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KZN Craven Week 2014 candidates

20 April, 2014 beet 128

For anyone who wants to have a go at picking a KZN Craven Week team, here is  list of 62 candidates. I’m sure there are a couple of prospects who have been omitted or who will still come through as the season progresses.…

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Sharks Academy’s Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival bursary prize success rate

20 April, 2014 beet 11

Every year at the conclusion of the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival selectors from The Sharks and Sharks Academy hand out bursary prizes to selected players. In 2014 there are three bursaries each valued at over R100 000 when including the contract with the Academy for 2015, accommodation and the tuition bursary with one of its education partners.

In terms of being a marketing tool, the concept is a huge success,  as it draws a lot of media attention. As a method of recruitment, well you can judge for yourself …

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School Rugby Fixtures & Results – Easter Festivals Day 3

20 April, 2014 beet 109
TIME DAY DATE SCHOOL SCHOOL FESTIVAL
09h30 Mon 21/04/2014 Nico Malan 10 25 Dale Kearsney Easter Rugby
10h45 Mon 21/04/2014 Glenwood 31 29 Framesby Kearsney Easter Rugby
12h00 Mon 21/04/2014 Westville 14 20 Selborne Kearsney Easter Rugby
13h15 Mon 21/04/2014 Affies 10 20 HTS Middelburg Kearsney Easter Rugby
14h30 Mon 21/04/2014 Grey College 10 10 Monument Kearsney Easter Rugby
15h45 Mon 21/04/2014 Kearsney 3 25 EG Jansen Kearsney Easter Rugby
08h30 Mon 21/04/2014 Queen’s 28 43 Hentie Cilliers KES
09h50 Mon 21/04/2014 Graeme 3 22 Parktown KES
11h10 Mon 21/04/2014 Marlow 3 36 Menlopark KES
12h30 Mon 21/04/2014 Grey HS 46 26 Rondebosch KES
13h50 Mon 21/04/2014 Eldoraigne 51 9 Trinityhouse KES
15h10 Mon 21/04/2014 KES 50 15 Northwood KES
09h00 Mon 21/04/2014 Klein Nederburg 46 17 St John’s (Harare) St John’s
10h15 Mon 21/04/2014 Noordheuwel 15 55 Waterkloof St John’s
11h30 Mon 21/04/2014 Scots College (Aus) 5 21 Jeppe St John’s
13h30 Mon 21/04/2014 St John’s 26 13 St Charles St John’s
14h45 Mon 21/04/2014 Paul Roos 15 10 Nelspruit St John’s
16h00 Mon 21/04/2014 HJS Paarl BH 45 14 Pretoria BH St John’s
10h25 Mon 21/04/2014 Helpmekaar 27 19 St Benedict’s St Stithians
11h45 Mon 21/04/2014 St Stithians 20 27 SACS St Stithians
13h10 Mon 21/04/2014 Windhoek 13 40 Linden St Stithians
14h30 Mon 21/04/2014 Hilton 18 37 St Andrew’s St Stithians
15h50 Mon 21/04/2014 Wynberg 17 16 Maritzburg college St Stithians
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School Rugby Fixtures & Results – Easter Festivals Day 2

18 April, 2014 beet 204

Day 1 average points difference: (1) KES: 9 (2) St Stithians: 12, (3) KERF: 16, (4) St John’s: 30

TIME DAY DATE SCHOOL SCHOOL FESTIVAL
09h30 Sat 19/04/2014 Selborne 21 13 Framesby Kearsney Easter Rugby
10h45 Sat 19/04/2014 HTS Middelburg 43 22 Nico Malan Kearsney Easter Rugby
12h00 Sat 19/04/2014 Kearsney 24 19 Dale Kearsney Easter Rugby
13h15 Sat 19/04/2014 Glenwood 31 18 EG Jansen Kearsney Easter Rugby
14h30 Sat 19/04/2014 Grey College 32 20 Westville Kearsney Easter Rugby
15h45 Sat 19/04/2014 Affies 14 34 Monument Kearsney Easter Rugby
09h00 Sat 19/04/2014 Menlopark 11 0 Northwood KES Festival
10h20 Sat 19/04/2014 Eldoraigne 47 31 Hentie Cilliers KES Festival
11h40 Sat 19/04/2014 Trinityhouse 5 45 Graeme KES Festival
13h00 Sat 19/04/2014 Rondebosch 14 20 Marlow KES Festival
14h20 Sat 19/04/2014 Grey HS 66 3 Parktown KES Festival
15h40 Sat 19/04/2014 KES 12 17 Queen’s KES Festival
08h45 Sat 19/04/2014 Noordheuwel 7 26 Klein Nederburg St John’s
10h00 Sat 19/04/2014 St Charles 29 7 St John’s (Harare) St John’s
11h15 Sat 19/04/2014 Nelspruit 13 5 Pretoria BH St John’s
13h30 Sat 19/04/2014 St John’s 14 41 Scots College (Aus) St John’s
14h45 Sat 19/04/2014 HJS Paarl BH 12 5 Jeppe St John’s
16h00 Sat 19/04/2014 Paul Roos 13 19 Waterkloof St John’s
10h45 Sat 19/04/2014 Linden 15 50 Wynberg St Stithians
12h05 Sat 19/04/2014 Windhoek 16 10 St Benedict’s St Stithians
13h25 Sat 19/04/2014 SACS 34 38 Helpmekaar St Stithians
14h45 Sat 19/04/2014 St Andrew’s 20 23 Maritzburg College St Stithians
16h15 Sat 19/04/2014 St Stithians 10 34 Hilton St Stithians
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Wildeklawer 2014 matches live on TV

18 April, 2014 beet 6

Apologies. There has been another change to the Wildeklawer fixture list, resulting in unupdated details been sent out by the organisers re: the TV schedule. It results in good news for Monnas supporters. Monnas are now going to play Boland Landbou and that game is NOT being televised.

Glenwood and Waterkloof alose out as SuperSport’s schedule only has room for 8 out of the 10 Wildeklawer Day 1 games on Public Holiday Monday, 28 April 2014 to be televised live.…

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School Rugby Fixtures & Results – Easter Festivals Day 1

16 April, 2014 beet 146

Follow scores on www.webrugby.co.za

TIME DAY DATE SCHOOL SCHOOL FESTIVAL
09h30 Thu 17/04/2014 Kearsney 25 31 HTS Middelburg Kearsney Easter Rugby
10h45 Thu 17/04/2014 Framesby 16 21 Monument Kearsney Easter Rugby
12h00 Thu 17/04/2014 Westville 41 10 Nico Malan Kearsney Easter Rugby
13h15 Thu 17/04/2014 Selborne 12 34 Affies Kearsney Easter Rugby
14h30 Thu 17/04/2014 Glenwood 31 17 Dale Kearsney Easter Rugby
15h45 Thu 17/04/2014 Grey College 26 8 EG Jansen Kearsney Easter Rugby
09h00 Thu 17/04/2014 Eldoraigne 8 6 Marlow KES
10h20 Thu 17/04/2014 Northwood 10 34 Graeme KES
11h40 Thu 17/04/2014 Queen’s 24 16 Parktown KES
13h00 Thu 17/04/2014 Hentie Cilliers 34 27 Trinityhouse KES
14h20 Thu 17/04/2014 KES 13 3 Rondebosch KES
15h20 Thu 17/04/2014 Grey HS 16 17 Menlopark KES
11h00 Thu 17/04/2014 St Charles 0 34 Paarl Boys High St John’s
12h15 Thu 17/04/2014 Paul Roos 80 7 St John’s (Harare) St John’s
13h30 Thu 17/04/2014 Waterkloof 45 19 Klein Nederburg St John’s
15h30 Thu 17/04/2014 Pretoria BH 12 24 Scots College (Aus) St John’s
16h45 Thu 17/04/2014 Jeppe 28 0 Noordheuwel St John’s
18h45 Thu 17/04/2014 St John’s 20 29 Nelspruit St John’s
10h45 Thu 17/04/2014 Hilton 24 23 SACS St Stithians
12h05 Thu 17/04/2014 Linden 14 29 Maritzburg College St Stithians
13h25 Thu 17/04/2014 St Benedict’s 26 43 St Andrew’s St Stithians
14h45 Thu 17/04/2014 St Stithians 16 10 Windhoek St Stithians
16h05 Thu 17/04/2014 Wynberg 29 7 Helpmekaar St Stithians
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Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival Prediction Pool

16 April, 2014 beet 1

Please don’t forget make your KERF predictions! Either click on menu option at the top of the page or the link in the sidebar. Well done to Star who is our weekly winner and KCOB our Grey PE Festival winner.

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KES Festival 2014 Squads

16 April, 2014 beet 0

The extremely popular KES festival squads as they appear in school’s beautiful 84-page festival programme:…

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Pukke Skouspel 2014 Team of the Tournament

16 April, 2014 beet 0

Better late than never. Here is the team of the tournament named after the conclusion of another excellent Pukke Skouspel 2014. Some big boys in there. And a few who are destined to go far in rugby. It would be quite something to watch this team up against against an SA Schools team later this year…

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Fullback showtime at Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival

16 April, 2014 beet 46

I’ve been wanting to write this blog about the four top fullbacks playing at the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival for quite a while now. When the inspiration first came to me back in 2013 I thought it was a sure bet. KERF would be the ultimate battleground. The best fullback of the four stood a very good chance of being numero uno in the land in 2014.…

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Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival 2014

13 April, 2014 beet 212

Twelve of the most well-known rugby schools in South African will once again be on display over Easter in KwaZulu-Natal come 2014.

In spite of the school holidays headache caused by Easter not being part of the end of term vacation, the organisers of the seventh annual Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival (KERF) have done ever so well to attract a top class field yet again.…

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St John’s Easter Rugby Festival 2014

13 April, 2014 beet 66

The well-organised St Johns tournament over Easter will bring together two different tiers of rugby schools. On the one extreme there will be national powerhouses in form of Paarl Boys High, Paul Roos and Waterkloof…