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Garsfontein: 7s School Champions for 2012
Hosts Garsfontein beat 2010 and 2011 champions Tygerberg 43-28 in the high scoring cup final to claim the @lantic 7s Champion of Champions title for 2012. It was Garsies third @lantic tournament win of the year. They had participated in 2 out of the 16 @lantic regional tournaments and won both (Pretoria and Kempton Park), to qualify for the Champion of Champions main event.…
130+ days of Raymond Rhule
On 06 November 2012 Raymond Rhule will be 20 years old. Just a little over 130 days ago, 98 maybe 99 out of every 100 South African rugby fans would have been clueless if asked who Raymond Rhule was. He has since redefined the term ‘overnight success’. …
Grey College: a rugby factory or importer – what’s your opinion?
I wanted to throw this one out there for some rational mature feedback because it became a bit of a debate between a few members on my Whatsapp rugby group, starting last night and continuing this morning. It initially revolved around Jan Serfontein, who added the under-20 Player of the Year to his list of rugby awards at the SARU event yesterday. …
SA Schools Cricket rankings
The website www.saschoolsports.co.za bravely compiles an SA schools cricket ranking on a regular basis nowadays. Hats off to them for making the effort. It’s a huge undertaking considering that school cricket is being played in at least 3 different formats and at all times of the week. …
Sergeal Petersen wins Craven Week Player of the Tournament 2012 award
SA Schools wing Sergeal Petersen of Grey High School in Port Elizabeth is the Craven Week Player of the Tournament for 2012. Petersen was the best player in the unbeaten Eastern Province under-18 team at Craven Week this year.…
@lantic 7’s Champions Tournament 2012
16 schools will compete to be crowned the @Lantic Schools 7’s champions of 2012. The tournament takes place on 02 / 03 November and is hosted by Garsfontein in Pretoria. Supersport 1 will broadcast the match day 2 games including the final live from 13h00 on Saturday, 03 November.…
Schoolboy Rugby Player of 2012???
It’s rugby awards season in South Africa. Nominees have been made known and various player, coach and team of the year prizes will be handed out on Thursday 01 November 2012 in Cape Town. What isn’t clear is who the schoolboy rugby player of 2012 will be. …
2012 Currie Cup Final players by school
The Currie Cup final kicks off at 5pm on Saturday and promises to be a very good game. The one thing we all know about streaks is that they eventually come to an end.…
SA Rugby Player of the Year 2012
10 nominees have been named for the SARU Player of the Year award.…
SBR Rugby Championship Superbru heading for an interesting climax
The last round of SuperBru’s Rugby Championship 2012 could prove to be the most tricky one of the lot.…
Sports life outside SBR
With the schoolboy rugby season more or less into its off-season with the exception of a bit of 7’s rugby going on around the country, it might be a good time to track what’s on the go in other sports that school rugby players participate in.…
Andre T’s 3rd Annual WRAAs
Okay here’s a bit of lighthearted stuff compliments of serial blogger Andre T who didn’t forget his KZN (KXN) blogging friends.…
2012 SA Schools players are bigger than 1992 Boks
It is just over 20 years to the day since South Africa gained readmission to the international rugby arena. Rugby has changed a fair bit in terms of the rules and the way it is played in that time but remains a game loved passionately by many South Africans both young and old. It was therefore interesting to compare some of the statistics of the first Bok team selected back in 1992 to those of the current SA Schools team.…
SA Schools beats England
The SA Schools clinched the international series by beating England 36-29 in Bellville on Saturday. The hosts also ended the tournament as the only unbeaten team, having disposed of France and Wales in previous matches.…
Schoolboyrugby.co.za Superbru
Okay so we have a Superbru pool going. This is your chance to prove your worth as a rugby guru or just guess your way to victory:
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SA Schools beats Wales u18
SA Schools recorded a very good 24-16 win against Wales in George yesterday. Replacement flyhalf Handre Pollard was credited as the player of match …
SA Schools team to play Wales
The SA Schools team have made nine changes to their starting line-up. They take on Wales at 17h00, on Tuesday 14 August in George.…
SA Schools beats France u18
SA Schools with four KwaZulu-Natal representatives in the matchday 22 beat France 17-7 in their opening game of the quadrangular international series held in Wellington, Boland. The score was 7-7 at half-time. …
SA Schools team to play France named
The SA Schools team to play France in the under-18 international series has been named. All four KwaZulu-Natal representatives are in the 23-players squad. …
Sharks in Superugby Final 2012
The Sharks will take part in their fourth Superugby final if one excludes the 1994 Super 10 game against Queensland.
The final has always ended in pain for Sharks fans. …
Kearsney might be without stalwarts
Kearsney may have to go into battle against Grey College without the services of lock Dan du Preez, flank Jean-Luc du Preez and centre Sandile Kubeka. …
KZN clings onto Varsity Cup status
On the same day that the Sharks enjoyed centre stage in a high profile Superugby semi-final win against the Stormers, the province’s only Varsity Cup entrant, the UKZN Impi, who compete the Varsity Shield (Varsity Cup B-section) were involved in a do-or-die battle of their own in Pietermaritzburg. The 14-8 come from behind victory against NWU-Vaal was not to secure promotion to the Varsity Cup proper but rather a relegation avoiding match…
Ernie wins the Open (and Amla scores 311)
I know this is a rugby site but the “Big Easy” Ernie Els deserves a big round of applause for a job well done at the Open.
It was also a really good weekend for the Sharks and Proteas.
A belated well done to Hashim Amla on becoming the very first SA test cricketer to score over 300 runs in a test match.
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SBR Weekend – 21/07/2012
| Westville Stayers | 64 | 00 | Bradford (UK) |
| Maritzburg College | 07 | 33 | Affies |
| Glenwood | 33 | 05 | Kirkham (UK) |
| Paarl Boys High | 22 | 07 | Oakdale |
| Paarl Gym | 17 | 17 | Outeniqua |
| Paul Roos | 12 | 03 | SACS |
| Rondebosch | 12 | 05 | Drostdy |
| Tygerberg | 12 | 16 | Bishops |
| Wynberg | 12 | 30 | Boland Landbou |
| Kingswood | 22 | 14 | Winterberg |
| Queens | 52 | 10 | Port Rex |
| Noord-Kaap | 21 | 13 | Framesby |
| Selborne | 20 | 07 | Hudson Park |
| St Andrews | 28 | 20 | Marlow |
| Grey College | 29 | 16 | Pretoria Boys High |
| HTS Middelburg | 16 | 25 | Middelburg HS |
| Sentraal | 27 | 19 | Diamantveld |
| Jim Fouche | 45 | 05 | Louis Botha |
| Waterkloof | 61 | 35 | Garsfontein |
| Monument | 22 | 07 | Florida |
| Centurion | 31 | 15 | Zwartkop |
| Jeppe | 30 | 09 | Parktown |
| Ermelo | 38 | 13 | Standerton |
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SA under-16 High Performance Squad 2012
(The squad was meant to be announced on 17 July 2012. There has however been a delay. News is that the squad has been finalised and should be released to the public fairly shortly)
The HP u16 Squad was eventually named after much delay and can be found here: http://blog.schoolboyrugby.co.za/?p=1097
| # | Name | Surname | Position | Province | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kurt | Webster | No 6 Flank | KZN | DHS |
| 2 | Kwazi | Khanyile | Scrumhalf | KZN | Glenwood |
| 3 | Morné | Joubert | Outside Centre | KZN | Glenwood |
| 4 | Siphe | Mngadi | Loosehead Prop | KZN | Glenwood |
| 5 | Brendon | Smith | Hooker | Blue Bulls | Centurion |
| 6 | Dale | Hendricks | Scrumhalf | Blue Bulls | Affies |
| 7 | André | Manuel | Rightwing | Boland | Bergrivier |
| 8 | Fabio | Afrika | Flyhalf | Boland | Hopefield |
| 9 | Aston | Fortuin | No 5 Lock | Border | Queens |
| 10 | Jason | Steyn | No 7 Flank | Border | Selbourne |
| 11 | Kaden | Prince | Loosehead Prop | EP | Die Brandwag |
| 12 | Luigi | van Jaarsveld | Eighthman | EP | Marlow |
| 13 | Alexander | Jonker | Eighthman | Free State | Grey College |
| 14 | Julian | Jordaan | Outside Centre | Free State | Grey College |
| 15 | Lamond | Bouwer | No 6 Flank | Free State | Grey College |
| 16 | Llewellyn | Hein | Right Wing | Free State | Louis Botha |
| 17 | Michael | Andrade | Inside Centre | Free State | SP Swart |
| 18 | Paul | De Lange | Flyhalf | Free State | Sentraal |
| 19 | Reuben | Terblanche | Tighthead Prop | Free State | Grey College |
| 20 | Stefanus | Wessels | No 4 Lock | Free State | Sentraal |
| 21 | Jaywinn | Juries | Scrumhalf | Griffons | Hentie Cilliers |
| 22 | Adrian | Snyman | Hooker | Leopards | Klerksdorp |
| 23 | Mitch | Mametsa | Hooker | Limpopo | Ben Vorster |
| 24 | Denzil | Hill | Eighthman | Lions | Jeppe |
| 25 | Devon | Henson | No 5 Lock | Lions | St Johns |
| 26 | Justin | Bhana | Left Wing | Lions | Florida |
| 27 | Kathlego | Tsotetsi | Left Wing | Lions | St Benedicts |
| 28 | Kennett | Sinclair | Fullback | Lions | Helpmekaar |
| 29 | Nyasha | Tarusenga | No 7 Flank | Lions | St Benedicts |
| 30 | Ralton | October | Scrumhalf | Lions | Florida |
| 31 | Rhyno | Herbst | No 4 Lock | Lions | Monument |
| 32 | Tshepo | Thulo | Right Wing | Lions | Jeppe |
| 33 | Barend | Smit | Inside Centre | Pumas | HTS Middelburg |
| 34 | Cauhen | Mashaba | Tighthead Prop | Pumas | HGH |
| 35 | Ian | Truter | Outside Centre | Pumas | Witbank |
| 36 | Lohan | Bennet | Flyhalf | Pumas | HTS Middelburg |
| 37 | Ngoni | Chidoma | Loosehead Prop | Pumas | Uplands |
| 38 | Siyabonga | Nkosi | Left Wing | Pumas | HSPR |
| 39 | Eduard | Zandberg | No 5 Lock | SWD | Outeniqua |
| 40 | Pieter | Gouws | No 6 Flank | SWD | Oakdale |
| 41 | Kabelo | Matloung | Tighthead Prop | Valke | DF Malan |
| 42 | Petrus | Van Wyk | Fullback | Valke | EG Jansen |
| 43 | Danrich | Visagie | Flyhalf | WP | Boland Landbou |
| 44 | Edrich | Venter | Inside Centre | WP | Paul Roos Gym |
| 45 | Gavin | van der Berg | Tighthead Prop | WP | Paarl Gym |
| 46 | Jaco | Willemse | No 4 Lock | WP | Paarl Gym |
| 47 | Jacques | Oosthuizen | No 7 Flank | WP | Paul Roos Gym |
| 48 | Peter John | Toerien | No 7 Flank | WP | Tygerberg HS |
| 49 | Rudolf | Britz | Hooker | WP | Paarl Boys High |
| 50 | Tiaan | Swanepoel | Fullback | WP | Stellenberg |
SA u18 international quadrangular series
The South Africa Schools team or SA u18 team, whichever you prefer to call them, will take part in a international quadrangular series against England, France and a Welsh Development XV during August.…
SA court case to decide on dirty play in SBR
On 11 September 2012 a significant case in sports law will be argued in the Supreme Court of Appeal involving an injury sustained in a schoolboy rugby match.…
Craven Week 2012 Fixtures : How Day 1 & 2 might turn out
The tried and tested format at Craven Week is amongst other considerations and objectives to work towards two teams, one from the Day 1 group and the other from the Day 2 group, meeting in Saturday’s unofficial final. This means that the main matches on days 3 and 4 have to more or less serve as semi-finals.…
New scrumming laws
In a nutshell, the IRB’s new scrumming laws will be tested for a trial period.
“Pause!” will disappear altogether.
“Engage!” will be replaced by “Set!”
So it will be “Crouch! Touch! Set!”…
Weekend Fixures – 16/06/2012
With Craven Week and Academy Week fast approaching, there is a drastic reduction in the number of games being played around the country. However it appears to be business as usual in the Western Cape with some mouth-watering matches coming up.…
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