At Kearsney College, Botha’s Hill, KZN
| GRANT KHOMO WEEK 2026 | ||||||
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| Day 1 : Mon 29-Jun-2026 | ||||||
| A1 | u16 | Griquas | vs | Limpopo | u16 | |
| A2 | u16 | SWD | vs | Free State | u16 | |
| A3 | u16 | WP | vs | Griffons | u16 | |
| A4 | u16 | Bulls | vs | EP | u16 | |
| A5 | u16 | Sharks | vs | Lions | u16 | |
| B1 | u16 | Iqhawe | vs | Border CD | u16 | |
| B2 | u16 | Leopards | vs | Valke | u16 | |
| B3 | u16 | Border | vs | Namibia | u16 | |
| B4 | u16 | Boland | vs | Pumas | u16 | |
| B5 | u16 | Sharks XV | vs | Zimbabwe | u16 | |
Looks like the fixtures are well balanced, I had no idea that the honour of having an XV side goes to whoever the defending champs of the comp are, thought WP just automatically got that every year.
It’s just a tad bit worrying as the other unions don’t quite have the same depth in quality that WP does, but then again the Sharks are probably the next best province when it comes to that.
With that being said, Zim & Sharks XV essentially having a “quarter-final” game will probably not bode well for whichever side that wins because as good a game that could possibly be, they are more than guaranteed to be handed a walloping by whichever “A-side” they play in the “semi-finals”.
If these possible fixtures are anything to go by then they’d better hope & pray Boland beats the Pumas because those Mpumalanga boys have been churning out talent & absolute warriors in recent years.
Boland at u13 & u16 level are pretty class so it would be a long day nonetheless. For poor Boland this is the stage at which Menlopark, Garsfontein & DHS do a little bit of window shopping & pre-ordering their next 1st XV players.