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Craven Week 2013: Free State team almost finalised

6 June, 2013 beet 16

Free State are in the process of finalising their Craven Week team. They named a fairly predictable blend of 13 Grey College  and 9 HTS Louis Botha players for a trial match against the Griffons.  The squad is very much along the lines of the quota system in place for Craven Week which stipulates that each team must have a minimum of 9 Previously Disadvantaged Individuals (PDI) in their squad of 22 with no fewer than 5 required to be in the starting line-up and on the field at all times. …

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BHP Top 50 – week ending 01 June 2013

5 June, 2013 beet 23

With the school rugby season now past halfway point, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to rank teams, especially those in the teens and upwards. Fortunately the BHP ranking system is formula driven, meaning that it does not rely on human guesswork. …

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IRB Junior World Championships 2013

5 June, 2013 beet 94

The IRB Junior World Championships for under-20’s being in France today. Although the South African Baby Bokke have an easy first assignment against the USA, they are in the pool of death along with France and England.…

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Cape Schools Week 2013

4 June, 2013 beet 40

Updated. Fixtures finalised.

Cape Schools Week takes place at Paarl Gymnasium between Friday, 21 June and Wednesday, 26 June.…

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Craven Week 2013: Day 1 & Day 2 fixtures

3 June, 2013 beet 125

The Craven Week match-day 1 and 2 fixtures are not quite what the doctor ordered. It was anticipated that the Bulls and Western Province would be kept apart, to set up the potential unofficial final that viewers were robbed of in 2012. …

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Hilton beats Maritzburg College 38-22

2 June, 2013 beet 77

Hilton beat Maritzburg College 38-22 in an entertaining match played on Gilfillan. Right from the start both teams set out to play positive rugby resulting in 70-minutes worth of action. Although Hilton took the lead in the third minute and never looked back, the result was really only secured by the home team in the last five or so minutes when they scored 10 unanswered points. Up until then College were still in with a shout.…

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Golden Lions join Craven Week selection circus

2 June, 2013 beet 48

During their TV coverage of the Premier Interschools match between Monument and Glenwood today, the commentators made several references to 8 Monnas players being chosen for Craven Week, while a further 5 were included the Academy Week team. Furthermore the commentary team seem to know who the selected players were by name. It all seemed plausible right up until the end of the production when Defender (read player) of the Match, Monnas’ no.8 Wiehan Jacobs was asked a question related to his selection for Craven Week. Jacobs quickly replied along the lines that he was still hoping to be selected and that the Golden Lions Craven Week team had not been announce yet.…

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Glenwood’s Corné the Ver-marquee player

1 June, 2013 beet 10

Glenwood takes on the Monument Witbulle in a Premier Interschools game this afternoon. The match will be shown on a delayed broadcast at 21:30 on Supersport 1 tonight. One of the players well worth keeping an eye on is Glenwood fullback Corné Vermaak. Vermaak is in outstanding form at the moment. With each passing game he looks to have peaked but then seems to set the bar a little higher with his next outing. …

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Results – week ending 01 June 2013

1 June, 2013 beet 403
SCHOOL SCHOOL NOTES
Dundee 16 26 Sarel Cilliers
Glenwood 20 26 Monument Glenwood Old Boys Day. Premier Interschools – on TV
Westville 21 17 Michaelhouse Westville Old Boys Day
Hilton 38 22 M. College
Kearsney 76 6 DHS
St Charles 29 24 Northwood  St Charles Old Boys Day
Empangeni 19 36 George Campbell
Framesby 30 31 Marlow
Dale 3 38 Grey HS
Queens 30 19 St Andrews
Otto du Plessis 17 73 Die Brandwag
Muir 22 29 Nico Malan
Boland Landbou 10 0 Bishops
Langenhoven Gim 9 71 Outeniqua
Drostdy 27 27 Tygerberg
Paarl BH 29 5 SACS
Paarl Gim 40 3 Wynberg
Rondebosch 5 10 Paul Roos  u16 game bound to draw much interest
Stellenberg 6 15 Hugenote
Kingswood 47 3 Stirling
Jeppe 88 0 St Albans
St Johns 18 17 Marais Viljoen
Pretoria BH 17 17 KES
St Stithians 20 10 Parktown
St Benedicts 75 12 Sutherland
Centurion 60 11 John Vorster Beeld
Garsfontein 40 37 Eldoraigne Beeld
Wonderboom 48 3 Zwartkop Beeld
HTS Middelburg 36 3 HTS Witbank Beeld
Nelspruit 18 11 Middelburg Beeld
Kempton Park 44 9 Die Anker Beeld
EG Jansen 94 0 Jeugland Beeld
Transvalia 40 19 Vereeniging Gim Beeld
Florida 52 6 Noordheuwel Beeld
Ben Vorster 31 3 Pietersburg Beeld. On TV
Voortrekker (Beth) 28 21 AHS Kroonstad
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2 more Boishaai players in WP u18 team!

31 May, 2013 beet 70

A few people might be unsure what to make of this but effectively two more Paarl Boys High players have been called up to replace injured Craven Week players JD Schickerling and Ryan Oosthuizen (both Paarl Gim). …

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Ryan Oosthuizen injury another huge blow for WP u18

31 May, 2013 beet 18

Ryan Oosthuizen, the highly rated Paarl Gymnasium player has been ruled out of Craven Week with an ankle ligament injury. The blonde centre has made a name for himself with standout attacking play that combines all the elements sort after for success at senior level. Oosthuizen is know for his x-factor ability to challenge defences with ball in hand or help beat them with accurate and at times visionary distribution skills. His game is build around good instantaneous decision-making. He is also a key component of the sound Gimmies defence that has suffocated many opponents this season.…

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No dull moments in KZN under-16

30 May, 2013 beet 25

The KZN under-16 season definitely hasn’t been short of highlights. There have been some interesting results, exciting games and even times when games in this lower age-group has threatened to steal the limelight away from the more predictable outcomes of 1st team rugby due to the evenness of the competition that exists in the under-16 Tier-1 league this season. Saturday should be no exception when Westville hosts Michaelhouse, Hilton takes on Maritzburg College and St Charles plays at home to Northwood. DHS has been a bit of the boil but their current group of under-16’s have beaten Kearsney at under-14 and under-15 levels. Glenwood has their work cut out against Monnas.…

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Huge interest in WP under-16 games now

30 May, 2013 beet 15

Ever since it became known that WP Grant Khomo Week selectors had turned a blind eye to Paul Roos Gim’s unbeatable under-16 team by selecting just one player for the squad of 22, it has sparked outrage throughout the region. As a result the level of interest in the age-group contest both locally and nationally has soared to new heights.…

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Potential solution to u16 & u18 provincial selection problems

30 May, 2013 beet 117

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.…

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Klofie Rohan Janse van Rensburg added to the Baby Bok mix

29 May, 2013 beet 34

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.…

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Craven Week 2013: WP team

28 May, 2013 beet 207

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.…

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BHP Top 50 – week ending 25 May 2013

28 May, 2013 beet 17

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. 

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