KZN

Hosts Northwood has beaten Hilton College for the first time since their outstanding first team led Michael Alison won 12-6 back in 1991.

This was a match of two halves. The first half belonged to Hilton, who played the far more constructive game in the opening 35-minutes and enjoyed territorial advantage. However they could not translate this into a lead on the scoreboard and changed ends at 7-11 down. Under the floodlights, Northwood upped their game considerably in the second half.…

The 133rd meeting between Glenwood and DHS, saw hosts Glenwood winning 38-13, meaning they improve to 54 wins versus DHS’s 68, with 11 draws since the first game in 1922.

During this match, DHS did ever so well to keep the score at 0-0 for the first 33 minutes but after that the floodgates opened and Glenwood scored 6 tries in 29 minutes before DHS got a consolation try.…

This weekend Northwood School will host Hilton College on their beautiful fields in Durban North. Northwood is one of those schools that really knows how to make home field advantage count. They can usually be worth up to 10 points on home soil but given the high they are currently on having recorded wins by scoring over 30 points per game during their last two home matches against Gauteng English Medium Schools Jeppe and Parktown; that figure might have to be bumped up even more. …

A comment last week by Hilty before the Hilton-Michaelhouse derby about the two captains Jayson Gouws (Penzance, Hilton) and Thomas Walker (DPHS, MHS) both being the 2009 KZN under-13 Craven Week flanks, prompted this research on what had happened to Thomas Walker’s teammates from the DPHS 2009 team.…

From Working Words:
The match against St Charles was played on Stott field in Botha’s Hill on a day of ideal conditions. St Charles had a strong physical pack which was assertive at line-outs and scrums. They werehighly competitive and impressive at the breakdown and managed to break the Kearsney momentum at times.…

Amongst the things one comes to expect from a Hilton-Michaelhouse derby are a packed ground, wonderful atmosphere and arguably the best pre-game “Spell” show in the whole of South Africa. With all the above boxes ticked, the good weather also added to this occasion at Balgowan, creating an almost perfect setting that was made complete by the 1st XV players of both private schools producing an absorbing game that held everyone’s attention from the first kick-off right through to the final whistle.…

Gilfillan Field in Hilton which must rate amongst the best school rugby venues in the country, played host to an entertaining 1st XV game. Visitors Kearsney won 31-17 after dominating the scoring in the second half. In many respects, the teams were very evenly matched…

For anyone who wants to have a go at picking a KZN Craven Week team, here is  list of 62 candidates. I’m sure there are a couple of prospects who have been omitted or who will still come through as the season progresses.…

This is a little old but here is a link to an interesting article mentioning a couple of boys who are schooling in KwaZulu-Natal at present:

http://www.herald.co.zw/munangi-in-kwazulu-natal-sharks-under-16-squad/…

Midweek action in KZN sees Durban High School square off against potential banana peel team Clifton College on Wednesday evening at 19h15 on Van Heerden’s field. 3 days later DHS travels up the M13 to play an ever improving Westville.…

Glenwood, Kearsney and Westville are playing in the Paarl Boys High under-15 Rugby Week. Here is some feedback on the KZN schools’ Match-day 1 & 2 from a keen follower at the event.…

Report compliments of Working Words:

Kearsney 1st X1 beat Westville 1sts in an exciting nail-biter which was clinched by a converted penalty kick with no time left on the clock. It capped an exciting day’s rugby, with a clean sweep for Kearsney’s A teams at all age groups in their fixtures against Westville.…

On Saturday, 22 March 2014 Glenwood and Michaelhouse combined to produce a great advert for schoolboy rugby on Dixon’s field in Durban. Glenwood had to come from behind to win tight, hard fought and clean match 17-14 against a very good Michaelhouse team that earned a lot of respect from locals for their well-balanced performance. Here is a breakdown of how the action unfolded:…

After tripping over the Port Natal hurdle a few days earlier, DHS made the perfect recovery and cleared the potentially tricky George Campbell obstacle with easy during a home midweek night game on Van Heerden’s field. DHS won this first match against Campbell in a number of years, 48-0 in the end.…

Maritzburg College took on Northwood on Goldstones on Human Rights Day, Friday 21 March 2014.

If the sign of a good team is being able win when not at their best, then College’s rather impressive 31-6 score-line against Northwood puts them on a level above good because the Red, Black, White attack scored four tries while struggling for much of the game to get into the higher gears. …

An exciting long weekend ahead.

(for KZN schools that play A-team vs A-team)…

Glenwood has increased  it’s rugby depth for the 2014 season by acquired the services of three Eldoraigne boys, two of whom represented the Glenwood 2nd XV against Westville over the weekend and sat on the bench for the 1st XV game.…

Flyhalf and captain Tristan Tedder scored all 19 points via a try, a conversion and four penalties as hosts Kearsney were made to work extra hard for their 19-11 win against Northwood.…

Glenwood ran in five tries in a resounding 32-15 win on Westville soil. The match played on a very hot March afternoon did seem to slow the tempo of Glenwood’s attack a bit but not as much as it did Westville’s defence who were slow to react to threats and made recurring errors.…

This 2014 KZN Tier-1 under 16 season is about to kick-off. The age-group’s teams will have to work to match the  excitement of last year’s very competitive under-16 group that produced some unpredictable results and proved to be a great advert for the healthy state of KZN school rugby. …

Port Natal has won the right to play against the Glenwood and Hilton 1st XV’s this season.

The White Knights traveled to George Campbell’s beautiful grounds at North Beach in Durban on Saturday, 08 March and came away with a hard fought 18-13 win after 70-minutes filled with memorable moments. For either team the victory alone in what is usually a tough inter-schools fixture to win would have been cause for celebration. There was however more to the result. Due to the two schools having a twinning arrangement in place for fixtures against both Glenwood and Hilton, it means that Port Natal now gets the first team games while George Campbell will take on the second teams at the same venue on the same day.…

It may not have started out that way in 1964 but Glenwood and Westville are now the two most power rugby schools in Durban, making their derby on Saturday 15 March, the biggest match on the city’s school rugby calendar.  Let’s just say: HUGE game ahead!…

If there were any doubts about Hilton College being able to maintain the same standard of rugby perseverance that was experienced under their former professional head coach Brad Macloed-Henderson, these must now surely be cast aside by reports that under new teacher-coach AC Blume, 1st XV hopefuls are being put through their paces sometimes twice a day in preparation for the private school’s  season of 13 games.…

Kearsney returned home from their short annual tour of Northern Natal with two confidence boosting wins under the belt. The results in themselves against Vryheid High (57-0) and Pionier (35-10) are probably not as significant as what the coaches and players achieved in terms of building team spirit, developing cohesion, gaining match fitness and working on game plans in live match conditions.

Prior to the tour, Kearsney started with an encouraging 29-3 win against the hosts at the Voortrekker Night Series.…

Maritzburg College and Westville will be in action at the same venue for the third weekend running when both schools participate in the WKS RUGBY HOCKEY NETBALL FESTIVAL at Wartburg, 33km outside Pietermaritzburg.

The two KZN powerhouse schools each played a match against different opponents at the KFC Voortrekker Night Series before they met on Friday, 28 February in possibly the most physical encounter of the local preseason to date.…

Maritzburg College takes on Westville at 19h30 on Friday, 28 February in the KFC Voortrekker Night Series. This is a 25-minute per half preseason game. Both coaches are still experimenting and missing a few key players due to summer sports commitments.…