{"id":76043,"date":"2025-06-25T11:33:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T09:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=76043"},"modified":"2025-06-25T11:33:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T09:33:29","slug":"blue-bulls-to-begin-u13-craven-week-title-defence-against-sharks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=76043","title":{"rendered":"Blue Bulls to begin u13 Craven Week title defence against Sharks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The much anticipated u13 Craven Week<\/strong> tournament of 2025 is set to kick-off at Selborne College<\/strong> in East London from 30 June to 4 July, with some exciting encounters already on the cards for matchday one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Blue Bulls<\/strong>, reigning champions from the 2024 edition in Pretoria at Loftus Versfeld, will begin their title defence in the A-division.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A total of eight games will be played in the opening division A fixtures, promising a day of schoolboy rugby as future stars of South African rugby take center stage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Defending champions,\u00a0the Blue Bulls, will take on the Sharks, while last year’s finalist,\u00a0Western Province,<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0will face Eastern Province<\/strong>. In another key encounter, bronze medalist Golden Lions<\/strong> will play Griqualand West<\/strong>, while Border<\/strong> will look to improve on their last-place finish when they tackle Griffons<\/strong> in the first fixture of the day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the B-division, the fixtures will kick-off with South Western Districts<\/strong>\u00a0facing Eastern Province<\/strong>\u00a0and will be followed by a clash between Golden Lions XV<\/strong>\u00a0and Limpopo Blue Bulls<\/strong>. Western Province, who finished in first place last year, will begin their journey against Free State. <\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A southern African showdown is also on the cards, with Namibia<\/strong> facing off against Zimbabwe<\/strong>, and Boland<\/strong>\u00a0will be tested by Valke <\/strong>\u00a0in another key encounter with plenty of pedigree.<\/p>\n

The fixtures for Day 2 will be announced following the results from Day 1.<\/p>\n

Fixtures | Day 1\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

A-field<\/strong><\/p>\n

16:30 –<\/strong> Boland vs Border
\n14:30 –<\/strong> Blue Bulls vs Sharks
\n13:25 –<\/strong> Western Province vs Eastern Province
\n<\/span>12:20 –<\/strong> Golden Lions vs Griffons
\n<\/span>09:05 –<\/strong> Pumas vs Limpopo Blue Bulls
\n<\/span>11:15 –<\/strong> Free State vs Leopards
\n<\/span>10:10 –<\/strong> South Western Districts vs Valke
\n<\/span>08:00 –<\/strong> Griffons vs Border Country Districts\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

B-field\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

14:30 –<\/strong> Western Province II vs Free State II
\n10:10 –<\/strong> Blue Bulls II vs Leopards II
\n12:20 –<\/strong> Boland II vs Nashua Valke II
\n11:15 –<\/strong> Sharks II vs Pumas II
\n08:00 –<\/strong> South Western Districts II vs Eastern Province II
\n09:05 –<\/strong> Golden Lions Academy vs Griffons II
\n09:05 –<\/strong> Border II vs Griqualand West II
\n08:00 –<\/strong> Golden Lions XV vs Limpopo Blue Bulls II
\n13:25 –<\/strong> Namibia vs Zimbabwe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The much anticipated u13 Craven Week tournament of 2025 is set to kick-off at Selborne College in East London from 30 June to 4 July, with some exciting encounters already on the cards for matchday one.\u00a0 The Blue Bulls, reigning champions from the 2024 edition in Pretoria at Loftus Versfeld, will begin their title defence […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":50531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}