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Hi everyone

Apologies from my side for all the website breakdowns incurred of late. It has been very frustrating.

The website has now been moved to a server which hopefully will provide a lot more stability and security.

In the transfer process about 2 weeks worth of comments have sadly been lost for good. There were some really meaningful ones in there as well so this isn’t great news.

Regards,

Beet…

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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……

Not yet official

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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.…

A dozen or so asked school rugby coaches applauded the use of rolling subs at all three big annual Johannesburg based Easter Rugby Festivals this year.…

SLAPPING DOWN A BALL TOWARDS YOUR OWN GOAL-LINE IS STILL ALLOWED.

JUST DON’T DELIBERATELY KNOCK-ON A BALL TO STOP THE OPPONENTS’ ATTACKING PLAY! …

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.…

As quite a few of you already know, Andre T is organising an ELV braai at the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival. …

The St Stithians College Sports Festival has used an app (find it here -> http://bit.ly/2mFw3Zo)…

Schoolsportlive…

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

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?”…

The 2017 national schoolboy rugby season is fast approaching and there are already allegations doing the rounds about several schools who are expected to field 1st XV’s with excessive numbers of under-19 players.…

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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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.…

So far on their End Of Year Tour, the All Blacks have added 14 more tries to their tally of 60 for the Southern Hemisphere season. Here’s a slightly outdated yet still outstanding and significant “Analysis: Where have the All Blacks’ 60 tries in 2016 come from?” http://www.the42.ie/analysis-all-blacks-tries-59-2016-3056059-Nov2016/ . It’s interesting stuff brought to you by The42.ie!…

KZN holds onto the Cup but only just-just…

A highly successful ninth Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival wrapped up with two teams which remained unbeaten at the festival and the announcement of three players who each received bursaries to the Sharks Academy for 2017.…