KZN

Westville and Martzburg College meet on Saturday in what is building up to be a cracker of a game. There isn’t much separating the two schools on the BHP Top 50 national rankings and this closeness between the two is expected to translate into a tightly contested game. …

A decisive Michaelhouse 1st XV pulled out all the stops to record an emphatic 45-7 win at Kearsney in front of a large crowd that had gathered to celebrate Kearsney’s Founders’ Day.…

The KwaZulu-Natal high school provincial youth week teams completed a clean sweep against their Pumas counterparts in Vryheid on Monday, 16 June. The KZN under-18 Craven Week team arrived in Northern Natal minus the services of several first choice players and included a few players who had been ruled out of Saturday’s KZN interschools fixtures for various reasons. In spite of the disruptions they were able to claim a convincing 27-7 victory.…

The Kearsney-Michaelhouse inter-schools was scheduled to take place at Michaelhouse this year in accordance with the normal venue rotation. Michaelhouse then agreed to allow Kearsney to be hosts, which provided Kearsney with a suitable date for their Old Boys Day. In the long run the switch will be of benefit to both schools as it evens up their home and away games against the other current KZN tier-1 heavyweights. …

Here are the reports on the various KZN Tier-1 games that took place over the weekend.…

The KZN schoolboy rugby season was crying out for a match of the season. This 25-24 Maritzburg College victory over Michaelhouse on Meadows in Balgowan seems to have answered that call. It was a pulsating game of rugger with the most exciting finish imaginable as College scored a try from the last play of the match and then converted to earn the single point victory. A fair result would have been a draw. Michaelhouse with a 4-tries to 3 count certainly didn’t deserve to be losers in this showpiece, but at the same time full-marks has to be awarded to College for way they clawed their way back after being shell-shocked at 10-0 down in less that 4-minutes and for the BMT the Red, Black, White showed at the end.…

DHS vs Kearsney, Michaelhouse vs Maritzburg College, Northwood vs St Charles and Hilton vs Glenwood…

The KZN Craven Week, Academy Week, Country Districts (for Academy Week) and under-16 Grant Khomo Week teams will be announced on Wednesday, 28 May 2014.

Here is what the under-18 set up was for final trials:…

Glenwood and Maritzurg College played in what might yet prove to be the most important inter-schools fixture as far as determining who the best high school 1st XV in KZN is this season. It was an unusual game in a sense. There were a lot of mistakes made by both teams and even the experienced referee got a few things wrong but all this did not reduce the action-packed excitement and intensity of the match, as both teams gave it there all for 70-minutes. The home team Glenwood gained a handy 17-0 early lead which threw College off their stride for a while but the visitors dug deep, showing tremendous heart and as is so often the case when two good teams meet, the game is never over until the final whistle. College fought back to within 6-points with just a few minutes left on the clock, before Glenwood sealed a deserved 27-14 victory by scoring a late try from a turnover.…

Glenwood vs Maritzburg College. It’s a potential KZN number 1 decider for 2014. Glenwood hosts College on Dixon’s where visiting KZN 1st XV’s have found wins extremely hard to come by in recent years. On top of this College has not beaten Glenwood home or away since 2010.

Both schools have strong teams and are enjoying very good seasons to date.

“Glenwound vs Maritzburg Crutches”

The build up to the match has been noted for absent players, out injured players and injury clouds hanging over others. …

Just some of my opinions on the pack and the backs:…

A large crowd gathered on Goldstones, the home of Maritzburg College on a pleasant afternoon to see Sleepy Hollow’s finest take on Kearsney for the 68th time since 1943. The home team were outstanding. They played with passion and skills and must certainly have reminded many of the Red , Black, White old faithful of great College teams of the past. In the end they notched up a convincing 29-17 win, their 57th victory over Kearsney.…

The KZN under-16 main trials takes place at Woodburn Stadium, Pietermaritzburg on Tuesday 20 May 2014.…

The KZN under-18 main trials takes place at Woodburn Stadium, Pietermaritzburg on Tuesday 20 May 2014.…