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School rugby coaching structure changes for 2022
As usual there are a number of big movements in schoolboy rugby. Here a list containing 17 changes that have taken place in recent months.…
Contact sports suspended with immediate effect – 19 May 2021
19 MAY 2021
CONTACT SPORTS SUSPENDED WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT IN SCHOOLS…
England school rugby – no scrums & mauls during Covid
It sounds like Rugby League…
Your last wish match for 2021
Hypothetically, the schoolboy rugby season is called off due to Covid, however you have the chance to choose one last round of fixtures to proceed. Which match-ups would you most like to see take place?…
Livestreaming. Possibly another Frustraturday on the cards
The motto is “hope for the best, prepare for the worst!” Schools are encouraged to have a YouTube channel back up plan for streaming in case things crash.…
Time running out for any thumb-suck gurus
One of the biggest attractions to any schoolboy rugby website is its rankings. …
Surprise results of the 2021 schoolboy rugby season
Here’s a post to maybe update as the season progresses. Keeping tabs on the surprise results that define the 2021 schoolboy rugby season:…
Covid related trouble looms for school sport in Gauteng
The Beeld newspaper warns of possible trouble for school sports in Gauteng in their Saturday 08 May edition.…
Absa Wildeklawer 2021 fixtures
Main match days: Saturday 7 August 2021 and Monday 9 August 2021
Venue: Hoërskool Diamantveld (and Kimberley Boys’ High)
Age Groups: 1st XV, u16A, u15A and u14A (no primary school tournament)…
Durbanville’s win some, lose some road to success
Cape Town Northern Suburbs’ school Durbanville may be confined to Premier B-league status in their own Western Province provincial setup but right now at the start of the 2021 season they are regarded as a star on the rise on the national stage.…
Northwood’s YouTube blueprint to overcome DigiTV issues
In these difficult times when broadcasting school rugby had become a need, not just a luxury, Northwood has a solution that other schools in the same bracket need to consider as well.…
DigiTV R50 / R100 packages in support of Monnas Centenary fundraising
DIGITV TO SUPPORT MONNAS’ CENTENARY FUNDRAISING
DigiTV is all about community and we were moved by how the community of Hoërkool Monument as well as the schoolboy rugby fraternity came together during the last week to help make the Monnas Centenary Festival a reality after it seemed that all was lost.…
Out of province school rugby tours – red tape
Schools have to apply for permission to tour.…
Covid concerns for Gauteng tours as Klofies netball cancelled
There has been a Covid outbreak amongst students and teachers at Waterkloof in Pretoria recently . Even their headmaster tested positive and is in hospital. The Waterkloof nedball tournament has been cancelled.
Its belived that the Gauteng Department of Education might act swiftly and strictly to try bring matters under control.
Affies in Pretoria are set to host the Noord-Suid tournament next week.…
Feel-good story as Rickerd stays at Dokkies
Talented Rickerd Bornman, a promising u18 loose-forward is part of the SARU Elite Player Development squad for 2021. What’s impressive is that he’s rise to be recognised as one of the top players in his position and age-group in the country, has all come about whilst he is a student at Dr Malan in Meyerton. He is in fact the headboy of his high school this year. …
DigiTV up to the Monnas Centenary Fest challenge
DigiTV on the Monument Centenary Festival:
“we plan to handle this as a full production like a Wildeklawer”
DigiTV will roll out their A-game setup. This will vastly improve the chances that viewers who login to watch the tournament starting on Friday 23 April 2021, are not let down by the quality or other streaming related interrupts.…
One-off festivals are extra hard work
In retrospective one realises just how hard it is to organise a successful one-off school rugby festival. Forget Covid times, in normal times it’s hard enough.…
SA Schools Challenge Trust’s mission statement to give back to schoolboy rugby
The SA School Challenge logo appears as an official sponsor of the Monument Centenary Rugby Festival. To find out a bit more about the trust and what it stands for, here is the mission statement:…