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Picking your SA Schools team

23 July, 2017 beet 47

As we await the SA Schools selections it’s always a bit of fun to jot down your own team so here are a few things to consider if you want to be a little more serious about the exercise……

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u18 Golden Lions preliminary teams

17 May, 2017 beet 175
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World Rugby states u20s may not be next senior national representative team

11 May, 2017 beet 12

World Rugby sent out mixed signals about “the important and necessary step to protecting the integrity and credibility of international rugby”.

World Rugby’s confirmed change from 3 to 5 years of residency will certainly help increasingly under fire nations like South Africa however scrapping the u20 national B-team status could have counter productive.…

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Menlopark wins the overall Tuksreeks title for 2017

11 May, 2017 beet 26
– SCHOOL Rugby HockeyB HockeyG Netball Golf Chess Squash C/Country Tennis Total
1 Menlopark 60 15 32 32 7 5 8 10 16 184
2 Garsfontein 48 16 26 30 8 4 7 13 13 165
3 Monument 64 7 28 24 6 2 5 14 9 158
4 Nelspruit 44 14 24 18 7 6 8 15 15 150
5 HTS Middelburg 36 11 18 28 8 4 6 11 14 135
6 Transvalia 52 9 22 10 5 5 7 5 7 121
7 Rustenburg 40 13 10 20 5 8 3 9 12 120
8 Eldoraigne 32 11 16 26 3 7 4 12 8 119
9 EG Jansen 56 6 20 16 3 3 2 6 5 117
10 Kempton Park 28 8 14 22 4 8 5 16 6 110
11 Pietersburg 24 12 30 12 4 6 4 8 10 110
12 Klerksdorp 16 5 12 14 6 3 3 7 11 77
13 Florida 20 4 8 8 – 7 6 4 4 61
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School Rugby fixtures & results – week ending 29 April 2017

30 April, 2017 beet 93
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Easter Festival Predictions 2017

11 April, 2017 beet 29

Since I can no longer use the old prediction pool plugin, here’s an experimental prediction template for all 4 major Easter Festivals but you’ll need a newer version of MS Excel.…

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Who will it be in 2017?

25 February, 2017 beet 33

Leading to the question of who will it be in 2017, here are my personal Schoolboy Rugby Blog awards for 2016.…

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Which school’s 1st XV has the hardest April 2017 fixture list?

23 February, 2017 beet 60

BoishaaiPa suggested this a few months back:  a look at the various April (and 01 May) 2017 schoolboy rugby fixtures with the aim of determining which school has the hardest fixture list during this jam-packed period. So the million dollar question being asked is: “who got the X2 Magic Mountain ride?” and just for the fun the billion Zim dollar question: “who’s got the easiest ride?”…

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Bad news for Junior Commonwealth games Sevens hopefuls

8 February, 2017 beet 2

The Junior Commonwealth Games takes places in the Bahamas this year. The under-18 Sevens event will be staged from 19 to 23 July 2017. These dates clash with Craven Week which will be hosted by St Stithians in Randburg from 17-22 July.…

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Superbru for Super Rugby Predictor

6 February, 2017 beet 1

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Mastercoach Rugby Conference 2017

29 January, 2017 beet 4

MasterCoach 2017 is an exciting, practical rugby conference taking place at Noordheuwel High School, Krugersdorp on 9 and 10 February 2017. The conference presents the opportunity to learn from the best and to improve your rugby coaching skills for the upcoming season.
During the conference the focus will be on the basics as well as new developments in modern rugby.…

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School Rugby fixtures & results – week ending 05 March 2016

3 March, 2016 beet 93
TIME DATE SCHOOL SCHOOL EVENT
Wed.24Feb Diamantveld 10 3 Jim Fouche
Sat.27Feb Louis Botha 8 23 Welkom Gim
Sat.27Feb Goudveld 31 17 Landboudal
Sat.27Feb Noord-Kaap 22 19 Klerksdorp
Sat.27Feb Jim Fouche 44 8 Witteberg
Sat.27Feb HTS Middelburg 17 0 Transvalia
Sat.27Feb HTS Middelburg 17 0 Transvalia
Sat.27Feb Drostdy 17 10 Champagnat (Arg)
Mon.29Feb Pionier 8 16 Kearsney
Wed.02Mar Sarel Cilliers 14 25 Kearsney
15:55 Sat.05Mar Port Natal 15 18 George Campbell @ Kings Park
13:50 Sat.05Mar Queen’s 23 7 Hudson Park Border Rugby Day
15:00 Sat.05Mar Dale 40 0 Port Rex Border Rugby Day
16:10 Sat.05Mar Selborne 19 10 Grens Border Rugby Day
12:40 Sat.05Mar Cambridge 29 0 Maria Louw Border Rugby Day
Sat.05Mar Framesby 44 0 Oudtshoorn Gill Festival : 25min/half
08:00 Sat.05Mar Hentie Cilliers 5 23 Kalahari Fichardtpark S/D
09:10 Sat.05Mar Diamantveld 61 5 Goudveld Fichardtpark S/D
10:20 Sat.05Mar AHS Kroonstad 13 20 Upington Fichardtpark S/D
11:30 Sat.05Mar Welkom Gim 32 5 Noord-Kaap Fichardtpark S/D
12:40 Sat.05Mar Louis Botha 55 0 Witteberg Fichardtpark S/D
13:50 Sat.05Mar Jim Fouche 19 17 Duineveld Fichardtpark S/D
15:00 Sat.05Mar Sentraal 13 25 Marlow Fichardtpark S/D
16:10 Sat.05Mar Fichardtpark 46 7 Landboudal Fichardtpark S/D
Sat.05Mar Nelspruit X X Waterkloof Practice Match N24-17W
Sat.05Mar Hugenote (Springs) 16 23 Wonderboom PUK Prestige Reeks
Sat.05Mar Middelburg 44 17 Wesvalia PUK Prestige Reeks
Sat.05Mar Potch Volkskool 24 15 Oosterlig Pukke Prestige
Sat.05Mar Kempton Park 22 17 Transvalia Tuks Reeks
Sat.05Mar Menlopark 17 56 Garsfontein Tuks Reeks
Sat.05Mar Marais Viljoen 17 66 EG Jansen Tuks Reeks
Sat.05Mar Pietersburg 26 29 Rustenburg Tuks Reeks
Sat.05Mar HTS Middelburg 33 8 Klerksdorp Tuks Reeks
Sat.05Mar Linden 18 7 Hans Moore
Sat.05Mar Centurion 8 42 Lichtenburg
Sat.05Mar Eldoraigne 7 21 Helpmekaar
Sat.05Mar Oos-Moot 5 10 Montana
Sat.05Mar Ben Vorster 57 0 Jeugland
Sat.05Mar Volkskool Heidelberg 28 22 Hougenhout
Sat.05Mar Die Anker 27 24 Driehoek
Sat.05Mar Outeniqua 69 5 Tygerberg
Sat.05Mar Vereeniging Gim 43 0 Potch Gim
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2016 schoolboy rugby season: schools tipped for the top

21 February, 2016 beet 136

Affies may just be the team to beat in 2016. With there are handful of seriously talented rival teams to consider and lots of competitive matches lying ahead, it’s by no means a sure bet that the Pretoria Witbulle will come out on top, nevertheless there is just too much quality at their disposal to deny them the tag of early favourites to finish at number one.…