Grey Rugby Festival 2026

Grey High Nears Completion of 2026 Festival Line-up

Grey High is close to finalising the line-up for its annual rugby festival, which caters for A-teams from u14 to 1st XV level. Once again, the event promises a strong mix of schools from across the country.

Several local schools will make a return after missing the 2025 edition, while notable “new” out of province 1st XV visitors include HTS Drostdy (Worcester), Glenwood (Durban), KES (Johannesburg), Parel Vallei (Somerset West), Rondebosch (Cape Town) and St Alban’s (Pretoria).

The Drostdy Donkies are expected to attract plenty of attention as one of the sides targeting a major step up with a powerful 2026 1st XV on the cards. Others tipped for improvement include the hosts Grey High, the Kearsney One-Stripes and the Boys High Candies — setting the stage for two highly competitive days of schoolboy rugby.

The festival also coincides with a change of guard at Grey. Long-serving Head of Sport Neil Bielby, who joined Grey in 2003, will be retiring. His position has already been advertised, and while an internal reshuffle is possible, it could also create an appealing opportunity elsewhere within the school as it approaches its 170th anniversary in 2026.

Match days: Saturday 25 April 2026 and Monday 27 April 2026

#	SCHOOL	REGION	NOTE
1	Grey HS	EP
2	Drostdy	Boland
3	Dale	Border	Sat or Mon
4	Hudson Park	Border
5	Selborne	Border
6	Pretoria BH	Bulls	Monday
7	St Alban’s	Bulls
8	Framesby	EP	Saturday
9	Graeme	EP
10	Kingswood	EP
11	Mali XV	EP
12	Muir	EP
13	Nico Malan	EP	Junior teams
14	Pearson	EP
15	St Andrew’s	EP	Monday
16	Glenwood	KZN
17	Kearsney	KZN
18	Michaelhouse	KZN
19	St Charles	KZN
20	KES	Lions	Monday
21	St Stithians	Lions
22	Durbanville	WP	Junior teams
23	Parel Vallei	WP
24	Rondebosch	WP

PROVISIONAL FIXTURES

GREY RUGBY FESTIVAL
Day 1 : Sat 25-Apr-2026
910	EP	Kingswood	vs	St Charles	KZN
1025	EP	Graeme	vs	Kearsney	KZN
1145	WP	Parel Vallei	vs	Framesby	EP
1255	WP	SACS	vs	Selborne	BOR
1405	KZN	Glenwood	vs	Rondebosch	WP
1525	EP	Grey HS	vs	Michaelhouse	KZN
910	WP	SACS 2nd XV	vs	Grey Unicorns	EP
1025	EP	Daniel Pienaar	vs	Hudson Park	BOR
1145	LIO	St Stithians	vs	Drostdy	BOL
1255	EP	Grey HS U16A	vs	Michaelhouse u16A	KZN
1405	BOR	Dale	vs	Pearson	EP
1525	EP	Muir	vs	Mali XV	INV
Day 2 : Mon 27-Apr-2026
800	EP	Pearson	vs	Drostdy	BOL
910	EP	Kingswood	vs	St Stithians	LIO
1025	KZN	Kearsney	vs	SACS	WP
1045	EP	St Andrew’s	vs	Michaelhouse	KZN
1255	BOR	Selborne	vs	Glenwood	KZN
1405	WP	Rondebosch	vs	KES	LIO
1525	EP	Grey HS	vs	Pretoria BH	BUL
910	WP	SACS u16A	vs	Kearsney u16A	KZN
1025	LIO	KES U16A	vs	Selborne U16A	BOR
1145	EP	Graeme	vs	St Charles	KZN
1255	EP	Grey HS U16A	vs	Rondebosch U16A	WP
1405	INV	Mali XV	vs	Grey Unicorns	EP
1525	EP	Muir	vs	Dale	BOR