WP Craven Week team of the Decade: 2004 – 2013
Upon request blogger and Western Cape school rugby knowledgeable BuffelsCM was kind enough to help out by providing his Western Province Craven Week team for the 10 seasons from 2004 – 2013:…
Craven Week
Craven Week 2013 : all the results
| DAY | DATE | TIME | TEAM | TEAM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 08/07/2013 | 08h30 | Griquas | 17 | 35 | Zimbabwe |
| 1 | 08/07/2013 | 10h00 | Border | 38 | 20 | Namibia |
| 1 | 08/07/2013 | 11h30 | WP | 40 | 24 | Pumas |
| 1 | 08/07/2013 | 13h00 | Blue Bulls | 46 | 22 | KZN |
| 1 | 08/07/2013 | 15h30 | Limpopo Blue Bulls | 26 | 31 | Boland |
| 2 | 09/07/2013 | 9h30 | EP CD | 31 | 10 | Leopards |
| 2 | 09/07/2013 | 11h00 | Griquas CD | 51 | 0 | Border CD |
| 2 | 09/07/2013 | 12h30 | Valke | 37 | 37 | Griffons |
| 2 | 09/07/2013 | 14h00 | Lions | 34 | 27 | SWD |
| 2 | 09/07/2013 | 15h30 | EP | 21 | 32 | Free State |
| 3 | 10/07/2013 | 09h30 | Namibia | 27 | 10 | Griquas |
| 3 | 10/07/2013 | 11h00 | Limpopo | 5 | 43 | Zimbabwe |
| 3 | 10/07/2013 | 12h30 | Border | 39 | 19 | Boland |
| 3 | 10/07/2013 | 14h00 | KZN | 18 | 40 | Pumas |
| 3 | 10/07/2013 | 15h30 | Blue Bulls | 6 | 30 | WP |
| 4 | 11/07/2013 | 09h30 | Leopards | 64 | 0 | Border CD |
| 4 | 11/07/2013 | 11h00 | Valke | 44 | 24 | Griquas CD |
| 4 | 11/07/2013 | 12h30 | Griffons | 26 | 20 | EPCD |
| 4 | 11/07/2013 | 14h00 | EP | 14 | 40 | SWD |
| 4 | 11/07/2013 | 15h30 | Free State | 19 | 20 | Golden Lions |
| 5 | 13/07/2013 | 09h15 | Zimbabwe | 10 | 33 | Namibia |
| 5 | 13/07/2013 | 09h15 | Limpopo Blue Bulls | 36 | 39 | Eastern Province CD |
| 5 | 13/07/2013 | 09h15 | Border CD | 5 | 94 | Griquas |
| 5 | 13/07/2013 | 10h45 | Border | 14 | 77 | KwaZulu Natal |
| 5 | 13/07/2013 | 10h45 | Griffons | 34 | 27 | Boland |
| 5 | 13/07/2013 | 10h45 | Griquas CD | 17 | 34 | Leopards |
| 5 | 13/07/2013 | 12h15 | Blue Bulls | 29 | 37 | SWD |
| 5 | 13/07/2013 | 12h15 | Eastern Province | 29 | 18 | Valke |
| 5 | 13/07/2013 | 13h45 | Free State | 22 | 25 | Pumas |
| 5 | 13/07/2013 | 15h15 | Western Province | 45 | 29 | Golden Lions |
Craven Week 2013: Border team & Academy team
Border Schools team has been announced. A blend of the three region’s powerhouses Selborne (9), Queens (7) and Dale (4) dominates the Craven Week selections. The Cambridge hooker does well to make the starting line-up and there is a Stirling prop on the bench as well.…
Craven Week 2013: Valke team
The Valke is one of the smaller regions and they aren’t always able to match the bigger unions at Craven Week. This year may be different though. Noordvaal rugby in general has looked very strong during 2013 and making a huge contribution to this strength by putting out competitive 1st XV’s are the likes of EG Jansen, Kempton Park and Transvalia…
Craven Week 2013: Pumas team & Academy Week team
It doesn’t come as that much of a surprise that the Pumas Craven Week team for 2013 is comprised mainly of boys from Nelspruit and HTS Middelburg.…
Craven Week 2013: Golden Lions team & Academy Week team
The Golden Lions under-18 teams have the usual Monnas flavour about them. 15 out of 44 come from the Krugersdorp school, with 9 of those picks being Craven Week players. Jeppe picked up a decent reward for their above average season to date with 8 players. Florida have had two relatively weak 1st XV’s in a row now but still managed to be well represented again this year with 8 players as well.…
Craven Week 2013: Free State team almost finalised
Free State are in the process of finalising their Craven Week team. They named a fairly predictable blend of 13 Grey College and 9 HTS Louis Botha players for a trial match against the Griffons. The squad is very much along the lines of the quota system in place for Craven Week which stipulates that each team must have a minimum of 9 Previously Disadvantaged Individuals (PDI) in their squad of 22 with no fewer than 5 required to be in the starting line-up and on the field at all times. …
Craven Week 2013: Day 1 & Day 2 fixtures
The Craven Week match-day 1 and 2 fixtures are not quite what the doctor ordered. It was anticipated that the Bulls and Western Province would be kept apart, to set up the potential unofficial final that viewers were robbed of in 2012. …
2 more Boishaai players in WP u18 team!
A few people might be unsure what to make of this but effectively two more Paarl Boys High players have been called up to replace injured Craven Week players JD Schickerling and Ryan Oosthuizen (both Paarl Gim). …
Craven Week 2013: WP team
The team is made up of no fewer than 8 Paarl Boys High players, while Paarl Gim has 6 and the balance comes from Paul Roos (2), Rondebosch (2), Wynberg, Boland Landbou, Bishops and Excelsior on the Cape Flats.…
Annual Craven Week selection dramas
South African schoolboy rugby is well into it’s drama filled Craven Week selection season now. Of the major regions, KwaZulu-Natal, the Bulls, Eastern Province, Boland and South Western Districts have concluded trials and made their selections. This week there appears to be at least two storms brewing when Western Province and Border make their teams official this week.…
u13 Craven Week 2013: KZN team
KZN’s under-13 Craven Week team to play at Bela-Bela Primary School in Limpopo starting on 28 June. …
Craven Week 2013: Bulls team named along with Academy & Noordvaal
The Bulls have named there extremely powerful team for Craven Week. The competition for starting places was fierce. In the end Francois Steyn held off Vean Roodt, Hyron Andrews got the nod ahead of Abongile Nonkwantana and Justin Phillips edged out Ivan van Zyl to be in the starting XV.…
Grant Khomo 2013: Bulls name team & 2 Noordvaal u16 teams
The Bulls have named 3 under-16 teams, the Grant Khomo team as well as 2 teams to take park in the Noordvaal under-16 tournament. …
Grant Khomo 2013: KwaZulu-Natal team
Glenwood (8), Maritzburg College (4), Westville (3), Hilton (3), DHS (2), Northwood (1) and Michaelhouse (1)…
Craven Week 2013: KwaZulu-Natal team
The KZN team is officially out. Glenwood (9) and Kearsney (6) dominate the selections with Maritzburg College (4), Westville (2) and DHS (1).…
Craven Week 2013: EP and EPCD teams
The Eastern Province and Eastern Province Country Districts teams to play at Craven Week have been finalised.
Grey High School and Die Brandwag are well represented in the EP Schools team with 9 and 5 players respectively while the Country Districts team is predominantly made up of Marlow (8) and St Andrews (7) players.…
Craven Week 2013: Boland name 3 teams
The Boland High Schools rugby selectors have announced three teams (plus reserves) to play against their Western Province counterparts at the CPUT (old WOK) fields in Wellington on Wednesday 22 May 2013 (starting time 14:30)…
Craven Week 2013: South Western District team
The South Western Districts under-18 team will go to Craven Week this year with a genuine chance of doing well and perhaps even featuring in the main game on the final day. SWD won the unofficial Craven Week final back in 2008 when outstanding no.8 CJ Stander of Oakdale was at the helm.…