Craven Week 2016 will be held at Kearsney in KZN (40km from Durban). The u18 Academy Week 2016 is also set to take place at the same venue at the same time. This is the first time in history that the two youth weeks take place side by side. With 44 teams participating, other Durban high schools will assist Kearsney by providing accommodation for some of the players and officials.…
Several of the Dale Junior Councillors from their Grade-7 Class of 2011 will continue in the same leadership vein as prefects at their respective high schools in 2016. Amongst them are a few Head Boys and Deputy Head Boys.
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Final:
Eastern Province 25 Blue Bulls 23
Semifinals:
Eastern Province 31 Free State 15
Blue Bulls 30 Western Province 29…
From Clifton College:
We have great pleasure in announcing the appointment of Grant Bell as our Director of Rugby: Coaching from 1 January 2016. This is a new position in the school and will involve Mr Bell in the formulation of a unique Clifton coaching strategy and the development of our boys’ rugby skills from Under 8 to Under 19.…
Maritzburg College teacher Tim Orchard has been promoted and will effectively replace fellow MCOB Francois Lubbe in the 1st XV setup. Lubbe is leaving for Australia at the end of the 2015. Orchard will manage the forwards while another Old Boy and former 1st XV player Kevin Smith will continue in his dual role as 1st XV Head Coach and Director of Rugby.…
Final:
Western Province 52 Free State 17
Semifinals:
Western Province 43 Golden Lions 20
Free State 27 Sharks 22…
Following the success of another youth club rugby tournament which saw the Bulls clean-sweep the age-groups from under-14 up to under-18, and was attended high ranking Union officials from the Golden Lions, Bull Bulls and Valke, a team of the tournament was selected.…
The annual Inter-Provincial Tournament for youth age group club rugby players is being hosted by the Golden Lions Rugby Union and will take place from 04 – 10 October 2015 at the UJ Stadium in Johannesburg.…
The schools interprovincial Sevens for Under-17 teams takes place at Paarl Gim on 2-3 October.…
On Tuesday 29 September 2015, a squad of 23 youngsters drawn from 43 teams participating at the 2015 Tony Stoops Rugby Festival will leave Cape Town for a three match tour of Ireland.…
Just one season after acquiring the services of MCOB Francois Lubbe from Kearsney, Maritzburg College are in the market for a new 1st XV coach again. Lubbe is set to emigrate to Australia at the end of the year.…
Very few people outside the Northvaal region are aware that an u16 Academy Week occurs just before the annual Grant Khomo Week and has been going on for nine seasons now. This year it was held at the Isak Steyl Stadium in Vanderbijlpark and consisted of three matchdays.…
Obtaining the official full list has proven quite difficult to come by. With the help of several bloggers, here’s what we do have so far:…
Content from DHS website:
Durban High School announced that five of its learners have been selected for the South African Rugby Union (SARU) U16 Training Camp which will take place in Paarl in October.…
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Worth checking out – the Mr Price Sport Superbru : https://www.superbru.com/rwcpredictor/pool_landing.php?p=11462383…
Current Afrikaans and History teacher Roland Norris has been appointed as Westville 1st XV Head Rugby coach for the next 3-year cycle with effect from 1 October 2015. He will be assisted by JoAsh van Aswegen.…
MMXVI = 2016
Request from Kattes:
…Can we not start a new thread on next year’s predictions, possible new line-ups etc.? I know it is way to early to speculate on the coming season, but it will be interesting to see how many players will again be available, how the Seccies and under-16 sides performed, new coaching staff etc.
The Commonwealth Youth Games took place in Samoa starting on Wednesday, 09 September 2015.
SA beat Australia 24-5 to win the gold medal.
Samoa who lost 29-0 to SA in the semifinal, claimed the bronze.
The SA under-18 team taking part was:…
From WPRugby website on Monday 07 September 2015:
Hooker Daniel du Plessis suffered a cardiac arrest on Saturday afternoon whilst playing for the DHL Western Province Under-21 team at DHL Newlands. However, on Monday Du Plessis began to show a steady improvement which is a very positive sign for a full recovery.…
FINALISED…
Monument of Krugersdorp defeated 2014 champs Menlopark 23-13 in the final to become the Coke-Reeks title holders for 2015.…
Brad Macloed-Henderson has been reappointed by Hilton while Michael Schwartz has been replaced after steering Michaelhouse to their first unbeaten season in over a century.…
Here are the final rankings for 2015 as presented by BHP. For the last couple of week provisional rankings were used.
The BHP scoring system works as follows:
Win : the full category points of the opponent
Win Bonus: 0.5 points for a win by a score of 30 points or more.
Loss: no points for a loss.
Loss Bonus for losing by less than 6 points: 60% of opponent’s category points
Loss Bonus for losing by less than 11 points: 40% of opponent’s category points
Loss Deduction: a deduction of 0.5 for a loss to a school in a lower category
Draw: 80% of opponent’s category points…
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