraigne kill two birds with one stone
A smart joint decision has been made by Centurion and Eldoraigne. They have agreed to have their Tuks Reeks match in March double as a Beeld Bulls Macro B-league encounter. As a result the two Pretoria Co-eds avoid having to play each other twice via scheduled matches. There is however no guarantee that they won’t meet during the knockout phase of either cup competition. …
School rugby coaching / managing changes in EP
There are a few interesting rugby coaching movements in the EP region.…
WPRI u19 intake for 2016
Western Province has officially made public who their contracted WPRI under-19 recruits for 2016 are:…
2 Grant Khomo under-16 teams for hosts WP
It’s an overworked complaint on the blog but does it ever get old? No it doesn’t! It’s just logical that given the depth of schoolboy rugby talent existing in their region, Western Province should have two representative teams at each and every one of the July school holiday provincial youth weeks. The 2016 Grant Khomo Week takes place at Paarl Gymnasium and two WP teams will be participating. With the 50:50 quota seemingly having the least impact on the overall standard of play of teams along the Cape coastal belt , the next question is what are the chances of an all-WP final at Grant Khomo Week 2016? Here are the Day 1 fixtures:
| FIELD | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Blue Bulls | Limpopo | ||
| A | KwaZulu-Natal | Pumas | ||
| A | Western Province XV | Griffons | ||
| A | Golden Lions | Free State | ||
| A | Western Province | Boland | ||
| B | Zimbabwe | Border CD | ||
| B | Valke | Griquas CD | ||
| B | SWD | Namibia | ||
| B | Border | Leopards | ||
| B | Eastern Province | Griquas |
Kennedy Tsimba to head up St Alban’s rugby
Former Zimbabwean test player Kennedy Tsimba who really made a name for himself in South Africa as a creative flyhalf wearing the colours of Free State, has been appointed to the position of Director of Rugby here at St Alban’s College, with effect from 1 January 2016.…
Grey High Rugby Festival 2016
| FIELD | TEAM | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip | 1st XV | Sat.30Apr | Windhoek Gym | Ithembelihle |
| Philip | 1st XV | Sat.30Apr | Muir | Hudson Park |
| Philip | 1st XV | Sat.30Apr | Framesby | St Alban’s |
| Philip | 1st XV | Sat.30Apr | Dale | St David’s |
| Philip | 1st XV | Sat.30Apr | Daniel Pienaar | Graeme |
| Philip | 1st XV | Sat.30Apr | Queen’s | Pearson |
| Philip | 1st XV | Sat.30Apr | Grey HS | Parktown |
| Philip | 1st XV | Mon.02May | St Alban’s | Muir |
| Philip | 1st XV | Mon.02May | St David’s | Ithembelihle |
| Philip | 1st XV | Mon.02May | Graeme | Dale |
| Philip | 1st XV | Mon.02May | Daniel Pienaar | Hudson Park |
| Philip | 1st XV | Mon.02May | Parktown | Pearson |
| Philip | 1st XV | Mon.02May | Grey HS | Windhoek Gym |
| Philip | 1st XV | Mon.02May | Framesby | Queen’s |
Lower Age-Group fixtures below…
Sharks under-19 contracted players for 2016
Sharksworld, the outstanding must read website for all Sharks fans everywhere has an article on the Sharks under-19 contracted players for 2016. Check it out here : Sharks under 19′s for 2016 confirmed.…
Paul Roos’ SA Schools coach joins the Pumas senior team
Suparugby has reported that the Pumas have signed Hein Kriek, the current Paul Roos and SA Schools head coach as an assistant to head coach MJ Mentz at the Pumas.…
Academy Week – Day 1 & Day 2 Fixtures
The under-18 Academy Week takes place at Kearsney College, Botha’s Hill (40km from Durban) starting on Monday, 11 July 2016.…
Drostdy North-South 2016
At first sight, HTS Drostdy’s North-South Festival with match days on Monday 21 March 2015 and Thursday 24 March 2015, does not look like it will present the Drostdy players with too much of a challenge. There will however be some good matchups for spectators to enjoy.…
End of the road for the Pukke Skouspel
On a sad note the annual Pukke Skouspel organised by the North West University and played at their grounds ahead of Easter weekend is no more. Financial reasons were behind the decision to scrap the festival.…
Beeld champions Garsfontein to make their debut at Wildeklawer 2016
Garsfontein, who made history in 2015 by capturing the first ever Beeld Trophy Makro Schools title, are close to finalising what looks like a very challenging fixture list for 2016. A significant change is the effective switching from St John’s Rugby Festival to Wildeklawer, where they will take on Grey College in the opening match.…
Grey College draft fixture list for 2016
To a large extent it will be business as usual for Grey College in 2016. They’ll again go head to head with a good few of the rugby schools challenging for SA Top 10 spots next season. There are however two interesting changes on the fixture list of the Boys in Blue.…
Affies 1st XV rugby fixtures for 2016
The www.Affiesrugby.co.za has put up a detailed list of the Affies rugby fixtures for 2016 here: http://www.affiesrugby.co.za/2016-bepalings.html…
KZN to adopt a new Craven Week, Academy Week, Grant Khomo Week trial ranking system in 2016
A brand new ranking the player under-16 and under-18 trials method and format for 2016 was agreed on at the KZN High School Rugby AGM. The Tier-1 structure looks like it has been finalised. There are still some discussions and possible changes to the Tier-2 and Country Districts school pools to come.…
KZNRU President talks about school rugby & rugby after school
The KZNRU President Graham Mackenzie made interesting contributions at the KZN High Schools Rugby AGM.…
KZN needs to start thinking outside the box
Talking schoolboy rugby in KZN, there’s belief amongst school officials that change is needed and in some cases it’s believed to be way overdue.
The AGM for high schools which takes place on Saturday 07 November 2016, is the time and place for school representatives who feel this way to come out, say exactly what’s bugging them about the current systems and/or personnel and then use their vote to help bring about meaningful change.…
Slaptjips to replace ace coach Christoff Lötter at Paarl Gim
Former Springbok and Blue Bulls Assistant Coach Pieter “Slaptjips” Rossouw will take over from star coach Christoff Lötter as the Paarl Gymnasium Director of Rugby.…
Double celebration for KZN’s new SA Schools chairman
George Campbell’s Noel Ingle has reason for a double celebration. He was recently named as the new Chairman of SA Schools after standing unopposed. However there was a strong possibility that he would have had to forfeit this national position. A requirement of the SA Schools post is that it’s Chairman has to hold office in his own region as well. Although Ingle is currently the Chairman of the KZNRU High Schools’ Association, the KZN Schools’ AGM which takes place on 07 November 2015 is where his fate would have been decided by the local high schools. This created quite a buzz in school rugby related circles around KZN up until last week when the nominations were made official and it was revealed that the highly regarded opponent expected to run against Ingle had decided not to challenge for the leadership position, thereby clearing the way for Ingle to be re-elected. …