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KZN tier-1 rugby door opens wider for Port Natal

12 March, 2014 beet 3

Port Natal has won the right to play against the Glenwood and Hilton 1st XV’s this season.

The White Knights traveled to George Campbell’s beautiful grounds at North Beach in Durban on Saturday, 08 March and came away with a hard fought 18-13 win after 70-minutes filled with memorable moments. For either team the victory alone in what is usually a tough inter-schools fixture to win would have been cause for celebration. There was however more to the result. Due to the two schools having a twinning arrangement in place for fixtures against both Glenwood and Hilton, it means that Port Natal now gets the first team games while George Campbell will take on the second teams at the same venue on the same day.…

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It’s Glenwood vs Westville for the 48th time in history

10 March, 2014 beet 79

It may not have started out that way in 1964 but Glenwood and Westville are now the two most power rugby schools in Durban, making their derby on Saturday 15 March, the biggest match on the city’s school rugby calendar.  Let’s just say: HUGE game ahead!…

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Coca Cola T20 cricket: Kingswood victims of their own success

10 March, 2014 beet 51

A short while back I blogged about how jacked up Kingswood were with their preseason rugby preparations. In spite of every one of the rugby players in their 1st XV squad being a dual sportsman, the little Grahamstown co-ed private school had managed to organise their 1st XV squad well ahead of other bigger high schools from the Eastern Cape. Now much closer to the start of the rugby season well laid plans are slightly derailed.…

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Over-age school rugby player Siyabonga Tom: all you see is green & white, green & white, green & white!

9 March, 2014 beet 36

Before becoming South African schoolboy rugby’s most well-known over-age fraudster, TV audiences might have seen Siyabonga Tom wearing the green jersey and white shorts of Glenwood or perhaps the green jersey and white shorts of the SA Schools team. This past weekend he was back on TV, wearing the number 21 for Spring Rose from the Eastern Province in the Cell C Community Cup.…

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New coach has Hilton College training twice a day

9 March, 2014 beet 50

If there were any doubts about Hilton College being able to maintain the same standard of rugby perseverance that was experienced under their former professional head coach Brad Macloed-Henderson, these must now surely be cast aside by reports that under new teacher-coach AC Blume, 1st XV hopefuls are being put through their paces sometimes twice a day in preparation for the private school’s  season of 13 games.…

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So far so good for Kearsney ahead of Northwood game

9 March, 2014 beet 6

Kearsney returned home from their short annual tour of Northern Natal with two confidence boosting wins under the belt. The results in themselves against Vryheid High (57-0) and Pionier (35-10) are probably not as significant as what the coaches and players achieved in terms of building team spirit, developing cohesion, gaining match fitness and working on game plans in live match conditions.

Prior to the tour, Kearsney started with an encouraging 29-3 win against the hosts at the Voortrekker Night Series.…

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First Thumbsuck Rankings of 2014

9 March, 2014 beet 8

As you know the SchoolBoyRugby Blog Thumbsuck had to fight off strong competition from another school rugby ranking system available in South Africa to claim the title of worst in 2013. So I figured the only way to ensure that we claim bottom spot no contest in 2014, its to allow you the bloggers and readers to contribute as well.…

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SBR Fixtures & Results – week ending 08/03/2014

8 March, 2014 beet 38
DAY DATE SCHOOL SCHOOL EVENT
Mon 03/03/14 Vryheid 0 57 Kearsney
Wed 05/03/14 Pionier 10 35 Kearsney
Sat 08/03/14 Paul Roos 42 17 San Isidro (Arg)
Fri 07/03/14 Voortrekker (Pmb) Greytown Voortrekker Night Series
Sat 08/03/14 George Campbell 13 18 Port Natal
Sat 08/03/14 DHS 45 7 KZN Development
Sat 08/03/14 Maritzburg College 38 17 Saral Cilliers Wartburg Festival
Sat 08/03/14 Westville 38 3 Clifton Wartburg Festival
Sat 08/03/14 Dale 53 0 De Vos Malan
Sat 08/03/14 Gill 14 45 Brandwag (Uitenhage)
Sat 08/03/14 Nico Malan 19 12 Oudtshoorn Gill College Sports Day
Sat 08/03/14 Noord-Kaap 27 16 Marlow
Sat 08/03/14 Grey College 53 0 Potch Gim Fichardtpark Sports Day
Sat 08/03/14 Jim Fouche 34 22 Voortrekker (Beth) Fichardtpark Sports Day
Sat 08/03/14 St Andrew’s (FS) 19 29 Union Fichardtpark Sports Day
Sat 08/03/14 Sentraal (FS) 25 23 Hentie Cilliers Fichardtpark Sports Day
Sat 08/03/14 Fichardtpark 35 16 Grens Fichardtpark Sports Day
Sat 08/03/14 Louis Botha 16 13 Diamantveld Fichardtpark Sports Day
Sat 08/03/14 Duineveld 10 3 Welkom Gim Fichardtpark Sports Day
Sat 08/03/14 Rustenburg 20 22 Klerksdorp Tuks-Reeks
Sat 08/03/14 Marais Viljoen 3 30 Kempton Park
Sat 08/03/14 Florida 20 20 Die Anker
Sat 08/03/14 Montana 22 7 Standerton
Sat 08/03/14 Middelburg 49 7 Hoogenhout
Sat 08/03/14 Vereeniging Gim HTS Middelburg Tuks-Reeks
Sat 08/03/14 EG Jansen Centurion Tuks-Reeks – postponed
Sat 08/03/14 Ermelo Pietersburg Tuks-Reeks
Sat 08/03/14 Eldoraigne Transvalia Tuks-Reeks
Sat 08/03/14 Helpmekaar Menlopark
Sat 08/03/14 Ben Vorster – – Nelspruit Cancelled due to wet field
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Oakdale Festival 2014

7 March, 2014 beet 3

Fixtures for Day 1 of the Oakdale Festival have been confirmed. The first of four big games kicks off at 15h10. It sees Hugenote of Wellington in the Boland taking on Sentraal from Bloemfontein. That’s followed by Uitenhage’s Die Brandwag up against Pietersburg. Kempton Park  has performed well in the Beeldtrofee in recent years comes and are up against a formidable Bellville team. In the main game the highly rated hosts Oakdale will give a taste of what to expect from them this year when they meet Voortrekker from Bethlehem, Free State.…

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Border Schools Rugby Day 2014

7 March, 2014 beet 70

The 2014 Border schools rugby season officially gets underway with the annual Border Rugby Day which takes place at Border Stadium in East London on Saturday, 15 March 2014. This is super early season opportunity for supporters to see what  talent that the best rugby schools in the region are packing this year.…

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Paarl Boys High select 30 players for the Sanix World Youth Tournament

6 March, 2014 beet 4

A rugby coaching transformation took place at Paarl Boys’ High School – Hoër Jongenskool Paarl (HJS) at the start of this year. The good news is that Sean Erasmus, new man in charge of rugby affairs at the school has already formed a productive working relationship with well-respected coach Elmo Wolfaardt. Sean has taken charge of the forwards, while Elmo is responsible for the backs. It’s just what the doctor ordered because Boishaai has an extra busy season ahead of them. The reason being they have accepted the challenge to represent South Africa at the annual Sanix (under-18) World Youth Tournament in Japan from 26 April to 07 May 2014.…

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Krugersdorp High’s Best of the West Rugby Festival

5 March, 2014 beet 0

This year Krugersdorp High School has chosen to host their annual “Best of the West” Rugby Festival during the first term end school holiday as opposed to their usual Easter Weekend slot. The tournament will also have an under-14 age group rugby festival on the go on a field alongside the  main field. It promises to a great weekend of great rugby so hopefully locals turn out in large numbers to add to the atmosphere.…

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Porterville Sportnaweek / Sports Weekend 2014

4 March, 2014 beet 0

1200 school students will take part in rugby and netball at this year’s Porterville Sports Weekend, sponsored by OK Grocers. Amongst them are 10 1st XV’s including powerhouse HJS Paarl Boys High, with new coach Sean Erasmus making his debut at this not to be missed event.…

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Wartburg Festival: College & Westville in action again

3 March, 2014 beet 4

Maritzburg College and Westville will be in action at the same venue for the third weekend running when both schools participate in the WKS RUGBY HOCKEY NETBALL FESTIVAL at Wartburg, 33km outside Pietermaritzburg.

The two KZN powerhouse schools each played a match against different opponents at the KFC Voortrekker Night Series before they met on Friday, 28 February in possibly the most physical encounter of the local preseason to date.…

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“The state of schools rugby is in the dwang – ethically, educationally…”

3 March, 2014 beet 19

An article from the Saturday Star, written by Theo Garrun

A couple of weeks ago I wrote of the kidnapping of two under-14 rugby players by a coach at another school. I’ve not heard anything more about the matter, so I suspect it didn’t actually happen – I hope not, anyway.

A day or two later another story did the social media rounds – about two young rugby players – Xhosa speakers – who were lured to an up-country Afrikaans medium school, no doubt by bursaries and promises of big money. Apparently, they soon discovered that they couldn’t speak the language, didn’t fit in and were very unhappy.…

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SBR Fixtures & Results – week ending 01/03/2014

2 March, 2014 beet 36
DAY DATE SCHOOL SCHOOL EVENT
Fri 28/02/14 M/College Preseason XV 12 5 Westville Preseason XV Voortrekker Night Series
Fri 28/02/14 Voortrekker (Pmb) 3 29 Kearsney Preseason XV Voortrekker Night Series
Fri 28/02/14 Howick Linpark Voortrekker Night Series
Fri 28/02/14 Greytown 0 34 Westville 2nds Voortrekker Night Series
Sat 01/03/14 Pinetown 0 67 Port Natal
Sat 01/03/14 George Campbell 27 0 KZN Development
Mon 24/02/14 Diamantveld 21 14 Fichardtpark
Sat 01/03/14 Jim Fouche 26 0 Klerksdorp Brandfort Rugby Day
Sat 01/03/14 Duineveld 11 20 Diamantveld
Sat 01/03/14 Hentie Cilliers 43 0 Zastron
Sat 01/03/14 Sentraal (FS) 20 12 Noord-Kaap
Sat 01/03/14 Louis Botha 32 8 Landboudal
Sat 01/03/14 Goudveld 0 111 Grey College
Sat 01/03/14 HTS Middelburg 9 11 Transvalia
Sat 01/03/14 Alberton 26 29 Jeugland
Sat 01/03/14 Middelburg 17 8 Ermelo
Sat 01/03/14 Marais Viljoen 15 10 Rustenburg
Sat 01/03/14 Standerton 3 7 Ben Vorster
Sat 01/03/14 Brandwag (Benoni) 27 22 Florida
Fri 28/02/14 Stellenberg 14 12 Drostdy
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Butch James invites the KZN school coaches to discuss u19 rugby

28 February, 2014 beet 9

The correspondence from former Rugby World Cup winning Springbok flyhalf and Maritzburg College Old Boy, Butch James reads as follows: “please see attached invitation to join Jake White and Myself to a Cocktail Party to discuss U19 Rugby at the Sharks and other rugby matters going forward. Hope to see you there and to get your input.” …

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Voortrekker Night Series 2014

28 February, 2014 beet 4

The annual Voortrekker Night Series will be sponsored by KFC and will be played over three Friday evenings starting on 21 February 2014. Three top KZN rugby schools, Kearsney, Maritzburg College and Westville will participate alongside the hosts Voortrekker (Pietermaritzburg), Greytown, Howick, Linpark and Weston in the unstructured preseason friendlies tournament.…

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Top u19 recruiter Gavin Melvill leaves the Sharks

27 February, 2014 beet 32

Former Natal centre from the 1970’s Gavin Melvill makes up 17 years worth of a total of 227 years of coaching experience that will no longer be part of the Sharks set up as a result of personnel departures. Melvill has serviced in different roles at the rugby union but has always had a hands on approach with regards to the contracting of junior players. …