SchoolboyRugby Blog

[...] 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. Many years ago high [...]

[...] than 50 schoolbags belonging to Hillcrest High players attending a touch rugby tournament at Kings Park in Durban on Friday, were stolen out of their bus. The theft happened within an hour of their [...]

[...] The Sharks and Eastern Province under-19 teams clash in a must win round-robin match at Kings Park on Saturday, 27 September 2014 (09h30).  Along with the Golden Lions, the the three teams find [...]

[...] Sharks CEO John Smit has changed a number of things during his first year in charge at Kings Park but one that looks likely to stay the same is the union’s approach to contracting junior [...]

[...] Paul Roos Gymnasium  has accepted the invitation to be South Africa’s representative at the international [...]

[...] in Cape Town schools that are mainly responsible for creating the headlines. Bishops not at the Paul Roos 150th on 28 March Bishops have opted to travel to Grahamstown where they will play traditional [...]

[...] 21-Mar: Helpmekaar vs Affies 28-Mar: Paul Roos vs Affies @Paul Roos 150th 02-Apr: EG Jansen vs Affies @Kearsney Easter Rugby Fest 04-Apr: Affies vs SACS @Kearsney [...]

[...] Garsfontein will take on South African school rugby powerhouses Paarl Boys High, Paul Roos and Paarl Gymnasium in the space of just over a week during April 2015. Once all the Easter [...]

[...] interest in school rugby its worth mentioning that he is hosting a Gala Debate Evening at Maritzburg College on 01 October, so his tweets … Read More → [...]

[...] Glenwood and Maritzburg College will only have one proper inter-schools rugby day in 2015. The return match which has been [...]

[...] cricket, hockey, rugby and water polo. The best represented schools are: Grey High : 6 Maritzburg College : 6 Glenwood : 5 SACS : 4 Bishops : 4 Wynberg : 3 Clifton : 3 … Read More → [...]

[...] KwaZulu-Natal is very passionate about schoolboy rugby. For decades school rugby in the region has been well organised, had good infrastructure and [...]

[...] every season in some cases amounts to a complete overhaul of first choice players and makes schoolboy rugby a lot more of a challenge when it comes to predicting who will finish up where at the end of [...]

[...] 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  [...]

[...] 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 [...]

[...] One of the hot topics in school rugby at the moment is recruitment/paoching/buying/”gapsing” of good players from other high schools. [...]

[...] The Sunday Times article of 19 October 2014 entitled “School rugby in crisis as hulks loom over lads” had a subheading: “Allegations that team is using an over- [...]

[...] 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 [...]

[...] recent. But before anyone gets overexcited that Stefan’s now taking a greater interest in school rugby its worth mentioning that he is hosting a Gala Debate Evening at Maritzburg College on 01 [...]

[...] By BHP Stats as at 31 October 2014 (click to enlarge) [...]

[...] By BHP Stats as at 31 October 2014 (click on images to enlarge) [...]

[...] By BHP Stats as at 31 October 2014 (click to enlarge image)     [...]

[...] By BHP Stats as at 31 October 2014 (click to enlarge image) Please note: some early stats only indicated the [...]

[...] A concerned parent forwarded this. Using the SA Schools cricket team by year lists available on the website www.SchoolSportsNews.co.za, he was able to [...]

[...] new Director of Rugby. The famed Grey High, Port Elizabeth old boy of 1991 represented SA Schools at both rugby and cricket and still holds a school record for their annual quad race* … [...]

[...] Far below is a list of 73 players that represented SA Schools in four of the major boys’ school sports being cricket, hockey, rugby and water polo. The best [...]

[...] # Position Name School 1 Hooker Ruan Brits HJS Paarl BH 2 Hooker Percy Mngadi Glenwood 3 Hooker Jacques van Zyl [...]

[...] # Position Name School 1 Prop Henco Smit Garsfontein 2 Prop Sarel-Marco Smith Eldoraigne 3 Prop Kenny van Niekerk [...]

[...] list of where some of the top school rugby players will be plying their trade in 2015:   # Position Name School 2015 Team 1 Prop DP du Plessis Affies Blue Bulls 2 Flyhalf Dale Hendricks Affies Blue [...]

[...] St Andrew’s College of Grahamstown is in the process of finding a new Director of Rugby. The reason for this is that Old Selbornian Allan Miles, their head of rugby for the [...]

[...] The St Andrew’s College of Grahamstown December 2014 newsletter named Andrew Royle as their new Director of Rugby. He replaces Graeme College bound Allan Miles who’s achievements were also [...]

[...] to name Greg Miller, the current Investec International Rugby Academy General Manager as their new Director of Rugby. The famed Grey High, Port Elizabeth old boy of 1991 represented SA Schools at both [...]