Outeniqua beats Grey College : match report
Here is a match report in point form from this great match between two seriously good teams, Outeniqua and Grey College, the highlight of the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival for 2013 :…
General
Kearsney Easter Rugby Fest – Day 3 & overall awards
These are my personal picks. You can find the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival programme with player profile data online : www.schoolboyrugby.co.za/KERF2013/…
The first thumbsuck of 2013
With the help of some key matches over Easter, schoolboy rugby followers are starting to get a rough idea of where everyone fits into the big picture.
It was a good weekend for the likes of EG Jansen, Nelspruit, Garsfontein, Gimmies and Maritzburg College. An excellent weekend for Outeniqua and Klofies. And a not so good weekend for Paul Roos and Grey High.…
Maritzburg College 150th Festival – Day 2 match reports
Thanks to Jonathan Cook we have these reports:…
Baby Boks squad for Argentina tour
The South African under-20 team will play two friendly internationals against Argentina and a midweek game in Corrientes and Buenos Aires during April.
A 34-man squad has been selected.…
Maritzburg College 150th Festival – Day 1 match reports
Compliements of Jonathan Cook we have these awesome reports on the Maritzburg College 150th Festival Day 1 games.…
College replaces DHS with a development team
Following the sudden withdrawal of DHS from the Maritzburg College 150th festival, College sent out an SOS to the Development XV who will step in and play Rondebosch, Dale and Affies. With the festival registration deadline today, College basically had no other choice in the matter.…
Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival – Day 1 Awards
Here is my own personal teams and players of the first day at the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival …
Maritzburg College 150th Fest: all 10 team sheets
10 well-known rugby schools are taking part in a top drawer rugby festival to commemorate the 150th year of Maritzburg College.…
Outeniqua pack weighs 863kg!!!
It felt like just yesterday when a schoolboy rugby pack of 760kg (95kg per player average) was considered big. That weight provided a good combination of size, strength and mobility once upon a time . These days 760kg is on the small side. The listed Outeniqua starting forwards for the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival (KERF) have a combined mass of 863kg…
Kearsney Easter Rugby Fest: 50 players to look out for
Here is a list of 50 players worth keeping an eye on over Easter at the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival.
No doubt there will be others who stand out for producing good individual performances within the team framework during the festival but the players on this list are guaranteed to impress spectators.…
SA Top 100 rugby schools: Easter Festivals
Using BoishaaiPa’s 4-year (2009-2012) formula driven ranking system, here is a table indicating which festivals the Top 100 rugby schools in South Africa over the period will be attending over Easter. …
School results: 23-Mar-2013
Fixtures and results aside from NWU-Pukke and Graeme Rugby Day.
Outeniqua grabbed everyone’s attention with their comprehensive 68-3 victory over the “Tiere” earlier this week. There were however a couple of other surprises. Daniel Pienaar put their defeat at the hands of St Andrews behind them and recorded a morale boosting 13-9 win against Oakdale. The biggest upset of the week to date belonged SACS who could not register a point against Bellville, eventually losing 15-0.
| DAY | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | TYPE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed | 20/03/13 | Pinetown | 10 | 67 | George Campbell | ||
| Wed | 20/03/13 | Swartland | 7 | 24 | Paul Roos | Warm-up | |
| Wed | 20/03/13 | St Benedicts | 22 | 18 | St Johns | ||
| Wed | 20/03/13 | St Albans | 38 | 22 | Parktown | ||
| Thu | 21/03/13 | Sarel Cilliers | 57 | 10 | Carel de Wet | ||
| Thu | 21/03/13 | Outeniqua | 68 | 3 | Tygerberg | ||
| Thu | 21/03/13 | SACS | 0 | 15 | Bellville | ||
| Thu | 21/03/13 | Paarl Gim | 40 | 17 | Stellenbosch RA | ||
| Thu | 21/03/13 | Boland Landbou | 80 | 0 | Primose RFC | ||
| Thu | 21/03/13 | Oakdale | 9 | 13 | Daniel Pienaar | ||
| Sat | 23/03/13 | St Andrews(GT) | 28 | 21 | Bishops | ||
| Sat | 23/03/13 | Tygerberg | 45 | 15 | Schoonspruit | Porterville RD | |
| Sat | 23/03/13 | Paarl BH | 21 | 19 | Union | Porterville RD | |
| Sat | 23/03/13 | Worcester Gym | 12 | 28 | Oudtshoorn | Porterville RD | |
| Sat | 23/03/13 | Stirling | 7 | 25 | Westville | ||
| Sat | 23/03/13 | Daniel Pienaar | 18 | 25 | Nico Malan | ||
| Sat | 23/03/13 | Die Brandwag | 33 | 0 | Grens |
(Please open the post and scroll down to see NWU-Pukke and Graeme Rugby Day results)
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Super Rugby Superbru Round 6
Eeek! We are a little behind with coverage of Superbru Super Rugby. Last weekend had many games that were tough to predict and this weekend could also cough up a few surprises.
The topic of good leadership comes up on this blog from time to time. When looking at the sad state of affairs on our SB leaderboard, clearly it has no application here. The qualities associated with a good leader are nowhere to be found. …
Schoolboy rugby on TV
Unconfirmed but there appears to be great news for school rugby fans again in 2013. Megapro and Premier Interschools have 11 top quality live matches for 2013.…
Fixtures for the weekend: 16-Mar-13
KZN and Noordvaal get into the swing of things with weekend with all the top schools in action.…
The best sports school in South Africa
PLEASE HELP! Since it is such a topic of interest, here is a thread dedicated to determining who the best school has been in each sport over the last 5 or so years. …
SBR Super Rugby Superbru Round 4
Updated. Super Rugby Round 4 gets underway with a clash difficult to call game in Wellington on Friday. Saturday will see the Stormers desperate to get their campaign back on track following two away defeats. Young Ludz, the only Kings fan in our Superbru was the only one brave mad enough to back his team to beat the Sharks. On Sunday morning the Bulls will surprise a lot of people if they do somehow win against the in-form Blues.…
EW Viljoen stars for Grey College
Grey College defeated Voortrekker (Bethlehem) 46-5 at the massive Fichardtpark Sports Day in Bloemfontein. The event featured no fewer that 50 school rugby teams.…
SBR Super Rugby Superbru Round 3
Updated. The Super Rugby weekend starts with a difficult to predict clash between the Blues and Crusaders and ends with a mouthwatering game between the Sharks and Stormers.…
Big Waterpolo weekend ahead
“Lots of waterpolo action this weekend in the Big Smoke” – Greenblooded ©…
SBR Super Rugby Superbru week 2
Updated. Super Rugby kicks off in South Africa and New Zealand today. College Old Boy Slam will be hard pressed to hold onto his rather fortuitous lead once the real contenders get going this weekend in a compo that is all about skills and has zero to do with luck in spite of what everyone else and your own human logic tells you.…
Kearsney ready to kick start the year 2013
Kearsney will head into their first major contact session of 2013 without a number of their stalwarts. Just like Tier 1 opponents College and Westville, the overlap of the rugby pre-season with the summer sports calendar has resulted in a number of first choice players not being made available for these warm-up games. This along with injuries sees Kearsney travel to the Voortrekker Rugby Night Series in Pietermaritzburg for a match against locals College without the likes of their SA Schools duo of Dan and JL du Preez, highly rated Ayron Schramm, playmaker Tyler Smith, the ever-reliable decision-maker Tristan Tedder and strongly-built Guy Francis.…
Northwood is u19 Headmasters Agreement compliant
Northwood don’t anticipate any issues with the controversial Headmasters Agreement to crop up at any stage this season. The school acquired the services of three new under-19 1st XV players for 2013. …
SARU Press release: New scrum laws for schools & club rugby in SA
New scrum Laws to make amateur rugby safer will come into effect at club and schools level as the season gets underway this month, following an initiative introduced by the South African Rugby Union (SARU). A new scrum engagement sequence has been devised for amateur rugby to minimise the risks of serious injury suffered in this facet of play. …
Super Rugby Superbru Round 1: College & Cheetahs lead
Slam grabbed the early lead for Maritzburg College while the Cheetahs are the franchise leaders in what was arguably the most boring start to Super Rugby ever – 2 games involving Australian sides. …
Superbru for Super Rugby about to start
The Super Rugby season starts on Friday,15 February so there is very little time left to join our Superbru Pool
Pool Name: schoolboyrugby.co.za
Pool Code: pestpalp…
Grey College Head blogs about drugs in school sport
In his February blog new Grey College headmaster Deon Scheepers cuts straight to the chase, mentioning how the increasing overlap of school and professional rugby as well as schools using rugby as a marketing strategy is placing pressure on boys to perform well like never before.…
Test referee talks about new school scrumming laws
We had a very informative talk last night on the new laws by Test Referee Stuart Berry. The following are the main points:…
New school scrum law Q&A with Boishaai’s technical guru
Thanks to the efforts of BoishaaiPa and with the help of a few SBR bloggers who have a vested interest in what happens in the scrums, we were able to present Richard Visagie, the Paarl Boys High scrum guru with a handful of questions about the new school scrumming laws that will come into effect this season. Apart from playing over 100 games at hooker for Boland, Richard has over 30 years of school rugby coaching experience. Along the way he has coached the WP Craven Week team and is currently a WP school selector. He has been responsible for helping to shape the careers of a number of good props (and hookers) over the years.…
Another great summer sports weekend coming up
There is plenty of cricket and even water polo on the go this weekend, so please feel free to add your say about what’s good in your part of the world.…
Schoolboy dies after being tackled
Tragically a Newcastle Gr.11 schoolboy has passed away as a result of an injury sustained during a trial match on Tuesday. The accident is being investigated but it’s believed that he sustained a fatal neck injury after being tackled.…
Professionalism could lead to new school rugby powerhouses
It’s clear that just like everyday technology, rugby professionalism at schools is not about to wait for anyone. Hardest hit may be those who resist change. …
Proper school drug tests cost R2800-R3000 per test
The good news is that the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport has reported that more 100 schools in South Africa have agreed to do drug testing and that the first five tests per school will be on the house. However thereafter it could cost between R2800 and R3000 per internationally approved test. …
SA u18 Sevens team wins gold at the Youth Olympics
The South African under-18 Sevens team beat the hosts Australia 22-7 to claim the gold medal in Sydney. This was a good achievement by our schoolboys. Based on the international rugby standings of the countries that participated the SA team was always on track to win either gold or silver. …