KZN
Loosehead props set to take centre stage in KZN 2023
The countdown to the start of the season of the 2023 regular season is very much underway. There is a nice hype building around a few talents wearing the no. 1 jersey for their respective KwaZulu-Natal schools.…
KZN opts to continue with a Sharks u17 Academy Week team
For a second year running KZN are set to select an under-17 Academy Week team for the 2023 under-18 youth week to be held at Jeppe School for Boys in Johannesburg.…
KZN Sharks Main Trials 2022 players
KZN main trials for the 2022 Craven Week and Academy Week takes place this week.…
KZN youth week trials 2022 – selectors / matches
SELECTORS
While Covid was busy screwing up everyday life, some good things happened. For one KZN made a much overdue change and now each of the mainstream high schools has a selector. At the very least this balance will improves the sort after impartiality image.…
Northwood head: “consequences for parent” after bad behaviour video goes viral
In a letter to parents, Northwood headmaster Paul Viljoen mentioned that he apologised for the incident that occurred after the u16A match at Kearsney on 30/04/2022, captured in a series of videos that went viral on social media.…
Westville beats Kearsney 22-20 – match report 2022
Match report compiled by Kearsney. I have added a few extra notes in bold blue…
Southern Suburbs XV vs KZN XV
Just for fun here is my Cape Town Southern Suburbs team to play a KZN Interschools League XV. It was inspired by watching two eye-catching pocket rockets wearing the numbers 15 jumpers this past weekend. …
Maritzburg College make the most of Bloem tour
The Maritzburg College 1st XV made an eleventh hour decision to join their other teams at the Fichardtpark Rugby Festival in Bloemfontein after their initial plans to travel to Krugersdorp were derailed.…
KZN set to play school rugby during soccer season
It has been a very bleak year or so living with Covid. One of the few positive spin-offs is on the cards though. For the first time in a long time, just about every one of the KwaZulu-Natal top level rugby high schools have committed to playing rugby fixtures during the opening few weeks of the third term. …
KZN’s over-aged cheats problem set to make the news again
Eight years on from 2012 when KwaZulu-Natal had a massive vetting process to rid their system of over-aged players, more of the same drastic measures are on the cards. …
DHS hone in on cancelling all sports against Glenwood
Latest: confirmed on Thursday 6 February 2020 that DHS has “discontinued” all sport fixtures against Glenwood for the foreseeable future.
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KwaZulu-Natal School Rugby Fixtures 2020
Written on 18 Jan 2020 before DHS pulled the plug on Glenwood.
For the first time in many seasons all the top schools of the more densely populated region of the province of KwaZulu-Natal (currently nine of them) will do battle against each other. Glenwood – Hilton is back on, as is Glenwood – Michaelhouse interschools and even Northwood has opted to reignite the challenge posed by the Green Machine of Durban South. Independent school St Charles College from Pietermaritzburg is another who expanding their horizons in an effort to be counted amongst the best in the region.…
Maritzburg College beats Kearsney 14-12 in 2019
Maritzburg College left it until the last play of the match to end a 12-year wait for a win on Kearsney’s Stott Field.…
Hilton & Michaelhouse set for another eagerly anticipated battle
KZN’s biggest derby Hilton vs Michaelhouse will be open streamed on demand by SchoolSportLive (100% free of charge). Kickoff is at 3pm Click here for SSL’s match link…
History made in 2019: Northwood beats Maritzburg College 30-26
The school rugby history books were rewritten on Saturday 09 March 2019 when Durban North’s Northwood recorded their first ever win against the Maritzburg College. …