8 matric distinctions for giant SA Schools lock Jaco Grobbelaar
SA Schools 2023 lock Jaco Grobbelaar of Fichardtpark in Bloemfontein obtained an amazing 8 distinctions (91% average) for matric in 2023.…
Kwagga Junior Rugby Week 2024
The Kwagga Junior Rugby Week at Outeniqua in George must surely rate as the top u14 festival in South Africa. …
The Power of Positive Sports Relationships
There are some interesting relationships connected to the biggest derbies in South African schoolboy rugby.…
Rugby Travel Academy teams at the World Schools Festival 2023
The Rugby Travel Academy will once again be fielding two invitation teams at this year’s World Schools Festival in Thailand.…
SA Schools Rugby & SA Schools Cricket double representatives : Riley Norton
An amazing achievement for 17-year-old Riley Norton of Paul Roos, who was recently selected for the SA u19 Cricket World Cup Squad, a tournament taking place in South Africa early in 2024. Riley is not only part of an exclusive club of elite school sportsmen to achieve this unique feat, he is possibly the youngest schoolboy to achieve the double and he is also the first rugby forward in close to 40-years to make it onto the list.…
Full circle for Affies’ Jacobs twins
Affies head into 2024 expecting to field a coming of age team that will set their sights on a top-3 national finish.…
Paul Roos to tour Ireland in December 2023
Paul Roos are gearing up to take on the Northern Hemisphere winter conditions complete with potentially tricky to adapt to surfaces, during the December 2023 school holidays, when they travel to Ireland for 11 days with a 38-player squad.…
Tony Stoops written into Stellenberg history books
Retired Western Cape schoolboy rugby patron Tony Stoops has received an honorable mention by Stellenberg as the man who coined the term “Jade Brigade”.…
KZN names Sharks Youth Week coaches for 2024 at AGM
The Sharks Craven Week team will be in for a baptism of fire as they are lined up to play Western Province in their opening game at Craven Week 2024.…