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Join us for the second round of the reLIVE series as we show off a few scintillating schoolsportlive classics.…

With Coronavirus infections showing an upward trend in the Northern Hemisphere, concerns are growing that the period of isolation/quarantine/lockdown may well have to be measured in months as opposed to weeks. The knock-on effect is that one of the valid questions being posed is at what point in time will the 2020 South African school academic year be considered a write-off. …

I’ve watched my fair share of virus outbreak movies and TV shows etc over the years. Amongst my favourites were the first three or so seasons of the Walking Dead and I am Legend. Right now I would really like to watch a movie called Contagion who offers a plot which is more realistic and relatable to our current situation scenario than many of the more popular productions which involved humans transforming into hostile creatures with unrecognisable characteristics. Anyway I don’t know if anyone envisaged the world grinding to a standstill like it’s about to do. All we can really do is try to stay healthy and stay positive. Doing their level best to keep things rolling on the entertainment side is SchoolSportLive with a few trips down recent memory lane starting this weekend with the offerings below.

www.schoolsportlive.co.za…

Kearsney and Northwood will be the highlight match as the KZN regular season 2020 gets off to a bit of a watered down start.…

An article that has been met with mixed emotions…

https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/50785122…

SARU’s rash decision that came into effect in 2019, to scrap the under-19 junior Currie Cup and only support an under-21 competition, looks all set to be revised.…

Which players are on your radar coming into the 2020 schoolboy rugby season?…

Spare a thought for the SA Sevens organisers. Their best efforts to create something worthwhile for the under-18  national players has instead turned into a bit of a nightmare as a result of the Elite Player Development camp (EPD) being given the green light to take preference over national Sevens players.…

A headmaster’s job is often underrated. Successful schools on the right track and/or improving more often than owe a great deal of that accomplishment to having a really really good headmaster at the helm. …

World Rugby’s top international accreditation…

Join Schoolboyrugby.co.za, my Super Rugby Predictor league on @Superbru! You can find my pool here:

https://www.superbru.com/superrugby/pool.php?p=12203669

or by downloading the Superbru app and searching for the pool with code:

dabslath…

IEB’s  St John’s College produced killer matric results to top the pile in 2019 with a bit of daylight between themselves and second on the list.

Once again Bishops (private) and in particular Rondebosch (state) produced outstanding results, nearly achieving 100% university pass rates from the NSC.

Last year’s top dogs, Kearsney had to make do with fourth spot.…

By Hooit

The start of a new season also brings new opportunities for SBR Bloggers.…

A breaking news article about a fairly high profile school rugby coach having signed on the dotted line to head up the rugby programme of a rising Cape Town Northern suburbs high school, also brought into play a suggestion that the said coach was set to be the latest in his school aligned profession to earn in excess of R1 million per annum and therefore join an exclusive Millionaires’ Club.…

Press Release from Carl Fabian of www.ruggas.co.za:

A dream of many schoolboy rugby supporters is about to come true. Some of the top rugby playing schools and major role players came together during the past few months to negotiate the birth of arguably the most competitive schoolboy rugby challenge in the world.

• Garsfontein Hoërskool,
• Grey College,
• Hoër Jongenskool Paarl (Paarl Boishaai),
• Monument Hoërskool,
• Paarl Gimnasium and
• Paul Roos Gymnasium

Hastings Boys’ High School of the Hurricanes may have only finished in second place in their own regional (Super 8) round robin regular season and then been beaten in competition final but the wildcard like route proved good enough for them. When push came to shove they produced the perfect record and claimed the biggest price in New Zealand schoolboy rugby – the Barbarian Cup. Although controversial poachers St Kentigern’s were eliminated from the main title race by eventual boys’ school runners-up Kings College of Auckland, St Kent’s did go on to lift the Co-ed Cup in 2019.…

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