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Baby Boks JWC planning needs updating

22 April, 2013 beet 6

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? …

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Grey High benefits from understanding SARU age-banding rules

22 April, 2013 beet 23

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.

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Results – 20 April 2013

20 April, 2013 beet 321

 

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
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Tradisionele rugbyskole verdwyn in “ou Transvaal”!

19 April, 2013 beet 31

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.

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WP Schools name 4 trial teams for 24 April 2013

18 April, 2013 stoopstats.co.za 89

Article from www.stoopstats.co.zastoopstatslogo


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.…

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BHP rankings for 13 April 2013

17 April, 2013 beet 33

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.”…

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Mutual & Federal Premier Interschools magazine show makes TV debut

17 April, 2013 beet 5

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. 

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SA Rankings for 13 April 2013

16 April, 2013 beet 221

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.…

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Time for the Eastern Cape rethink

15 April, 2013 beet 26

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.…

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Gauteng go 4 zero up in the Grogper Cup

15 April, 2013 beet 64

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.…

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Results – 13-Apr-2013

14 April, 2013 beet 287
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
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Mutual & Federal – Premier Interschool’s new title sponsor

10 April, 2013 beet 84

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.…

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BHP Rankings for 05 April 2013

10 April, 2013 beet 220

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.…

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SA Rankings for 05 April 2013

8 April, 2013 beet 116

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.…

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Grogper Cup 2013

7 April, 2013 beet 131

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.…

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WP “Premier League” about to kick off

7 April, 2013 beet 4

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. …

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Skonk Nicholson Fest – Day 2 match reports

6 April, 2013 beet 13

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.…

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Super Rugby Superbru – Round 8

4 April, 2013 beet 12

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

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Skonk Nicholson Fixtures – Day 1 & Day 2

4 April, 2013 Pedantic 59

Day 1:

AGE GROUP TIME SCHOOL SCHOOL
Under 16 10h30 Kearsney 31  7 Trinityhouse
Under 16 11h50 Hilton 19 24 Marais Viljoen
Under 16 13h10 Westville 51  0 KZN Development
Under 16 14h30 M. College 21  5 Hudson Park
Under 14 10h30 Voortrekker 0 31 Trinityhouse
Under 14 11h50 Westville 22 20 Jeppe
Under 14 13h10 M. College 0 64 Menlo Park
Under 14 14h30 Hudson Park 41  5 Marais Viljoen

Day 2:

AGE GROUP TIME SCHOOL SCHOOL
Under 16 08h30 Hudson Park 12 31 Westville
Under 16 09h40 Hilton 41 0 Trinityhouse
Under 16 10h50 Kearsney 14 12 Marais Viljoen
Under 16 12h00 M. College 67 7 KZN Development
Under 14 08h30 Hudson Park 0 43 Menlo Park
Under 14 09h40 Voortrekker 7 61 Marais Viljoen
Under 14 10h50 Trinityhouse 15 36 Westville
Under 14 12h00 M. College 14 14 Jeppe