Month: July 2012
College & Glenwood prepare for Round 2
Both College and Glenwood come off losses in Pretoria over the weekend and would like nothing more that to get a valuable win under the belt when they meet on Goldstones this Saturday.…
KZN clings onto Varsity Cup status
On the same day that the Sharks enjoyed centre stage in a high profile Superugby semi-final win against the Stormers, the province’s only Varsity Cup entrant, the UKZN Impi, who compete the Varsity Shield (Varsity Cup B-section) were involved in a do-or-die battle of their own in Pietermaritzburg. The 14-8 come from behind victory against NWU-Vaal was not to secure promotion to the Varsity Cup proper but rather a relegation avoiding match…
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…
Action packed weekend for club rugby
Youth club rugby in KZN gets into full swing this weekend with the official start of the league season.…
Preview: Selborne vs Queens
On Saturday Selborne College will welcome Queen’s College to The Fortress in what is one of the most anticipated schoolboy derbies of the season. The match will come off the back of 2 reasonably comfortable victories for both teams, Queen’s having a bit of a runaway victory winning 52-10 against Port Rex and Selborne winning 20-7 against Hudson Park.…
ABSA u19: Exciting Round 3 awaits
On Saturday Western Province and the Blue Bulls prepare to go head to head at Newlands in one of the most eagerly anticipated clashes of any junior rugby season. …
SBR Weekend – 28/07/2012
| Affies | 28 | 10 | Glenwood | |
| Pretoria BH | 26 | 25 | Maritzburg College | |
| Marlow | 39 | 10 | Oakdale | |
| Outeniqua | 39 | 8 | Framesby | |
| Drostdy | 19 | 18 | SACS | |
| Rondebosch | 8 | 38 | Paarl Gym | |
| Bishops | 10 | 26 | Paul Roos | |
| Bellville | 8 | 49 | Boland Landbou | |
| Wynberg | 6 | 12 | Paarl BH | |
| Tygerberg | 19 | 24 | De Kuilen | |
| Graeme College | 15 | 11 | Kingswood | |
| Selborne | 17 | 26 | Queens | |
| Grey College | 22 | 3 | Grey High | |
| Dale | 22 | 20 | St Andrews | |
| Jeppe | 28 | 13 | KES | |
| Centurion | 19 | 19 | Kempton Park | Beeld Trofee – 31/07 |
| HTS Middelburg | 26 | 16 | Menlopark | Beeld Trofee – 31/07 |
| Garsfontein | 23 | 17 | Florida | Beeld Trofee – 31/07 |
College and Glenwood head to Pretoria
Maritzburg College and Glenwood may pack a bit of a psychological advantage for their trips up to Pretoria this week but won’t be under any kind of illusion about their tasks ahead.…
Collegians & Crusaders u18 take on UK touring teams.
On Thursday 26 July 2012, Collegians and Crusaders U18 teams take on the UK touring teams from Warwick School at Crusaders. This is one of the larger touring parties this year, with 62 boys making up the 2 rugby and 1 hockey team…
Westville Stayers end season on a high note
The Westville Stayers XV annihilated touring UK school Bradford Grammar 64-0 in a 10 try fest last Friday afternoon.…
Ernie wins the Open (and Amla scores 311)
I know this is a rugby site but the “Big Easy” Ernie Els deserves a big round of applause for a job well done at the Open.
It was also a really good weekend for the Sharks and Proteas.
A belated well done to Hashim Amla on becoming the very first SA test cricketer to score over 300 runs in a test match.
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KZN 2013: Returning 1st XV players
The 2012 isn’t quite over yet and the 2013 season is a long long way off but since there seems to be a fair amount of interest in who will be around in 2013, here is an incomplete starting point list of the SBR players that either represented or sat on the bench for their respective first teams this year. …
Glenwood 33 Kirkham Grammar 5 : Match Report
It would have been misleading to say that Glenwood played the perfect game of rugby to beat UK school Kirkham 33-5 on Dixons field but in many respects it was the perfect way to get their third term rugby program underway. The reason being, without stretching Glenwood too much, Kirkham proved to be worthy adversaries and tested Glenwood well in many departments.…
Maritzburg College 7 Affies 33 : Match Report
Affies, a team with a big pack of forwards, would have been forgiven for using their size advantage to play a 10-man bash it up game against Maritzburg College. Instead they impressed with their expansive style of rugby. The Pretoria school went on to record a five tries to one 33-7 win against Maritzburg College on Goldstones.…
SBR Weekend – 21/07/2012
| Westville Stayers | 64 | 00 | Bradford (UK) |
| Maritzburg College | 07 | 33 | Affies |
| Glenwood | 33 | 05 | Kirkham (UK) |
| Paarl Boys High | 22 | 07 | Oakdale |
| Paarl Gym | 17 | 17 | Outeniqua |
| Paul Roos | 12 | 03 | SACS |
| Rondebosch | 12 | 05 | Drostdy |
| Tygerberg | 12 | 16 | Bishops |
| Wynberg | 12 | 30 | Boland Landbou |
| Kingswood | 22 | 14 | Winterberg |
| Queens | 52 | 10 | Port Rex |
| Noord-Kaap | 21 | 13 | Framesby |
| Selborne | 20 | 07 | Hudson Park |
| St Andrews | 28 | 20 | Marlow |
| Grey College | 29 | 16 | Pretoria Boys High |
| HTS Middelburg | 16 | 25 | Middelburg HS |
| Sentraal | 27 | 19 | Diamantveld |
| Jim Fouche | 45 | 05 | Louis Botha |
| Waterkloof | 61 | 35 | Garsfontein |
| Monument | 22 | 07 | Florida |
| Centurion | 31 | 15 | Zwartkop |
| Jeppe | 30 | 09 | Parktown |
| Ermelo | 38 | 13 | Standerton |
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Varsity College u16 Colts play Maidenhead (UK)
This weekend, Varsity College U16 side will play their first fixture of the season when they take on the touring Maidenhead RFC U16 side. The Maidenhead side have won Division 1 of the Berkshire RFU Youth League for the past 3 years …
U19 season starts for the Sharks
The Sharks team will get there ABSA under-19 campaign underway against the Cheetahs on Kingspark at 16:00. It will be the first opportunity for home supporters to have a look at potential future Superugby players and maybe even one or two future Bok stars in the making. …
Glenwood makes changes for Kirkham game
Glenwood has been forced to make three changes to their regular starting line-up ahead of their third term opener against UK tourists Kirkham Grammar on Saturday.…
Westville Stayers for 2013 looking strong
The Westville Stayers XV, made up entirely of players that will be at the school in 2013, played expansive rugby to record a good 41-12 (7 tries to 2) win against Bolton Grammar, a touring team from the UK.…
Maritzburg College vs Affies
Maritzburg College will face an Affies team of a different kind when the teams meet on Goldstones at 13:15 on 21 July. The game will be televised on Supersport thanks to Megapro’s Premier Interschools sponsorship.…
Glenwood takes on Kirkham Grammar (UK)
Glenwood supporters with weekend plans that did not involve attending rugby at Dixons field this Saturday the 21st of July, might just have to reconsider.
The reason being, Glenwood 1st XV are taking on English touring school Kirkham Grammar in what should be a really good match-up.…