Given all the issues surrounding Craven Week and Grant Khomo selections that have surfaced in the last few days and which are basically a recurrence of the unsolved problems heard about every year, perhaps it’s time for high school rugby bodies around South Africa to address the manner in which they select players by coming up with a fresh new approach.…
This school rugby ranking is a combination of 5 ranking systems used by other websites.…
Waterkloof’s impressive 2011/12 centre Rohan Janse van Rensburg was arguably the best player at Craven Week in 2012. The solidly built SA Schools centre has been called up to replace Jan Serfontein (Grey College 2010/11) for the up and coming Junior World Championships in France starting in June.…
It’s been reported that star Paarl Gymnasium, WP Schools and SA Schools 2012 lock JD Schickerling broke his arm during the match against Rondebosch and may have to miss Craven Week altogether.…
The team is made up of no fewer than 8 Paarl Boys High players, while Paarl Gim has 6 and the balance comes from Paul Roos (2), Rondebosch (2), Wynberg, Boland Landbou, Bishops and Excelsior on the Cape Flats.…
The 2013 schoolboy rugby season has produced quite a few unanticipated results to date.
Here is a list of 20 surprises.…
An injury sustained during the Kings Super Rugby campaign has ruled Grey High and SA Schools 2012 wing Sergeal Petersen out of the 2013 under-20 Junior World Champs in France, starting in June.
His replacement is fellow 2012 SA Schools player Jesse Kriel.…
Word from BHP:
…Midway through the season and I did some adjustments on the schools categories and shifted some up and some down according to the results against them so far. I also tweaked a little on my formula and adjusted the points scored for a draw. The result looks a little different than the previous weeks but I think maybe more accurate in current strengths.
The Tjampions League (subjective in its own right) was designed to measure the performances of teams in strength vs strength match ups only. 4 points to the winner and a bonus point to the team that win either losers by less than 10 or wins by 10 or more.…
South African schoolboy rugby is well into it’s drama filled Craven Week selection season now. Of the major regions, KwaZulu-Natal, the Bulls, Eastern Province, Boland and South Western Districts have concluded trials and made their selections. This week there appears to be at least two storms brewing when Western Province and Border make their teams official this week.…
The huge crowd that had gathered at Goldstones to enjoy the Maritzburg College 150th Reunion Day match against Glenwood was treated to a brand of all-out attacking schoolboy rugby. The action was literally non-stop. The match was played at a furious pace. Eleven tries were scored and the lead changed hands no fewer than seven times with the outcome being decided in the last move of the game, when Glenwood scored a try in the right-hand corner to clinch a 44-40 victory. …
Live on SuperSport…
| SCHOOL | SCHOOL | NOTES | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. College | 40 | 44 | Glenwood | 150th REUNION DAY!!!!! The pace at which this game was played was just insane. 10 out of 10 for excitement | |
| Grey College | 35 | 28 | Paarl BH | Premier Interschools game on TV | |
| Affies | 19 | 18 | Waterkloof | 5-star game. Huge! | |
| St Andrews | 14 | 39 | Grey HS | Potential Eastern Cape decider. Big Game | |
| Outeniqua | 13 | 7 | Oakdale | SWD decider | |
| Die Brandwag | 26 | 29 | Framesby | ||
| Queens | 38 | 30 | Hudson Park | ||
| Nico Malan | 53 | 10 | Otto du Plessis | ||
| Dale | 44 | 14 | Kingswood | ||
| Westville | 45 | 0 | Northwood | ||
| Clifton | 11 | 28 | DHS | Midweek game | |
| St Charles | 10 | 25 | DHS | ||
| Hilton | 39 | 10 | George Campbell | ||
| De Kuilen | 20 | 50 | Tygerberg | ||
| Paarl Gim | 35 | 14 | Rondebosch | ||
| Stellenberg | 23 | 38 | SACS | ||
| Worcester Gim | 10 | 31 | Drostdy | ||
| Wynberg | 42 | 28 | Bishops | ||
| Jeppe | 34 | 25 | St Stithians | ||
| St Johns | 19 | 55 | Michaelhouse | Grogper Cup: Gauteng 6 KZN 6 with one game to go | |
| KES | 31 | 31 | Monnas | ||
| Garsfontein | 57 | 27 | Menlopark | ||
| Middelburg | 16 | 29 | HTS Middelburg | ||
| Marlow | 58 | 5 | Diamantveld | ||
| Parktown | 54 | 20 | St Davids | ||
| Marais Viljoen | 42 | 65 | St Benedicts | Aggregate of 107 points | |
| Welkom Gim | 20 | 22 | Voortrekker (Beth) | ||
| EG Jansen | 50 | 26 | Vereeniging Gim | ||
| Centurion | 29 | 28 | Wonderboom | ||
| Eldoraigne | 87 | 0 | Zwartkop |
KZN’s under-13 Craven Week team to play at Bela-Bela Primary School in Limpopo starting on 28 June. …
The Bulls have named there extremely powerful team for Craven Week. The competition for starting places was fierce. In the end Francois Steyn held off Vean Roodt, Hyron Andrews got the nod ahead of Abongile Nonkwantana and Justin Phillips edged out Ivan van Zyl to be in the starting XV.…
The Bulls have named 3 under-16 teams, the Grant Khomo team as well as 2 teams to take park in the Noordvaal under-16 tournament. …
For the second year in a row, a KZN CD team has been selected to play at Academy Week. Judging by the final trial match, they should combine to form a decent team, even though the players come from no fewer than 14 different schools across KZN.…
Glenwood (8), Maritzburg College (4), Westville (3), Hilton (3), DHS (2), Northwood (1) and Michaelhouse (1)…
Glenwood (9), Maritzburg College (6), Kearsney (2), Hilton (2) and Westville (1)…
The KZN team is officially out. Glenwood (9) and Kearsney (6) dominate the selections with Maritzburg College (4), Westville (2) and DHS (1).…
STRENGTH VS STRENGTH…
After receiving a request from one of the two websites not to compare their rankings to others, that project along with the Thumbsuck for 2013 has been scrapped in favour of this new initiate which combines the Top 20 rankings of 5 different websites including the well respected BHP model used on this site. The results were arrived at using a weighting and are quite interest as it seems to produce a fairly accurate Top 30.…
The Eastern Province and Eastern Province Country Districts teams to play at Craven Week have been finalised.
Grey High School and Die Brandwag are well represented in the EP Schools team with 9 and 5 players respectively while the Country Districts team is predominantly made up of Marlow (8) and St Andrews (7) players.…
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