Unforgiving NuPower-Tuks 2013 final pool games
The third and final round of NuPower-Tuks pool matches will be played this weekend. In terms of the new Super-16 format, only the top team from each group progresses to the knock-out semi-final.…
Noordvaal
Gauteng go 4 zero up in the Grogper Cup
KZN teams College and Northwood put in spirited performances against difficult opponents in the form of Pretoria Boys High and Jeppe over the weekend. However 2 more loses, now means that the Gauteng boys have a 4-0 lead with 8 to play. KZN look like they are going to need a European Ryder Cup team like comeback to win this one.…
Grogper Cup 2013
Edited. Okay so your probably wondering what this is all about. Very simple, KZN schools versus English medium Gauteng Schools, eleven games, one on one with the aim to assign all-important bragging rights at the end of the season to the region that wins the most games.…
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.…
Glenwood & Garsfontein meet at NWU-Pukke Skouspel 2013
Glenwood and Garsfontein have both had to deal with off the field pre-season dramas involving schools from their respective regions this year. With those matters now put to bed all the attention will be placed firmly back where it belongs: on the field of play. The two schools will meet in the main game on Thursday, 21 March 2013 being Day-1 of this year’s NWU-Pukke Skouspel being held in Potchefstroom.
Match day-1 fixtures:
| TIME | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12h50 | Potch Gim | 15 | 35 | Louis Botha |
| 14h15 | Klerksdorp | 19 | 24 | Potch Volkskool |
| 15h40 | HTS Drostdy | 22 | 27 | Transvalia |
| 17h05 | Rustenburg | 14 | 27 | Framesby |
| 18h30 | Noord-Kaap | 38 | 15 | Florida |
| 19h55 | Garsfontein | 48 | 26 | Glenwood |
Affies 1st & 2nd teams for Diamantveld match
Affies has named there 1st and 2nd XV’s for their match against Diamantveld in Kimberley this Saturday.…
NuPower-Tuks Series 2013
The pool matches of the Nupower-Tuks series begins on Saturday 09 March 2013. 16 Noord-Vaal schools are competing for the title. Split into 4 pools of 4 teams each, each school will play the other 3 schools in their pool with the best 2 schools in each pool advancing to the quarter-finals knockout stage.…
EW Viljoen stars for Grey College
Grey College defeated Voortrekker (Bethlehem) 46-5 at the massive Fichardtpark Sports Day in Bloemfontein. The event featured no fewer that 50 school rugby teams.…
KES Easter Rugby Festival 2013
The King Edward VII Easter Rugby Festival is arguable the best attended school rugby festival in the country.
This year apart from the hosts KES, the big attraction team is bound to be Garsfontein who has seen a big improvement in their rugby and results in recent times. Centurion also comes off a very good 2012 season and will be hoping to build on that success. Marlow, Menlopark and Eldoraigne rank nationally amongst the unknown quanities and are capable of producing good results while Hentie Cilliers has been a good supply line to the Griffons Craven Week and Academy Week causes over the years.
| DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu.28Mar | Garsfontein | 106 | 07 | Golden Lions Inv |
| Thu.28Mar | KES | 40 | 12 | Hudson Park |
| Thu.28Mar | Parktown | 10 | 12 | Trinityhouse |
| Thu.28Mar | Marlow | 22 | 39 | Centurion |
| Thu.28Mar | Eldoraigne | 22 | 20 | Hentie Cilliers |
| Thu.28Mar | Menlopark | 36 | 03 | Lichtenburg |
| Sat.30Mar | Golden Lions Inv | 00 | 89 | Centurion |
| Sat.30Mar | Lichtenburg | 00 | 80 | Garsfontein |
| Sat.30Mar | Menlopark | 51 | 24 | Hentie Cilliers |
| Sat.30Mar | Trinityhouse | 16 | 28 | Eldoraigne |
| Sat.30Mar | Parktown | 32 | 22 | Hudson Park |
| Sat.30Mar | Marlow | 20 | 16 | KES |
| Mon.01Apr | Eldoraigne | 36 | 05 | Hudson Park |
| Mon.01Apr | Menlopark | 39 | 44 | Marlow |
| Mon.01Apr | Lichtenburg | 28 | 41 | Centurion |
| Mon.01Apr | Golden Lions Inv | 00 | 77 | Hentie Cilliers |
| Mon.01Apr | Parktown | 05 | 109 | Garsfontein |
| Mon.01Apr | KES | 24 | 35 | Trinityhouse |
Grey College’s exciting team for 2013
Grey College has selected its 1st XV consisting of 23-player squad for the opening game against Voortrekker in Bethlehem on 02 March 2013. The talented team contains a number of players that did duty in 2012. All-in-all 17 Grade-12 students and 6 Grade-11’s make for a very well balanced squad however only one of the Grade-11’s namely flyhalf Michael Andrade will start the game.…
Waterkloof cancels sports against Garsfontein
In the latest article on Stoopstat.co.za entitled “Player Poaching, Same Old Story Slightly New Cast”, the second last paragraph points to an unfortunate development in Pretoria:…
Grey College Head blogs about drugs in school sport
In his February blog new Grey College headmaster Deon Scheepers cuts straight to the chase, mentioning how the increasing overlap of school and professional rugby as well as schools using rugby as a marketing strategy is placing pressure on boys to perform well like never before.…
Thank goodness! Affies vs Klofies is back
There were a few years during which the two Pretoria powerhouse teams were not playing each other. Fortunately this period of “isolation” came to an end last year when the two schools squared off…
New Grey College Head hints at future fixture changes
Deon Scheepers, the former Hilton teacher and 1st XV rugby coach for one season, is now firmly in the driving seat at Grey College, having taken over as headmaster from the legendary Johan Volsteedt. In a recent blog, Scheepers highlighted the importance of achieving a healthy balance between academics, culture and sport for boys at Grey.…
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.…
Wildeklawer 2011
| DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat.30Apr | Marlow | 66 | 12 | Wildeklawer XV |
| Sat.30Apr | Diamantveld | 47 | 10 | Framesby |
| Sat.30Apr | HTS Middelburg | 38 | 10 | Outeniqua |
| Sat.30Apr | Monument | 40 | 13 | Boland Landbou |
| Sat.30Apr | Glenwood | 34 | 22 | EG Jansen |
| Sat.30Apr | Waterkloof | 48 | 10 | Paul Roos |
| Sat.30Apr | Grey College | 14 | 10 | Paarl Gim |
| Sat.30Apr | Affies | 25 | 10 | HJS Paarl BH |
| Mon.02May | HJS Paarl BH | 45 | 03 | EG Jansen |
| Mon.02May | Affies | 59 | 06 | Paarl Gim |
| Mon.02May | Glenwood | 13 | 08 | Paul Roos |
| Mon.02May | Framesby | 25 | 17 | HTS Middelburg |
| Mon.02May | Diamantveld | 49 | 21 | Boland Landbou |
| Mon.02May | Monument | 37 | 24 | Outeniqua |
| Mon.02May | Grey College | 21 | 16 | Waterkloof |
| Mon.02May | Wildeklawer XV | 00 | 10 | Duineveld |
Free State signs 3 Glenwood players for 2013
Three Glenwood youngsters scrumhalf Zee Mkhabela, lock Sihle Ngxabi and flyhalf Warren Potgieter were in the Free State Cheetahs shopping cart along with several other promising schoolboys and have been checked out for the 2013 season.…
Monnas SA Schools lock joins the Cheetahs
Phillip du Preez, the former Monnas and SA Schools 2011 lock has been snapped up by the Free State after it surfaced that the Bulls were interested in releasing him along with a number of other junior players.…
A big 2013 awaits Noord-Kaap
The 2013 season holds several exciting challenges for Noord-Kaap, one of the pillars of Griqualand West high schools rugby.
The most imposing of these will be their keenly-anticipated debut at the prestigious Wildeklawer festival, hosted by Maritzburg College early in May. …
Monnas welcomes back Hans Coetzee
Hans Coetzee is set to make his return to Monument High School in Krugersdorp some five years after leaving. The veteran coach who knows Monnas like the back of his hand will take over as Director of Rugby from Namibia bound Wynand Moolman. …
Grey College & Free State -Griquas rugby fixtures 2013
As usual Grey College set the standard when it comes to playing against the very best that South African schoolboy rugby has to offer.…
Beeldtrofee 2013: Is EG Jansen leaving the Macro Schools competition?
The Beeldtrofee is divided into four school divisions competitions that play matches at under-14, under-15, under-16 and first XV levels. The four divisions are Small Schools, Medium Schools, Big Schools and Macro Schools. The Macro Schools competition sees many of the well-known for rugby Afrikaans high schools situated north of the Vaal River battle it out in a knockout style format with the winners of each age-group claiming a Beeld trophy.…
5 schoolboys named in Bulls SupeRugby training group
If you live in Pretoria you’d better look for your name on this list below. It seems like the Bulls have named everyone that resides in the greater Tshwane district in their wider training group for SupeRugby 2013.…
School athletes suspended for taking drugs
According to a Sunday Times news report, King Edward VII School has banned three of its athletes from all sports activities after they confessed to using performance enhancing drugs. …
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…
Grey College’s “bad year” ends
Grey College ended their 2012 season on a high note when they beat traditional end of season rivals Paul Roos 33-23 on Saturday. When the 2012 season started, Paul Roos was the last team on record to beat Grey and that was way back in 2009. …
Beeldtrofee 2012 semi-finals (and final) results
UPDATED (to include final results)…
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 |
Beeldtrofee Quarterfinals 2012
The Beeld Trofee quarterfinals for macro schools will be played on Saturday,04 August.
The noticeable absentee from the line-up for this knockout stage is Centurion. …