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According to information published by the Rapport newspaper, the list of flyhalves to be contracted by rugby unions at some point in the future is:…

On this blog you are encouraged to pay a name-dropping tribute to a referee who has done a good job at a school match you have attended.…

Well done to Bishops for a super Honour Code initiative. See their letter in blue below.…

Brug Straat, the Paarl Boys’ High home field and venue of the 2018 edition of Craven Week appears to be holding up reasonably well in spite of …

Major hurdles await SA’s two leading unbeaten schoolboy rugby teams Grey Bloem and Paul Roos this weekend and if they clear them, they move one step closer to a national championship deciding match in Bloemfontein on 18 August 2018.
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TELEVISED RUGBY MATCHES

FULL LIST OF SPONSORED RUGBY MATCHES ↓…

Amidst rumours that Wildeklawer will end this year, here is confirmation that the show will go on…

Thank you to Hartpury College for providing this feedback:…

Well Theo Garrun has made his thoughts clear. He hasn’t been impressed and even poses a moral compass question or two. You can read it here: http://theogarrun.blogspot.com/2018/04/world-schools-festival-hasnt-been-much.html…

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I know it’s early days but what’s your thumbsuck looking like based on the results so far in 2018?
Based on their Easter Monday results I see opportunity to introduce DHS and Grey High while Saints’ come from behind win against St John’s earns them a place in the guestimate.

When good becomes great. That’s how to describe Boland Landbou’s decision to transform their sort of “popcorn” rugby styled shortened format of the game preseason matches to now include two proper full-length mouthwatering encounters as well. Live spectators and streaming viewers get to watch amongst others Stellenberg against Drostdy and Boland Landbou against Garsfontein. Awesome stuff.

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Adverse weather may play a roll on match day Saturday in KZN. Also there’s a referees camp on the go so a lot of the top guys are away.…

The Premier Interschools match schedule and preview has been temporarily withdrawn and hopefully it’s been done to overcome a glaring omission from their original schedule. …

Recommended match times

Definitions:
Playing time: the time that has been played excluding time lost as defined in Law 5 – Time.
Running/Actual Time: continuous elapsed time (includes time lost for any reasons).…

This question is often a lot easier to answer than the chicken and egg one.…

As information on the 2018 school rugby season gradually filters through, it’s evident that a number of school fixtures are once again off the menu. …

With back to school for most on Wednesday 17 January 2018, the “transfer market” activities of some of the more ambitious rugby schools may to come to light.…

One more basic cost of living increase could quite easily see Hilton College, South Africa’s most expensive school, become the first one in the country to charge over R300 000 per annum by 2019. …

Please help to complete or grow the list if you can.…

SARU has notified the following players that they will form part of the SA under-17 Sevens squad for a training camp at the Stellenbosh Academy of Sport (SAS) from 23-28 October and participation in the Assupol Sevens tournament on 29 and 30 October 2017:

Team lists below

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Is former Bok captain Andre Vos barking up the wrong tree with this post of his on Twitter?

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You can read up about the draft here :  http://www.talk.ruggas.co.za/?p=239

Teams below…

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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