Top 50 Rankings

The Blog’s official ranking.

Schools must have played 5 games or more to qualify.

FINALISED…

Here are the final rankings for 2015 as presented by BHP. For the last couple of week provisional rankings were used.

The BHP scoring system works as follows:

Win : the full category points of the opponent
Win Bonus: 0.5 points for a win by a score of 30 points or more.
Loss: no points for a loss.
Loss Bonus for losing by less than 6 points: 60% of opponent’s category points
Loss Bonus for losing by less than 11 points: 40% of opponent’s category points
Loss Deduction: a deduction of 0.5 for a loss to a school in a lower category
Draw: 80% of opponent’s category points…

From BHP: “Schools I am proposing to adjust.” Blogger input welcomed

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NB NOTE from BHP: Having looked at all the results and what our sliding scale produced in ranking outcomes, I have standardised the formula on the following:

1. For a loss of 5 points or less – 70% of Opponents Category Points.
2. For a loss of between 6 and 10 points – 40% of Opponents Category Points.
3. Draw gives you 80% of Opponents Category points.

BHP has come up with a new concept which could work (or not). He divided the schools into “Leagues” based on their category points (category points are based on previous years performances).…

Using BHP’s updated formula that awards losing teams for competitiveness.
(5 local matches to qualify therefore Boland Landbou not ranked for the time being)…

For queries: [email protected]…

Herewith the first BHP rankings after the Easter Weekend festivals. Please note that teams had to play 5 or more games to be considered, therefore teams like Paarl Gim, Boland Landbou, Bishops etc will only appear on the rankings once they have played 5 or more games.…

It wasn’t that long ago that there was just one national school rugby ranking system, now every about every website that covers rugby has it’s own one. Here is the combined effect of 6 such website’s rankings. Points have been allocated on the basis of 20 for 1st, 19 for 2nd, etc, etc. while the remaining few teams are from those who were ranked best outside the Top 20.…

Before finalising the 2014 formula driven rankings, BHP has asked if bloggers can check if all their schools’s games are in the “played” category below. Some early season friendlies and shortened games are not taken into account and neither are any games played overseas on tours. Once I have updated all the data of outstanding games he will bring out the final rankings but doubt if it will change the top 20 anyway. Email: [email protected]…

Grey College – Paul Roos – Paarl Gim – Garsfontein – HJS Paarl BH is how they are likely to finish. Who in your opinion was the top overachiever and who was the worst of the underachievers in 2014?…

Word from BHP: It has occurred to me after chatting with a few SBR followers that they see the rankings as a relative strength measure of teams, which it not really is. The ranking system is there to measure how you are doing this season relatively compared to other teams.…

It wasn’t that long ago that there was just one national school rugby ranking system, now every about every website that covers rugby has it’s own one. Here is the combined effect of 7 such website’s rankings. Points have been allocated on the basis of 20 for 1st, 19 for 2nd, etc, etc. while the remaining few teams are from those who were ranked best outside the Top 20.…

The formula driven ranking system…

Formula driven rankings compiled by BoishaaiPa: “I am tweaking my formulas a bit to get a better result on real strength. I am looking to give teams that play quality opposition, but lose with close margins more bonuspoints. This will ensure that teams we know are strong, but have lost a few due to the strong opposition they have played don’t dwell down inbetween 40 and 50″…

The formula driven ranking system.

Word from BHP: “Only schools who have played 8 matches or more (or for whom I have scores for 8 matches or more) is listed. If a school has played 8 matches or more and has done well but is not on the current list, Bloggers and Readers, please email me your school scores at [email protected]. Thank you”…

Formula driven rankings. …