W/Cape

Matches vs WP at HS Bellville on Tues 22 May 2018…

As much as most of us want the Western Cape 2018 school rugby season to go ahead unabated, sanity may have to prevail in the face of what appears to be an imminent water unavailability crisis.…

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Paarl Gymnasium’s Director of Rugby slash Head Coach Pieter Rossouw is back in Japan helping out Jimmy Stonehouse’s Toshiba Brave Lupus once again and it looks like he will be in the Land of the Rising Sun for quite a while this time around.…

Bishops, Rondebosch and SACS have everything to play for as the Cape Town Southern Suburbs season winds down to an exciting climax over the next three weekends. This Saturday a “title” contending elimination match of sorts takes place on the Memorial “A” where hosts SACS and Bishops will battle it out for the right to remain masters of their own destiny by staying in touch with “leaders”Rondebosch, UNLESS underdogs Wynberg have something else to say about in all starting with their visit to Bosch.

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With 10 minutes to go Bishops lead Rondebosch 19-15. Bosch then scored three unanswered tries to record a come from behind 32-19 win and with it take the lead in the Southern Suburbs. A lead which would have belonged to Bishops had they held on for the win. SACS recorded their first S/S derby win of the season,  a comfortable enough 37-20 victory against Wynberg and by doing so they moved up to second place. (SACS-Wynberg match report lower down)

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SACS, the Southern Suburbs “champions” for the last couple of seasons are enjoying another very successful season, which includes an unprecedented two victories against Winelands teams. On it’s own, those two wins translate to a remarkable achievement for just about any school anywhere in SA (outside the Winelands of course).…

Press release from Paarl Gim in March 2017 re: Pieter Rossouw’s temporary consultancy agreement in Japan during the 2017 school rugby season…

From SACS: SACS STUN PAARL GIM

Burger, Kalipa, Barrett, O’Connor/Balchin, Minnaar, Bylin, Ikemefuna, Schuurmans, Dlepu, Hayes, Zeederberg, van der Loo, Hop, Mazullo, Abrahams – these are the names of the SACS 1stXV players who created history on 27 May 2017!

27 May 2017 is a day that will long be remembered by everyone privileged enough to be present at The South African College High School. The day that SACS had waited twenty-one years for…

BISHOPS AND SACS IN EXCITNG STALEMATE – report by SACS
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Big lock Adriaan Ludick withstood the Stellenbosch heat to produce a man of the match performance as part of Paarl Gim’s winning effort against fellow Winelands powerhouse Paul Roos at Markotter.…

Paarl Boys’ High, South Africa’s undisputed, undefeated number-1 schoolboy rugby team for 2015 and 2016 will put their 38-game winning streak on the line when they tour New Zealand from 24 March to 9 April 2017. Over 100 1st, 2nd, 3rd XV and u16 players will form part of the huge tour group.
Boishaai New Zealand Tour 2017 FB site

Read more to find out how their tour opponents are rated in New Zealand
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Even though Stellenberg near the Durbanville/Bellville residential borderline in Cape Town’s northern suburbs is still regarded as a Premier B league school in their very competitive region, the school has successfully created outstanding opportunities for their under-19A rugby team to showcase its ability as a top rugby school against some of the best SA has to offer.…

Pearson headmaster Andre van Staden will replace Jannie van der Westhuizen as the schools rector.  Paul Roos Media Release – New Rector…

Picture from of the Windhoek Gim facebook page.

Basil Bey, the “legendary Bishops coach that advocated the 15-man tap-kick, no kicking, running rugby at all costs approach plus no numbers on the jerseys because each and every player was meant to fill every position rugby philosophy” has passed away.…

Apart for the always testing West Province Premier League schedule that includes eagerly anticipated inter-schools against Winelands slash national powerhouses HJS Paarl Boy’s High, Paarl Gymnasium and Paul Roos, the farmers from Boland Landbou will also be out to prove themselves against some of the best schools that Gauteng has to offer – they don’t come much bigger or stronger than EG Jansen, Garsfontein or Monument. If that’s not enough, lets not play down the prospect of taking on the Oakdale Bulls in Riversdale and the resistance of some decent opposition from the Eastern Cape either. Forgetting anyone important? How about Grey College as an opponent somewhere in the middle of all that other top class opposition.…

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SACS are close to claiming back-to-back Southern Suburbs No.1 positions after disposing of nearest rivals Rondebosch but the no easy Cape Town derbies label in ringing true in 2016, so Wynberg remains a threat that could still unsettle them on the last weekend of the season
From SACS:…