New Boland Rugby deal has people buzzing about ambition
Boland Rugby recently announced an exciting and potentially very lucrative deal with the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport (SAS), a subsidiary of Remgro Limited, and a consortium comprising companies controlled by the Motsepe family (Motsepe Consortium). Now a lot of Cape locals are talking about the sky being the limit.…
St Charles has an unconventional, exciting & expensive 2024 season to come
St Charles College in Pietermaritzburg will turn 150 years old in 2025! The rugby year before that celebration is going to be a pretty unique one as well, judging by their fixture list.…
What lies ahead for the Rugby World Cup 2023 winning Springboks
The Springboks became the first team to win the Rugby World Cup four times, after beating their main rivals, the New Zealand All Blacks 12-11 in the tense 2023 final in Paris.…
Kearsney appoints Keegan Daniel as Director of Rugby
Kearsney has gone against the grain and appointed the relatively inexperienced coach Keegan Daniel as their Director of Rugby.…
Little Kingswood were huge in 2023!
Kingswood, the English-medium independent co-ed (±200 boys) from Makhanda (Grahamstown), finished 2023 as the top school in Eastern Cape interschools matches. It turned out the 2023 season was on par with those of 2010 and 2016 when they also only lost 2 matches per season during those campaigns. Under the guidance of head coach James Winstanley they proved to be massive overachievers.…
Ranking prediction for 2024 using u16A of 2022 & 2023
Using the u16 rankings from NextGenXV and from SASchoolSport …
Paarl Gim set to land a top-top rugby man as new headmaster
Confirmed. Northwood headmaster Paul Viljoen will start as the new Paarl Gim rector on 01 January 2024.…
It’s business as unusual as KZN plans for 2024
Finalising the KwaZulu-Natal fixture list for 2024 is at an advanced stage and its the usual unique elements that have played a part in making it the most difficult fixture list in the country to setup.…
Ireland and the Springboks heading for a titanic clash Rugby World Cup 2023, Week Three Predictions
Ireland and the Springboks heading for a titanic clash
Rugby World Cup 2023, Week Three Predictions
By Kaya 85…
Menlopark hoping athletics gives their rugby the rapid recovery “hupstoot”
The positive link between athletics and rugby has often been discussed on this forum in the past. Now Menlopark are pinning rugby hopes on their outstanding athletics programme and very soon they will be the only school in South Africa with an 8-lane tartan athletics track to include in the offering (Noordheuwel has 6-lanes).…
Noordvaal agrees to expand the four A-division leagues for 2024
The majority of Noordvaal schools favoured the proposal to expand the number of schools in each league for 2024.…
Rugby World Cup 2023 – Week Two Predictions
Rugby World Cup 2023 –
Week Two Predictions
By Kaya 85…
Mixed feelings about Noordvaal expansion proposal
The Noordvaal schools will meet at Midstream College in Pretoria on Wednesday, 13 September 2023 to decide if they are for or against a proposed expansion of the Plate, Shield and Bowl leagues from eight to nine schools per league. The Cup being the premier league has had nine teams ever since Waterkloof was accepted back into the fold a few years back. …