{"id":8898,"date":"2019-06-23T16:20:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T16:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/all-ready-to-play-in-white-river-for-the-grant-khomo-en-u13-craven-week\/"},"modified":"2019-06-23T16:20:16","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T16:20:16","slug":"all-ready-to-play-in-white-river-for-the-grant-khomo-en-u13-craven-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=8898","title":{"rendered":"All ready to play in White River for the Grant Khomo en u13 Craven Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-8887\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/GrantKhomo2019.png\" alt=\"GrantKhomo2019\" width=\"189\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/GrantKhomo2019.png 750w, https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/GrantKhomo2019-247x300.png 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/>Rob Ferreira High School in White River will play host to two of the most anticipated Youth Weeks on the SA Rugby calendar for the next week when 38 teams will take to the field in the U13 SA Rugby Craven Week and U16 SA Rugby Grant Khomo Week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The 14 provincial unions will each have a team in the U13 Craven Week, with Limpopo Blue Bulls and Border Country Districts added in addition to the national teams from Namibia and Zimbabwe to make up an 18-team playing schedule. Teams will play matches on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The U16 Grant Khomo Week will see the same teams in action &#8211; with a Pumas XV and SA Iqhawe Impi being added to round the number of teams out to 20. They will play matches on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The appearance of the Iqhawe Impi team is a historic first as they play in their first Craven Week. The team is made of players selected from the Carfind.co.za Iqhawe Week for non-traditional rugby schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0The Carfind.co.za Iqhawe Week for Under-15 boys has established itself as one of the top development competitions over the past six years, and their inclusion in the tournament will serve as a huge boost for the players and for transformation in South African rugby.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The two tournaments in White River follow a successful hosting of three Youth Weeks last week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Learners with Special Education Needs (LSEN) Week was completed in Bloemfontein, while the SA Rugby Under-16 and SA Rugby Under-18 Girls Weeks were hosted at Jeppe High School in Johannesburg.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hosts Phakisa Pumas will play the main match in both the Under-13 Craven Week, where they will face Thepa Trading Griffons, and in the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week, where they front up to Limpopo Blue Bulls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The Under-13 fixtures for Monday 24 June are (field in brackets):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10h15: Free State Cheetahs v Namibia (A)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">11h15: Leopards v Border Country Districts (C)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">12h30: Itec Griquas v Old Mutual Zimbabwe (A)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">12h30: Itec Blue Bulls v Eastern Province (B)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">13h30: SWD v Sharks (C)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">14h30: Bidvest Waltons Golden Lions v Border (B)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">14h45: Boland v Forever Resorts Limpopo Blue Bulls (A)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">15h45: DHL Western Province v ITS Valke (C)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">17h00: Phakisa Pumas v Thepa Trading Griffons<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The Under-16 fixtures for Monday 24 June are (field in brackets):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">09h00: Everest Wealth Pumas XV v SA Iqhawe (A)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">11h15: Namibia v Border Country Districts (A)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">11h15: Ford Human Griquas v Old Mutual Zimbabwe (B)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">12h15: Bidvest Waltons Golden Lions v Leopards<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">13h30: Falcons v Thepa Trading Griffons (A)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">13h30: DHL Western Province v Boland (B)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">14h30: Border v Sharks (C)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">15h45: Blue Bulls v EP Elephants (A)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">15h45: Free State Cheetahs v SWD (B)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">18h00: Phakisa Pumas v Limpopo Blue Bulls (A)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Issued by SA Rugby Communications<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rob Ferreira High School in White River will play host to two of the most anticipated Youth Weeks on the SA Rugby calendar for the next week when 38 teams will take to the field in the U13 SA Rugby Craven Week and U16 SA Rugby Grant Khomo Week. 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