General

No Image

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
…
No Image

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.…

No Image

Rugby Skillset App available

1 February, 2016 beet 3

MatchDay-Android-4A user-friendly tool to help school teams generate pro stats using just an ANDROID smartphone or a tablet is now available. …

No Image

Accredited agent vs talent scout

25 January, 2016 beet 0

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.…

No Image

2016 : a chance for Schools Sevens to step out of the shadows

19 January, 2016 beet 1

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 …

No Image

MasterCoach Conference 2016

19 January, 2016 beet 0

MastercoachMASTERCOACH 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.
…
No Image

Matric exams 2015 analysis of 15 high schools

12 January, 2016 beet 125

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)
…

No Image

Matric results 2015

6 January, 2016 beet 54

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.…

No Image

SA under-16 HP 2015

18 September, 2015 beet 34

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:…

No Image

The MMXVI Season

8 September, 2015 beet 221

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.

…
No Image

Commonwealth Youth Games u18 Sevens

8 September, 2015 beet 19

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:…

No Image

Four Alternative Rankings

23 August, 2015 beet 4

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.…

No Image

School Rugby fixtures & results – week ending 08 August 2015

8 August, 2015 beet 52
INFO DATE SCHOOL SCHOOL EVENT
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
…
No Image

Recruitment gone wrong: Glenwood & Westville named

20 July, 2015 beet 87

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.…

No Image

Remembering WP vs Bulls at Craven Week 2012

12 July, 2015 beet 1

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.…

No Image

Bondedag 2015 – results & scorers

28 June, 2015 beet 243

Sasolburg – Saturday, 27 June 2015

FIELD TIME TEAM TEAM
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:…

No Image

Rest in peace Tristan

3 June, 2015 beet 47

TristanStewartTragically 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.”

 …

No Image

Avatar update weekend

29 May, 2015 beet 51

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…

No Image

What about ’em size restrictions?

28 May, 2015 beet 11

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.…

No Image

SACS upsets Boland Landbou 26-24 – match report

19 April, 2015 beet 0

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!…

No Image

2 day school rugby festivals are the way to go

14 April, 2015 beet 1

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.…