Better late than never. Here is the team of the tournament named after the conclusion of another excellent Pukke Skouspel 2014. Some big boys in there. And a few who are destined to go far in rugby. It would be quite something to watch this team up against against an SA Schools team later this year…
Unfortunately no stats to go with the names but thank you to the St Stithians organisers for making the 10 squads available…
I’ve been wanting to write this blog about the four top fullbacks playing at the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival for quite a while now. When the inspiration first came to me back in 2013 I thought it was a sure bet. KERF would be the ultimate battleground. The best fullback of the four stood a very good chance of being numero uno in the land in 2014.…
This is an exercise to determine which school has the hardest Easter Festival fixture list based on the historical ranking information made available via the BHP formula driven ranking system for 2009 to 2013 combined (link here : BHP Top 75 2009-2013).…
Here are tables showing festival details and which festivals the Top 75 rugby schools in SA (2009-2013) as well as a host of other known schools will be attending this year.…
The Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival Squad player name, dates of birth, height and weight stats:…
The 10 squads with date of birth, weight and height:…
Twelve of the most well-known rugby schools in South African will once again be on display over Easter in KwaZulu-Natal come 2014.
In spite of the school holidays headache caused by Easter not being part of the end of term vacation, the organisers of the seventh annual Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival (KERF) have done ever so well to attract a top class field yet again.…
The well-organised St Johns tournament over Easter will bring together two different tiers of rugby schools. On the one extreme there will be national powerhouses in form of Paarl Boys High, Paul Roos and Waterkloof…
King Edward VII School will once again host the most popular school rugby festival in SA.…
Nine schools join hosts St Stithians to participate in the annual Saints Rugby Festival to be held over Easter weekend.…
This was a super-duper entertain packaged game played on Goldstones in Pietermaritzburg. When 70-points get scored in 70-minutes, there is room for constructive negative comments about defensive structures and tackling, however during this game it really felt like the positives like attacking running lines, strength in contact, individual skills and good handling was more responsible for the high score than defensive lapses.…
Just when you thought that the UCT win against Pukke would be the comeback of the season, Grey High pulled off a 26-0 turnaround in less than 20 minutes to win this game 27-26 with the winning points coming off the last play of the game. Below is a match journal of the highlights from Paul Roos vs Grey High inter-schools match on 12 April 2014. …
| DAY | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | DETAILS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue | 08/04/14 | EG Jansen | 48 | 7 | Centurion | Tuks-Reeks |
| Wed | 09/04/14 | DHS | 33 | 10 | Clifton | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Maritzburg College | 42 | 28 | Pretoria BH | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Westville | 33 | 9 | DHS | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Northwood | 38 | 5 | George Campbell | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Clifton | Port Natal | Postponed | ||
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Dale | 17 | 0 | Grens | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Despatch | 0 | 66 | Framesby | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Langenhoven Gim | 26 | 14 | Nico Malan | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Pearson | 0 | 37 | St Andrew’s | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Queen’s | 11 | 58 | Selborne | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Brandwag (Uitenhage) | 22 | 27 | Marlow | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Cambridge | 17 | 15 | Hudson Park | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Jeppe | 24 | 8 | St Benedict’s | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | St David’s | 15 | 13 | Parktown | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | KES | 30 | 28 | St John’s | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Bishops | 29 | 25 | Boland Landbou | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Bellville | 12 | 27 | Brackenfell | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Oakdale | 13 | 27 | Paarl Gim | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Outeniqua | 13 | 18 | HJS Paarl BH | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Paul Roos | 26 | 27 | Grey HS | Paul Roos led 26-0 during the 2nd half |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Rondebosch | 21 | 59 | Wynberg | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | SACS | can | cel | Drostdy | SACS has pulled the plug on the HTS Drostdy fixture & it looks like this fixture might be scratched from the WPPL list forever |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Strand | 22 | 23 | Durbanville | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Tygerberg | 26 | 21 | Stellenberg | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | De Kuilen | 32 | 26 | Milnerton | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Worcester Gim | 17 | 18 | Swartland | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Waterkloof | 38 | 21 | Affies | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Menlopark | 36 | 10 | Diamantveld | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Grey College | 44 | 27 | Louis Botha | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Sentraal (FS) | 17 | 51 | Grey College Cherries | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Fichardtpark | 21 | 20 | Jim Fouche | |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Monument | 15 | 16 | HTS Middelburg | Tuks-Reeks QF |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Transvalia | 17 | 22 | Nelspruit | Tuks-Reeks QF |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Garsfontein | 41 | 13 | Eldoraigne | Tuks-Reeks QF |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | EG Jansen | 39 | 0 | Kempton Park | Tuks-Reeks QF |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Rustenburg | 10 | 62 | Centurion | Tuks-Reeks 9th Place PO |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Klerksdorp | 21 | 17 | Vereeniging Gim | Tuks-Reeks 9th Place PO |
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Ermelo | Florida | Tuks-Reeks 9th Place PO | ||
| Sat | 12/04/14 | Marais Viljoen | 27 | 26 | Pietersburg | Tuks-Reeks 9th Place PO |
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Queen’s College will host Selborne as part of their Reunion weekend celebrations. Queen’s haven’t lost on their famous ground, “The Rec” since Dale won there in 2011. That’s a long and proud winning streak that the Queenians would love to extend via claiming the scalp of the East London powerhouse.…
Predict the results of the following 12 games taking place this Saturday by clicking on the “SBR Prediction Pools” menu option near the top of this page. Good luck!
Maritzburg College vs PBHS; Selborne vs Queen’s; Brandwag (Uitenhage) vs Marlow; Paul Roos vs Grey PE; KES vs St Johns; Bishops vs Boland Landbou; Oakdale vs Paarl Gim; Waterkloof vs Affies; Monument vs HTS Middelburg; Transvalia vs Nelspruit; EG Jansen vs Kempton Park; Garsfontein vs Eldoraigne…
Compiled with input from Coleen Naude, Waterkloof Media Liaison and Marketing.
It almost feels like an understatement suggesting that the Affies versus Klofies rugby battle attracts a lot of interest. It’s a huge game on the Pretoria and South African school rugby calendar. Once again the proof was in the pudding, the pavilion and the surrounding grounds were packed with spectators for this derby.…
If you switch your telly over to Supersport HD at 14:05 this Saturday, 12 April 2014, you’ll be able to catch one of the top schoolboy rugby matches of the year between hosts Paul Roos and Grey High (PE). Something you might not know about or even pick during the broadcast is the use of the squad system.…
Many passionate school rugby followers of the Eastern Cape region were able to attend the Graeme Rugby Day and the Grey High Festival. I asked a handful of these supporters of the wonderful game to come up with their selections for a combined Eastern Province / Border team. Here is the net result of their combined efforts:…
There is a very positive vibe about Noordvaal school rugby going around right now. The 2014 season is still young but recent victories by Noordvaal schools over last season’s Western Cape pace setters, Paarl Gim and Outeniqua has certainly shifted attention to the Highveld where there looks to be plenty of quality on offer.…
Midweek action in KZN sees Durban High School square off against potential banana peel team Clifton College on Wednesday evening at 19h15 on Van Heerden’s field. 3 days later DHS travels up the M13 to play an ever improving Westville.…
What a final! UCT looked dead and buried and then some at 33-15 after 73-minutes. Pukke’s machine of a hooker Armand van der Merwe (Duhan’s older boet) looked all set to be the Man of the Match. The fat lady was warming up her vocal cords, the engraver was about to incise the letters “N-W-U” on the cup but then it happened. The dramatic and incredible comeback. UCT scored once, scored twice! Got the score back to 33-31 down with virtually no time left. Then Pukke had the ball game with time up, hooter gone and a deep pass to flyhalf Johnny Welthagen in the pocket. All he had to do was kick the ball into touch, knock it on or kill play somehow but instead he went for the drop goal, got charged down and possession was turned over to the Ikeys students. Huge BMT followed and via some excellent composed handling the Tiger stripes created some space on an inside line and the rest is history. UCT 39 Pukke 33. What a great final!…
By Grasshopper
Many believe that today’s schoolboy players are far larger than 20 years ago. I agree that today due to improved supplements, gym programmes, professional trainers etc that the boys are physically better conditioned and the games have more ‘physicality’ if such a word actually exists. It seems to be all that commentators talk about these days.…
Western Cape schoolboy rugby will be at peak activity this Saturday, 12 March. The televised game between Paul Roos and Grey High (PE) will be an option for everyone to watch. However the live game for neutrals to get to must surely be Bishops versus Boland Landbou…
SA cricketer Herschelle Gibbs of Bishop’s has often been described as one of the finest SA schoolboy rugby flyhalves of all times. Interestingly when it comes to conversations about outstanding school flyhalves, there are still strong associations made to the performances of SA cricketing greats Peter Kirsten (SACS), Lee Barnard (KES) and Daryll Cullinan (Queen’s). Apart from Gibbs, Maritzburg College flyhalf Udo Goedeke also represented both codes at SA Schools level.…
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