Grey College & Welkom Gim get 2022 going in Bloem
Grey College and Welkom Gim who have pretty much been the Central region’s No.1 and No.2 ranked 1st XV’s respectively, in recent times, will square off at the Hoërskool President Steyn’s Hester van der Walt Sportdag in Bloemfontein on Saturday 25 March 2022.…
Least experienced 1st XVs of the modern era to kick-off 2022 season
Two of the 2021 season pace-setters Paarl Gymnasium and Grey College will head into the 2022 South African schoolboy rugby season as the early favourites come out on top, but for the most part, determining where the rest of the big guns will fit into the ranking puzzle is a guessing game.…
Memories from April 2021
After watching a Gloucester match in the English Premiership last weekend, this week gone past I could not help but think of something Garsfontein deputy headmaster Retief Smith wrote last April.…
Who is Hoërskool Trio?
One of the school news events that might have gone unnoticed during 2021, is that the Blouskool and Rooiskool rivalry in Kroonstad is no more. How so? Well the two schools have merged to form one bigger school called TRIO. …
Quiz time – school rugby coaches
What do these 20+ head coaches / heads of rugby at their respective schools all have in common?…
Database of schoolboy rugby coaches for 2022
School rugby in South Africa is blessed to have an abundance of talent at its disposal in terms of both players and school level coaches. When it comes to coaching the depth chart is deep, so much so that for the top positions available, supply exceeds demand several times.…