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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. …
KZN gearing up for an exciting start to 2019
Saturday 09 March 2019 marks the official start to the KZN season.…
Vories Night Series 2019 – Glenwood, Hilton, Maritzburg College & St Charles in the mix
Preseason at its best – the Vories Night Series will take place on Friday 22 February and Friday 01 March 2019 at Voortrekker High School in Pietermaritzburg. This year the event welcomes Hilton College who will take on Glenwood in a preseason warmup match.…
Rugby coaching / setup changes at KZN schools for 2018
Keegan Daniel joins Northwood and Bashford assumes head coaching role – 18 October 2018
Former Sharks captain (and Springbok) Keegan Daniel is the new coaching face at Northwood. His main focus will be the Knights’ 1st XV pack of forwards and word is he will be great for motivating the boys.…
DPHS’s Zola Mazwi joins Maritzburg College & shares his Prep Dream Team
After 12 years at DPHS, KZN’s private school like leading state primary school, Zola Mazwi has decided to spread his wings and take up a post of Recruitment and High Performance at Maritzburg College…
Glenwood 1st XV 2018 joins the exclusive unbeaten season list
Glenwood have crossed the finish line unbeaten in 2018. A remarkable achievement.
Here’s the list of 1st XV’s since 2007 that have completed an unbeaten (local) season and either finished as SA’s No.1 or challenged for that top spot in their year.…
Glenwood vs Grey College – 10 years on from 2008
Glenwood hosts Grey College on Saturday 04 August, in part one of the thrilling climax to the 2018 season. There is a cup final like hype about this 1st XV game.…
Big guns take charge of KZN Youth Week teams 2018
KZN has wisely enlisted the help of three of the province’s top SBR coaches to take charge of the Sharks age-group teams at the respective national tournaments.…
KZN Grant Khomo trials 2018 under the spotlight
A concerned KZN parent wrote to me a few weeks ago about his observations of the KZN under-16 Grant Khomo trials process. It was quite interesting. Below I’ve reworded a few of his questions in blue text but tried to keep the original emphasis. In bold red are some of the valued answers I received after doing a follow up with a few of those who have first hand experience of how the process works.…
KZN school rugby weekend – 21/04/2018
This will be the first Saturday of 2018 that all the KZN top tier schools are involved in interschools action.…