Superbru Super Rugby – pass code : ironsaki
The pool code for Schoolboyrugby.co.za is ironsaki. All are welcome to join.…
General
Rugby Skillset App available
A user-friendly tool to help school teams generate pro stats using just an ANDROID smartphone or a tablet is now available. …
ETV Breakfast Show – 07h10 Tuesday 02 Feb 2016
It’s believed that ETV’s Breakfast Show tomorrow morning at 07h10 will be discussing the Parktown/KES matter as well as the roll of agents/scouts.…
Accredited agent vs talent scout
In the wake of the Parktown/KES matter where two talented rugby players who are both younger than 18 moved between the schools, with Parktown using the word “agent” in their own letter describing on how events unfolded, it called into question whether or not the players could be represented by a rugby agent given their respective ages.…
2016 : a chance for Schools Sevens to step out of the shadows
2016 is an Olympic year. For the first time Sevens will be on the roster. This will significantly boost the profile of the sport around the world as well as in our own backyard. On top of that South Africa who have struggled to win medals of any kind at the Olympics, have a very good chance of standing on the medal-winners podium …
MasterCoach Conference 2016
MASTERCOACH 2016 :
After the unprecedented success of the Mastercoach Rugby conference in 2014 and 2015, the organisers are excited to introduce their popular and practical oriented rugby conference for 2016 . Their rugby specialists promise to be of a high quality once again and will share their knowledge and experience of the international stage. The conference is on from 26-27 February 2016.
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Athletics vs water polo in a rugby context
Paul Roos at the Drie-Hoek in the Boland
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Matric exams 2015 analysis of 15 high schools
Thank you to well-known blogger Grasshopper who done the time consuming research on the matric results of:
KZN: Glenwood, DHS, Northwood, Maritzburg College, Westville Boys’, Westville Girls
Gauteng: KES, Jeppe, Pretoria Boys High, Jeppe
Free State: Grey College
Eastern Cape: Grey High
Western Cape: Rondebosch, SACS, Paul Roos
and produced this detailed and very interesting table below:
Please note stats taken from EWN website data.
(Click on table to enlarge)
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Rugby schools’ matric results rankings 2015
Here’s a table listing the matric results 2015 achievements and ranking of various high schools that often perform well at rugby or are traditionally well supported teams.…
Matric results 2015
The national matric pass rate has dropped from 75.8% in 2014 to 70.7% in 2015.
The Western Cape was the best performing province in the 2015 National Senior Certificate exams with an 84.7% pass rate.…
u17 Inter Provincial Sevens 2015 – fixtures & team lists – WP winners
The schools interprovincial Sevens for Under-17 teams takes place at Paarl Gim on 2-3 October.…
SA under-16 HP 2015
Obtaining the official full list has proven quite difficult to come by. With the help of several bloggers, here’s what we do have so far:…
The MMXVI Season
MMXVI = 2016
Request from Kattes:
…Can we not start a new thread on next year’s predictions, possible new line-ups etc.? I know it is way to early to speculate on the coming season, but it will be interesting to see how many players will again be available, how the Seccies and under-16 sides performed, new coaching staff etc.
Commonwealth Youth Games u18 Sevens
The Commonwealth Youth Games took place in Samoa starting on Wednesday, 09 September 2015.
SA beat Australia 24-5 to win the gold medal.
Samoa who lost 29-0 to SA in the semifinal, claimed the bronze.
The SA under-18 team taking part was:…
Four Alternative Rankings
Here is some useless info for you to digest: FOUR different rankings arrived at by using a sample of 65 schools. It is not the BHP official rankings for this site but where possible the formula has been adopted.…
Schoolboy Rugby 100% records in recent years
Here are a few of the 100% win records for the season amongst the top rugby school:…
School Rugby fixtures & results – week ending 08 August 2015
| INFO | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | EVENT | ||
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| Tue.04Aug | Worcester Gim | 19 | 17 | Pocklington (UK) | ||
| Wed.05Aug | Wynberg | 13 | 10 | Wellington College (UK) | ||
| Wed.05Aug | Hugenote | 6 | 29 | Boland Landbou | ||
| Thu.06Aug | Rondebosch | 52 | 0 | Durbanville | ||
| Thu.06Aug | Worcester Gim | 80 | 12 | Doncaster (UK) | ||
| 12h00 | Fri.07Aug | SA u18A | 29 | 14 | Italy u18 | |
| 14h00 | Fri.07Aug | England u18 | 15 | 7 | France u18 | |
| 16h00 | Fri.07Aug | SA Schools | 42 | 11 | Wales u18 | |
| Sat.08Aug | Maritzburg College | 34 | 36 | Grey College | ||
| Sat.08Aug | Nico Malan | 17 | 14 | Brandwag | ||
| Sat.08Aug | Hudson Park | 31 | 12 | Grens | ||
| Sat.08Aug | Framesby | 19 | 25 | Glenwood | ||
| Sat.08Aug | Selborne | 44 | 13 | Dale | ||
| Sat.08Aug | Cambridge | 18 | 8 | Stirling | ||
| Sat.08Aug | Muir | 24 | 40 | St Andrew’s | ||
| Sat.08Aug | Otto du Plessis | 23 | 13 | Pearson | ||
| Sat.08Aug | Daniel Pienaar | 11 | 31 | Marlow | ||
| Sat.08Aug | AHS Kroonstad | 39 | 22 | Voortrekker (Beth) | Griffons Semi | |
| Sat.08Aug | Jim Fouche | 42 | 14 | Fichardtpark | FS Semi | |
| Sat.08Aug | KES | 24 | 0 | Jeppe | ||
| Sat.08Aug | Pretoria BH | 3 | 56 | Affies | ||
| Sat.08Aug | Monument | 26 | 24 | Eldoraigne | Beeld | |
| Sat.08Aug | HTS Middelburg | 33 | 18 | Menlopark | Beeld | |
| Sat.08Aug | Garsfontein | 48 | 36 | Nelspruit | Beeld | |
| Sat.08Aug | Waterkloof | 22 | 26 | EG Jansen | Beeld | |
| Sat.08Aug | Oos-Moot | 18 | 14 | Klerksdorp | Beeld | |
| Sat.08Aug | Pietersburg | 20 | 32 | Helpmekaar | Beeld | |
| Sat.08Aug | Randburg | 25 | 48 | Ben Vorster | Beeld | |
| Sat.08Aug | Volkskool Heidelberg | 23 | 27 | Potch Gim | Beeld | |
| Sat.08Aug | Wynberg | 13 | 12 | Stellenberg |
Recruitment gone wrong: Glenwood & Westville named
Timeslive has reported on a sad story involving a promising schoolboy cricketer named Damean Kapp who appears to have turned into a type of commodity as the recruitment “arms race” picks up. After leaving his school Selborne in East London, Kapp tried without success to find a new permanent home first at Glenwood and later at Westville.…
Remembering WP vs Bulls at Craven Week 2012
Western Province and the Blue Bulls are about to go head to head in the main game of Day 1 at Craven Week. Province are the favours coming into Craven Week 2015 while not that much is being said of the Affies powered Bulls under-18 team.…
Stassen age rumour put to bed
There’s an interesting article by Hannes Nienaber on his www.SchoolofRugby.co.za website.
Link: http://www.schoolofrugby.co.za/news/8568-ondersoek-deur-valke-rugbyunie-bevind-stassen-is-wel-o-18 …
Bondedag 2015 – results & scorers
Sasolburg – Saturday, 27 June 2015
| FIELD | TIME | TEAM | TEAM | ||
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| A | 10:20 | Limpopo Craven Week | 48 | 7 | Eye of the Tiger |
| A | 11:40 | Griffons Craven Week | 33 | 16 | Leopards Craven Week |
| A | 13:00 | Cheetahs Craven Week | 31 | 19 | KZN Craven Week |
| A | 14:20 | Pumas Craven Week | 35 | 29 | Lions Craven Week |
| A | 15:40 | Blue Bulls Craven Week | 30 | 17 | Valke Craven Week |
Scorers:…
Bosch signature up for grabs but it will come with a high price tag
Grey PE flyhalf slash fullback Curwin Bosch, who turns 18 on 25 June 2015 still hasn’t committed his after school rugby future to one of the SA rugby unions, making him by far the most sort after school rugby player in the country right now. …
From school head coach to Currie Cup head coach in next to no time
The overnight rise of a few head coaches from school rugby to Currie Cup has been quite amazing. Brad MacLeod-Henderson, Rory Duncan and Brent Janse van Rensburg all achieved this pro rugby rank in less than a year after moving out of school rugby.…
Unsportsmanlike behaviour by coaches & officials patrolling the touchlines
Referees decisions are coming in for more and more verbal sometimes abuse from loudmouth school officials on the sidelines. Your comments on a negative aspect of schoolboy rugby which gradually seems like it is becoming worse and may soon get out of hand.…
Rest in peace Tristan
Tragically Tristan Stewart, the Glenwood 2nd XV hooker was killed in a motoring accident this morning. He will be sorely missed by all who’s lives he touched.
From Glenwood:
“The Headmaster, staff and boys of Glenwood High School would like to thank all those that contribute to your blog for the kind wishes and condolences posted after the tragic death of Tristan Stewart. This has certainly been a trying time for the everyone at Glenwood as Tristan was a pillar of our community. We will continue to support the family through this time and we ask that they be upmost in the prayers of everyone.”
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Avatar update weekend
If you’re a regular user or even new here and still don’t have an avatar, please email me your school of choice just place a comment 
below and I’ll update it over the weekend. Kind regards.
beet…
What about ’em size restrictions?
This comes up every so often, usually in a context that relates to what happens in New Zealand where size is possibly a much bigger issue in lower age-groups than here in SA.
However as a variant of this I was wondering what would happen if overall team size restrictions were imposed at 1st XV level in SA.…
Increased coverage of schoolboy rugby – an opportunity or a threat?
Here is the link to a super article published in the NZ Herald a few weeks ago: …
Prediction Pool – 25-27 April 2015
Matches for the weekend ……
SACS upsets Boland Landbou 26-24 – match report
From SACS
SACS UPSET BOLAND LANDBOU
The South Africa College High School (SACS), the oldest school in South Africa, hosted the farmers from Boland Landbou in the first league game of the season. The first team match was played in very hot conditions. SACS led 19-14 at half time but Boland fought back and took the lead with ten minutes to go only for SACS come back and win 26-24 thanks to a brilliant counter-attack try!…
2 day school rugby festivals are the way to go
The traditional 3-day long Easter Rugby festivals are immensely popular and financially viable but given how professional the approach to all aspects of schoolboy rugby has become in recent years, these festivals seem like they are outdated concepts as far as player welfare is concerned.…
Andre T – schoolboy rugby commentator @ Noord-Suid today
Andre T and RadioRuggas will be Twitcasting the Noord-Suid matches live starting at 9:30am today.
Tweet from RadioRuggas:
…Broadcasting live from next to the Rugby field.http://us.twitcasting.tv/radioruggas
Highlights of Jozi Easter festivals on Talentroar.tv
You can check out the KES, Saints and St John’s Easter rugby festivals on Talentroar next week…
Low strike rate Sharks Academy KERF bursaries handed out to 5 players
An eighth Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival wrapped up today with the announcement of five players who each received bursaries valued at over R100 000 eachto the Sharks Academy for 2016. The recipients are:
1. Nico Peyper (EG Jansen hooker)
2. Jordan Chait (SACS captain and flyhalf)
3. Heinrich Nieuwenhuizen (Selborne College flank)
4. Jaydon Morgan (Glenwood fullback)
5. Khuthazani Mchunu (Glenwood prop)
The BIG QUESTION is how many will pitch up at the Academy in 2016. Best guess based on historical success rate is not many! Check out the list of past recipients in the table below:…
Kearsney College Easter Rugby Festival 2015 Reports – Day 3
From Kearsney (Working Words). Written by Mike Hill…
KERF – Player, School, Match & Team of Day 1
Just my opinions here:…