Ranking prediction for 2024 using u16A of 2022 & 2023

22 October, 2023 beet Top 50 Rankings 8

Using the u16 rankings from NextGenXV and from SASchoolSport and a applying a weighting of 75% for 2022 and 25% for 2023, here’s a numbers game guideline for 2024. Obviously numerous other factors will a part in the form and achievements in 2024 but for now in the absence of knowing more about those factors, this is decent information to have at one’s disposal.

# SCHOOL u16A POINTS NEXT SA NEXT SA
GEN SCHOOL GEN SCHOOL
XV SPORT XV SPORT
2022 2022 2023 2023
1 Grey College 200.00 1 1 1 1
2 Paul Roos 196.25 2 2 6 5
3 Affies 194.50 4 4 4 2
4 Paarl Gim 188.75 6 8 7 4
5 KES 188.50 5 6 8 13
6 Durban HS 187.75 7 3 15 12
7 Rondebosch 179.75 14 10 9 8
8 HJS Paarl BH 179.00 10 19 2 3
9 Oakdale 176.75 8 22 5 6
10 Maritzburg College 175.75 13 12 14 16
11 EG Jansen 175.00 3 5 41 43
12 Queen’s 173.00 11 9 29 27
13 Outeniqua 172.75 9 18 21 15
14 Helpmekaar 170.25 16 23 3 7
15 Wynberg 169.00 17 13 23 19
16 Jeppe 163.50 18 14 33 25
17 Boland Landbou 163.25 19 25 13 10
18 Michaelhouse 162.25 21 17 24 21
19 Northwood 161.25 23 20 20 14
20 Stellenberg 158.75 22 15 26 36
21 Noordheuwel 158.00 20 26 16 22
22 Kearsney 155.75 12 7 77 51
23 Drostdy 145.25 26 37 18 20
24 Welkom Gim 144.00 25 21 39 55
25 Hudson Park 141.50 15 16 71 78
26 Waterkloof 140.00 30 43 12 17
27 Westville 138.75 43 34 11 11
28 Monument 134.50 27 45 25 29
29 SACS 131.75 35 41 27 26
30 Voortrekker (Beth) 131.25 29 33 49 48
31 Grey HS 125.50 31 50 28 35
32 Rustenburg 124.50 32 36 54 52
33 Marlow 124.00 24 24 78 90
34 Menlopark 120.75 34 61 17 23
35 Garsfontein 116.25 37 56 34 30
36 Hilton 114.75 33 77 10 9
37 Hopefield 113.50 52 29 62 49
38 Pretoria BH 112.25 45 35 52 67
39 Nelspruit 111.25 28 65 31 53
40 Brandwag (Uitenhage) 110.25 39 59 35 38
41 Secunda 109.75 55 31 55 56
42 Framesby 108.75 38 60 38 41
43 Pietersburg 104.75 47 39 74 57
44 Selborne 103.50 36 81 19 24
45 Worcester Gim 103.00 54 11 100 0
46 St Andrew’s 101.00 46 58 50 42
47 Pearson 89.25 51 32 0 123
48 Nico Malan 89.25 42 95 22 18
49 Glenwood 85.50 44 88 37 33
50 Montana 82.00 49 44 0 100
51 Durbanville 81.50 40 98 36 32
52 Merensky 79.00 60 53 92 61
53 Northcliff 71.50 0 38 60 45
54 Witteberg 71.25 58 49 0 122
55 Tom Naude 70.50 68 40 0 0
56 Jeugland 69.00 53 57 0 0
57 Wesvalia 68.75 50 87 53 69
58 Potch Gim 67.50 48 64 0 132
59 Dale 67.00 56 115 30 39
60 St John’s 66.75 0 47 63 34
61 Riebeeckrand 66.25 76 54 81 72
62 Bishops 65.75 41 85 93 74
63 Leeuwenhof 65.25 70 46 98 118
64 Ermelo 65.25 88 27 0 140
65 Kempton Park 63.75 69 48 0 111
66 Bergsig 63.75 65 52 0 213
67 Charlie Hofmeyr 62.25 64 67 73 93
68 Graeme 61.00 57 102 43 47
69 Diamantveld 59.00 87 73 48 44
70 Linden 57.75 83 42 0 0
71 Hugenote (Springs) 57.00 85 70 47 68
72 Rob Ferreira 54.00 62 68 0 137
73 Hans Moore 53.25 0 30 0 103
74 Klerksdorp 51.00 86 86 42 46
75 Middelburg 49.75 81 107 32 31
76 Eldoraigne 49.25 79 76 64 82
77 Daniel Pienaar 49.00 66 74 0 91
78 Ellisras 48.75 74 63 0 0
79 Die Anker 48.00 97 55 59 0
80 St Alban’s 47.00 61 109 76 58
81 Hans Strijdom 46.50 78 62 0 0
82 Otto du Plessis 42.75 94 75 45 85
83 Overkruin 42.00 95 51 0 0
84 Dinamika 41.25 72 99 65 65
85 Brandwag (Benoni) 39.50 0 90 40 37
86 Bellville 38.75 71 106 66 71
87 Marais Viljoen 37.75 82 122 58 50
88 Oos-Moot 37.50 84 72 89 106
89 Transvalia 35.75 0 84 51 59
90 Trio 33.25 75 104 46 0
91 Duineveld 31.50 59 0 0 115
92 Ben Vorster 29.50 63 105 0 97
93 St Stithians 29.50 0 118 44 40
94 Ligbron 27.75 0 91 57 64
95 Edgemead 26.25 0 66 0 141
96 Goudveld 25.50 67 0 0 133
97 St Charles 24.50 77 93 0 99
98 Hottentots Holland 24.00 0 69 0 0
99 Strand 23.75 0 96 68 54
100 Wolmaransstad 23.75 0 83 0 60

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8 Comments

  1. avatar
    #8 Grasshopper

    Super sad to see Glenwood predicted to just make Top 50, a rapid decline in the past 5 years. No more funds and the surrounding area is atrocious.

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    31 October, 2023 at 18:30
  2. avatar
    #7 beet

    NOORDVAAL CUP - OPEN RACE FOR THE TITLE?

    @garsieboy (Comment #6)
    In recent times one sort of expects Garsfontein or Monument to be the favourites at the start of a campaign.
    But it does look like Monnas will be a bit off their average pace in 2024.
    Noordheuwel have never won the Noordvaal Cup!
    I wonder if 2024 will be the sort of open season which affords them a shot at the title. However I suspect that even if they can just finish above Monnas it will be considered a massive step forward for them based on the history and proximity of the two schools.
    Helpies are a potential favourite team in the compo. I see Christiaan Gouws has moved across from Nories to join coach Dietlov Coetzee.
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    29 October, 2023 at 21:25
  3. avatar
    #6 garsieboy

    would be really interesting to see how schools like noordheuwel and helpmekaar perform next year after a few years of having exceptional junior teams.

    ReplyReply
    29 October, 2023 at 15:49
  4. avatar
    #5 Kantman

    I would rate the 2022 season at 85%, assuming there was no shopping. There will be surprises on who has gone shopping.

    ReplyReply
    24 October, 2023 at 20:11
  5. avatar
    #4 beet

    It would be interesting to see how many Border kids are at KZN schools now due to rugby. Plus many of those in KZN usually represent the cream of the crop.

    ReplyReply
    23 October, 2023 at 13:52
  6. avatar
    #3 Ystervark

    @Palma (Comment #1)
    Kingswood also took a few

    ReplyReply
    23 October, 2023 at 12:38
  7. avatar
    #2 Skywalker

    @Palma (Comment #1)
    Tell us more… Do you know which schools?

    ReplyReply
    23 October, 2023 at 10:36
  8. avatar
    #1 Palma

    The Hudson Park 16a team of 2022 has been pillaged and gutted by kzn mercenary schools unfortunately.

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    22 October, 2023 at 18:49