K-day 2013 about to hit Grahamstown
It was May 1898 and the Kingswood College Rugby Union Football team wandered across the Valley to Lower Field and met the St Andrews College team in the first of what was to become one of the most enduring school rugby matches in South Africa. While this was the first time the two schools’ 1st XV’s in fact met it was not the first time that they had played each other as in 1896 The St Andrews 2nd XV played the Kingswood 1st XV and this match was drawn. The first 1st XV’s outing was won 6-3 by St Andrews and this match has been won more often than not by St Andrews. This has become particularly noticeable from the middle of the last century up to the present. The two schools should probably not be playing each other as the number of boys at each actually put them into different classifications but the traditions and camaraderie of this fixture are what have kept it alive. The week leading up to, and the weekend itself, are what create the vibe and atmosphere which is about far more than just a rugby match.…