Its turning into quite an eventful off season in the Western Cape and its the big rugby schools in Cape Town schools that are mainly responsible for creating the headlines.…

Western Province announced a list of 65 players…

Paul Roos Gymnasium  has accepted the invitation to be South Africa’s representative at the international Sanix tournament in Japan next year.…

From Wynberg
Wynberg Boys’ High 1stXV completed a season double over traditional rivals the South African College High School (SACS). After another week of rain and cold the skies opened and the match was played in warm weather before a large crowd. Hosts SACS threw everything at Wynberg but the well-oiled Wynberg machine bided their time and took their chances better to run out 34-5 winners.…

Bishops and Rondebosch combined  to produce a beautiful entertaining game of expansive rugby on Saturday. Bishops last completed a double over Rondebosch in 2008 and since then the games have been a see-saw ride with the surprising feature being that neither team was able to win on their own home ground.…

PRESS RELEASE REGARDING DIE BURGER RUGBY COMPETITION FOR HIGH SCHOOLS
from Die Burger

Three teams have booked their places in the final of the popular Die Burger Rugby Competition for High Schools:  Paarl Boys High (WP), Augsburg (Boland) and Excelsior (WP). …

From Premier Interschools:

Saturday 2nd August 2014 the Paarl will once again be divided between North and South, between Gimmie and Boishaaier, between Bloedwors and Galpil. Actually, for the whole preceding week the Town is split into two camps. The Blue and White of Boishaai and the Maroon, Green and Gold of Paarl Gim. These colours will feature on almost every tree, gate, porch or window of Main Street Paarl.…

Okay not quite Sunday rugby. This game will be played at Brug Street in Paarl just after midday on Saturday but it will be on DSTV Ch.319 as a delayed broadcast on Sunday at 17h00. …

Western Province has done it again. For the second year running they have managed to scoop the top rated fullback in South African school rugby. Last year it was EW Viljoen of Grey College, Free State and SA Schools and this year Eduan Keyter, the strong running Affies and Blue Bulls Craven Week fullback is amongst the top players heading down South to join the Western Province Rugby Institute. …

The first of the 2014 provincial youth rugby weeks is about to kickoff. As usual its the under-13 Craven Week starting on Monday, 30 June 2014 that gets the ball rolling. If you don’t remember how the  major youth week finals of 2013 panned out, here’s a quick reminder: …

Boland  Landbou and Paarl Gymnasium, two of the Winelands quartet that form the power base of Western Cape school rugby will be in action on Saturday. Their game will be televised live by TVPC Media on channel 319 at 12:30.

Teams:…

The path for Paul Roos’ victory against Paarl Boys High in the top of the WPPL table clash was paved by the boys putting in the hard work on the training ground beforehand and delivering the goods when it mattered most during the match. At the same time Paul Roos rugby mentor Brendan Venter has to be commended for doing his bit to improve the team’s chances of success. …

Paul Roos hosts Paarl Boys High at Markotter in Stellenbosch on Saturday, 07 June 2014 at 12h00. The match which will be broadcast live on Supersport channel 210, is arguably the biggest game of the Western Cape season to date and might go a long way to determining who finishes the year as the top team in what is traditionally the most competitive school rugby region in South Africa.…

Paul Roos takes Wynberg at the beautiful Markotter facility in Stellenbosch. Kickoff is at 12h50 on 17 May 2014…

Western Province has named a squad of 66 under-18 players for trials teams to play against Boland at Bellville High School on Wednesday 21 May 2014 as part of final Craven Week / Academy Week trials.…

Introduction:
With school rugby becoming more professional by the day, more funds, usually made available via external sources, are being channeled towards rugby player acquisitions after Grade 8, than ever before. One thing that is evident in South African schoolboy rugby is that the Western Cape has a surplus of talent. So by connecting the two: more money for recruitment and a surplus talent pool, it seems obvious that the Western Cape is increasingly going to become the shopping ground of rich rugby schools from afar who want to improve their rugby profiles, with all that’s likely to vary being the means they use to acquire players.…

火にフライパンのうち. This is Japanese for out of the frying pan into the fire.…

Paarl Gymnasium ace lock Jaco Willemse has been ruled out for Saturday’s big Premier Interschool’s game against visiting fellow national powerhouse school Paul Roos Gymnasium from Stellenbosch. Willemse who stands 1.98m, weighs a massive 128kg…

Western Cape schoolboy rugby will be at peak activity this Saturday, 12 March. The televised game between Paul Roos and Grey High (PE) will be an option for everyone to watch. However the live game for neutrals to get to must surely be Bishops versus Boland Landbou…

Paarl Gynmasium are talking part in the inaugural Noord-Suid Toernooi at Menlopark in Pretoria. Having just beaten the local powerhouse Waterkloof 24-10 on Tuesday, Gimmies must now turn their attention to the improving Menlopark on Friday, 04 April. Here are the names the Paarl Gim squad on tour as well as the Klofies 1st XV, followed by some feedback on the game.…