W/Cape
Injured JD Schickerling might miss Craven Week
It’s been reported that star Paarl Gymnasium, WP Schools and SA Schools 2012 lock JD Schickerling broke his arm during the match against Rondebosch and may have to miss Craven Week altogether.…
Craven Week 2013: WP team
The team is made up of no fewer than 8 Paarl Boys High players, while Paarl Gim has 6 and the balance comes from Paul Roos (2), Rondebosch (2), Wynberg, Boland Landbou, Bishops and Excelsior on the Cape Flats.…
Grey College vs Paarl Boys High
Live on SuperSport…
Outeniqua vs Affies – Kwagga Dag special cancelled
From twitter:
School of Rugby
@schoolofrugbyThe match between Affies & Outeniqua scheduled for 10 August has been canceled.
This was meant to be the highlight of Kwagga Dag. News filtering through is that Affies pulled the plug.…
Day zero at Grey College
On 19 August 2006, Paul Roos recorded a famous 16-11 win against Grey College in Bloemfontein. For a total of 2458 days thereafter the Grey College home ground became an impenetrable fortress as they built up what must surely be one of the longest unbeaten home streaks in modern era school rugby history. …
Craven Week 2013: Boland name 3 teams
The Boland High Schools rugby selectors have announced three teams (plus reserves) to play against their Western Province counterparts at the CPUT (old WOK) fields in Wellington on Wednesday 22 May 2013 (starting time 14:30)…
Craven Week 2013: South Western District team
The South Western Districts under-18 team will go to Craven Week this year with a genuine chance of doing well and perhaps even featuring in the main game on the final day. SWD won the unofficial Craven Week final back in 2008 when outstanding no.8 CJ Stander of Oakdale was at the helm.…
Paul Roos vs Paarl Gim
Paul Roos is a much improved team from the one that started the season. They however have a mountain to climb if they are to beat SA’s best schoolboy rugby team Paarl Gim today in the next installment of the Premier Interschools live coverage rugby.…
WP Final u18 trial teams announced
The WP schools rugby selectors have announced the three final Under 18 trials teams, which will practice at De Kuilen on Monday 13 and 20 May 2013 and then, after any tweaking necessitated by injury, take on their Boland counterparts at Wellington on Wednesday 22 May.…
Match breakdown: Paarl Gim 37 Outeniqua 25
Paarl Gymnasium defeated Outeniqua 37-25 in an away game the many got to enjoy as a result of the Premier Interschools live T.V. coverage. By winning the game Gimmies effectively put a target on their backs as the new team to beat in SA schoolboy rugby.
The game was little like a “Rock, Paper, Scissors!” contest with the Kwaggas constantly opting for individual brilliance (scissors) and almost always being trumped by Gim’s teamwork approach (rock). …
WP Schools name 4 trial teams for 24 April 2013
Article from www.stoopstats.co.za
The selectors have named four teams plus reserves for what should be the penultimate round of trials, to be held at Bellville High School on Wednesday 24 April 2013.
While one would normally assume that the Stoffberg and Links teams, who meet at 16:15 are more highly regarded than the Jasper and van Rensburg selections, who play each other at 15:15, there is always room for surprises in the final selections.…
Top 20 Easter festival games of 2013
Enlisting the help of numerous bloggers from around the country that actively follow schoolboy rugby in South Africa, a list was compiled of the top 20 Easter festival matches that will be taking place over the next few days.
It was unanimously decided that the Grey College versus Outeniqua game to be played at the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival (KERF) on Monday, 01 April 2013, is going to be by far and away the biggest game of them all. …
NWU-Puk Skouspel 2013 team of the tournament
It’s a really cool initiative by the organisers of the NWU-Puk Skouspel. Every year they select a team of stand out players from the schools that participate in the tournament. This year’s team turned out to be a blend of talent from all around the country.
Latest: Hanro Liebenberg (Drostdy) is named player of the tournament, Dimitrio Tieties (Noord-Kaap) is the top backline player and Ox Nche (louis Botha) is the top forward.…
Is Outeniqua the best school rugby team in SA this year?
Pundits have been saying ever since last year that Outeniqua from George is going to make a strong challenge for the unofficial title of best team in South Africa come 2013. The Kwaggas have 12 returning 1st XV players from the team that claimed a top 5 finish in 2012. …
WP Rugby Day 2013 at Newlands
20 minutes per half and no kicking will again be the order of the day at WP Rugby Day to be played at Newlands on Monday 18-Mar-2013. Entrance is FREE so make sure you get there!
| 15:55 | SACS | 5 | 5 | Strand |
| 16:40 | Bishops | 25 | 10 | Stellenberg |
| 17:25 | Wynberg | 15 | 20 | Paul Roos |
| 18:10 | Rondebosch | 0 | 0 | HJS Paarl |
| 18:53 | Paarl Gim | 20 | 5 | Boland Landbou |
Paul Roos announces 1st team
Paul Roos has named their team for the WP Rugby Day match against Wynberg at 18:53 on 18-Mar-2013.…
Boishaai starts 2013 with a win
Paarl Boys High overcame a determined San Isidro from Argentina 38-20 after leading 24-6 at the break. The match played in 37 degree heat was Boishaai’s first for 2013. Judging by the result and the calibre of the opposition who’s reputation had been enhanced by good showings against Drostdy and Paul Roos, Boishaai has all rights to feels happy about this positive start to the season.…
Paul Roos & Boishaai face a tough Argentine workout
San Isidro, the high school from Buenos Aires in Argentina has three teams out on a tour of the Western Cape at the moment. Having just outscored Drostdy by three tries to one in a 17-17 draw at fortress Trappespark, suggests that these tourists mean business. …
Paul Roos announces Cell C sponsorship deal
25 Feb 2013. Paul Roos has agreed a 3-year sponsorship deal…
Bulls scout on early business trip to the Cape
Blue Bulls scout Xander Janse van Rensburg, who is known to travel the length and breadth of South Africa during the school rugby season in search of talent to sign up for the Loftus based team and the University of Pretoria, is in the Western Cape at the moment. Since the local school season is still weeks away from kicking off, his much earlier than anticipated trip down south has a number of loyal Province officials feeling a bit uncomfortable. …
SACS getting ready to take on Paarl Gim
Some SACS fans are already out in force to drum up more support for their team using twitter and facebook. …
Western Province Rugby Institute players for 2013
The Western Province Rugby Institute (WPRI) officially came into being in 2007. Its objective is to tap into the vast rugby talent pool that exists in the Western Cape and then to fill any positional gaps with players from outside the region. The Institute accepts that it is not the beginning point of rugby development (schools are), nor is it the end point, however what it has set out to achieve is use a one year programme to transform dedicated rugby players from “young boys into rugby playing men.” …
Schools of the 2013 SA Super Rugby squad players
Taking the South African Superugby wider squads for 2013 as they appear on Wikipedia, here is the long list of the 202 players with the schools that 197 of them attended. The 5 Kings foreigners are overlooked.…
Boishaai, Gimmies, Paul Roos or …?
Silly season is nearing its completion and soon all questions about where the various school teams actually fit into the big picture will start to be answered. When it comes to pre-season discussions about who will be top of the pile in the Western Cape, conversations don’t often progress much further than a chat about what the outcomes will be in the intense and pulsating games between Paarl Boys High (HJS), Paarl Gim and Paul Roos.…
Paul Roos coaching structure for 2013 confirmed
Dawie Snyman Sr is the new Paul Roos Gymnasium assistant coach. Snyman coached Western Province to five consecutive Currie Cup final victories between 1982 and 1986. He’ll now be applying his wisdom and vast experience as the backline coach, a support role to newly promoted head coach Hein Kriek.…
Justin Geduld, poetry in motion
Justin Geduld of Western Province is a sight for sore eyes on the rugby field. He is able to rely on a combination of speed, balance, strength on the feet and vision to pick out perfect lines. This has helped him to unhinge even the most well-organised and tightly guarded midfield defensive structures.…
Bye-bye dual sportsman: Jean-Luc du Plessis
Boland has named it’s Coca-Cola Khaya Majola under-19 Cricket Week team. Missing is the name of Boishaai all-rounder Jean-Luc du Plessis, a fast left arm bowler and top order batsman. …
Rugby staff changes for Monnas, Paul Roos & Dale
This year well established traditional rugby schools Monument, Paul Roos Gymnasium and Dale College bid farewell to leading figures in their rugby programmes.…
2012 @Lantic Provincial 7s : KZN finishes 4th
Free State was crowned as national provincial under-18 7s champions for 2012 on Friday after they defeated the Valke 40-33 in the final of the @lantic tournament. KwaZulu-Natal finished in fourth place.…
@lantic u18 Provincial 7’s : KZN in Cup semifinals
The KwaZulu-Natal u18 team has beaten SWD 26-19 in the quarterfinals of the competition today. KZN now plays the Valke in the semifinals at 14h00 today. The match will be broadcast live on SuperSport 6 (ch.206).…
@lantic 7s u18 Provincial Tournament 2012
The annual @lantic under-18 7’s tournament for Provincial teams takes place on 04-05 October 2012 at Tukkies in Pretoria.…
SA HP u16 Squad 2012
After much delay, the 50 player strong HP under-16 squad has finally been published. KwaZulu-Natal has four representatives, while the Lions have nine and Western Province plus the Free State contribute eight boys apiece. Grey College from Bloemfontein is the best represented school with four followed by Glenwood with three. The players will attend a training camp from 30 September to 7 October at the Paarl Gymnasium High School…
SBR Weekend – 04/08/2012
| Maritzburg College | 27 | 27 | Glenwood |
| Grey College | 58 | 10 | Kearsney |
| Dale | 12 | 7 | Selborne |
| Daniel Pienaar | 29 | 19 | Marlow |
| Grey PE | 35 | 29 | Framesby |
| Queens | 47 | 3 | Hangklip |
| St Andrews | 47 | 17 | Muir |
| Diamantveld | 46 | 10 | Jeppe |
| Affies | 36 | 20 | Pretoria BH |
| Ermelo | 36 | 12 | Ben Vorster |
| Garsfontein | 23 | 17 | Florida |
| Middelburg | 25 | 25 | Garsfontein |
| Middelburg HTS | 26 | 16 | Menlopark |
| Kempton Park | 19 | 19 | Centurion |
| Kempton Park | 31 | 24 | Rustenburg |
| KES | 82 | 3 | Parktown |
| Klerksdorp | 31 | 25 | Alberton |
| Monument | 25 | 8 | Middelburg |
| Waterkloof | 46 | 21 | EG Jansen |
| Boland Landbou | 55 | 10 | De Kuilen |
| Drostdy | 12 | 11 | Paul Roos |
| Oakdale | 41 | 5 | Punt |
| Outeniqua | 68 | 14 | Oudtshoorn |
| Paarl Gim | 16 | 9 | Paarl BH |
| SACS | 26 | 6 | Rondebosch |
| Tygerberg | 22 | 20 | Swartland |
| Wynberg | 25 | 16 | Bishops |
2012 SA Schools Squad named
Four Kwazulu-Natal players have been included in the SA Schools 28-player strong squad to take on England, France and Wales during August…