One-off festivals are extra hard work
In retrospective one realises just how hard it is to organise a successful one-off school rugby festival. Forget Covid times, in normal times it’s hard enough.…
SA Schools Challenge Trust’s mission statement to give back to schoolboy rugby
The SA School Challenge logo appears as an official sponsor of the Monument Centenary Rugby Festival. To find out a bit more about the trust and what it stands for, here is the mission statement:…
KZN set to play school rugby during soccer season
It has been a very bleak year or so living with Covid. One of the few positive spin-offs is on the cards though. For the first time in a long time, just about every one of the KwaZulu-Natal top level rugby high schools have committed to playing rugby fixtures during the opening few weeks of the third term. …
Contact school sport prepares to get the Level 1 green light
Update on 01 April 2021:
While club teams received the go-ahead to return to play on Monday, 12 April, schools rugby will be able to resume with matches a little later, on Friday, 23 April.…
SA u20 Academy Squad 2021
The ball gets rolling for new SA Under-20 head coach Bafana Nhleko who has his first taste of hands on national team leadership when a 41-man strong squad takes part in the first training camp from Wednesday, April 7 until Wednesday, June 30 at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport. By all accounts it is a very young squad with almost half still belonging to the under-19 age group and therefore being eligible for selection in 2022 as well.…
Open letter about the state of SA rugby
THE HEART OF A TRUE RUGBY SUPPORTER…
Private schools to test the waters first in 2021
Most private schools will start their school year on Monday 01 February 2021, while state schools are expected to return on 15 February 2021.…
Schools keen to keep the door open for rugby to return in 2021
South African high schools keen to keep the door open for rugby to return in 2021, but is it realistic?…
Like father like son – test rugby players
The Bledisloe Cup 2020 produced internationals debuts for All Blacks Blues players Caleb Clarke and Hoskins Sotutu. Both are sons of former test players. Here is a list of current players who’s fathers also played at the very top level.…
Bulls u21 B-team would do compo justice
An obvious talking point after two rounds of u21 competition is how good the Bulls are. Lots can be said of their preparation, particularly up front but also their player depth.…
u21 Championship 2020 : Livestream : 04-30 Oct.
The unique 2020 version of the u21 Championship will exclude the Leopards, and involve the remaining five unions playing in a congested one round tournament in Johannesburg from 04-30 October 2020. Catch the Livestream action compliments of SchoolSportsLive.com
Link to matches:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=u21+currie+cup+2020…
Two Saffas feature in Eddie Jones 2020 plans
Two South African born players David Ribbans (Somerset College) and Simon Kerrod (Pretoria Boys’ High School) have progressed from fairly humble beginnings as professionals in their home country to now be included amongst 12 uncapped players in England head coach Eddie Jones’ initial 28-man training squad ahead of a busy international window.…