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SA Schools to senior cricket conversion rate (1994-2010)

19 October, 2014 beet 20

A concerned parent forwarded this.

Using the SA Schools cricket team by year lists available on the website www.SchoolSportsNews.co.za, he was able to identify that between the 1994 team containing legendary wicketkeeper Mark Boucher and the 2010 team which capped the rising international star Quinton de Kock, 79 out of 243 listed places belonged to players who went on to make it to senior cricket level. That’s just a shade under 33% or 1 out of every 3.…

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Craven Week, Academy Week, Grant Khomo Week 2015 Dates & Venues

15 October, 2014 beet 5
YOUTH WEEK DATE VENUE UNION
u13 Craven Week 29 June – 3 July Hoërskool Rob Ferreira
White River		 Pumas
u16 Grant Khomo Week 6 – 9 July Bridgton Sports Grounds
Oudtshoorn		 SWD
u18 Academy Week 06 – 10 July Isak Steyl Stadium
Vanderbijlpark		 Valke
u18 Craven Week 13 – 18 July Markötter Fields, PRG
Stellenbosch		 WP

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Blue Bulls & KZN Share The Spoils at IPT 2014

13 October, 2014 beet 12

After an intense week of youth club rugby hosted by the KZNRU at Woodburn Stadium in Pietermaritzburg, the Blue Bulls and KZN Duikers emerged as winners in the five participating age groups.

The Blue Bulls were victorious in the Under 13, Under 14 and Under 15 age groups with KZN lifting the trophies in the Under 16 and Under 18 age groups.…

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WP wins National u18 Sevens tournament 2014

7 October, 2014 beet 7

Monument of Krugersdorp hosted the fourth National under-18 Sevens tournament from Monday to Tuesday 06 – 07 October 2014. 15 provincial teams and Namibia took part. The Valke were the defending champions. Western Province beat South Western Districts 31-24 in the Cup Final to claim the 2014 title. …

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Stefan Terblanche to host “Great Debate” at Maritzburg College

29 September, 2014 beet 132

The SchoolboyRugby Blog had the honour of Stefan Terblanche doing some free publicity work for the website via twitter recent. But before anyone gets overexcited that Stefan’s now taking a greater interest in school rugby its worth mentioning that he is hosting a Gala Debate Evening at Maritzburg College on 01 October, so his tweets are probably just amounted to a bit of self-promotion more than anything else (not that I’m unhappy about it :) )…

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Sharks u19 vs EP u19: do or die time!

25 September, 2014 beet 29

The Sharks and Eastern Province under-19 teams clash in a must win round-robin match at Kings Park on Saturday, 27 September 2014 (09h30).  Along with the Golden Lions, the the three teams find themselves battling it out for the last remaining semifinal spot in this year ABSA under-19 competition. The Lions have a bye this weekend but appear to have a slightly easier finish after that, so defeat for either of the other two will probably spell the end of their hopes of making the playoffs. …

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Westville has a new rugby assistant coach

25 September, 2014 beet 12

UPDATED

Dean Carelse is officially the new Westville 1st XV rugby assistant coach. Carelse joined Westville from Grey High, where he had at a stage been the 1st XV coach. In this his first rugby season at Westville in 2014, he was head coach of their under-16A team. So it has been a meteoric rise to the top. You can find out more about Dean Carelse’s background here: link …

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School Rugby Top 30 Combo Final Rankings 2014 – using 6 school rugby websites

21 September, 2014 beet 26

It wasn’t that long ago that there was just one national school rugby ranking system, now every about every website that covers rugby has it’s own one. Here is the combined effect of 6 such website’s rankings. Points have been allocated on the basis of 20 for 1st, 19 for 2nd, etc, etc. while the remaining few teams are from those who were ranked best outside the Top 20.…

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Selborne refuses to play Glenwood at KERF 2015

21 September, 2014 beet 372

The original Kearsney Easter Festival fixture list had Selborne and Glenwood matched up to play on Day-3, Monday, 06 April 2015. Selborne subsequently held a meeting Friday, 12 September 2014 and a decision was made on Monday, 15 September not to honour the Glenwood fixture. …

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Bleak future for quality pro rugby in SA

20 September, 2014 beet 9

I switched on the telly this morning and caught the highlights of the UEFA Champions League (UCL) soccer match between Ajax Amsterdam of Holland and Paris St Germain (PSG) of France. And I know, I know, not many of you who come to read the pages here have any time for soccer but bear with me – I believe there are going to be some parallels to be drawn between the declining Dutch football league (Eredivisie) and the future of professional rugby structures in South Africa.…

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2 new rugby coaches for Affies

17 September, 2014 beet 2

Affies have upped their game by appointed two new 1st XV coaches ahead of the 2015 school rugby season. Jan-Hendrik Hattingh (history teacher) and Jaco Koch (gym manager/biokineticist) will take charge of the Witbulle backs and forwards respectively. Koch’s promotion means a new conditioning coach Janus Kruger (previously Boishaai) also comes into the mix.…

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Kearsney in the market for a new rugby coach

15 September, 2014 beet 8

Existing Kearsney head coach Frank Lubbe enjoyed a fitting end to his tenure at Kearsney when his team won the Voortrekker Sevens tournament on Saturday. Ironically the team they beat in the final was Maritzburg College, where Lubbe will ply his trade next year. On Botha’s Hill, the process to find his replacement is underway. Including Lubbe, Kearsney has had just 10 head coaches during a total of 73 seasons as a KwaZulu-Natal tier-1 team.…