Top 50 Rankings

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BHP Official Top 30 – week ending 02 May 2016

3 May, 2016 beet 61

This website’s official ranking

Rank Team Avg
1 Affies 4.71
2 HJS Paarl 4.71
3 Glenwood 4.68
4 Paarl Gim 4.65
5 Grey College 4.23
6 Jeppe 3.87
7 Paul Roos 3.83
8 Selborne 3.56
9 EG Jansen 3.55
10 Oakdale 3.53
11 Stellenberg 3.42
12 Boland Landbou 3.31
13 Monument 3.15
14 Grey PE 3.08
15 Garsfontein 3.00
16 Outeniqua 3.00
17 Ben Vorster 2.96
18 Dale College 2.87
19 SACS 2.84
20 Diamantveld 2.75
21 Helpmekaar 2.72
22 Kearsney 2.70
23 DHS 2.65
24 Welkom Gim 2.65
25 Pietersburg 2.64
26 Queens College 2.58
27 Hilton 2.43
28 Worcester Gim 2.33
29 Wynberg BHS 2.31
30 Nelspruit 2.29
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BHP Official Top 20 Rankings – week ending 23 April 2016

26 April, 2016 beet 9
Rank Team Avg
1 Affies 5.02
2 Glenwood 4.68
3 Paarl Gim 4.67
4 HJS Paarl 4.53
5 EG Jansen 4.13
6 Oakdale 4.10
7 Grey College 3.93
8 Paul Roos 3.81
9 Jeppe 3.80
10 Selborne 3.56
11 Monument 3.50
12 Garsfontein 3.50
13 Outeniqua 3.50
14 Boland Landbou 3.33
15 DHS 3.24
16 SACS 3.03
17 Grey PE 3.01
18 Ben Vorster 2.92
19 Helpmekaar 2.83
20 HTS Middelburg 2.82
21 Dale College 2.80
22 Welkom Gim 2.77
23 Pietersburg 2.69
24 Kearsney 2.63
25 Bishops 2.51
26 Nelspruit 2.50
27 Voortrekker (Bethlehem) 2.50
28 Waterkloof 2.49
29 Queens College 2.44
30 Hilton 2.42
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BHP Top 20 – week ending 16 April 2016

18 April, 2016 beet 132

The Blog’s official ranking.

Schools must have played 5 games or more to qualify.

Rank Team Avg
1 Affies 5.02
2 Glenwood 4.70
3 Paarl Gim 4.68
4 HJS Paarl 4.52
5 EG Jansen 4.37
6 Garsfontein 4.25
7 Oakdale 4.10
8 Jeppe 3.83
9 Grey College 3.80
10 Paul Roos 3.79
11 Selborne 3.69
12 Outeniqua 3.40
13 DHS 3.34
14 Monument 3.29
15 Boland Landbou 3.28
16 SACS 3.14
17 Kearsney 3.01
18 Helpmekaar 2.92
19 Ben Vorster 2.88
20 Grey PE 2.85
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Official Final Rankings for 2015

2 September, 2015 beet 58

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…

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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.…

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BHP Top 20 – week ending 16 May 2015

18 May, 2015 beet 143
Rank Team Avg
1 HJS Paarl 4.60
2 Paarl Gim 4.50
3 Paul Roos 4.44
4 SACS 3.84
5 Monument 3.83
6 Affies 3.83
7 Michaelhouse 3.79
8 Nelspruit 3.77
9 Grey College 3.75
10 EG Jansen 3.68
11 Oakdale 3.66
12 Outeniqua 3.56
13 Bishops 3.51
14 Grey PE 3.44
15 Jeppe 3.40
16 Selborne 3.34
17 Maritzburg College 3.21
18 Noord-Kaap 3.20
19 Waterkloof 3.19
20 Worcester Gim 3.16
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BHP Top 50 – week ending 09 May 2015

12 May, 2015 beet 97

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.
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BHP Top 25 – week ending 06 April 2015

7 April, 2015 beet 103

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.…

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School Rugby Top 30 Combo Final Rankings 2014 – using 6 school rugby websites

21 September, 2014 beet 26

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.…

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BHP Top 50 – 2014 season preliminary final results

2 September, 2014 beet 78

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]…

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BHP Top 50 – week ending 23 August 2014

27 August, 2014 beet 35

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?…

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BHP Top 50 – week ending 09 August 2014

13 August, 2014 beet 15

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.…

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Top 30 Combo Rankings – using 7 school rugby websites

6 August, 2014 beet 10

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.…

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BHP Top 50 – week ending 14 June 2014

18 June, 2014 beet 58

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″…

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BHP Top 50 – week ending 24 May 2014

28 May, 2014 beet 54

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”…