KZN
Glenwood letter details reasons for cancelling PE trip
Two weeks ago Glenwood sent this letter below to Framesby to notify them of the Durban school’s decision to cancel their fixture.…
KZN final trials teams 2017
At Woodburn Stadium, Pietermaritzburg on Wednesday 24 May 2017…
KZN top 3 privates schools all square in their 2017 derbies
KZN’s big-3 private schools Hilton, Kearsney and Michaelhouse each has a homesoil win to their credit following their head to head interschools matches. Hilton has a round two to come against Kearsney and Michaelhouse this season.…
KZN u18 Main Trials teams 2017
At Woodburn Stadium on Monday 15 May 2017…
Westville sport official apologises to ref for outburst
A letter has appeared on the Westville Boys’ High School website in which director of sport Sharmin Naidoo apologises to former International referee and current Glenwood parent Marius Jonker for an “outburst” at Glenwood on 22 April 2017.…
DHS beats Michaelhouse 29-24 in memorable 2017 match
Van Heerden’s Field on the Berea was the setting of one of South African schoolboy’s many great adverts, when hosts Durban High School and Michaelhouse from Balgowan in the Midlands of Natal, combined to put on 70-minutes of virtually non-stop positive entertaining rugby action, with the home team emerging as 29-24 victors.…
Dick Muir linked with soon to be vacant Northwood job
Latest : officially confirmed – Dick Muir will take charge at Northwood.
Former Springbok centre and fairly accomplished senior rugby coach Dick Muir could well become the next high profile head coach at Northwood in Durban North. …
Grey College beats Maritzburg College 30-3 – match report 2017
As Grey College and Maritzburg College ran on to the field, the heavens opened and the rain bucketed down for a while. These sporadic downfalls continued throughout the match. With Grey’s backs being rated countrywide as the danger factor this season, the wet ball-handling conditions coupled with them being without their dynamic first choice centre combination of Rikus Pretorius and Janco van Heyningen, gave an impression that the playing fields had perhaps evened out a little more. However Goldstones field held firm underfoot and even without those two star players, Grey’s backs still managed to put on a dominant and well-judged exhibition in the first half, scoring 25 of the points that paved the way to an eventual 30-3 victory.…
Hilton & Michaelhouse to take part in UK u18 Sevens tournaments
Hilton defeated Clifton College (Bristol, UK) 22-7 to claim the first Rugby School International u18 Sevens title. The event was played as part of Rugby School’s 450th birthday celebration. Michaelhouse finished 7th out of 12 at the same tournament.
Video of matches here : Rugby School International u18 Sevens …
Grey Bloem heads to KZN to play Maritzburg College
Come Saturday evening, home team Maritzburg College should be best placed of all Grey College’s traditional inter-schools rivals to answer the question:
“Is it better to play Grey at the start of the season or at the end of the long campaign?”…
Another DHS Rugby Day in 2017
Event Name: Trevor Bennison Rugby Day
Date: Wednesday 22 March 2017
| TIME | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2pm | George Campbell | Kloof | ||
| 3pm | Hilton | Clifton | ||
| 4pm | Glenwood | Voortrekker | ||
| 5pm | DHS | Port Natal |
Hilton’s white wall denies DHS any tryline access in 10-6 win
One week after scoring 12 tries against Northwood, DHS could not cross the white chalk once as Hilton’s seemingly impenetrable defence stood firm, helping the “visitors” to record a bit of an upset 10-6 win at Kings Park in Durban.…
KZN : 2 big clashes to start the local interschools season
DHS versus Hilton and Michaelhouse versus Westville will take centre stage in KwaZulu-Natal schoolboy rugby this coming weekend.…
Boksmart crackdown at Vories Night Series
The KZNRU has formally requested the Vories Night Series certified coach to conduct a Boksmart audit before and during matchday 1 of the annual preseason shortened matches festival. The request made on behalf of the KZNRU by a Boksmart trainer read as follows:…
Voortrekker (Vories) Night Series 2017
Please note changes to the programme
| TIME | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | 03-Mar | Vories u16 | DHS u16 | ||
| 14:55 | 03-Mar | Carter | Linpark | ||
| 15:50 | 03-Mar | Vories 3 | Greytown | ||
| 16:45 | 03-Mar | DHS 2 | Westville 2 | ||
| 17:40 | 03-Mar | Vories 2 | 28 | 27 | Howick |
| 18:35 | 03-Mar | Maritzburg College u16 | 17 | 13 | Westville u16 |
| 19:30 | 03-Mar | DHS 1 | 12 | 18 | Westville 1 |
| 20:35 | 03-Mar | Vories 1 | 0 | 26 | Maritzburg College 1 |
| 14:00 | 10-Mar | Carter 1 | Vories 3 | ||
| 14:55 | 10-Mar | Treverton 1 | Linpark 1 | ||
| 15:50 | 10-Mar | Vories u16 | Westville u16 | ||
| 16:45 | 10-Mar | Sarel Cilliers 2 | Westville 2 | ||
| 17:40 | 10-Mar | Vories 2 | Weston 1 | ||
| 18:35 | 10-Mar | Maritzburg College u16 | Sarel Cilliers u16 | ||
| 19:30 | 10-Mar | Maritzburg College XV | Sarel Cilliers 1 | ||
| 20:25 | 10-Mar | Pom – Pom’s | |||
| 20:35 | 10-Mar | Vories 1 | Westville 1 |
11 Gauteng schools ask Hilton College to refrain from “poaching”
Following the meeting of the Gauteng Heads of Boys’ Schools held in November 2016, no fewer than eleven Gauteng high schools were listed on a letter sent as a collective to Hilton College in same month.
The letter expressed concern over the transfer of boys from several Gauteng schools to Hilton College. It emphasised the issue at stake, made mention of what constitutes good values, asked for mutual respect and most importantly requested that Hilton refrains from “poaching” their players.…
DPHS’s high school scholarship recipients
The DPHS success story continues. A few million Rands worth of scholarship money will be invested in these 29 future Class of 2021 students over the next 5 years.…
KZN Sharks Youth Week coaches for 2017 : plenty of changes
All three KZN Sharks u18 Craven Week 2016 coaches have moved on from their respective high school posts and are no longer eligible for reappointment. The ripple-effect is a number of promotions and a few new appointments in the overall KZN Sharks youth week coaching set up for 2017.…
Braam van Straaten headlines KZN school coaching changes ahead of 2017
Former Springbok flyhalf Braam van Straaten has been appointed as the new St Charles College (Pietermaritzburg) fulltime Rugby Specialist with immediate effect. The positive vibes already coming out of St Charles, who’s rugby is set for another spike over the few year, speaks volumes about van Straaten’s potential to do an outstanding job as he’s made the great impression in next to no time at all. The 44-year-old former Wonderboom High School student is just one of many personal changes set to reshape the fairly small KZN Tier-1 rugby scene, which has a bit of a reputation for it’s high turnover of 1st XV rugby officials.…
KZN to deliberate over yet another Craven Week expectations failure
Officials from KZN will meet today to discuss the high school Youth Weeks. If this was a meeting held in the Western Province it would be a celebratory occasion, fit for many high-fives, pats on backs and chest beating by various goal achieving officials. However it being KZN who are close to the opposite side of the success rate spectrum, the meeting can’t possibly revolve around many compliments particularly when it focuses its attention on Craven Week, unless of course window-dressing becomes the order of the day.…
Tuks Reeks champs take down the SANIX champs
The Monument Witbulle from Krugersdorp continued to build on their success rate against Glenwood of Durban ever since their interschool was established a few years ago, winning 40-15 this time around.…
Kearsney and Hilton in a showpiece
Kearsney supporters had to bite their nails for a while but eventually got to celebrate Old Boys’ Day in style as their One-Stripes came from behind to beat a gutsy Hilton 20-8 on the Stott, avenging their loss to the same opponents in the Midlands earlier in the season. The high intensity match was a great advert for schoolboy rugby as both sets of players put their bodies on the line in an effort to manufacture a winning outcome, producing a good quality match in the process.…
No illusions for Westville when they host College
One of the highlights of the KZN school rugby season is the Westville – Maritzburg College interschools day. It’s fair to say that neither school is enjoying a prosperous 1st XV year but that won’t distract from what is bound to be wonderful day filled with plenty of well-matched age group contests on Westville’s fields.…
Glenwood vs DHS (Durban’s Oldest Derby)
By Grasshopper…
KZN Weekend – 07 May 2016
Fortunes say Hilton to win at Michaelhouse today…
Glenwood wins the SANIX 2016
Glenwood progressed to the 2016 SANIX final by beating controversial Rotorua Boys’ High 29-12 in the semi final. They then beat Higashi Fukuoka of Japan 45-6 in the one-sided final.…