W/Cape

Paarl Boys` High, founded in 1868 will be the first engagement on school rugby level by Vodacom, South African`s best known corporate brand in rugby sponsorship.

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A rugby coaching transformation took place at Paarl Boys’ High School – Hoër Jongenskool Paarl (HJS) at the start of this year. The good news is that Sean Erasmus, new man in charge of rugby affairs at the school has already formed a productive working relationship with well-respected coach Elmo Wolfaardt. Sean has taken charge of the forwards, while Elmo is responsible for the backs. It’s just what the doctor ordered because Boishaai has an extra busy season ahead of them. The reason being they have accepted the challenge to represent South Africa at the annual Sanix (under-18) World Youth Tournament in Japan from 26 April to 07 May 2014.…

1200 school students will take part in rugby and netball at this year’s Porterville Sports Weekend, sponsored by OK Grocers. Amongst them are 10 1st XV’s including powerhouse HJS Paarl Boys High, with new coach Sean Erasmus making his debut at this not to be missed event.…

Paul Roos Gymnasium head coach Hein Kriek is bound to have one of those preferred headaches tomorrow when the process of narrowing down a big pool of talented  candidates to just a starting 1st XV starts in earnest with a rugby trial match on Thursday, 27 February.…

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The WP under-16 Elite Squad was named during September 2013. A new list was put out this week. It contains just two changes – C Serdyn (HJS) and R Harris (Scottsdene) have been added.…

Updated: The names of the players chosen for the Western Province under-18 Elite group, which will practice regularly throughout the close season, were originally announced on Wednesday 11 September 2013. Recently a revised list was put out with Rondebosch prop Ashwyn Adam and Gimmies’ flyhalf Walter Smit being added, while another Rondebosch player Zain Davids is moved from prop to his more accustomed position on the flank.…

A good way to describe Paul Roos supporters ahead of the 2014 season is quietly confident. No one is under any kind of illusion either. Annually Paul Roos has one of the most demanding school rugby schedules in the country which affords them little room for comfort. That said there is a reason why they are labelled as one of South African school rugby’s powerhouse teams. …

Compliments of Stoopstats.co.za here is a list of the players that did duty for the respective top Western Cape school teams during 2013 and will be back to represent their schools in 2014.

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Brendan Venter sluit aan en Hein Kriek sal steeds die eerstespan hoofafrigter wees.
Brief vanaf Frans van Niekerk, die Paul Roos hoof van rugby:…

Hein Kriek finds himself in a difficult position at the moment and there is a possibility that he could be relieved of his position as 1st XV head coach at Paul Roos.

Up until now Kriek has steadily being building a reputation as a top class schoolboy rugby coach. …

Not yet official but it looks like Hoër Jongenskool – Paarl Boys’ High School will participate in next year’s SANIX international school rugby tournament which takes place in Japan annually. …

Article taken from the Bishops Diocesan Website:
We are very pleased to be able to announce that the 1^st XV coaching structure. All coaches except for Mr Jacobs will have the 1st XV as their focus, but will also work with other teams and coaches. However, all will have an integral role to play in the 1st XV in 2014. …

Een van die mees gesogte SA skolerugby werksgeleenthede / one of the most prestigious jobs in SA schoolboy rugby is up for grabs:…

The WP Sevens team for the national provincial under-18 tournament to be held at Curro Hazeldean on 23/24 September 2013.…

It had already been a hugely successful year for Paarl Gymnasium up until 14 Sepetember 2013. And now it’s just become that much better. …

The finals of Die Burger’s Rugby Competiton for schools in the Western Province, Boland, SWD and Eastern Province will take place tomorrow in Paarl.

The big clash will be the finals in the Big School’s Division where Paarl Gymnasium (WP) will play against Outeniqua (SWD). The final will be played at Paarl Gym. Kick-off: 12:30 – Paarl Gym A Field;…

The recent returns from injury of Paarl Gim’s lock JD Schickerling and centre Ryan Oosthuizen, two players that haunted Outeniqua during Gimmies 37-25 victory back in April, is bound to have a significant effect on the outcome when the two sides meet again in this year’s Burger Trophy main final. The final will feature the highest number of SA Schools players in a school match this year, not to mention the many other outstanding provincial players that will also be showing off their skills.…

Well Tony Stoops, who provided the points record of Nico Malan’s Selwyn Davids (425 points for the season), keeps all sorts of interesting stats of Western Cape schools and players on his terrific website www.stoopstats.co.za

Amongst the interesting bits of info is this performance table that ignores the variable of relative strength and simply focuses on schools records in an effort to determine who the best achieving teams of 2013 in the Province are.…

Two tries by centre Hennie Barnard in difficult weather conditions helped Outeniqua to a 18-6 win against Marlow and a place in the Burger Trophy final. Their likely opponents are Paarl Gymnasium, who are overwhelming favorites to get past Drostdy of Boland in the other semi.…

Many in the Paul Roos family are still hurting after Saturday’s all-important 1st team rugby match against Grey College. Paul Roos prides itself on being a top rugby school and this season has been particularly difficult for them. However their overall sports results against Grey College is still something for the home faithful to smile about. Even in rugby, PRG showed their depth and came out on top on aggregate. Look at these super results……

Paul Roos supporters would have been feeling down in the dumps since Saturday’s 8-40 drubbing by traditional season ending rivals Grey College on Markotter. The defeat brought to an end one Paul Roos’ worst year’s ever. THEY DID NOT EVEN WIN A GAME ON MARKOTTER THIS YEAR! UNBELIEVEABLE!…

Craven Week winners Western Province Schools minus stalwarts Rikus Bothma, Jacques Vermeulen, Thomas du Toit, Grant Hermanus, Daniel du Plessis (Paul Roos) and Daniel du Plessis (HJS), and still without JD Schickerling were too strong for the touring Italian under-18 team, beating them 39-17 on Friday, 09 August.…

Compliments of Shawn Belluigi

06 August 2013.  John Mitchell, ex All Blacks player and coach who is famous for guiding the Lions to Currie Cup Victory, will teach approximately 2 400 rugby players from 40 schools around South Africa about what it takes to ‘Power Through’ from school boy rugby to Super Rugby and beyond. He will be demonstrating new techniques, drills and give guidance on other performance related aspects of training, like hydration, before, during and after matches. …

Written by Tony Stoops of Stoopstats.co.za

Just as the first sighting of a robin signifies the start of spring in England, so the massive Interschools clash in Paarl, the SWD showdown and the start of the second round of the southern suburbs derbies on Saturday 3 August 2013 herald the closing stages of the local schools rugby season.…

Saturday, 03 August 2013 marks the date for the biggest schoolboy rugby match on the South African calendar. Paarl Gymnasium and HJS Paarl Boys High, two of the perennial powerhouse rugby schools in the country go head to head in the derby of derbies.…