Westville beats Pretoria Boys High 22-17
Westville produced their best result of 2013 when they beat a strong Pretoria Boys High 1st XV 22-17 on Bowdens 2, alongside their main field.…
Baby Boks JWC planning needs updating
The Los Pumitas have beaten the Baby Boks 2-1 in a series in Argentina. After winning the opening match 26-3, the SA under-20 team lost the next two games 27-42 and 22-27.
On the one hand it’s pleasing to see the juniors getting valuable game time as a unit ahead of the Junior World Championships in France in June. However one just has to ask the question again: do we have our best players on board? …
Grey High benefits from understanding SARU age-banding rules
On Saturday Grey High held on to recorded a 23-18 win against visitors Paul Roos. This was their second win in two seasons against Paul Roos.
A feature of the game was the outstanding form of under-16 flyhalf Curwin Bosch who turned out for the home side’s 1st XV. Many locals in attendance feel that the youngster’s play was the difference between the two teams on the day.…
Results – 20 April 2013
| SCHOOL | SCHOOL | NOTES | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KES | – | – | Jeppe | Postponed due to waterlogged field. Wonder if rescheduled game will be televised? |
| Queens | 6 | 0 | Dale | Massive Derby. Dale really lifting their game to fit the occasion |
| Noord-Kaap | 27 | 19 | Diamantveld | Kimberley Derby |
| Grey HS | 23 | 18 | Paul Roos | Paul Roos missed too many kicks |
| Framesby | 35 | 11 | Daniel Pienaar | |
| Hudson Park | 5 | 41 | Marlow | |
| Pearson | 13 | 20 | Nico Malan | 3 more tries for a player of the season Selvyn Davids of N.M. |
| Die Brandwag | 40 | 3 | Muir | Die Brandwag continue to be a surprise package of 2013 |
| Westville | 22 | 17 | Pretoria BH | Westville scored 2 well worked early tries & did not look back |
| Michaelhouse | 5 | 36 | Glenwood | Glenwood ran the ball in the wet & it paid dividends |
| M. College | – | – | DHS | All 4 of DHS’s planned games for 2013 on Goldstones have now been canned |
| George Campbell | – | – | Kearsney | Cancelled |
| Hilton | 24 | 14 | Northwood | |
| St Charles | – | – | Voortrekker | Postponed to Tuesday or Wednesday |
| Punt | 3 | 71 | Outeniqua | |
| Bishops | 18 | 22 | Paarl BH | Bishops led 11-0 at one stage |
| Boland Landbou | 37 | 27 | Wynberg | B.L. came from behind by scored 2 late tries to seal a good victory |
| Oakdale | 20 | 12 | Drostdy | W/Cape Match of the Day |
| Primrose | 10 | 47 | Rondebosch | |
| SACS | 62 | 21 | Brackenfell | |
| Tygerberg | 3 | 55 | Paarl Gim | |
| Hugenote | 32 | 10 | Oudtshoorn | |
| Centurion | – | – | Monnas | NuPower – 1st place pool decider. Postponed. |
| Vereeniging Gim | 21 | 0 | Pietersburg | NuPower |
| Nelspruit | 45 | 5 | Marais Viljoen | NuPower. Nellies into the Top 4 semi-final |
| Garsfontein | 45 | 15 | Transvalia | NuPower. Garsies will testify to the unforgiving format. They are 1 of the best teams in SA this season can only hope to finish 5th in the NuPower this season |
| Rustenburg | – | – | Kempton Park | NuPower – 1st place pool decider. Postponed until Monday, |
| Ermelo | – | – | Eldoraigne | NuPower. Postponed. |
| HTS Middelburg | 15 | 13 | EG Jansen | NuPower – 1st place pool decider – Match of the Weekend |
| Florida | 24 | 21 | Klerksdorp | NuPower |
| Menlopark | – | – | Waterkloof | Cancelled |
| Parktown | – | – | Potch BH | Cancelled |
| Grey College | 43 | 0 | Louis Botha | |
| Grey College Cherries | 51 | 10 | Sentraal | 1 week after holding powerful Klofies to 20-25, Sentraal lose to the Grey Bloem 2nd XV |
Tradisionele rugbyskole verdwyn in “ou Transvaal”!
Geskryf deur Johann van Tonder
Argument dat ‘n skool ‘n tradisionele rugbyskool is, is op eierdoppe gebou. Die onderstaande statistieke oor die wenners van die administrateursbeker/Direkteurstrofee/Beeldtrofee toon hoe tye verander het. Voorheen “tradisionele” rugbyskole verdwyn, en nuwe word gebore. Die lewe verander en mens moet aanpas.…
Expert calls for ban on school rugby
A leading sports scientist has called for a ban on pre-primary and primary school rugby, claiming it causes emotional harm.
Article by Sipokazi Fokazi for the Cape Argus (An Afrikaans version of the report here: http://www.nwupuknews.co.za/n/af/85)…
WP Schools name 4 trial teams for 24 April 2013
Article from www.stoopstats.co.za
The selectors have named four teams plus reserves for what should be the penultimate round of trials, to be held at Bellville High School on Wednesday 24 April 2013.
While one would normally assume that the Stoffberg and Links teams, who meet at 16:15 are more highly regarded than the Jasper and van Rensburg selections, who play each other at 15:15, there is always room for surprises in the final selections.…
Unforgiving NuPower-Tuks 2013 final pool games
The third and final round of NuPower-Tuks pool matches will be played this weekend. In terms of the new Super-16 format, only the top team from each group progresses to the knock-out semi-final.…
BHP rankings for 13 April 2013
Nothing beats a formula driven ranking system.
BoishaaiPa: “This shows current form and not actual strength. The model will even out when more games have been played.”…
Mutual & Federal Premier Interschools magazine show makes TV debut
JOHANNESBURG, 17 April 2013: The Mutual & Federal Premier Interschools magazine show will hit television screens tonight for the first time in the build-up to Saturday’s season-opening match between Johannesburg rivals KES and Jeppe.
The first episode, which will preview the match and provide viewers with in-depth insights on the rich traditions and rugby legends associated with the participating schools, will be broadcast on SuperSport One, SuperSport One Africa and SuperSport CSN at 17:45. …
SA Rankings for 13 April 2013
Not too much happened this week to affect the top of the table rankings IMHO. There was one huge game at Brug Street in Paarl. The Kwaggas who were already my No.1 team won it but Boishaai did not disgrace themselves and in my books they are still pretty much a Top 10 team, a view that Rugby15.co.za and SASchoolSports.co.za do not seem to share. At least SASchoolsports was able to promote the Kwaggas to No.1 on their list.…
Time for the Eastern Cape rethink
In February SBRer Rugbyfan got us underway with his predictions of how the season would turn out: http://schoolboyrugby.co.za/blog/?p=2493. All the top contenders have a few games under the belt now. St Andrews is there somewhere above the cloud. At this stage they appear to be the overachievers in the region in terms of the pre-season forecasts.…
Gauteng go 4 zero up in the Grogper Cup
KZN teams College and Northwood put in spirited performances against difficult opponents in the form of Pretoria Boys High and Jeppe over the weekend. However 2 more loses, now means that the Gauteng boys have a 4-0 lead with 8 to play. KZN look like they are going to need a European Ryder Cup team like comeback to win this one.…
Boksmart Age vs Weight category rugby report
SBRer Tjoppa forwarded an study undertaken by SAFU a while back.
www.schoolboyrugby.co.za/BokSmart 2010-Age vs Weight Category Rugby.pdf…
Results – 13-Apr-2013
| Home | Away | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pretoria BH | 25 | 23 | M. College | |
| Framesby | 42 | 8 | Despatch | |
| Nico Malan | 24 | 29 | Grey HS | |
| Jeppe | 33 | 24 | Northwood | |
| Grens | 27 | 19 | Dale | |
| Duineveld | – | – | Noord-Kaap | NK withdrew |
| Empangeni | 0 | 49 | Westville | |
| Pinetown | 0 | 82 | Glenwood | |
| George Campbell | 48 | 7 | Hillcrest | |
| Paarl BH | 36 | 45 | Outeniqua | |
| Wynberg | 10 | 10 | Rondebosch | |
| Paul Roos | 22 | 22 | Bishops | |
| SACS | 26 | 22 | Boland Landbou | |
| Stellenberg | 12 | 29 | Drostdy | |
| Tygerberg | 66 | 0 | Primrose | |
| KES | 45 | 22 | Parktown | |
| Affies | 88 | 9 | John Vorster | |
| Waterkloof | 25 | 20 | Sentraal | |
| Marlow | 20 | 34 | Brandwag (EP) | |
| Jeppe | 33 | 24 | Northwood | |
| Sarel Cilliers | 27 | 10 | Ladysmith | |
| Windhoek | 3 | 15 | Kearsney | |
| Daniel Pienaar | 34 | 3 | Itembelihle | |
| Grey College | 62 | 10 | Jim Fouche | |
| Hentie Cilliers | 31 | 22 | Welkom Gim | |
| Louis Botha | 56 | 6 | Sand du Plessis | |
| HTS Middelburg | 59 | 3 | Zwartkop | |
| Ben Vorster | 44 | 20 | Frikkie Meyer | |
| EG Jansen | 62 | 3 | Florida |
Mutual & Federal – Premier Interschool’s new title sponsor
JOHANNESBURG, 10 April 2013: South Africa’s popular Premier Interschools rugby series on Wednesday received a massive boost with the announcement that leading short term insurer Mutual & Federal had signed a three-year contract as the title sponsor, with Cell C and G4S as associate sponsors.…
BHP Rankings for 05 April 2013
Outeniqua is on top while Worcester Gim occupies 50th place. Lots of rugby still to come this season, so expect the formula driven ranking systems like this one to eventually start delivering the more trustworthy placings once all teams have played 6 or more games under the belt.…
SA Rankings for 05 April 2013
Two websites: Rugby15.co.za and SASchoolSports.co.za have put out their rankings for the Week ended 05/04/2013.
At this stage apart from the top 2 on both, things look very different. Anyway you decide which is the more accurate one.…
Grogper Cup 2013
Edited. Okay so your probably wondering what this is all about. Very simple, KZN schools versus English medium Gauteng Schools, eleven games, one on one with the aim to assign all-important bragging rights at the end of the season to the region that wins the most games.…
WP “Premier League” about to kick off
The only thing official about the WP Premier League is that it is officially tough. The competition is hot down south. Quality players make for quality teams. As a result, well the analysis of the Super Rugby players’ schools attended says it all, the region produces more professional rugby players than any other in South Africa. It’s an annual norm but worth mentioning once more that several WP schools will hold down national Top 20 places come the end of the season. …
Skonk Nicholson Fest – Day 2 match reports
JONATHAN COOK reports:
Saturday’s second and final day of the Husqvarna Skonk Nicholson Rugby Festival at Maritzburg College saw a number of schools make it two wins from two festival starts.…
Skonk Nicholson Fest: Westville shine at Maritzburg College
JON COOK and MIKE HILLDay one of the sixth annual Husqvarna Skonk Nicholson Rugby Festival at Maritzburg College Friday saw Westville Boys’ High School’s U16 and U14 teams earning victories.
…
Super Rugby Superbru – Round 8
Updated: Belated congratulations to Archie and Cyndi for making it all the way to number 1 in recent weeks.
| GAME | DATE | DAY | TIME | HOME | AWAY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 05/04/13 | Fri | 08:35 | Blues | 29 | 18 | Highlanders |
| 44 | 05/04/13 | Fri | 10:40 | Brumbies | 28 | 28 | Kings |
| 45 | 05/04/13 | Fri | 19:10 | Sharks | 21 | 17 | Crusaders |
| 46 | 06/04/13 | Sat | 08:35 | Hurricanes | 41 | 29 | Waratahs |
| 47 | 06/04/13 | Sat | 10:40 | Force | 23 | 30 | Rebels |
| 48 | 06/04/13 | Sat | 17:05 | Cheetahs | 26 | 24 | Stormers |
…