{"id":8433,"date":"2018-10-24T14:48:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T14:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/2019-sa-rugby-youth-week-dates-and-venues-announced\/"},"modified":"2018-10-24T14:48:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T14:48:33","slug":"2019-sa-rugby-youth-week-dates-and-venues-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=8433","title":{"rendered":"2019 SA Rugby Youth Week dates and venues announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-8432\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CocaColaYouthWeeks.png\" alt=\"CocaColaYouthWeeks\" width=\"400\" height=\"227\" \/>The u18 Craven Week will return to Grey College in the Bloemfontein for the first time since 2005, when the popular schools rugby showcase plays out from 1 to 6 July 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The flagship tournament in the SA Rugby Youth Weeks series will run concurrently with the Academy Week at Grey College, while the Learners with Special Education Needs (LSEN) week will be hosted at the same venue two weeks earlier from 17 to 20 June.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The U13 Craven Week and U16 Grant Khomo Week will be hosted at Ho\u00ebrskool Rob Ferreira in Mpumalanga from 24 to 28 June, with the National Girls U16 and U18 Weeks returning to Jeppe High School in Johannesburg from 17 to 21 June.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The U18 Craven Week and Academy Week competitions will follow the same competition format as the last few seasons, which saw the Blue Bulls, Golden Lions, Sharks and Western Province field invitational sides in addition to their regular Craven Week teams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Zimbabwe, Namibia, will only play in the Academy Week, while Eastern Province Country Districts (CD), Griquas CD and Border CD will have the option of participating in the Academy Week. The U18 Craven Week will again feature 18 teams and the Academy Week 28 teams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>SA Rugby Youth Weeks 2019 fixtures (all subject to change, times TBC):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>U18 Craven Week:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Monday, 1 July:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Valke v Leopards<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">SWD v Pumas<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Western Province v Boland<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Free State v Sharks<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Tuesday, 2 July:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Griquas v Limpopo Blue Bulls<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Blue Bulls XV v Golden Lions XV<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Griffons v Eastern Province<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Border v Blue Bulls<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Golden Lions v Western Province XV<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>U16 Grant Khomo Week:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Monday, 24 June:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Namibia v Border CD<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Griquas v Zimbabwe<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Golden Lions v Leopards<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Valke v Griffons<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Western Province v Boland<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Border v Sharks<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Blue Bulls v Eastern Province<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Free State v SWD<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pumas v Limpopo Blue Bulls<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>U13 Craven Week:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Monday, 24 June:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Free State v Namibia<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Leopards v Border CD<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Griquas v Zimbabwe<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Blue Bulls v Eastern Province<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">SWD v Sharks<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Golden Lions v Border<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Border v Limpopo Blue Bulls<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Western Province v Valke<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pumas v Griffons<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>SA LSEN Week:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Monday, 17 June:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Valke v Blue Bulls<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Western Province v Eastern Province<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Boland v SWD<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Free State v Pumas<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Golden Lions v Leopards<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Griffons v Sharks<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Golden Lions EE v Gauteng XV<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Issued by SA Rugby Communications<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The u18 Craven Week will return to Grey College in the Bloemfontein for the first time since 2005, when the popular schools rugby showcase plays out from 1 to 6 July 2019. 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