Elite Player Development (EPD) u16 & u17 Camps 2019
Camps held from 22-28 September 2019 – a nice guide to some of the players on the SBR radar and who should impress in 2020.…
SA u18 Sevens takes a backseat to the EPD camp
Spare a thought for the SA Sevens organisers. Their best efforts to create something worthwhile for the under-18 national players has instead turned into a bit of a nightmare as a result of the Elite Player Development camp (EPD) being given the green light to take preference over national Sevens players.…
u18 Elite Player Development (EPD) Camp for SA Schools 2020 hopefuls
Many of the leading candidates for this year’s SA Schools (u18) team are likely to be revealed once the list of players invited to attend the elite player development Alignment Camp is made known. The camp is expected to be held at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport (SAS) from 27 February to 01 March 2020. The timing means it is unlikely to clash with any of the planned regular season school rugby fixtures.…
Durbanville official announcement on Director of Rugby
Schoolboy rugby up-and-comer Durbanville has finally made an official announcement about the appointment of Hans Coetzee as their Director of Rugby, …
DHS hone in on cancelling all sports against Glenwood
Latest: confirmed on Thursday 6 February 2020 that DHS has “discontinued” all sport fixtures against Glenwood for the foreseeable future.
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Headmasters in distress
A headmaster’s job is often underrated. Successful schools on the right track and/or improving more often than owe a great deal of that accomplishment to having a really really good headmaster at the helm. …
Who are our World Rugby IRB Level 3 schoolboy rugby coaches
World Rugby’s top international accreditation…
Ex-Bok Marius Joubert joins Stellenberg
Former Bok and Paarl Gim centre, Marius Joubert is back for more schoolboy rugby action in 2020. After helping out at their main rivals Durbanville during the 2019 season, Joubert has been roped in to assist at Stellenberg, located just 5km away.…
SchoolboyRugby.co.za Superbru Group – code dabslath
Join Schoolboyrugby.co.za, my Super Rugby Predictor league on @Superbru! You can find my pool here:
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KwaZulu-Natal School Rugby Fixtures 2020
Written on 18 Jan 2020 before DHS pulled the plug on Glenwood.
For the first time in many seasons all the top schools of the more densely populated region of the province of KwaZulu-Natal (currently nine of them) will do battle against each other. Glenwood – Hilton is back on, as is Glenwood – Michaelhouse interschools and even Northwood has opted to reignite the challenge posed by the Green Machine of Durban South. Independent school St Charles College from Pietermaritzburg is another who expanding their horizons in an effort to be counted amongst the best in the region.…
Matric Results 2019 analysis for the rugby schools
IEB’s St John’s College produced killer matric results to top the pile in 2019 with a bit of daylight between themselves and second on the list.
Once again Bishops (private) and in particular Rondebosch (state) produced outstanding results, nearly achieving 100% university pass rates from the NSC.
Last year’s top dogs, Kearsney had to make do with fourth spot.…
Bloggers / parents don’t miss out on your opportunity to make new friends
By Hooit
The start of a new season also brings new opportunities for SBR Bloggers.…
Who is in the school rugby coaching Millionaires Club anyway?
A breaking news article about a fairly high profile school rugby coach having signed on the dotted line to head up the rugby programme of a rising Cape Town Northern suburbs high school, also brought into play a suggestion that the said coach was set to be the latest in his school aligned profession to earn in excess of R1 million per annum and therefore join an exclusive Millionaires’ Club.…
Top South African Rugby schools show interest in a “national championship” competition
Press Release from Carl Fabian of www.ruggas.co.za:
A dream of many schoolboy rugby supporters is about to come true. Some of the top rugby playing schools and major role players came together during the past few months to negotiate the birth of arguably the most competitive schoolboy rugby challenge in the world.
- Garsfontein Hoërskool,
- Grey College,
- Hoër Jongenskool Paarl (Paarl Boishaai),
- Monument Hoërskool,
- Paarl Gimnasium and
- Paul Roos Gymnasium
Farmers, Gimmies & Kwaggas opt for balanced educational approach
Boland Landbou (outside Paarl), Outeniqua (George) and Paarl Gim are three of the Western Cape’s high profile rugby schools that will take part in the Bulls Rugby Day / Afgri Prestige Rugby Schools Day 2020 on Saturday 14 March at Loftus in Pretoria as well as the impressive 7th Barloworld Toyota Menlyn Noord Suid Rugbytoernooi at HS Waterkloof in the same city starting a week later.…
