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Only 1 out of 35 schools play rugby in most SA regions

25 February, 2015 beet 2

SARU CEO Jurie Roux while talking about their Strategic Transformation Plan mentioned:

“Rugby is massively transformed but we know we have challenges: only one in 35 schools in provinces such as KZN, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North West play rugby for example, which provides unique challenges for those provinces compared to the Western and Eastern Cape where 60% of school rugby is played.”…

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No KZN Top Schools Rugby Fest at Kings Park in 2015

24 February, 2015 beet 0

The KZNRU has again failed in an attempt to organise a Top Schools Rugby Festival at Kings Park. That makes it just one out of three now for those tasked with organising the event, which is not a record to be proud of.…

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College team to play Voortrekker at Vories Night Series

24 February, 2015 beet 5

Maritzburg College has named a team of 1st XV hopefuls combined with last year’s players to take on the hosts at the Voortrekker Night Series in Pietermaritzburg on Friday, 27 February. With numerous players either unavailable due to summer sports commitments or injury, College’s first outing of 2015 will be a chance for the new coaching staff to try out a few positional ideas as well as for fringe players to make an early impression.

Score: College 38 Voortrekker 5

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Glenwood & Westville produce preseason exhibition rugby

18 February, 2015 beet 27

Glenwood and Westville combined to produce a wonderful advert for schoolboy rugby during the Port Natal Night Series Round-4 match which Glenwood won 14-7. The score-line was academic really. The fast paced rugby was a pleasure to watch.…

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Schoolboy rugby curtain-raisers at Kings Park

17 February, 2015 beet 32

In an effort to improve their relationships with the KZN schools, provide the experience of a lifetime for school 1st XV players and encourage school rugby supporters to head down to Kings Park, the Sharks have relaunched school rugby curtain-raisers at Kings Park. These will be held on Super Rugby match days.…

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SchoolBoyRugby Blog House Rules

16 February, 2015 beet 42

This is overdue. A set of guidelines to ensure that the SchoolBoyRugby blog stays on course to delivering something that is meaningful and interesting in the context of school rugby rather than it deteriorate into a type of soap opera or MTV like reality show that is far removed from anything that is normal or liked. As usual nothing is set in stone. Everyone is welcome to add their views on what needs to be done to keep the quality of comments good without being rigid.

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Contract dispute sidelines 2 schoolboy rugby players in the Free State

12 February, 2015 beet 24

Free State. According to a report in Netwerk24 (link) two promising schoolboy rugby players that joined Welkom Gymnasium from Hennie Cilliers in Virginia this year are not allowed to play rugby for any school except the Virginia Sports Academy (Hentie Cilliers) until a dispute that has arisen over their respective contracts with the Academy are laid to rest. The Welkom magistrate has enforced this until the charges for breach of contract is resolved by arbitration on 19 March. The boys are from George and Port Elizabeth and the report mentions that the academy had already spent a large sum of money on them.…

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Bellville could be a 2015 surprise package

8 February, 2015 beet 0

This probably won’t be news to the well-informed Western Province community but for the rest of the schoolboy rugby loving country it might be a good thing to keep an eye on Bellville High School’s progress this season. This year’s 1st XV senior group has achieved really good results coming up through the age-groups.…

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FAQ: how long is the school rugby sin bin time?

7 February, 2015 beet 7

Schoolboy rugby players don’t often get sent to the bin but when they do this sort of thing happens a lot: someone in the crowd turns to you or the guy sitting near you and asks how long the player has to stay in the bin. Well if you didn’t know the answer to that question, here we go. On their website, the the SA Referees have specified maximum playing times for various age-group levels and provided the sin bin times to coincide with these playing times. …

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UKZN ready to kickoff the Varsity Shield

2 February, 2015 beet 6

The Varsity Cup B-section known as the Varsity Shield gets underway with the televised game at 16h35 between the University of KwaZulu-Natal Impis and the University of the Western Cape (UWC).…