St John’s Easter Rugby Festival 2023
Grey High and Maritzburg College are new additions to the festival, having defected from the St Stithians event. Paarl Boys’ High were omitted under unusual circumstances. By the time they submitted their acceptance of the invite, St John’s had finalised the line-up, so now the Paarliets have to settle for the experience of the KES Easter Rugby Festival some 800m away. Affies, Helpmekaar and Paul Roos are others nowhere in sight for the 2023 edition.…
School Rugby fixtures & results – week ending 04 April 2023
School Rugby fixtures & results – week ending 01 April 2023…
NMI Toyota Menlyn Noord-Suid 2023
Formbook for 1st XVs at the NMI Toyota Menlyn Noord-Suid 2023…
Shock to the system for Paarl powerhouses
26 Mar 23. National powerhouses Paarl Gymnasium and Paarl Boys’ High both had to toil hard before coming out with surprising one-point results against less fancied Cape Town Northern Suburbs opponents over the weekend.…
The Tony Stoops Rugby Festival gets a name change in 2023
The Tony Stoops Rugby Festival will now be called the Patriot Sports Festival and will feature other sports in addition to rugby.…
u16A as the curtain-raiser for the 1st XV?
The ideal of the u16A match being the last match before the 1st XV has been used here and there but it has not gained much traction. …
SARU resolution could end traditional Easter Festival 3-day format
Word out is SARU may be considering restricting the number of matches a high school rugby boy can play to two matches per week. …
Hoërskool Secunda trending in 2023
Without doubt the surprise package team of 2023 to date has to be Mpumalanga’s Secunda. …
Graeme College 150th Festival 2023
To celebrate 150 years, Graeme College will grow their very popular rugby day into a full-fledged festival consisting of three 1st XV match days.…
New blog for Southern Suburbs supporters
Boschboy has started a website dedicated to the Southern Suburbs four – Bishops, Rondebosch, SACS and Wynberg.
Check out SHADOW OF THE MOUNTAIN at this link:
https://shadowofthemountainblog.wordpress.com/
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School Rugby fixtures & results – week ending 22 March 2023
School Rugby fixtures & results – week ending 18 March 2023…
Helpmekaar travels to Michaelhouse
On Saturday 11 March 2023, Braamfontein’s Helpmekaar, the oldest Afrikaans private in the land travels to Balgowan to face Michaelhouse, the second most expensive private on record, in a much anticipated clash.…