School Win-Loss Records – 10/05/2014
This is not the Ranking System, it is just the win-draw-loss records of each school to date with points awarded.…
Month: May 2014
Meyer Sauerman: the EP & EPCD Craven Week Trials format
Meyer Sauerman is the Eastern Province and Eastern Province Country Districts tournament. The name originates from the surnames of the people most involved in the inception of this idea (format) of final trials. It has been going for many years, although the format has changed slightly over the years.…
Blue Bulls under-18 trials teams 2014
The Blue Bulls under-18 Craven Week / Academy Week trials takes place at Southdowns College on Tuesday 13 May 2014. 8 teams as well as two teams of reserves have been selected to participate.…
KZN under-18 & under-16 rugby trials schedule 2014
Schedule of trials, training camps and warm-up matches for 2014 under-18 Craven Week, under-18 Academy Week and under-16 Grant Khomo Week.…
BHP Top 30 – week ending 10 May 2014
The formula-driven ranking system is compiled by BoishaaiPa and has been in use for 6 seasons now!…
Match report: Westville beats Pretoria Boys High 35-5
From the Westville Boys High School website:
Westville Boys’ High made their annual pilgrimage north to take on Pretoria Boys’ on Saturday the 10th of May. The host team were playing their first game on their home field and were keen to put on a good display in front of a massive crowd of local spectators.…
Match Report: Kearsney beats Clifton 43-8
Report courtesy of Working Words with input from a Clifton official.
On a cold and overcast Saturday afternoon Kearsney played Clifton College on Stott field for the first time in history.…
School Rugby Regional Leagues – 10/05/2014
Aim: to rank the top rugby high school by region. Achieved by using only their regional inter-schools results.
Result: still quite early in the season but starting to take shape…
Match Report: Northwood beats Hilton 32-14
Hosts Northwood has beaten Hilton College for the first time since their outstanding first team led Michael Alison won 12-6 back in 1991.
This was a match of two halves. The first half belonged to Hilton, who played the far more constructive game in the opening 35-minutes and enjoyed territorial advantage. However they could not translate this into a lead on the scoreboard and changed ends at 7-11 down. Under the floodlights, Northwood upped their game considerably in the second half.…
Match Report: Glenwood beats DHS 38-13
The 133rd meeting between Glenwood and DHS, saw hosts Glenwood winning 38-13, meaning they improve to 54 wins versus DHS’s 68, with 11 draws since the first game in 1922.
During this match, DHS did ever so well to keep the score at 0-0 for the first 33 minutes but after that the floodgates opened and Glenwood scored 6 tries in 29 minutes before DHS got a consolation try.…
Tuks-Reeks 2014: EG Jansen claims rugby title, Monnas are overall winners
Dr EG Jansen of Boksburg continues to grow their profile as a top rugby school by adding the Tuks-Reeks 2014 title to their 2013 Beeldtrofee victory. Jansies beat HTS Middelburg 37-22 in the final in the LC de Villiers Stadium at the University of Pretoria to secure the title of best 1st XV for 2014, in the huge Tuks-Reeks competition that incorporates a girls’ competition as well and also consists of sports such as hockey, netball, tennis, squash, golf and chess.
As far as overall results are concerned, Monument of Krugersdorp finished in first place ahead of Garsfontein from Pretoria.
Overall results
| PLACE | SCHOOL | POINTS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monument | 166.0 |
| 2 | Garsfontein | 163.5 |
| 3 | HTS Middelburg | 151.5 |
| 4 | Nelspruit | 138.5 |
| 5 | Pietersburg | 137.0 |
| 6 | Eldoraigne | 124.5 |
| 7 | Kempton Park | 121.5 |
| 8 | EG Jansen | 113.5 |
| 9 | Transvalia | 102.0 |
| 10 | Marais Viljoen | 96.5 |
| 11 | Rustenburg | 94.0 |
| 12 | Vereeniging Gim | 68.5 |
| 13 | Florida | 65.5 |
| 14 | Klerksdorp | 62.5 |
| 15 | Ermelo | 48.5 |
| 16 | Centurion | 45.0 |
School Rugby Fixtures & Results – week ending 10/05/2014
| DAY | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | EVENT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 05/05/2014 | Bishops | 39 | 15 | St Andrew’s | Oldest Derby in SA |
| Wed | 06/05/2014 | Centurion | 13 | 17 | Eldoraigne | |
| Wed | 07/05/2014 | On B – E teams playing | ||||
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | EG Jansen | 37 | 22 | HTS Middelburg | Tuks-Reeks Final |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Garsfontein | 27 | 28 | Nelspruit | Tuks-Reeks 3/4 Playoff |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Monument | 18 | 19 | Kempton Park | Tuks-Reeks 5/6 Playoff |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Eldoraigne | 13 | 14 | Transvalia | Tuks-Reeks 7/8 Playoff |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Marais Viljoen | 12 | 40 | Centurion | Tuks-Reeks 9/10 Playoff |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Klerksdorp | 28 | 25 | Florida | Tuks-Reeks 11/12 Playoff |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Pietersburg | 22 | 46 | Rustenburg | Tuks-Reeks 13/14 Playoff |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Ermelo | 22 | 32 | Vereeniging Gim | Tuks-Reeks 15/16 Playoff |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Glenwood | 38 | 13 | DHS | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | KES | 25 | 25 | Maritzburg College | Grogper Cup |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Pretoria BH | 5 | 35 | Westville | Grogper Cup |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Michaelhouse | 50 | 10 | St Charles | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Northwood | 32 | 14 | Hilton | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Kearsney | 43 | 8 | Clifton | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Kearsney 2nd XV | 15 | 10 | George Campbell | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Voortrekker (Pmb) | 15 | 20 | Port Natal | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Daniel Pienaar | 9 | 10 | Brandwag (Uitenhage) | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | De Vos Malan | Selborne 1sts not playing | |||
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Grens | 61 | 7 | Hangklip | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Framesby | 81 | 0 | Otto du Plessis | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Kingswood | 20 | 19 | Hudson Park | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Nico Malan | 24 | 10 | Muir | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Port Rex | 15 | 24 | Cambridge | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Queen’s | 29 | 25 | Grey HS | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | St Andrew’s | 31 | 17 | Graeme | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Stirling | 10 | 78 | Dale | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Marlow | 27 | 23 | Jim Fouche | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Parktown | 11 | 11 | St Alban’s | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | St Andrew’s (FS) | 14 | 75 | St John’s | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | St David’s | 21 | 31 | St Benedict’s | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | St Stithians | 14 | 50 | Jeppe | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Augsburg | 36 | 5 | Porterville | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Boland Landbou | 27 | 13 | Rondebosch | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Drostdy | 20 | 12 | Worcester Gim | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Hugenote | 31 | 3 | Durbanville | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Paarl Gim | 10 | 16 | Paul Roos | On TV |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | SACS | 5 | 80 | Bishops | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Stellenberg | 19 | 13 | Bellville | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Swartland | 5 | 29 | De Kuilen | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Tygerberg | 22 | 20 | Strand | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Wynberg | 22 | 24 | HJS Paarl BH | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Menlopark | 30 | 55 | Waterkloof | Beeld |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Affies | 31 | 42 | Grey College | On TV |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | AHS Kroonstad | 17 | 23 | Welkom Gim | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Hentie Cilliers | 14 | 23 | Voortrekker (Beth) | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Fichardtpark | 33 | 29 | Sentraal (FS) | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Louis Botha | 34 | 29 | Sand du Plessis | |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Alberton | 14 | 19 | Bastion | Beeld |
| Fri | 09/05/2014 | Linden | 29 | 19 | Riebeeckrand | Beeld |
| Sat | 10/05/2014 | Ben Vorster | 24 | 31 | Helpmekaar |
Grey College beats Affies 42-31 in a school rugby showpiece
The FNB Classic Clash between Affies and Grey College in Pretoria on Saturday, 10 May 2014 was televised and turned out to be an outstanding advert for schoolboy rugby. The match was played at a high tempo and featured some very good offloads that assisted in tries.…
Battle for Pretoria heats up as Klofies take on Menlopark
It’s been mentioned before and it’s bound to come up many more times in conversation as the season goes on: Noordvaal 1st XV rugby is in such a healthy competitive state at the moment.…
Tuks Reeks – Finals kick-off times schedule
The finals of the TuksSkole-reeks will be played at the LC de Villiers Stadium at the University of Pretoria on Saturday, 10 May 2014. Dr EG Jansen of Boksburg and HTS Middelburg will contest the main final for 1st XV’s.…
KZN, KES & Pretoria Boys High team sheets – 10/05/2014
They are trickling in slowly but here’s what the Blog has so far:…
Boishaai: Japanese tour = jet lag and injuries for Wynberg match
火にフライパンのうち. This is Japanese for out of the frying pan into the fire.…
Jaco Willemse out of big Gimmies vs Paul Roos clash
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…
Weekend Prediction Pool
Okay. So the SBR Blog! has 12 games lined up for you to test your ability this weekend. If you’re a registered user all you have to do is click on the SBR Prediction Pools menu option at the top of the page. There are some huge games coming up and three of them will be on TV this Saturday.…
Form team Northwood has Hilton on their radar
This weekend Northwood School will host Hilton College on their beautiful fields in Durban North. Northwood is one of those schools that really knows how to make home field advantage count. They can usually be worth up to 10 points on home soil but given the high they are currently on having recorded wins by scoring over 30 points per game during their last two home matches against Gauteng English Medium Schools Jeppe and Parktown; that figure might have to be bumped up even more. …
DPHS 2009 team – where are they today
A comment last week by Hilty before the Hilton-Michaelhouse derby about the two captains Jayson Gouws (Penzance, Hilton) and Thomas Walker (DPHS, MHS) both being the 2009 KZN under-13 Craven Week flanks, prompted this research on what had happened to Thomas Walker’s teammates from the DPHS 2009 team.…
TVPC Media’s LIVE school sports on TV
From www.schoolsportsnews.co.za
TVPC Media has confirmed a provisional fixture list for their live school sports broadcasts, The Game, for the 2014 season.
The matches will all be broadcast on DSTV channel 319 and will also be broadcast at the same time on Channel 319 on Top TV and Channel 201 on OpenView HD.…
Baby Boks team for 2nd Argentina match
SA Under-20 coach Dawie Theron made 11 changes from the team that overwhelmed Los Pumitas in the first encounter between the sides last Friday in Saldanha Bay on the West Coast.The SA U20 team to face their Argentinean counterparts on Tuesday at the Paul Roos Markötter Stadium in Stellenbosch at 15h00 on Tuesday, 6 May 2014:…
A guide to the Beeld Trophy – large schools
It seems some of the pundits on the blog still do not know the manner in which schools compete for the Beeld Trophy. Some also think that the competition is only for the macro schools and disregard the remainder of the schools completely. Hopefully this guide, which has its emphasis on the large schools category, will assist in understanding the competition better.…
Match Report: Kearsney beats St Charles 43-0
From Working Words:
The match against St Charles was played on Stott field in Botha’s Hill on a day of ideal conditions. St Charles had a strong physical pack which was assertive at line-outs and scrums. They werehighly competitive and impressive at the breakdown and managed to break the Kearsney momentum at times.…