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Noordvaal u16 Bondedag Tournament touring team to Ireland.

20 September, 2015 beet 16

Very few people outside the Northvaal region are aware that an u16 Academy Week occurs just before the annual Grant Khomo Week and has been going on for nine seasons now. This year it was held at the Isak Steyl Stadium in Vanderbijlpark and consisted of three matchdays.…

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SA under-16 HP 2015

18 September, 2015 beet 34

Obtaining the official full list has proven quite difficult to come by. With the help of several bloggers, here’s what we do have so far:…

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Roland Norris is the new Westville head coach

10 September, 2015 beet 7

Current Afrikaans and History teacher Roland Norris has been appointed as Westville 1st XV Head Rugby coach for the next 3-year cycle with effect from 1 October 2015. He will be assisted by JoAsh van Aswegen.…

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The MMXVI Season

8 September, 2015 beet 221

MMXVI = 2016

Request from Kattes:

Can we not start a new thread on next year’s predictions, possible new line-ups etc.? I know it is way to early to speculate on the coming season, but it will be interesting to see how many players will again be available, how the Seccies and under-16 sides performed, new coaching staff etc.

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Commonwealth Youth Games u18 Sevens

8 September, 2015 beet 19

The Commonwealth Youth Games took place in Samoa starting on Wednesday, 09 September 2015.

SA beat Australia 24-5 to win the gold medal.
Samoa who lost 29-0 to SA in the semifinal, claimed the bronze.

The SA under-18 team taking part was:…

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Official Final Rankings for 2015

2 September, 2015 beet 58

Here are the final rankings for 2015 as presented by BHP. For the last couple of week provisional rankings were used.

The BHP scoring system works as follows:

Win : the full category points of the opponent
Win Bonus: 0.5 points for a win by a score of 30 points or more.
Loss: no points for a loss.
Loss Bonus for losing by less than 6 points: 60% of opponent’s category points
Loss Bonus for losing by less than 11 points: 40% of opponent’s category points
Loss Deduction: a deduction of 0.5 for a loss to a school in a lower category
Draw: 80% of opponent’s category points…

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Beeld Trofee final 2015 highlights on TV

31 August, 2015 beet 1

Catch a 30min highlight package on Supersport channel 208 at 19h30 on Tuesday, 01 September 2015. Garsfontein beat HTS Middelburg in the record-breaking high scoring final to claim their first ever Beeld title.

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School Rugby fixtures & results – week ending 29 August 2015

26 August, 2015 beet 18
TIME DATE SCHOOL SCHOOL EVENT
Tue.25Aug Labori 16 11 Milnerton Maties TSC Medium semi
Sat.29Aug Diamantveld 16 18 Welkom Gim Shimla-Liga Final
Sat.29Aug Oakdale 21 19 Boland Landbou
Sat.29Aug Rondebosch 55 12 Bishops
Sat.29Aug Tygerberg 27 11 Brackenfell
Sat.29Aug Malibu 19 42 Humansdorp Sec Maties TSC Small final
Sat.29Aug Brandwag 76 3 Labori Maties TSC Medium final
Sat.29Aug HJS Paarl BH 30 28 Outeniqua Maties TSC Big final
Sat.29Aug Wynberg 30 23 SACS
Sat.29Aug De Kuilen 8 20 Worcester Gim
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Dale pips Queen’s 15-14 after a pulsating finish

24 August, 2015 beet 8

Geez what an incredible finish to this good game. Queen’s scored an awesome try with hardly any time lift to take the lead. Dale struck back with a superb effort of their own to regain the lead by a point. Queen’s then produced some outstanding focused rugby combining good handling with  continuity from rucks as part of a patient attack but the Dale defensive structures were up to the task and held out for a memorable win.…

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Four Alternative Rankings

23 August, 2015 beet 4

Here is some useless info for you to digest: FOUR different rankings arrived at by using a sample of 65 schools. It is not the BHP official rankings for this site but where possible the formula has been adopted.…

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History of the Beeld : Garsies make history

23 August, 2015 beet 113

After losing out by one point to Nelspruit in 2014, Garsfontein from Pretoria rewrote the history books on Saturday when they beat HTS Middelburg 42-40 in the Beeld Noordvaal Trofee final to claim the much sort after “Macro Schools” title for the first time in their history. Garsfontein opened its doors in 1988. The 2015 final also accounted for the highest number of points scored in a final – 82 points. The previous highest was 43 – 23 in 1998 when Affies beat Waterkloof.…