Bye-bye dual sportsman: Jean-Luc du Plessis
Boland has named it’s Coca-Cola Khaya Majola under-19 Cricket Week team. Missing is the name of Boishaai all-rounder Jean-Luc du Plessis, a fast left arm bowler and top order batsman. …
School water polo : FINA u18 youth championships
Despite being a very popular South African school sport particularly amongst rugby players, water polo still lives in the shadows of more traditional national sports…
Over-aged KZN school player resurfaces in provincial sevens
On 03 November 2012 the Sharks team defeated Eastern Province Kings 29-14 in the SARU national sevens final for and I stress here for mens teams. A member of the impressive EP team was none other than one Mbembe Payi. Payi was a student at DHS earlier this year…
Overzealous parents & sport bursaries/scholarships
There is a lot said on these pages about schools who “buy” players – how about those parents who “sell” their kids – Cyndi
Your comments:-…
Theron’s first u20 trial – players that impressed
A squad of 50 Junior World Championship hopefuls was put through their paces during a trial match in front of head coach Dawie Theron and his assistant yesterday.…
Rugby staff changes for Monnas, Paul Roos & Dale
This year well established traditional rugby schools Monument, Paul Roos Gymnasium and Dale College bid farewell to leading figures in their rugby programmes.…
2013 Baby Boks will be in the JWC pool of death
The pools for the Junior World Championships (JWC) has been announced. The same irritating format which sees teams divided into 3 pools, with only the winners of each pool and only the single best second placed pool team overall advancing to the semi-finals, stays in place.…
Star-studded field gathers for SuperBru
Many of SA’s current crop of SBR heavyweight bloggers (I’m proclaiming it) have signed on for the very challenging yet lighthearted SuperBru End of Year Tour compo. …
DHS & Glenwood meet to discuss rugby player
Information from a reliable source indicates that a meeting took earlier today (Tuesday 06 November) between the Glenwood and DHS heads. This was at the latter’s request. The meeting was to discuss the move of a prominent Grade 11 First XV rugby player from DHS to Glenwood.…
School Rugby Festivals 2013
There are going to be some outstanding first team school rugby festivals taking place around the country between late March and early May 2013.…
SA u20 Trials squad named
Dawie Theron has named a squad of 50 under-20 players to attend trials and a training camp in Stellenbosch from 9-12 November 2012. …
Garsfontein: 7s School Champions for 2012
Hosts Garsfontein beat 2010 and 2011 champions Tygerberg 43-28 in the high scoring cup final to claim the @lantic 7s Champion of Champions title for 2012. It was Garsies third @lantic tournament win of the year. They had participated in 2 out of the 16 @lantic regional tournaments and won both (Pretoria and Kempton Park), to qualify for the Champion of Champions main event.…
130+ days of Raymond Rhule
On 06 November 2012 Raymond Rhule will be 20 years old. Just a little over 130 days ago, 98 maybe 99 out of every 100 South African rugby fans would have been clueless if asked who Raymond Rhule was. He has since redefined the term ‘overnight success’. …
Grey College: a rugby factory or importer – what’s your opinion?
I wanted to throw this one out there for some rational mature feedback because it became a bit of a debate between a few members on my Whatsapp rugby group, starting last night and continuing this morning. It initially revolved around Jan Serfontein, who added the under-20 Player of the Year to his list of rugby awards at the SARU event yesterday. …
SA Schools Cricket rankings
The website www.saschoolsports.co.za bravely compiles an SA schools cricket ranking on a regular basis nowadays. Hats off to them for making the effort. It’s a huge undertaking considering that school cricket is being played in at least 3 different formats and at all times of the week. …
Sergeal Petersen wins Craven Week Player of the Tournament 2012 award
SA Schools wing Sergeal Petersen of Grey High School in Port Elizabeth is the Craven Week Player of the Tournament for 2012. Petersen was the best player in the unbeaten Eastern Province under-18 team at Craven Week this year.…
@lantic 7’s Champions Tournament 2012
16 schools will compete to be crowned the @Lantic Schools 7’s champions of 2012. The tournament takes place on 02 / 03 November and is hosted by Garsfontein in Pretoria. Supersport 1 will broadcast the match day 2 games including the final live from 13h00 on Saturday, 03 November.…
Schoolboy Rugby Player of 2012???
It’s rugby awards season in South Africa. Nominees have been made known and various player, coach and team of the year prizes will be handed out on Thursday 01 November 2012 in Cape Town. What isn’t clear is who the schoolboy rugby player of 2012 will be. …
DHS still looking for a new Head of Rugby
Although it’s been a couple of months since it was made public that current DHS Head of Rugby and First XV coach Deon Gericke will be moving to St Charles in Pietermaritzburg in 2013, there are still no clear indications about who his replacement will be…
2012 Currie Cup Final players by school
The Currie Cup final kicks off at 5pm on Saturday and promises to be a very good game. The one thing we all know about streaks is that they eventually come to an end.…
KZN Cricket – 20/10/2012
Well I’m starting to get the feeling that come Friday there is such a positive energy build-up amongst KZNers because the weekend is near, that this invariably causes a low pressure cell to develop over the region and as a result by Saturday it’s raining cats and dogs. The KZN weather at this time of year is definitely not cricket friendly. Nevertheless there are a few games planned.
Maritzburg College vs Michaelhouse
Hilton vs Westville
DHS vs Glenwood
St Charles vs Clifton
(if anyone has waterpolo fixtures, please feel free to post a comment for inclusion here)…
SA Rugby Player of the Year 2012
10 nominees have been named for the SARU Player of the Year award.…